When is National Without A Scalpel Day?
Monday January 16thEach 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.
