It's only for patients who have good liver function and have a single tumor that hasn't yet grown into blood vessels. "Surgical removal of liver cancer is performed on patients who are in good health ...
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. -- The doctor who's accused of mistakenly removing a man's liver just recently had his Alabama medical license suspended. WEAR News learned on Friday that the Alabama Medical ...
Costs dropped 37 percent — $7,876 for liver removal at a hospital versus $4,957 at the organ center. “We can save more lives by doing the management and recovery here,” said Diane Brockmeier, ...
A Florida surgeon’s license has been suspended after he dissected the wrong organ during what was supposed to be a splenectomy Aug. 21, resulting in the patient’s death, the Miami Herald reported Sept ...
Removing 10% of a patient's blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, ...
Fatty Liver is the accumulation of excessive fat in the liver which may lead to liver inflammation and liver cell injury that can progress to Cirrhosis of the liver and possible failure of the liver.
Researchers successfully implanted a genetically modified pig liver into a human, proving that such an organ can function for ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane Police Department K9 is recovering from liver abscess removal surgery. K9 Haywire works with Officer David Stone on the SWAT team. During a mission, Stone went to retrieve ...
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare autoimmune disease affecting the bile ducts in the liver. When bile ducts become damaged, bile can build up in the liver, leading to inflammation and ...
A lawsuit has been filed against a physician, health system and other hospital staff on behalf of the widow of a man who died after the wrong organ was removed during a surgical procedure in August ...