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Single-Port Surgery for Prostate Cancer: Benefits and Challenges

A Keck Medicine of USC urologist explains why single-port surgery’s regionalization of care can yield better outcomes for prostate cancer…

Why This Type of Total Arch Replacement Can Be Beneficial for Type A Aortic Dissections

A Keck Medicine of USC cardiac surgeon explains why total aortic arch replacement with a frozen elephant trunk is often…

How Do Genetics Affect Heart Health?

A person’s family history can affect their heart health just as much as their lifestyle or environment. Find out what…

What Is the Treatment for Testicular Cancer?

Testicular cancer is highly survivable, but getting the right treatment early on is crucial. Learn what options are available for…

Aortic Dissection Interrupts Groom's Wedding

Minutes after exchanging vows, Eli Newell experienced a life-threatening cardiac emergency. Eli Newell is a comedian, so it follows that…

Surgeons Model Next-Generation Aortic Dissection Care

USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute surgeons discuss how they saved an aortic dissection patient using smart collaboration and a trial…

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Transfusion-Free Surgery Goes Mainstream

Natalie Ciebrant credits Keck Medicine of USC cardiothoracic surgeon Fernando Fleischman, MD, for safely treating her aortic disease while respecting…

Heart Surgeries with Team Approach Save Athlete

Lifelong athlete George Young needed multiple surgeries after suffering a severe heart complication. Thanks to the USC Comprehensive Aortic Center,…

Meet Christine Hsieh, MD

Dr. Hsieh is a colorectal surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC who specializes in minimally invasive surgery as well as…