UCLAhealth.org Clinical Updates

Anesthesiology

May 2006 - UCLA Pain Management Center provides comprehensive management for chronic pain

Bariatric Surgery

Apr 2009 - Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy offers a lower risk alternative to the gastric bypass procedure
Mar 2009 - Surgical expertise and effective patient education are keys to excellent bariatric surgery outcomes

Cardiology

Apr 2009 - UCLA Transitional Care Program for Adolescents/Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Program Update
Oct 2008 - UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center Brochure
Dec 2007 - UCLA offers specialized care for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sep 2007 - Off-pump surgical option and minimally invasive vein and radial artery harvesting offer innovations in coronary artery bypass surgery
Mar 2007 - New study identifies systolic blood pressure as a key vital sign in heart failure patients
Sep 2006 - Ventricular assist device currently in clinical trials at UCLA offers bridge to transplant and destination therapy for heart failure
Dec 2005 - Cardiac resynchronization provides significant benefits for heart failure patients
Jul 2005 - Innovative electrophysiology procedures used to treat cardiac arrhythmias
Jul 2005 - New bedside evaluation tool gauges mortality risk in patients hospitalized with heart failure

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Dec 2007 - Program Update: Cardiothoracic Surgery / Cardiac Surgery
Dec 2007 - Aortic diseases often require swift intervention

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Mar 2007 - UCLA assessment protocol sets new standard for evaluating autism spectrum disorders
Jul 2006 - UCLA introduces new assessment protocol for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dec 2005 - UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program offers treatment and clinical studies
Dec 2005 - UCLA's short-term day program treats children with psychiatric disorders
Dec 2005 - UCLA clinic provides interventions for teens with mild to severe depression

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Feb 2006 - UCLA Center for East-West medicine offers alternative approach to patient care

Critical Care Medicine

Jul 2005 - UCLA Medical Center world's first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in the Intensive Care Unit

Digestive Diseases

Nov 2009 - New technology aids digestive disorder treatments
Aug 2008 - Implanted neurostimulator palliates drug-refractory nausea associated with gastroparesis
Oct 2008 - UCLA PEACE program prepares esophageal cancer patients for surgery - and recovery
Dec 2007 - Program Update: UCLA Center for Pancreatic Diseases
Dec 2007 - UCLA offers advanced ablation for Barrett’s esophagus
Oct 2007 - Minimally invasive transhiatal esophagectomy provides a treatment option for patients with esophageal cancer and other esophageal disorders

Emergency Medicine

Dec 2007 - Study reviews literature and management guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock

Endocrinology

Apr 2009 - Intravenous bisphosphonate offers once-a-year alternative to pill regimen for osteoporosis
Apr 2007 - Continuous glucose sensor can help avoid potentially dangerous highs and lows
Apr 2007 - New classes of drugs offer options in type II diabetes

Head and Neck Surgery

Sep 2006 - New Swallowing Disorders Clinic at UCLA offers sophisticated outpatient procedures

Hepatology

Oct 2008 - Program Update: UCLA Asian Liver Program
Sep 2006 - Monitoring and managing viral load key to treating hepatitis B patients
Sep 2006 - Researchers to study the effects of lifestyle changes on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
May 2006 - Hepatitis C care can prevent serious liver disease

Hyperbaric Medicine

Nov 2009 - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy effectively treats long-term damage from radiation therapy

Interventional Neuroradiology

Aug 2009 - Glue procedure for hard-to-treat brain aneurysms
Feb 2006 - New study shows superior outcomes for treating ruptured aneurysms with endovascular coil

Neurology

Jun 2009 - Telestroke program enables emergency video consults with UCLA experts

Neurosurgery

Jun 2009 - Brain Aneurysm and AVM Program: Program Update
Oct 2008 - Program Update: Brain Tumor Program
Aug 2008 - New pituitary tumor resection technique offers better visualization and more complete tumor removal

Nutrition

Nov 2009 - Risk Factor Obesity program offers care based on medical and behavioral expertise
May 2006 - UCLA Food Allergy Program unique in the region

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Oct 2009 - Robotic technology enhances effectiveness of hysterectomy
Nov 2008 - New UCLA clinic improves quality of life for women suffering from pelvic floor disorders
Apr 2009 - MR-guided ultrasound and robotic surgery expand options for women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Oncology

Jan 2010 - New! New treatments for blood diseases studied
Jan 2009 - Clinical data from 15-year UCLA study helps physicians personalize kidney-cancer therapy
Nov 2008 - UCLA Lung screening clinic monitors high-risk patients to catch lung cancer early
Oct 2008 - Prostate cancer patients sought for clinical trials
Apr 2007 - UCLA Melanoma Program offers the complete range of treatments and access to investigational studies
Apr 2007 - Procedure developed at UCLA helps identify deadly metastic ocular melanoma
Mar 2007 - Survival times increased significantly in early-stage breast cancer with Herceptin and chemotherapy
Jul 2005 - Endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration improves staging for certain lung cancers

Ophthalmology

Dec 2007 - Surgical advances and research insights in Graves’-related eye disorders

Orthopaedic Surgery

Jan 2010 - New! Program Update: UCLA Spine Center
Jan 2009 - X-Stop offers spinal stenosis patients a low-risk alternative to invasive surgery
Oct 2008 - Arthroscopic rotator-cuff repair avoids cutting the deltoid muscle
Nov 2007 - UCLA among the first centers to offer an alternative to spinal fusion
Oct 2007 - Newly approved devices make ankle replacement surgery an option for more patients with ankle pain
Jul 2005 - Herniated lumbar disc and chronic lumbar discogenic pain can now be treated with the minimally invasive posterolateral transforaminal endoscopic discectomy

