Patients with heart failure (HF) who had an interatrial shunt inserted did not see any significant benefits overall, compared with those who underwent a placebo procedure, after a median 22-month ...

While there's no known cure for endometriosis, treatments such as surgery can help shrink tissue growth and ease your pain. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) You have long-term or serious pelvic ...

Despite being potentially lifesaving, bowel obstruction surgery is associated with a high rate of death during surgery or shortly after the procedure. If left untreated, bowel obstruction can be ...

Preparing for your gender affirmation surgery can be daunting. To help provide some guidance for those considering gender affirmation procedures, our team from the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender ...

After administration of 3 liters of blood a portacaval shunt was performed ... in whom striking parenchymal siderosis followed shunt surgery had advanced postnecrotic cirrhosis, and the "surgical ...

Figure 1 Effects of "Double" Portacaval Shunt on the Accumulation of Ascites ... From the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and the Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Creating a direct intrahepatic portocaval shunt (DIPS) is a procedure similar to a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in patients for whom the latter is not appropriate due to ...

We create and deliver top quality education to inspire and unite the next generation of healthcare and health science leaders. The Division of Surgery aims to improve outcomes for patients undergoing ...