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• a  through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
  percutaneous absorption

• Cypher was the first company to advertise percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting coronary stents, but other types of medical devices had been advertised .
• Known as percutaneous automated diskectomy, it is an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia through a tiny (2 mm long) incision in the back.
• The percutaneous nephroscope allows doctors to remove stones through a tiny opening in the patient's back or to shatter them into harmless fragments with bombardments of sound .

• transdermal
• transdermic
• transcutaneous

News & Articles

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• New vascular procedure performed at HFM
  Dr. Jeremy Scarlett of Advanced Pain Management recently became the first physician in the Manitowoc area to offer percutaneous tenotomy, an advanced new treatment for tendon pain, according to a press release.
  July 3, 2013 - Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Quotes

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• Andrea in PR Newswire (press release)
  We are gratified by the continued clinical acceptance of our ReValving technology, the smallest percutaneous system currently available. The extensive clinical experience we have in Europe, where we are the market leader, will greatly facilitate... Daniel http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFKicWKYcTEr0IYklrJvpoO1SW3IQ MarketWatch http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/corevalve-successfully-treats-first-pacific/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BFD959120-77E7-46E1-B172-D17C2AD7BF7A%257D%26dist%3Dhppr&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFlcb7HcAzilPgEEpv16spRQzvGYw Aug 28, 2008 73477 98371 percutaneous The biggest investments in percutaneous heart valves are seen in the aortic segment, including Medtronic's CoreValve Percutaneous System and Edwards Lifesciences' SAPIEN device, which are expected to enter the US in 2011" says Andrea Bettello,...