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Memorial Hermann Report

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Memorial Hermann e-news bulletin! This bi-monthly update offers news briefs to help you keep your audience informed about important healthcare topics and trends.

Live surgery online:
Watching or waiting?
Innovative hospitals are turning operating rooms into operating theatres using the latest technology to educate and inform. Physicians and consumers respond in huge numbers to the opportunity to view live, global surgical webcasts accessible without fee or registration. Expert surgeons perform and discuss leading-edge procedures and respond to viewer e-mail questions.

Memorial Hermann’s next webcast in its series is slated for March 16. Stephen Fletcher, M.D., chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, will treat a patient with a Chiari malformation, which affects the cerebellum and spinal cord. Two previous webcasts from Memorial Hermann Hospital showcased an innovative transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure and a thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair.

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Vascular disease:
Small incisions fix big problems
Actor John Ritter was one of thousands of Americans who died suddenly in 2004 of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Ballooning of the body’s largest blood vessel can be deadly, but when detected early, a minimally invasive endovascular aneurysm repair procedure can permanently reinforce the aorta and prevent rupture. More...

Breast cancer:
An alternative to mastectomy
Although more than half of all breast cancers are diagnosed while the disease remains localized, many patients still choose to have the affected breast removed to prevent a recurrence. A new method of delivering radiation internally can make mastectomies unnecessary. More...

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