In an expert Q&A, Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lisa Mandl, MD, MPH, discusses the role of genicular nerve ablation in reducing knee OA symptoms amidst other nonpharmacologic options.
Nerve ablation uses heat to destroy nerves and decrease chronic pain signals. This procedure often takes 15 minutes to an ...
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Ablation reduces stroke risk for atrial fibrillation and may remove need for some types of blood thinners
A minimally invasive heart procedure to correct irregular heart rhythms called catheter ablation may reduce the risk of stroke enough that some patients can discontinue blood thinners, according to a ...
A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.
With ever-expanding treatment options for the ablation of benign thyroid nodules, the American Thyroid Association (ATA) has issued an expert consensus statement that addresses the safe implementation ...
A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and results in clinically important improvements ...
The system enters a field that sees PFA catheters largely displacing thermal modalities for catheter ablation of AF.
A catheter ablation procedure widely used to treat the most common heart rhythm disorder significantly reduces the burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) and results in clinically important improvements ...
Patients with small kidney cancer tumors may be more likely to die from the cancer if they are treated with ablation rather than nephron-sparing surgery (NSS), according to researchers. In a ...
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