The FDA recently approved the first ever artificial retina, or “bionic eye”, which could help thousands in the U.S. regain vision. To date it’s been tested on 50 people and allows them to see in black and white. Dr. Lucian Del Priore, Chairman of the MUSC Storm Eye Institute was the first to perform the surgery . . . → Read More: “Bionic Eye” – FDA Approves Artificial Retina
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Popular Science chose an innovative heart valve replacement as its Grand Award Winner in the health category of the annual “Best of What’s New” awards. The valve is used in a procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a new treatment option at MUSC for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (narrowing of the aorta). MUSC . . . → Read More: Popular Science Selects Transcatheter Heart Valve as Grand Award Winner “I have just completed the first U.S. LASIK procedures with the Alcon Refractive Suite assisting George Waring, IV, MD, Medical Director of Magill Vision Center part of the Storm Eye Institute at MUSC. I have worked in ophthalmology for 26 years and I have told many friends and family that this was the best day . . . → Read More: MUSC First in U.S. to Perform Surgery with New LASIK Technology Bruce Frankel, M.D., a neurosurgeon and Director of the Spine Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, provides an update in this video interview on the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak in patients who have received a contaminated steroid injection as part of a spinal block and its implications for South Carolina. This strain of fungal . . . → Read More: Update: Fungal Meningitis Outbreak |
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