Publications by authors named "Erin Kutay"
Objective: To determine whether providing a biopsy marker informational handout to patients improves patient knowledge and comfort with receiving a marker.
Methods: In this IRB-exempt prospective study, a patient educational handout on breast biopsy markers was developed. A questionnaire was created with four questions asking patients to self-evaluate their knowledge of biopsy markers and their comfort level with marker placement before and after reading the handout.
Purpose: To investigate pulmonary microwave ablation metrics including ablation work, ablation resistance score, and involution.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective review was performed of 98 pulmonary tumor ablations using the NeuWave Certus Microwave Ablation System (NeuWave Medical, Madison, Wisconsin) in 71 patients (32 men and 39 women; mean age, 64.7 y ± 11.
Humoral rejection in pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant
February 2007
Background: Pediatric heart transplant grafts may fail without evidence of cellular rejection or transplant coronary artery disease. The role of antibody-mediated humoral rejection (HR) in graft failure has not yet been described in the pediatric population.
Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 103 pediatric heart transplantations performed at our institution from July 1997 to June 2004.