Radiation Therapy FAQs
What should I bring to my first appointment?
A copy of your complete medical record is most helpful, including pathology or lab reports and/or any prior treatment notes. You will need to bring any films of CT or MRI scans, bone scans and X-rays. You will also need to bring your health insurance cards, along with any necessary referrals required by your insurer.
Holy Family Hospital to Hold Free Seminar on Advanced Wound Care
Podiatric Surgeon and Wound Care Specialist Bobby Kuruvilla, DPM will present a medical Meet the Expert seminar on advances in wound care at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen on February 2, 2016, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the ground floor auditorium.
Dr. Kuruvilla will talk about the different types of wounds found on the foot and ankle, explain the process of wound healing, describe the various modalities used in wound care, and define the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in wound healing.
Uterine Fibroids (UFE)
What are uterine fibroids?
Fibroids are the most common type of abnormal growth in the uterus and the most common reason for hysterectomy in U.S. women.
Tunneled Infusion Catheter
What is a Tunneled Infusion Catheter?
A vascular access procedure involves placing a thin hollow plastic tube, or catheter, into a vein to permit drawing blood tests, and giving medications, fluids and nutrition, or transfusions directly into the bloodstream.
Tunneled Dialysis Catheters
What is a Tunneled Dialysis Catheter?
Many patients who develop severe kidney failure will need dialysis for a period of time, whether for days, months or for years. The work of the kidneys is to rid the body of waste chemicals, and when the kidneys fail, this must be done by dialysis.
Transhepatic Biliary Drainage
What is Transhepatic Biliary Drainage?
Bile is a liquid made by the liver, which travels through tubes (ducts) to the intestine for the purpose of aiding digestion and eliminating some chemical waste from the body.
TIPS (Portal Hypertension)
What is portal hypertension?
In people with liver failure and cirrhosis, the liver is incapable of processing blood from the bowel. As a result, abnormally high pressure develops within the veins that drain blood from the bowels as the body tries to form other channels for the blood to empty into the main (systemic) circulation.