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Report says surgery choice often depends on geography, including in SD

December 13, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Whether patients have elective surgery depends largely on where they live and not necessarily how sick they are, a newly released report says.
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Cosmetic options growing for men

October 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Men constitute a larger part of the beauty-industry marketplace that was once clearly the domain of women.
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Plastic surgery rising for U.S. youth?

October 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Fifteen percent of youth in the United States consider getting plastic surgery, according to a recent survey by InSites Consulting, an international market research agency.
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Avera says it has performed 1,000 transplants

September 6, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) Avera McKennan Hospital says it has performed its 1,000th bone marrow, kidney or pancreas transplant at the Sioux Falls center.
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Fargo doctor develops new stent graft to fix aneurysms

September 4, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Arlene Olson had a bulge in the aortic artery inside her abdomen that was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. Not long ago, because of the small size of her artery, Olson, 87, would have required open surgery to repair the aneurysm that, if untreated, would eventually rupture and end her life. Continue Reading

Judge orders meeting in KKK surgery scars case

August 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic

RAPID CITY (AP) A judge in a civil lawsuit filed by a Native American man who claims the letters KKK were carved into him following surgery at a South Dakota hospital has ordered the two sides to come together to try to come to a resolution in the case. Continue Reading

Vikings’ wide receive Childs has surgery on torn knee tendons

August 6, 2012 in West Central Tribune

MANKATO, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings are hoping wide receiver Greg Childs can recover fully from his freak injury, a ruptured patella tendon in both of his knees that ended his rookie season before it began.
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Don Meyer heart pacemaker surgery goes well

August 2, 2012 in The Daily Republic

ABERDEEN (AP) Former Northern State University men’s basketball coach Don Meyer is recovering in a Minneapolis-area hospital after having a heart pacemaker implanted.
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Don Meyer having heart pacemaker surgery

July 31, 2012 in The Daily Republic

ABERDEEN (AP) Former Northern State University men’s basketball coach Don Meyer is having surgery this week to implant a heart pacemaker.
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Seattle lawyers allowed to join SD surgical scars case

July 31, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) A South Dakota judge is allowing three lawyers from Washington to help represent a Native American man who has filed a civil lawsuit claiming the letters KKK were carved into his stomach at a hospital.
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