<unk>  is therapy intended, in transportation metaphor, to serve as a figurative<unk>  to another stage of therapy or health, carrying a patient past a challenging period of some kind. There are various types of<unk> , such as<unk>  to transplant,<unk>  to candidacy,<unk>  to decision,<unk>  to recovery, and anticoagulation<unk>  (such as heparin<unk> .<unk>  exists in contrast to destination therapy, which is the figurative destination rather than a<unk>  to something else. *<unk>  to transplant: Such therapy preserves someone's health well enough and long enough that they can make it to organ transplant, still being eligible for transplant after spending time waiting for an organ to become available. For example, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) often serves as a<unk>  to heart transplant, locoregional therapy (such as radiofrequency ablation) for hepatocellular carcinoma can serve as a<unk>  to liver transplant, and lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can serve as a<unk>  to lung transplant. *<unk>  to candidacy: A patient was too sick to be a candidate for a certain therapy, but the<unk>  carries them to a state of being eligible; for example, ECMO as a<unk>  to nontransplant cardiac surgery. *<unk>  to decision: A decision will soon be made about what to do next (that is, which definitive therapy will come soon), but first the patient needs a<unk>  to support them until that decision; for example, short-term mechanical circulatory support as a<unk>  to durable left ventricular assist device implant in refractory cardiogenic shock. *<unk>  to recovery: A recovery is likely, but first support is needed to carry someone through a tough time; for example, ECMO in methamphetamine toxicity, which can be viewed as both rescue therapy and<unk>  to recovery. * Anticoagulation<unk> : Temporary anticoagulation, such as with heparin, is used during a perioperative period when a patient's regular anticoagulant therapy, such as with warfarin, is suspended; the goal is to prevent excess risk of severe bleeding during or after surgery. The heparin<unk>  provides some anticoagulant effect (to prevent thrombosis from warfarin withdrawal) but not as much as would make severe bleeding likely. A related concept is linkage to care, which is a<unk>  to therapy, such as when community screening events (for conditions such as high blood pressure or high blood sugar) find new cases of hypertension or diabetes; recipients are helped to find appropriate care (for example, some have not been to a doctor for many years and can use help finding a new doctor).
Bridge therapy
Goeckerman therapy
Voice therapy
Piezoelectric surgery
Railway surgery
Wilderness therapy
Dark therapy
Maggot therapy