Archive for the ‘surgery’ Category

Posted on March 17th, 2010 by by John

Tiny Implant Calms Bladder, Cures UAMS Patient’s Incontinence

The symptoms of her overactive bladder came out of nowhere, 37-year-old Shonae Williams said. In the weeks before she was referred to Ayman Mahdy, M.D., a urology specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Williams had no choice but to buy adult diapers.

Posted on March 17th, 2010 by by John

Holding On

Solita Johnson-Davis was reeling as she got off the phone. The oncologist had bluntly informed the 27-year-old Little Rock realtor that she had cervical cancer.

Posted on March 5th, 2010 by by John

UAMS Specialists Save Arm, Put Biker Back on the Road

Ed and Margo Jevicky say a series of miracles saved their 18-year-old son, Michael, and his right arm when his motorcycle slammed into a Jeep. One of them was landing in the hands of two well-regarded, highly specialized University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeons.

Posted on January 8th, 2010 by by John

Doctor Calls on Unique Skills to Heal Foot Wound

Eighty-six-year-old Robert E. Foust didn’t think much about it when he stepped on the angular blue rock near his home in Pine Bluff; he tossed it to the side of the street and returned from his walk. But a few days later his wife noticed a significant bruise on that foot, and things got worse from there.