Recovery after a Whipple procedure takes about six to eight weeks. You need to meet certain milestones before being discharged from the hospital after surgery. Do not remove your bandages for one to ...

Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) Codes are an addition to the CPT® code set approved by the AMA CPT® Editorial Panel. They are alpha-numeric CPT codes with a corresponding descriptor for labs or ...

Balloon angioplasty is used to widen blocked or narrow blood vessels. It is often done with local anesthesia and does not usually require an overnight hospital stay. The procedure has risks, including ...

Gasparin et al. evaluated the analytical performance of the Hilab Lens point-of-care hematology device compared to conventional hematology. The Hilab Lens demonstrated high precision, strong ...

Both the new weight loss drugs and bariatric (weight loss) surgery improve body composition in patients with obesity by inducing a moderate loss of fat-free mass (including lean muscle) along with a ...

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