An Ohio grandfather is looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with his family after undergoing a triple organ transplant at Cleveland Clinic. This procedure is so rare, only three other people in the entire U.S. have ever had it done. 64-year-old Don Elliot is getting a second chance at life.
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A Florida woman has her aneurysm cured after doctors perform surgery through her eyelid.
Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs in one out of every two thousand births. Some children will eventually need a walker or a wheelchair. But early intervention through fetal surgery is changing the trajectory for affected children by reducing the severity of symptoms and improving long-term outcomes. More than a year after the procedure, the Badenhop family is experiencing all the positive impacts of their decision to undergo fetal surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
June 24, 2024, Press Release from Lima Memorial Health System: Lima Memorial Health System announces it has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program. This accreditation demonstrates Lima Memorial’s commitment to improving cancer care across the continuum through its continued compliance with ACS CoC standards.
Andrea Najas found way to improve care for patients with sarcoma in her home county of Ecuador by working with her doctors at Ohio State University James Cancer Center.
May 29, 2024, Press Release from Lima Memorial Health System: The Pre-Operative Clinic at Lima Memorial Health System is celebrating 1000 patients served through its Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program. The program’s mission is to improve surgical care across the peri-operative spectrum to serve patients undergoing surgical procedures who may benefit from optimization in order to prevent surgical complications, improve outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.
When it comes to organ donations, every second counts. That's why Cleveland Clinic surgeons are using new technology to help preserve livers before they're transplanted. You may have seen the coolers that hospitals use to transport donor organs for transplant. However, new technology is helping organ transportation to keep them somewhat alive between donors and recipients. Doctors say that by using perfusion methods, they're able to pump oxygenated blood or solution through a donor's liver outside the body.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - While some people have only recently heard of pickleball in the news over the last year, many in Lima have been playing Amer…
St. Rita's Medical Center accomplished its 10,000th robotic procedure recently thanks to the technology from the intuitive surgical company. The robotic medical technology is called The DaVinci 4, which is the fourth generation of the product produced by the company. St. Ritas and Intuitive have been partnering since 2010, and in the 14 years of their collaboration, they have achieved over 10,000 successful operations.
March 19, 2024 Press Release from Lima Memorial Health System: Dr. Jeremy Heffner, LMHS General Surgeon, recently performed and surpassed his 100th LINX Reflux Management System procedure. This achievement puts Lima Memorial in the top five facilities in the Midwest to have completed more than 100 LINX procedures in less than three years.