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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 12-15, 2005 B-15 HE RE'S TO YOUR HEALTH by Joan Jacobson am frustrated about my divorce situation! I need help! I Innovative minimally-invasive laparascopic surgery Dr. Scan Mulvihill. chairman ol" surgery at the (head and neck), pediatric, plastic, urology and vascuUniversity of Utah, has been working for the past two lar surgeries. 'Iliere are 72 faculty members who are years witli his team to make the University a leader in involved in education, research, clinical care and pubminimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery. He and his lic service. lea in are using the technique to remove cancerous Lest you think that it is an easy task to become a and benign tumors from the liver, pancreas, esopha- physician, Mulvihill explains that the surgeon's educagus and stomach (gaslroinlcslinal organs). Other dis- tional pathway involves a B.S. degree (four years), eases of these organs such as ulcers and cysts, and for medical degree (four years), internship (one year), restreatment of inflammation of the pancreas, are also idency in a specialty (five to six years) and fellowship being treated using laparoscopic surgery. A laparo- (two years). Board certification involving rigorous scope is a small telescope-like device attached lo a examination is also required, because most hospital miniature video camera. The instrument is inserted certification is not standard across the country. through a one-inch incision in the abdomen to give Presently, 40 percent of all students in medical schools the surgeon a look at organs needing surgery for the are women. This is an enormous change over the past removal of tumors and other treatments. Telemetry 50 years when women were vastly under subscribed. and 'IV screens also aid It was not unusual to the surgeon. have only one or two women per med Since coming to the • • This type of surgery uses small school class or none at University. Mulvihill has assembled an incisions - Band-Aid size - requiring an all. extensive team that is It was rather extremely short hospital stay with less shocking making the doctor's to hear the dream a reality. This pain and suffering for the patient... doctor describe the type of surgery uses escalating malpractice small incisions - Band- Needless to say mortality is lower when costs to insure the surAid size -- requiring an the surgery is less invasive than tradition- •gical team. Mulvihill extremely short hospisaid that in 2000, malal methods." tal stay with less pain practice insurance for and suffering for the ^^^^m-m^^mmm^^^^m all of his team amountpatient. Fewer medicaed to $200,000. In tions are required because there is less pain than in 2005, the cost was $1.8 million. He acknowledges that more invasive surgeries. The best part is that the the numbers have increased, but the costs per doctor patient can return to full function in much less lime rose from $3,000 to the present $38,000 per year. than after surgeries performed with large and painful Because of this he has had to modify his budget for incisions. Needless lo say, mortality is lower when the education and research. surgery is less invasive than traditional methods and It is also important to measure outcomes of less recuperation lime is required. patient care with regard to mortality and morbidity, A word of caution, however, for all its promise, 'liiere are some operations that are more risky than laparoscopy is not a surgical panacea than can be used others for the patient, for various reasons. Some of in every procedure. Some high-risk operations may be these could be the severity of the problem, adverse better treated with traditional surgery Nevertheless, reaction to a medication, team coordination, post when it is appropriate, laparoscopic surgery may save operative infections and safety issues for the patient. According to the national Patient Safety Surgery the U.S. health care system money by shortening hospital stays and allowing patients to return to work Study, there are many factors that predict whether a patient lives or dies. Some of these factors are sooner than with more invasive procedures. 'Hie scope of the practice involves basic laborato- whether the patient: appeared in the emergency room ry research including clinical trials, innovative tech- with an acute problem, had abnormal fluid in the nology, educational research and collaboration with abdomen, is female or elderly, has a do-not-resusciother departments lo engineer new procedures. 'Hie tate order/directive, or has pre-diagnosed cancer or doctors in each department are expected lo partici- kidney disease. pate in reporting clinical results and innovations in The national study has prompted hospitals juried medical journals. throughout the United States to analyze their mortalDr. Mulvihill stressed ihe importance of the team ity rates and lo correct any deficiencies. The approach when micro surgery is performed. He University of Utah has improved every year in the named coordination with several specialists such as ratings. In 2004, their mortality rates were among the radiologists, medical specialists, cancer specialists, as lowest in the country making them highly ranked in well as the surgeon, all working as a team for the ben- the U.S. News and World Report's annual study of the efit of the patient. He said that a "shared system is a top hospitals. The challenge is to encourage all hospitals lo improve their rankings. marker of good clinical care." The measurable benefits ol" the laparoscopic Finally. Dr. Mulvihill reminds us that frivolous surgery are: less pain and scarring, fewer days spent in lawsuits with exorbitant rewards are contributing lo the hospital following the surgery, full function in less the escalating health care costs, and that something time than traditional surgery and lower overall med- must be done to correct these travesties. ical costs. Dr. Mulvihill's department of surgery Park City resident Joan Jacobson, P/il), RN, is an encompasses the following surgical specialties: cardio- adjunctprofessorfor the University • of Utah College of vascular, emergency, general surgery, otolaryngology Nursing. She is the author of'Midlife Women. 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