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UPHS - Penn Today Online, Physician Forum Newsletter
Clinical Briefing: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Urologists at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) are now performing robotic partial nephrectomy surgery for patients with renal cell carcinoma. A recent addition to the expanding robotic surgery program at Penn, robotic partial nephrectomy surgery greatly reduces blood loss, postoperative pain and patient recovery time when compared to standard open surgery.
Clinical Briefing: Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy for Follicular Neoplasm
Penn Head and Neck Cancer Surgery recently introduced a variety of minimally invasive techniques for thyroidectomy that substantially reduce the impact of open thyroid surgery for patients requiring diagnostic interventions for follicular neoplasms. About 80 percent of these growths are benign nodules, cysts and hyperplastic growths; the remainder are papillary or follicular carcinomas.
Clinical Briefing: Prosthetic Replacement for Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Degeneration
The Penn TMJ and Facial Pain Clinic is one of a handful of centers nationwide offering the Lorenz Total TMJ Replacement System prosthesis for functional reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint in patients with severe late-stage degeneration of the disc and condyle refractory to conservative treatment, arthroscopy and arthroplasty.
Clinical Briefing: Nonsurgical Treatment of Desmoid Tumors
Desmoid tumors are classified as benign fibromatous neoplasms, but are extremely aggressive, locally invasive, destructive and often very painful. Eradication can be achieved by radical surgery with high dose (>50 Gy) external radiation, but this combination often results in disfigurement and considerable morbidity.
Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Penn
At the Trauma Center of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the number of patients being resuscitated with isolated fractures or high energy complex orthopaedic polytrauma has risen dramatically in recent years. This increase is due, in part, to improved emergency response systems and advances in safety technology that have reduced serious head and internal organ injuries, making it possible for more patients to reach the emergency room alive.
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Clinical Briefing: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Urologists at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) are now performing robotic partial nephrectomy surgery for patients with renal cell carcinoma. A recent addition to the expanding robotic surgery program at Penn, robotic partial nephrectomy surgery greatly reduces blood loss, postoperative pain and patient recovery time when compared to standard open surgery.
Clinical Briefing: Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy for Follicular Neoplasm
Penn Head and Neck Cancer Surgery recently introduced a variety of minimally invasive techniques for thyroidectomy that substantially reduce the impact of open thyroid surgery for patients requiring diagnostic interventions for follicular neoplasms. About 80 percent of these growths are benign nodules, cysts and hyperplastic growths; the remainder are papillary or follicular carcinomas.
Clinical Briefing: Prosthetic Replacement for Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Degeneration
The Penn TMJ and Facial Pain Clinic is one of a handful of centers nationwide offering the Lorenz Total TMJ Replacement System prosthesis for functional reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint in patients with severe late-stage degeneration of the disc and condyle refractory to conservative treatment, arthroscopy and arthroplasty.
Clinical Briefing: Nonsurgical Treatment of Desmoid Tumors
Desmoid tumors are classified as benign fibromatous neoplasms, but are extremely aggressive, locally invasive, destructive and often very painful. Eradication can be achieved by radical surgery with high dose (>50 Gy) external radiation, but this combination often results in disfigurement and considerable morbidity.
Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Penn
At the Trauma Center of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the number of patients being resuscitated with isolated fractures or high energy complex orthopaedic polytrauma has risen dramatically in recent years. This increase is due, in part, to improved emergency response systems and advances in safety technology that have reduced serious head and internal organ injuries, making it possible for more patients to reach the emergency room alive.
Sites:
ACT: ACT Association for Children with Life-threatening or terminal conditions and their families provides information on support services available for families whose children have life-threatening or terminal conditions. Act campaigns to encourage the development of children's palliative care servic...Care of the Terminally Ill Child: Detailed information on care of the terminally ill child
Children's Hospice International: Ensuring medical, psychological, social, spiritual support to all children with life-threatening conditions and their families from the time of diagnosis by providing a network of resources and care.
Edmarc Hospice for Children: Edmarc Hospice for Children in Chesapeake, Virginia offers home healthcare, hospice, and bereavement support, and other services for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
End-of-Life Care for Children: An educational pain management resource for health professionals who care for children suffering from pain due to cancer.
Hospice of Contra Costa: Comfort for Kids: Hospice & Palliative Care of Contra Costa is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based health care provider. Specially trained staff members provide quality, compassionate health care to adults and children facing the advanced stages of any life-threatening illness.
Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care: Desire to enhance family centered care for children living with life threatening conditions through education, research, and quality improvement.
Palliative Care for Children: American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement offers advice on the development of a pediatric palliative care plan.
Pediatric Palliative Care Consulting Service: INSERT CONTENT HERE
Royal Children's Hospital: Paediatric Palliative Care: Focus is on the dying childs quality of life, support for the family, and management of distressing symtoms. [Melbourne, Australia]
The Hospital for Sick Children: Palliative Care: Description of services, resources, how to make difficult treatment decisions, calendar, and caring tips. [Ontario, Canda]
The Jason Program: The Jason Program provides pediatric hospice care, inluding pain control, social and spiritual guidance, and nursing support for children with a critical or terminal illness in Maine.>
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