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The new service - called Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or angioplasty - will mean patients in Carlisle and Whitehaven won't have to travel to Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Blackpool for treatment.
News round-up 2010
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It is minimally invasive or non-surgical procedure called Percutaneous Mitral Annuloplasty and results are immediate, with less strain on the heart, patients are able to function more freely again without running out of energy.
The Medical Quack 2009
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Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy (PCNL) Percutaneous (i.e., through the skin) removal of kidney stones (lithotomy) is accomplished by the surgeon threading various catheters over the guidewires into the kidney and manipulates surgical instruments through the catheters to fragment and remove kidney stones.
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy placement is performed by an interventional radiologist.
GI services 2010
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy placement is performed by a gastroenterologist and an interventional radiologist.
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The doctor removed the disc material with special needle instrument called “Percutaneous Nucleotomy” of the patient, Ali Jabir of Iraq and was discharged same day.
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Percutaneous radiographic gastrostomy tube (PRG) tube
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Percutaneous needle biopsies and aspirations, sinus tract aspiration/injections, arthrograms and joint aspirations/injections are performed with imaging guidance.
Helene Pavlov: Beyond the X-Ray: Radiology and The Use of Imaging Guidance For Tissue Sampling 2009
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Percutaneous coronary interventions PTCA with or without stent
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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Percutaneous procedures for disc disease have been used successfully for years.
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