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Clinical Services
At the heart of UPMC
is a world-class academic medical center, offering advanced treatments,
educating medical professionals, and developing new therapeutic interventions.
UPMC's expertise runs the gamut of modern medical practice.
Diseases
and Conditions at UPMC
Clinical Services
offered by UPMC also include:
- minimally invasive
techniques for most types of major surgery, which leave smaller scars
and allow for less postoperative pain and quicker recovery
- clinical trials
that make investigational therapies available to patients whose conditions
do not respond to conventional treatment
- rehabilitation
services, including specialized fields such as sports medicine, spinal
injury, hand therapy, balance disorders, facial nerve disorders, pain
treatment, and industrial rehabilitation
- durable medical
devices to help with recovery after a patient returns home
Telehealth
To make UPMC's
many excellent clinical programs available even after patients return
home, the Telehealth Project is creating new technologies to allow doctors
anywhere in the world to access the Health System's experts and technological
resources. In teleradiology, specialists across the globe can review x-rays
and other radiology tests. Using telepathology, doctors can share microscopic
examinations to expedite diagnosis and facilitate treatment planning.
Dental Care: a
Resource for Families
UPMC dentists offer fast, high quality care to relieve pain and to correct
underlying dental problems for international patients and their families
right on UPMC's Pittsburgh campus. UPMC dentists offer a full range of
routine procedures, and also provide treatments for more serious oral
and facial diseases.
For more information,
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