An Image-Recognition Dietary Assessment App for Adolescents With Obesity: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Adolescence is a period of increased susceptibility to developing obesity-related health issues due to poor eating patterns and increased sedentary behaviors. Recommendations for pediatric obesity management include dietary assessments. However, adolescents often avoid food logging through traditional methods.

The jailed coiling technique: An endovascular solution for saccular aneurysms with suboptimal fixation sites.

Objective: To evaluate the midterm results of patients with saccular aneurysms treated with the jailed coiling technique.

Methods: A retrospective review of 17 patients treated with the jailed coiling technique over a 7 year period, between 2018 and 2024 at our institution. Treatment entails placing an endograft across the neck of the saccular aneurysm followed by coiling of the aneurysm through an extraluminal catheter.

The Use of the Off-the-Shelf Inner Branch E-nside Endograft for the Treatment of Elective and Emergent Complex Aortic Aneurysms-A Single-Center Experience.

Background: The aim of this single-center study was to evaluate the early results of the off-the-shelf inner branch E-nside endograft in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database of all patients treated with the E-nside endograft at our institution during the years 2021-2023. Parameters evaluated were technical success, early major adverse events, target vessel patency, and the presence of endoleaks.

Intraoperative calf blood pressure measurements for the detection of early lower extremity ischemia following endovascular aneurysm repair.

Background: Access vessel complications during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) remain a concern and has been reported to occur in 3-10% of cases. The purpose of this study is to report our experience with intraoperative, non-invasive calf blood pressure (BP) measurements and ankle brachial indexes (ABIs) before and immediately following EVAR, in evaluating the perfusion of the lower extremities and detecting early lower extremity ischemia (LEI).

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all consecutive patients who underwent EVAR at our institution between the years 2019 and 2021.

Oxygen uptake kinetics during exercise reveal central and peripheral limitation in patients with iliofemoral venous obstruction.

Objective: Pulmonary oxygen uptake (V˙O) kinetics measured during the initiation of exercise mirror energetic transition during daily activity. The aim of this study was to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms of exercise limitation of patients with chronic iliofemoral vein obstruction after deep vein thrombosis by measuring V˙O kinetics compared with patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and healthy individuals.

Methods: Eleven patients with iliofemoral vein obstruction (7 men; age, 20-65 years), seven patients with PAD (all men; age 44-60 years) and eight healthy participants (5 men; age 28-58 years) were studied.