Tag: "surgery"

Less Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

bjh_blog | April 17, 2012 | Comments (0)

We want to share a story you may see on TV this week. It’s about a highly specialized approach to open heart surgery — a minimally invasive mini-thoracotomy — that allows those with mitral heart valve problems to recover faster with less pain and smaller scars. Traditionally, when surgeons repair a leaking mitral valve, a large [...]

This Day in History – First Lung Removal Surgery in World at Barnes Hospital

bjh_blog | April 5, 2012 | Comments (0)

Today marks a milestone in American medicine as on this day in 1933, Barnes Hospital (Barnes Hospital and the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis merged in 1996) chief of surgery Evarts Graham, MD, performed the first successful lung removal surgery. The procedure was a major advance in thoracic medicine. The patient was James Lee Gilmore, [...]

Anniversary of Milestone Heart Surgery Finds High Cure Rates 25 Years Later

bjh_blog | March 1, 2012 | Comments (0)

Not only do we have an anniversary to tell you about, but we have good news to share as well. An updated approach to treating the heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation — or AFIB – in a procedure called Cox Maze IV has been found to maintain high cure rates while simplifying the original approach invented at the former [...]

Many Women Don't Receive Reconstruction After Mastectomy

bjh_blog | February 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

Despite federal law mandating insurance companies cover reconstruction after breast cancer surgery, many women do not have the procedure performed. A study by the Society of Breast Surgeons found fewer than 30 percent of women get breast reconstruction after mastectomy – an even smaller percentage opt for reconstruction after lumpectomy. The reason is thought to [...]

Lawrence Lenke, MD, Named New Spinal Surgery Chief

bjh_blog | February 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Congratulations to Lawrence Lenke, MD. In an announcement from Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Lenke was named chief of spinal surgery at Washington University Orthopedics at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. From the release: “Larry Lenke is an outstanding surgeon, researcher and educator, and I am confident he will lead the spine division to new levels of [...]

New Therapies Helping People with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

bjh_blog | February 20, 2012 | Comments (2)

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are a very serious issue. Looking at them, they appear like a bulge in the aorta in the abdomen, and the size of the bulge can is an indicator of how weak the aortic wall has become. If there is no treatment for a large aneurysm, it may continue to expand [...]

Meet Tamara Ramage, intraoperative MRI patient

bjh_blog | February 7, 2012 | Comments (0)

When Tamara Ramage started waking up in hot and cold sweats and constantly felt nauseous, she knew something was wrong. She was a very healthy, fitness-minded young woman in her mid-20′s who took pride in how well she took care of her body. Her father took her to the emergency room, and she was diagnosed [...]

Congrats to Dr. Eric Leuthardt on being named a St. Louis "Best and Brightest Innovator"!

bjh_blog | October 31, 2011 | Comments (2)

We’ve reported on many innovations that Washington University neurologist Eric Leuthardt has been involved in here at Barnes-Jewish Hospital – from electrocortiology, which is a computer program that tests the thoughts of epilepsy patients, to intraoperative MRI, which is used during brain surgery to help the surgeons more completely remove the tumor. We’ve also directed [...]

Today's Brain Tumor Webinar Now Posted

bjh_blog | October 19, 2011 | Comments (0)

If you missed today’s Wednesday Webinar with Albert Kim, MD, Washington University neurosurgeon at Barnes-Jewish, on brain tumors, you can see it in its entirety below. For more with Dr. Kim, you can see him in person at our event “Decoding the Human Brain” Thursday, November 10, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., 16625 Swingley Ridge [...]

Neobladder surgery podcast

bjh_blog | October 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

When a patient undergoes treatment for bladder cancer, oftentimes the entire bladder is removed and replaced with an external device that will then be used for urination. However, an alternative to that type of treatment, called neobladder surgery, is available to some patients. What makes it different from traditional methods is that the collection of [...]

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