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Woman Has Stomach Reduced Through Her Mouth

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

http://i36.tinypic.com/33ucokw.jpg A California woman had 80 percent of her stomach removed through her mouth using a minimally invasive technique, according to surgeons who say it may be the first of its kind in the world. Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center performed the sleeve gastrectomy on Aug. 3. The patient, Connie Harris of Carlsbad, Calif., is recovering at home and doing well. “We remove 80 percent of the stomach to try to create a sensation of fullness and make the patient lose weight,” said Dr. Santiago Horgan, chief of minimally invasive surgery and director for the UCSD Center for the Treatment of Obesity. A sleeve gastrectomy allows patients to lose two to four pounds each week after surgery. Before surgery, Harris, 61, weighed almost 200 pounds at just 5-feet, 4-inches tall. She lost a lot of the weight before surgery while on an all-liquid diet to reduce the size of her liver, and now weighs 175 pounds after surgery. “At some point, you tell yourself the truth that all of the diets that you’ve been on haven’t been working,” said Harris, adding that she’s been dieting since she was 7 years old. “I think it’s the future. I think people should really look into it.” The sleeve gestrectomy incorporates two minimally invasive techniques – laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) – both intended to reduce scarring….. for full story visit http://www.waneenterprises.com/forums/4//830/1 added by: Wizzane

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Who Knew There Were So Many Interesting Ways to Die?

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Let’s talk about the weird ways people die! Tonight, the Times writes about how New Yorkers die. Apparently, the city uses over 6,000 codes to classify accidental deaths. We looked at the list and found some doozys. These deaths are all classifications recognized by the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases manual . Doctors and the city use the manual to complete death certificates and compile statistics. Without further ado, here is a list of the strangest entries in the “accidents” section of the ICD: Weird Ways to Accidentally Die V35 Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle V71 Bus occupant injured in collision with pedal cycle V82.4 Person injured while boarding or alighting from streetcar V82.7 Occupant of streetcar injured in derailment without antecedent collision V95.1 Ultralight, microlight or powered-glider accident injuring occupant V95.4 Spacecraft accidents injuring occupant V96.0 Balloon accident injuring occupant V96.1 Hang-glider accident injuring occupant V96.8 Other nonpowered-aircraft accidents injuring occupant (Kite carrying a person) W04 Fall while being carried or supported by other persons W14 Fall from tree W15 Fall from cliff W26 Contact with knife, sword or dagger W27 Contact with nonpowered hand tool (includes: axe; can-opener; chisel; fork; handsaw; hoe; ice-pick; needle; paper-cutter; pitchfork; rake; scissors; screwdriver; sweing-machine, nonpowered; shovel) W41 Exposure to noise (includes: sound waves; supersonic waves) W44 Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice W52 Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampeded W53 Bitten by rat W56 Bitten or struck by marine animal W64 Exposure to other and unspecified animate mechanical forces V84.7 Person on outside of special agricultural vehicle injured in nontraffic accident W88 Exposure to ionizing radiation (includes: radioactive isotopes; X-rays) X05 Exposure to ignition or melting of nightwear X21 Contact with venomous snakes and lizards (includes: Cobra; fer de lance; Gila monster; krait; rattlesnake; sea snake; snake (venomous); viper) X24 Contact with centipedes and venomous millipedes (tropical) X25 Contact with other venomous arthropods (includes: ant; caterpillar) X33 Victim of lightning (excludes: fire caused by lightning; injury from fall of tree or other object caused by lightning) Y36.5 War operations involving nuclear weapons (Includes: Blast effects; exposure to ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon; fireball effects; heat) X37 Victim of cataclysmic storm (includes: blizzard; cloudburst; cyclone; tornado) X51 Prolonged stay in weightless environment (includes: weightlessness in spacecraft (simulator)) U01.8 Terrorism, other specified (includes: lasers; battle wounds; piercing or stabbing object injuries; drowned in terrorist operations) X58 Exposure to unspecified factors

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Who Knew There Were So Many Interesting Ways to Die?

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