2007

Clinical Update
Volume 23, number 2, 2007

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

Inside this issue

Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum in Pediatric Patients
A minimally invasive surgical approach that inserts a bracing bar to remodel the anterior chest yields excellent results.
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Mayo Clinic Residential Addiction Treatment Combines Evidence-Based Treatment Strategies
Mayo Clinic has a 28-day residential addiction treatment program and more than 30 years of experience providing physician directed addiction treatment.
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Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinic: A New Model for Closing the Evidence-Practice Gap
Mayo Clinic is investigating a new model to close the evidence-practice gap in management of cerebrovascular disease: a physician-led, nurse-staffed outpatient Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinic.
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Mayo Clinic Briefings — Multiple Myeloma Trial Ends Early Because of Superior Results of Low-Dose Option
A Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group clinical trial comparing 2 treatments for multiple myeloma was stopped early because preliminary data in April showed the low-dose option to be more effective and to have fewer adverse effects.
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Advances in Liver Surgery: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Liver Tumors and Cysts
Primary benign and malignant liver tumors, metastatic lesions, and symptomatic cystic lesions of the liver can be safely removed or treated using innovative laparoscopic approaches.
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