Posted on 28 April 2009. Tags: cardiothoracic surgery, heart surgery, minimally invasive surgery

Frank W. Bowen, M.D.; Richard Y. Highbloom, M.D. and Michael Rosenbloom, M.D.
This is the story of three high-risk heart patients with three different cardiac conditions who were operated on the same day by three different surgeons. They were fortunate that their surgeries could be done with minimally invasive procedures instead of the more traumatic open-chest surgery.
“What is particularly special about this day is that in the majority of hospitals, these procedures are not even performed,” Dr. Rosenbloom said. Cooper University Hospital’s minimally invasive heart surgery program is one of only a few such programs offered in the Delaware Valley and the most extensive program of its kind in South Jersey.
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Posted on 24 March 2009. Tags: aneurysm, carotid artery disease, endovascular surgery, minimally invasive surgery, poor circulation, vascular surgery
If you’ve been diagnosed with a blood vessel disorder, for example an aneurysm, carotid artery disease, or poor circulation to your legs and feet, vascular surgeons at Cooper University Hospital offer minimally invasive surgical techniques designed to get you fixed, fast.
Known as endovascular surgery, these minimally invasive procedures avoid open-body surgery for select patients, offering less pain and trauma, shorter recovery time and excellent results.
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