Cardiothoracic surgeons and endocrinologists from Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, achieving Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) benchmarks for glycemic control may be irrelevant when perioperative continuous...
A study in the May 2 issue of JAMA reveals that daily ingestion of fish oil did not lower the percentage of grafts with loss of patency, i.e. that remained open in patients with new synthetic arteriovenous grafts within 12 months. An arteriovenous graft is a synthetic tube that is grafted...
I have had my bone graft for about a month and i will have it until january. That is when I get my implant. Would it have already failed or can it fail at any time? I really want this to work, I do not want a bridge!
Cerapedics, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing novel osteobiologic products, announced that it received the CE Mark for its i-FACTOR™ Flex bone graft product line. i-FACTOR Flex is the company's second product in the i-FACTOR product platform based on its...
The big draw of the U MacBook sleeve is its external, two-segmented pocket for an iPod, phone, small notebook or whatever, but I'm more impressed by the understated style of the thing. My current black neoprene case suddenly feels so...middle-school.
Made of grey wool, dark leather and...
but my surgeon suggested a test for Cardiac perfusion scan , before he decides for the bypass operation . Inspite i have had my angiogram been done . Do you think Cardiac Perfusion Scan will give better test results than the Angiogram or the Surgeon is trying to contradict the opinion of the...
I'm getting surgery at the base of my spine to remove some sort of abcess. Its only just below the skin so not a deep thing. Altho as we all know, the base of the spine is between the butt cheeks. Please forgive me. They will cover the area with a skin graft from one of the butt cheeks ... I...