Impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on weight loss after vertical sleeve gastrectomy.

Background: Mental health disorders, such as depression, are prominent within the bariatric population, with antidepressants ranking among the most frequently prescribed medications.

Objectives: Our surgery aimed to investigate selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) effects on weight loss in patients undergoing vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG).

Setting: University affiliated Community Hospital, United States.

A case-matched validation study of anatomic severity grade score in predicting reinterventions after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.

Background: In 2002, the Society for Vascular Surgery created the anatomic severity grading (ASG) score to classify abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Our objective was to identify the predictive capability and cutoff value of preoperative ASG score for reintervention after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Methods: We completed a retrospective review of AAA patients treated with elective EVAR from 2007 through 2011.

Atherectomy offers no benefits over balloon angioplasty in tibial interventions for critical limb ischemia.

Background: Endovascular adjuncts, like atherectomy, were developed to improve outcomes of endovascular arterial interventions. The true impact of atherectomy on endovascular outcomes remains to be determined, and little data exist on the influence of atherectomy on tibial interventions. Our study compares early and late outcomes of tibial intervention with angioplasty vs atherectomy-assisted interventions.