News for Physicians from Johns Hopkins Medicine

Winter 2017

Maximizing the Benefits of Spasticity Surgery

Coupled with surgery to reduce spasticity and improve motor function in children with cerebral palsy, a team approach — involving pediatric neurosurgeons and neurologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, orthopaedic surgeons and physiatrists — is increasing the likelihood of good outcomes.

A Team Approach to Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence

At 26 weeks, the fetuses had a reasonable chance of viability outside the womb, but they were also vulnerable to complications that can arise from prematurity. The only treatment for TAPS is fetal laser surgery to close off and separate the blood vessels—a potentially risky proposition for a triplet pregnancy.

More Effective Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) involves flooding the peritoneal cavity with a warm chemotherapy solution.
Liver Care and Transplant for D.C.-Area Patients

The Liver Transplant program of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center has the highest patient survival rate in the mid-Atlantic region and the best one-year patient and graft survival rates in Maryland.
Helping Students Get the Tools They Need to Succeed

Departments of neurology, neurosurgery and neuroscience collected enough school supplies to fill 60 backpacks for Baltimore City elementary school students in United Way’s Family Stability program.
The Ins and Outs of the Minimally Invasive Whipple

In select patients, surgeons at The Johns Hopkins Hospital are applying a minimally invasive approach to the Whipple operation.

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Winter 2017

Maximizing the Benefits of Spasticity Surgery

A Team Approach to Twin Anemia Polycythemia Sequence

More Effective Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Liver Care and Transplant for D.C.-Area Patients

Helping Students Get the Tools They Need to Succeed

The Ins and Outs of the Minimally Invasive Whipple