2005

Clinical Update Supplement

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Clinical Update is a quarterly publication for physicians that highlights trends in the practice of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

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Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection vs Lymph Node Sampling in Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Lymph node dissection is the surest way to eliminate all possibilities of misreading the stage of lung cancer.
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Esophageal Motility Group Is Major Referral Center for Achalasia Surgery
Mayo Clinic is major referral center for achalasia treatment. Although the disorder is rare, thoracic surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Rochester have performed more than 250 surgical procedures to relieve severe achalasia in the past 8 years. In more than 90 percent of cases, patients' symptoms were greatly improved and results were durable.
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Minimally Invasive Transcervical Thymectomy, an Excellent Alternative to Sternotomy for Removal of Thymus Gland
Mayo Clinic was one of the first centers to advocate use of a less invasive mini-sternotomy, and for the past decade, this has been the standard procedure.
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