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Breast Surgery

Preventive Mastectomy Less Common for Black Women With Breast Cancer

Heart Health & Surgery

Hospital Volume Does Not Mitigate the Effect of Community Socioeconomic Deprivation on Outcomes of Heart Transplantation

UCLA research suggests that heart transplantation is safer for adults with single-ventricle CHD than previously thought

Center-Level Variation in Failure to Rescue Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Day of discharge does not influence heart surgery patient readmissions

Home Monitoring for Post Surgery Heart Patients

TAVR Costs Rising As SAVR Price Falls

Conscious Sedation in TAVR Cuts Costs by 25%, Boosts Patient Satisfaction

Injury-Related Surgery

New study documents increasing frequency, cost, and severity of gunshot wounds that require surgical intervention

Hospitalizations For Scooter Injuries Have Spiked, New Study Shows

Innovative Medical Technologies

UCLA scientists explore using virtual reality for diagnoses, surgeries

UCLA physicians are using 3-D printers, digital wireless sensors to improve health outcomes

ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)

Our very popular ECMO Podcast!

Deputy who stopped active shooter later saved by UCLA’s ECMO Team

ECMO Machine Uses Innovative Technology to Save Lives

ECMO Saves Another Life

The first documented extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine at UCLA Health