Parkwest First in State to Implant Graft
Monday, June 20, 2011
From Shopper-News, June 20, 2011.
| A 68-year-old man in Strawberry Plains is the first person in Tennessee to be implanted with a new device that will provide dialysis patients with expanded treatment options.
Parkwest Medical Center vascular surgeon Dr. Christopher Pollock implanted the GORE Hybrid Vascular Graft in the patient on June 13. Dr. Pollock said the procedure takes about 45 minutes and most patients can return home the same day. The device is ready to use two weeks after insertion, a timeframe faster than previous graft options. The GORE Hybrid Vascular Graft became available in the U.S. last month after gaining FDA approval in 2010. |