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Figure 1. Weekly cancer screening volume vs. week number in year for each type of cancer screening. Colored capsules show the last observed volume. Some key findings in the WSJ report illustrate the scale of delayed or missed cancer detection:   UnitedHealth Group claims data shows mammograms fell by as much as 95 percent in the second weekContinue reading “Please, get your screening today!”

For many years patients with large paraesophageal hernias were told to avoid operation, many due to the age and advance stage at which it is commonly diagnoses. Most patients will remain asymptomatic for years, even when their entire stomach and possibly other organs migrate to the chest. Others will misinterpret their symptoms as they usuallyContinue reading “Living with a paraesophageal hernia”

In rare cases, a patient undergoing cholecystectomy ends up with an incomplete resection of their gallbladder. This can lead to continued pain, infection, and impacted gallstones. The treatment is removal of the residual portion of the gallblader. However, this becomes a very difficult and much higher risk operation due to: whatever caused the original operationContinue reading “An Incomplete Cholecystectomy”

Those surgeons that have put in the time to master the robotic skills necessary to perform a robotic hernia repair, quickly recognize the technical superiority of it. Those patients who have had both an open and a robotic hernia repair, are amazed at the difference. However, those who have not had a direct experience relyContinue reading “Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair Leads to Lower Narcotic Use and Faster Return to Activity”