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For 17-year-old Nick Locilento, football is a way of life. So when he injured his right hip on the field last season, he was afraid that his passion for the game would need to be put on hold. Sheryl Neely, 40, is not a competitive athlete, but this emergency dispatcher had similar hip pains. Both individuals had small tears in the labrum, which is the cartilage that lines the socket portion of the hip.
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.
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.
Call 1-800-8-Cooper (800-826-6737) to speak with our physician referral and information service.