Pediatrics

Oct 2009 - Pediatric Pulmonology: Division of Pediatric Pulmonology broadens services
Aug 2009 - Transitioning complex, chronically ill patients from adolescence to adulthood
Dec 2008 - Pediatric Cardiology: Investigational bridge to transplant provides new hope for children with failing hearts
Nov 2008 - Program Update: Pediatric Immunology
Oct 2008 - Pediatric Immunology / Allergy: Subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy for patients with primary immune deficiency studied
Dec 2007 - Pediatric Gastroenterology: Eosinophilic esophagitis, often confused with reflux, treated in new UCLA G.I. disorders clinic
Dec 2007 - Pediatric Immunology / Allergy: UCLA Skin Allergy / Eczema Clinic Treats Children with Severe Symptoms
Dec 2005 - Pediatric Endocrinology: New growth hormone dosing strategy boosts height in short children
Aug 2005 - Pediatric Cardiology: Less-invasive technique corrects atrial septal defects
Jul 2005 - Pediatric Surgery: Minimally invasive laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication used to treat infants and children with gastroesophageal reflux
Jul 2005 - Pediatric Cardiology: Triplet 5-year-old girls undergo less invasive open-heart surgery using the AMPLATZER Septal Occluder

Pharmacology / Nuclear Medicine

Apr 2009 - Nuclear imaging provides powerful tools for managing heart disease
Apr 2009 - PET/CT offers unique advantages in evaluating cancer treatment
Oct 2009 - PET provides dementia diagnosis based on brain activity
Aug 2008 - SPECT/CT adds anatomic detail to improve diagnostic utility of SPECT images

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Mar 2010 - New! Less invasive technique repairs skull defect
Jul 2008 - Free-flap microsurgery breast reconstruction offers dramatic advantages
Dec 2005 - UCLA Breast Reconstructive Center offers full range of options to meet every patient's needs

Podiatry

Jul 2009 - New procedure straightens bunions without bone cutting
Mar 2007 - Lapidus bunionectomy corrects painful bunions
Mar 2007 - Minimally-invasive technique repairs Achilles tendinosis and plantar fascitis

Psychiatry

Feb 2010 - New! Intensive outpatient program treats children and adolescents with OCD
Jan 2010 - New! UCLA Offers Eating Disorders Program for Adults
Nov 2008 - UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) Brochure

Pulmonary Medicine

Oct 2009 - UCLA among few to offer specialized PTE surgery for obstructive cardiopulmonary condition
Oct 2007 - Lung volume reduction surgery and investigational valve implants offered to carefully selected COPD patients
Jul 2005 - New drugs enhance pulmonary hypertension treatment

Radiation Oncology

Dec 2009 - Radiation treatments highly effective in halting growth of acoustic neuromas
Oct 2009 - Lung tumors treated with precise high-dose radiation
Jun 2009 - Program Update: Department of Radiation Oncology
Jul 2005 - Stereotactic radiosurgery allows precise treatment of primary and metastatic tumors impinging on the spinal cord

Radiology

Oct 2008 - Women's Imaging Services Brochure
Sep 2008 - Newer imaging techniques superior in detecting and localizing prostate cancer
Dec 2007 - PET/CT technology used to diagnose cancer and dementia
Dec 2007 - Ultrasound, MR arthrography enhance musculoskeletal imaging tools
Apr 2007 - Online, remote control cardiovascular imaging technology boosts efficiency, allows access to distant expertise
Apr 2007 - Speedy dual-source CT scanners improve safety, effectiveness of diagnostic cardiovascular testing
Oct 2006 - Percutaneous ablation may be the best treatment option for many small liver tumors
Sep 2006 - Uterine fibroid embolization provides a less invasive alternative to hysterectomy
Dec 2005 - Recent study shows benefits of digital mammography for many women
Dec 2005 - Virtual colonoscopy offers visualization of colon in less invasive procedure

Sports Medicine

Jul 2005 - Minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided procedure used to treat chronic tendonopathy at UCLA

Surgery

Oct 2009 - Endocrine Surgical Unit brings leading experience and methodology to parathyroid disease treatment
Sep 2009 - Hybrid prodedure offers a less invasive alternative to colectomy
Nov 2007 - Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center among few offering minimally invasive liver resections
Mar 2007 - Laparoscopic colectomy offers excellent outcomes with less trauma and faster recovery than open surgery
Sep 2006 - Minimally invasive surgery repairs potentially fatal aortic aneurysms
May 2006 - UCLA Endocrine Surgical Unit treats thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disease

Transplant Services

Feb 2009 - UCLA Pancreas Transplant Program offers select patients freedom from insulin therapy
Oct 2008 - UCLA performs lung transplants in select older patients with encouraging clinical outcomes
May 2006 - Intestinal transplantation: treatment option for intestinal failure with TPN complications
Jul 2005 - Ventricular assist devices offered in clinical trials at UCLA as a bridge to transplant and as destination therapy

Urology

Dec 2009 - Active surveillance can avoid treatment risks for many prostate cancer patients
Aug 2007 - Robotically assisted prostatectomy uses minimally invasive tools to treat cancer
Oct 2006 - InterStim therapy helps patients with overactive bladder or chronic pelvic pain lead normal lives
Jul 2005 - UCLA Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation and Biofeedback Program treats women and men with bladder control problems and medical conditions

Vascular Surgery

Aug 2008 - Non-invasive technique uses light as guide to effectively treat varicose veins