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G49 -- December 2006 -- New Device for Lung Biopsy
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Intro: Picture this. You're at the doctor's office and he or she tells you there's a tiny spot in your lung. It could be cancer. To find out, your options have been to wait and see if it grows or go to surgery for a biopsy. Now there's another option: an out patient procedure that can get you a fast, accurate diagnosis with minimal pain. More from Mayo Clinic.
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Total running time 1:36 |
LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. |
Shirley VanGundy |
"YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THAT HUSTLE AND BUSTLE." "SLOW DOWN, MIA." FOLKS OUT FOR A STROLL TAKE THEIR TIME. "EVERYBODY KNOWS EACH OTHER." BUT SHIRLEY VANGUNDY'S PACE OF LIFE WAS DISRUPTED WHEN DOCTORS TOLD HER A SPOT ON HER LUNG COULD BE CANCER. TO FIND OUT SHE NEEDED A BIOPSY. |
Shirley VanGundy |
"IT'S A SHOCK." BECAUSE OF THE SMALL SIZE OF THE SPOT, THE GENTLE MOVEMENTS OF SHIRLEY'S BREATHING MEANT SHE MIGHT SHE HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY INSTEAD OF A LESS-INVASIVE IMAGE-GUIDED NEEDLE BIOPSY. |
Stephanie Carlson, M.D. Mayo Clinic Radiologist |
"WITH IMAGERING WE NOTORIOUSLY HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH BREATHING AND RESPIRATORY MOTION." THAT'S BECAUSE EVERY TIME A PATIENT BREATHES, THE SPOT DOCTORS ARE TRYING TO POKE A NEEDLE INTO MOVES. IT'S LIKE TRYING TO HIT A MOVING TARGET. |
Standup Vivien Williams Reporting To procedure video To animation |
BUT WITH THE NEW BREATH HOLD DEVICE DEVELOPED AT MAYO CLINIC DOCTORS CAN PERFORM OUT PATIENT NEEDLE BIOPSIES ON SPOTS SMALLER THAN A DIME. THE PATIENT WEARS A BELT AROUND THE ABDOMEN THAT MONITORS BREATHING. A DISPLAY SCREEN LIGHTS UP AS HE OR SHE BREATHES. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS RED, THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH. EACH TIME THEY HOLD IT, THE NODULE MOVES TO THE SAME PLACE, ALLOWING DOCTORS ACCURATE ACCESS. |
Claire Bender, M.D. |
"WHAT THIS REALLY BRINGS TO THE PATIENT IS VALUE. THEY ARE GETTING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER." SHIRLEY'S BIOPSY SHOWED NO CANCER. AND THE NEXT DAY SHE RETURNED TO THE CALM PACE OF COUNTRY LIFE ... |
Shirley VanGundy |
"WE'LL TALK AGAIN" ... WITH A BAND-AID AS THE ONLY REMINDER OF HER CANCER SCARE ... "GOOD DOGGY" ... FOR MEDICAL EDGE, I'M VIVIEN WILLIAMS. |
Tag: Shirley says the device was simple to use and watching the lights helped distract her from thinking about cancer or the needles. For more information, visit our Web site at ...
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