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Successful management of mycotic visceral aneurysms in a LVAD patient and navigating LVAD postoperative challenges. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
Wermine K   +5 more
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SAINTS IN SURGERY

ANZ Journal of Surgery, 1998
There are nearly 300 saints whose names are associated with diseases or the cure of the sick and this relationship has come about either by some miracle attributed to them or by some aspect of their martyrdom. Some diseases have a number of saints as patrons and some saints have many different patronages.
Reginald Magee
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Saint Lucy, the patron saint of the blind

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009
Lucy means light. Saint Lucy, also known as Saint Lucia or Saint Lukia is the patron saint of the blind. Born to rich and noble parents in Syracuse, Sicily, in the year 283 AD she lost her Roman father in infancy. She was raised by her Greek mother, Eutychia, who instilled in her the sense of sharing with the poor.1 Lucy grew up to be a devout ...
Neeru, Dhillon   +2 more
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Saint Blase, patron saint of otorhinolaryngology

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2001
Otorhinolaryngology is one of the few medical specialities which has a patron saint, Saint Blase (born 317-AD). He was a Doctor and Bishop in Sebaste, Armenia, and he suffered martyrdom under the rule of the Roman Emperor Licinio (Iliria 250 AD - Tsalonica 325 AD). He was acknowledged as having the ability to protect people against throat infections,
G, Til-Pérez   +2 more
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