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Drug Stents and Surgery
November 1, 2007
Consider length of device use before noncardiac procedures
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Safety after Surgery
February 2, 2007
An 86-year-old female with Alzheimer’s dementia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was admitted with lethargy, fever, and vomiting. After she was diagnosed with necrotizing cholecystitis, she underwent an emergent cholecystectomy.
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Civil War Surgery
September 2, 2006
Dr. McGuire Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and a small group of men rode at dusk along the still-steaming battlefield perimeter on May 2, 1863. During daylight the Confederates had won a stunning victory at Chancellorsville, Va.