An isolated double-crush-syndrome in posttraumatic thoracic outlet syndrome - A case report.

Thoracic outlet Syndrome (TOS) includes all disorders caused by compression of all neurovascular Structures in the upper thoracic outlet (Ross and Owners, 1966, Bürger and Arterien, 2014, Sanders and Annest, 2017). The Double-Crush-Syndrome (DBS) defines multilevel lesions along a neurovascular trunk caused by mechanical compression in different areas. Pectoralis-minor-syndrome (PMS) is also classified in the disorders of he upper thoracic outlet and was also known as hyperabductionsyndrome or subcoracoidal-syndrome.

Postoperative non-traumatic compartment syndrome (PNCS) in gynecologic surgery.

Purpose: The postoperative non-traumatic compartment syndrome (PNCS) is a rare, but serious postoperative complication. Etiology, risk factors and clinical manifestation of PNCS are not well characterized since data in gynecologic and obstetric patients are limited.

Methods: We performed a retrospective monocentric study of patients who underwent surgery for gynecologic or obstetrics conditions and identified five cases of PNCS, which were analyzed and compared to a control cohort in regard of incidence, clinical presentation, risk factors and clinical outcome.

Effects Of Gelatine-Coated Vascular Grafts On Human Neutrophils.

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to investigate the immune-modulatory potential of commercially available PTFE and polyester vascular grafts with and without gelatine-coating. The biomaterial-cell-interaction was characterized by changes of established parameters such as PMN-related receptors/mediators, phagocytosis potential and capacity as well as the effect of an additional plasma-dependent modulation.

Material And Methods: By means of a standardized experimental in vitro model, various vascular graft material (PTFE/polyester/uncoated/gelatine-coated) was used for incubation with or without plasma and co-culturing with human neutrophile granulocytes (PMN) followed by analysis of representative receptors and mediators (CD62L, CD11b, CXCR2, fMLP-R, IL-8, Elastase, LTB4).

Interactions of neutrophils with silver-coated vascular polyester grafts.

Background: In reconstructive vascular surgery, infection is one of the most feared complications because of the high mortality. While the antimicrobial effect of a silver-coated endoprosthesis has been proven in experimental trials, there are no reports on its interactions with granulocytes, the first effector cells in general inflammation and in infection.

Materials And Methods: Therefore, we investigated whether silver coating of vascular polyester grafts affects receptor expression, mediator release, and functions of human neutrophils relevant for microbicidal activity and the wound-healing process.

The influence of polymorbidity, revascularization, and wound therapy on the healing of arterial ulceration.

Objective: An ulcer categorized as Fontaine's stage IV represents a chronic wound, risk factor of arteriosclerosis, and co-morbidities which disturb wound healing. Our objective was to analyze wound healing and to assess potential factors affecting the healing process.

Methods: 199 patients were included in this 5-year study.

Risk of stroke, transient ischemic attack, and vessel occlusion before endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic severe carotid stenosis.

Background And Purpose: We aimed to identify and determine the clinical relevance of parameters predictive of stroke recurrence and vessel occlusion before carotid endarterectomy.

Methods: One hundred forty-three consecutive patients (105 men; mean age, 66.1+/-8 years) with symptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis were prospectively followed up until carotid endarterectomy.

Ectopic vascularization of the right kidney by a contralateral origin of the main renal artery from the left common iliac artery: report of a case.

In daily practice, an atypical renal blood supply is a rare finding. An ectopic origin of the right main renal artery from the contralateral common iliac artery was observed when angiography was performed to diagnose irregularities in perfusion of the lower extremities and to determine the necessity for vascular surgical intervention in a 66-year-old man. Conservative treatment was successful in this patient, who suffered from intermittent claudication because of an obstruction of the superficial femoral arteries.

Ergotamine-induced acute vascular insufficiency of the lower limb--a case report.

Ergotamine-containing drugs are widely used in the treatment of acute migraine attacks. Spastic vasoconstriction is one of the possible side effects usually affecting the lower extremities and sometimes leading to gangrene. A 28-year-old woman was hospitalized for severe acute arterial insufficiency of the limbs.

Selective embolization of a renal artery aneurysm.

The treatment modalities for renal artery aneurysm have changed. The aim in the presented case was to evaluate the endovascular therapy in a 52-year-old woman (with hematuria as the only symptom) with a saccular aneurysm at the first bifurcation of the right main renal artery, which was diagnosed with contrast-enhanced computerized tomography and angiography. We approached the aneurysm with minimally invasive supraselective embolization.

Aneurysm of the vertebral artery near the atlas arch.

In this case report, we describe an nontraumatic extracranial aneurysm of the vertebral artery at the V3 segment. Its etiology and pathogenesis could not be clarified completely. The walnut-sized aneurysm was treated surgically by proximal ligation.

Heparin-induced vascular occlusion in vasculosurgical patients. An evaluation of the disease in 13 cases.

Objective: To describe the diagnosis and treatment of adverse reaction to heparin (heparin-induced thrombocytopenia [HIT]) administered prophylactically for thrombosis and embolism.

Experimental Design: case series.

Setting: vascular surgical division in a University hospital.

Ruptured cervical aneurysm of the carotid artery--case report of a rare disease.

Rupture of a cervical carotid artery aneurysm is a rare but life-threatening event. The diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic management of a 55-year-old woman with such a lesion are described. In this case, the aneurysmal rupture was complicated by localized Staphylococcus aureus infection confirmed by bacteriologic culture of excised tissue, septicemia, and prevertebral and intraspinal abscess.