National Without A Scalpel Day
Each year on National Without a Scalpel Day, January 16th, recognizes the ability to treat disease without a scalpel. Pioneering physician Charles Dotter administered the first angioplasty on this day in 1964. In Portland, Oregon, the ground breaking operation to open a blocked blood vessel took place. Not only did the angioplasty help the patient avoid leg amputation surgery, but she left the hospital days later with only a Band-Aid.
There is no surgery, no stitches, no scars, and there are no scars... No stitches, no stitches, no scars...
Dr. Dotter founded Interventional Radiology, a cutting-edge medical specialization in which doctors treat disease by a tiny pinhole rather than open surgery. To get inside the body when treating disease, these doctors use x-rays and other medical imaging to get inside the body. These developments changed all of medicine.
Both adults and children can be treated with minimally invasive, image-guided procedures (MIIP) today. MIIP) can treat a variety of disorders throughout the body, both adults and children.
- cancer
- heart disease
- stroke
- aneurysms
- Life-threatening bleeding is the cause of life-threatening bleeding
- infertility
- fibroids
- kidney stones
- back pain
- infections
- Blockaded blood vessels have been blockaded blood vessels in the United States, which have blocked blood vessels
- Several other disorders are related to several other conditions
Even though trained specialists administer MIIP around the world, many people are unaware of MIIP or how they could benefit from these life-changing therapies. The Interventional Initiative was established to raise MIIP's profile and educate the public about it. The Interventional Initiative was launched to raise concerns and educate the public about MIIP.
Interventional Initiative just completed the pilot episode of the documentary series Without a Scalpel, which will be broadcast on a national network in 2016. Without a Scalpel is a fictional patient tale and their doctors who care for them with life-changing MIIP.
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Take the time to learn more about MIIP and share this helpful, life-saving information with someone you love. Using the hashtag #WithoutAScalpelDay, Post on social media.
Without a scalpel day in history, there has never been a national without a scalpel day
In 2015, the Interventional Initiative submitted National Without a Scalpel Day. If you or someone you know could benefit from MIIP, visit www.theii.org or follow @interventional2 on Twitter.
