A Look Inside the Second Facial Transplantation in the United States Bohdan Pomahac, MD, leader of the 35-member team that performed the second facial transplantation in the United States – only the seventh in the world – discusses the protocol and events leading to this groundbreaking 17-hour surgery
New Breast Reconstruction Techniques Improve Options for Patients Plastic surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital offer deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction, using tissue from the lower abdominal region, while preserving rectus muscle strength and functionality and reducing risk of hernia.
New Program Offers Expert Multidisciplinary Care for Advanced Valvular and Structural Heart Disease The new Structural Heart Disease Program provides highly specialized,multidisciplinary evaluation and care for patients with advanced and complex valvular and structural heart disease, including clinical trials of minimally invasive techniques for patients who are at high risk for conventional surgery.
Published Outcomes Study Supports Use of Robotic Approach to Radical Hysterectomy Specialists at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center recently published a comparative study of outcomes of patients who have undergone either robotic radical hysterectomy or open radical hysterectomy for the treatment of early stage cervical cancer.
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Offers Expansive Benefits for Patients Thoracic surgeons at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center offer extensive experience in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy and are among few in New England to participate in a national trial comparing lobectomy and segmentectomy.
Reproductive Surgeons Offer Robotic-Assisted Techniques Reproductive surgeons in the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Program were the first to report a hybrid laparoscopic and robotic myomectomy for the treatment of large myomata and performed the first successful robotic tubal reanastomosis in New England.
New Center Builds on History of Advances in Cardiovascular Imaging The Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program – part of the new Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center – is comprised of an integrated team of radiologists and cardiologists who provide the latest in diagnostic technologies for the evaluation of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Advances in Endoscopy Expand Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options The Endoscopy Center is offering several new, innovative techniques for the examination and treatment of patients with small bowel, bile duct, or gastrointestinal tract disease and disorders – as well as endoscopic treatment for obesity.
New Insights Shed Light on the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialists in the Orthopedic and Arthritis Center have identified three large mechanistic issues in the development of rheumatoid arthritis and are continuing development of groundbreaking treatments for the disease.
