About the Video:
More surgical procedures are now being performed minimally invasively - also know as laparoscopically - according to which the surgeon uses smaller incisions to significantly reduce patients' recovery time.
In this two-part video podcast, Dr. Patricia Turner discusses the evolution of minimally invasive surgery as well as what kinds of conditions can be treated in this way. Surgical treatments for problems within patients' endocrine systems are also discussed.
Specific topics covered in part one of this two-part interview include:
Benefits of laparoscopic surgery
Minimally invasive surgical procedures
Development of laparoscopic surgery
University of Maryland's pioneering work in this field
Surgical and imaging advances
About the Expert:
Dr. Patricia Turner is a general surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Related Links:
Minimally Invasive Surgery (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73L4OXuF6y0
Dr. Patricia Turner
http://www.umm.edu/doctors/patricia_l_turner.html
UMMC Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
http://www.umm.edu/general_surgery/mis_program.htm
Overview: Minimally Invasive Procedures
http://www.umm.edu/general_surgery/mis_procedures.htm
Surgical Webcast: Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
http://www.umm.edu/webcasts/li_vhr.htm
Patient Success Story
http://www.umm.edu/general_surgery/sen_kelly.htm
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Amazing doctor.
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