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In painstaking sequence, Dr. Barnard stitched the donor heart in place. First the left auricle, then the right. He joined the stub of Denise's aorta to Louis Washkansky's, her pulmonary artery to his. Finally, the veins. Assistant surgeons removed the catheters from the implant as Barnard worked. Now...
At a news conference following the procedure, the Vice President's doctors pronounced the operation a success and declared his prognosis "terrific." "This really is an insurance policy for him," said Cheney's cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner. "It is very, very likely he will never use this device." Cheney must...
Within our group, I was the best at the incision and debridement step. As our surgical technique improved, we operated on Twinkies, éclairs, and dinner rolls. Later in life, drawing upon these very same skills, I went on to pursue a career practicing and teaching ophthalmic microsurgery. And...
Within our group, I was the best at the incision and debridement step. As our surgical technique improved, we operated on Twinkies, éclairs, and dinner rolls. Later in life, drawing upon these very same skills, I went on to pursue a career practicing and teaching ophthalmic microsurgery. And...
But while some are excited about the long-distance possibilities of remote-control operations, it's the application for on-location surgery that most excites surgeons, and patients like Valentina Tichtchenko. While visiting her daughter recently in San Ramon, the 69-year-old native of St. Petersburg, Russia, began having...