Blog Topic: Surgery

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  In-Office Updates from the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program: What Community Physicians Need to Know

  March 02, 2020

  Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, RD, Reviews the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program's In-Office Bariatrics Update Series for Community Practices

  Primary Care Surgery
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  Per Oral Endoscopic Surgery at Penn GI

  February 19, 2020

  Gregory Ginsberg, MD, of Penn GI is performing Per-Oral Myotomy (POEM) for achalasia

  Surgery Gastroenterology
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  The Uterus Transplant for Uterine Factor Infertility (UNTIL) Trial

  February 17, 2020

  Penn Medicine is advancing the field through an investigational clinical study, the Uterus Transplant for Uterine Factor Infertility (UNTIL) trial.

  Transplant Women's Health Surgery
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  Functional Limb Reconstruction and Microsurgery: Helping Your Patient Restore Range, Sensation and Strength

  January 08, 2020

  Functional reconstruction restores range of movement, weight-bearing capacity, sensation and strength in the limbs and appendages. The Penn Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Center is one of the few programs in the US specializing in microsurgery and functional reconstruction.

  Orthopaedics Surgery
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  Breast Reconstruction at Penn Plastic Surgery: Patient Safety is Paramount

  September 19, 2019

  Breast implants are very safe in 2019, but this procedure can include some risks. Learn more about Penn Plastic Surgery’s commitment to patient safety and informed patient consent from Joseph M. Serletti, MD, FACS, Chief of Penn Plastic Surgery.

  Surgery
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  Malunions and Nonunions: Penn Medicine's Samir Mehta, MD, Reviews Complex Fractures and a Nonunion Case Study

  August 13, 2019

  Orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Samir Mehta reviews treatment for non-healing and fracture cases at the Penn Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Center.

  Orthopaedics Surgery
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  Penn's Kristy Weber, MD, Named First Female President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

  April 25, 2019

  Penn Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon Kristy Weber, MD, made history by taking office as the first woman president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in March 2019.

  Orthopaedics Oncology Surgery
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  Chronic Ankle Instability: What to Do When A Sprained Ankle Won’t Heal

  April 04, 2019

  Penn Medicine’s Daniel C. Farber, MD, reviews six profiles of patients initially treated for ankle sprains, sprained ankle recovery, and explains when primary care physicians should to refer to an orthopaedic surgeon.

  Orthopaedics Surgery
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  Case Study: Limb Sparing Fracture Care and Microvascular Surgery at Penn Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Center

  January 14, 2019

  A case study from L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS about saving a patient’s frostbitten feet at the Penn Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Center.

  Orthopaedics Surgery
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  Developed at Penn Medicine, Mi-DIEP Approach to Breast Reconstruction Virtually Eliminates Need for Post-Surgical Opioids

  January 10, 2019

  Surgeons at Penn Medicine have developed a minimally invasive breast reconstruction procedure that reduces recovery time for DIEP flap procedures and eliminates the patient’s need for narcotics post-surgery.

  Surgery