Minimally Invasive Surgery (Part 2)

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 ensure the patient's recovery time is usually reduced.

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 treatment for problems within patients' endocrine systems are also discussed.

Specific topics covered in part two of this two-part interview include:

Endocrine system
Thyroid gland
Thyroid disorders and treatment
Parathyroid gland - disorders and treatment
Adrenal glands - disorders and treatment

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 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72lUGBPkm-E

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

Patient Success Story
http://www.umm.edu/general_surgery/carol.htm

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• turner
• patricia turner
• surgery
• surgeon
• minimally invasive
• laparoscopic
• endocrine system
• thyroid
• parathyroid
• adrenal gland
• disorders
• treatment
• mht
• ummc