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Doctors begin the new procedure by administering a local anesthetic and making an incision no larger than ¼in. Conventional surgery would have required an 8-in. to 10-in. cut. A catheter is inserted near the stone, and, depending on the circumstances, the patient will either be sent home...
Charlie Brooks walked into the execution chamber, stretched out on the hospital gurney, and a catheter needle was inserted into a vein in each of his arms. Into the left (on which Brooks had a tattoo reading I WAS BORN TO DIE) would come the drugs; the right catheter was...
Pediatric Surgeon Michael Harrison used a needle to guide a small blue tube, or catheter, into the fetus' bladder to drain urine into the amniotic fluid. Then he withdrew the needle, using a yellow push rod to hold the catheter in place. On the day after the baby, named...
Balloon Angioplasty. Treatment, like testing, has improved apace. This method has been used on some patients to unclog coronary arteries laden with cholesterol plaque. A catheter is inserted into an artery in the arm or leg and guided to the blocked artery. Then a smaller tube with a tiny, uninflated...
The next morning, Reagan was moved to a quiet, eight-room suite on the third floor. He had a pulse rate of 70 and blood pressure of 130/80, numbers that would please a healthy man. He was encouraged to cough to help get secretions out of his lungs. Though breathing...