Effect of access site choice on inferior vena cava filter angulation and outcomes.

Background: In the present study, we compared the outcomes of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement between the femoral vein (FV) and internal jugular (IJ) vein access sites.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study using the Vascular Quality Initiative database to assess patients who had undergone IVC filter placement from 2013 to 2019. The patients were placed into two groups according to the access site location: FV and IJ vein.

Spinal Cord Ischemia following Simultaneous EVAR and TEVAR for Concomitant Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Background: In patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms, 10-20% has concomitant thoracic aortic pathologies. These are typically managed with staged endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) due to a perceived higher risk of spinal cord ischemia from a simultaneous intervention. We aimed to determine the outcomes of patients undergoing simultaneous EVAR and TEVAR for concomitant aneurysms.

Contemporary outcomes of initial treatment strategy of endovascular intervention or bypass in patients with critical limb ischemia.

Objective: The optimal management for revascularization after critical limb ischemia (CLI) is controversial due to limited studies comparing long-term results of endovascular and open techniques. This study compares long-term outcomes after initial management of CLI via lower extremity bypass (LEB) and percutaneous vascular intervention (PVI).

Methods: This retrospective cohort study investigates outcomes of patients who underwent endovascular or open surgical management for CLI at a single institution from 2013-2018.

External iliac artery extension causes greater aneurysm sac regression than the bell-bottom technique or iliac branch endoprosthesis for repair of concomitant infrarenal aortic and iliac artery aneurysm.

Objective: Aneurysmal extension of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) to the common iliac artery (CIA) presents a technical challenge to successful endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). In the present study, we compared sac shrinkage and perioperative outcomes after the bell-bottom technique (BBT), internal iliac artery embolization and external iliac artery extension (EIE), and iliac branch endoprosthesis (IBE).

Methods: Using the Vascular Quality Initiative database, a retrospective analysis was conducted for patients who had undergone EVAR from 2013 to 2019.

Hospitalist Co-Management of a Vascular Surgery Service Improves Quality Outcomes and Reduces Cost.

Background: Hospitalists can be instrumental in management of inpatients with multiple comorbidities requiring complex medical care such as vascular surgery patients, as well as an expertise in health care delivery. We instituted a unique hospitalist co-management program and assessed length of stay, 30-day readmission rates and mortality, and performed an overall cost-analysis.

Methods: Hospitalist co-management of vascular surgery inpatients was implemented beginning April 2019, and data was studied until March 2020.

Robotic Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer: Perioperative Outcomes and Factors Leading to Conversion to Thoracotomy.

Objective: In the tide of robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, few cases of robot-assisted pneumonectomy exist in the literature. This study evaluates the perioperative outcomes and risk factors for conversion to thoracotomy with an initial robotic approach to pneumonectomy for lung cancer.

Methods: This study is a single-center retrospective review of all pneumonectomies for lung cancer with an initial robotic approach between 2015 and 2019.