The Impact of the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis on the Surgical Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture.

Objectives: The COVID-19 epidemic introduced significant systems- and disease-based uncertainty into Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) rupture management. The goal of this work was to evaluate whether short-term AAA rupture outcomes during COVID-19 were comparable to pre-COVID era outcomes and to explore the impact of COVID status and COVID era healthcare systems restrictions on AAA rupture outcomes.

Methods: The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) database was queried for all ruptured AAAs that underwent intervention from January 1, 2019 to August 31, 2022.

Correction to: Mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of severe COVID-19.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s41231-021-00095-0.].

Timing of Hospital-acquired Venous Thromboembolism and Its Relationship with Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Measures in Immobile Patients.

Background: The aim of this study is to describe the timing of venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis in patients with cerebral or spinal trauma and stroke and describe the relationships between VTE prophylaxis and timing of VTE diagnosis at a community hospital.

Methods: Retrospective cohort observational study over a span of 10 years from 2006 to 2016 was conducted.

Results: Lower extremity ultrasound surveillance identified 138 patients who developed VTE during their hospital stay (mean age 62 years, 61.

Shear rate is a better marker of symptomatic ischemic cerebrovascular events than velocity or diameter in severe carotid artery stenosis.

Objective: This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the high shear rate of flow in the area of carotid stenosis is associated with the incidence of ischemic symptoms in patients with a high degree of carotid stenosis.

Methods: This is a case-control study of patients with >70% stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) identified by duplex ultrasound in an Intersocietal Accreditation Commission-accredited laboratory during 1 year. Symptomatic patients were included in the study group, and asymptomatic patients served as controls.

Optimal Compression Therapy and Wound Care for Venous Ulcers.

Venous leg ulcers remain a major public health issue with significant economic impact. Two main components of the management of patients with venous leg ulcers are compression therapy and wound care. This article addresses principles and specific aspects of compression therapy and focal wound care for patients with venous leg ulcers.

Venous disease patient registries available in the United States.

Patient registries are beneficial in that they allow the collection of prospective data focused on a specific medical issue. These registries give providers a "real-world" view of patient outcomes. Many medical disciplines have a long history of developing and using patient registries; the first patient registry for chronic venous disease in the United States was launched in 2011, fairly recently in comparison.

Prevention of cardiopulmonary embolization of polymethylmethacrylate cement fragment after kyphoplasty with insertion of inferior vena cava filter.

We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who underwent kyphoplasty with polymethylmethacrylate for painful compression fracture of the third lumbar vertebra. Infiltration of cement into the inferior vena cava, noted intraoperatively, was confirmed with postoperative CT scan. A Greenfield filter was placed to prevent cardiopulmonary embolization of the fragment.

Femoral artery complications after cardiac catheterization: a study of patient profile.

Background: Femoral artery complications after cardiac catheterization range from simple events to severe complications requiring invasive techniques or surgery with significant economic costs. This study evaluated early femoral arterial complications from percutaneous arterial access during diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations in an era of widespread use of closure devices and intense anticoagulation.

Methods: Patients undergoing percutaneous cardiac catheterization via the femoral artery between August 2005 and December 2005 were identified using an ICD-9 patient database.

A multidisciplinary approach to carotid paragangliomas.

The surgical management of carotid paragangliomas can be problematic. A multidisciplinary approach was used to include vascular surgery, otolaryngology, and neuroradiology to treat these patients over 9 years. From January 1992 to July 2001, a multidisciplinary team evaluated patients with carotid paragangliomas.

Operative management of an aberrant splenic artery aneurysm: Utility of the medial visceral rotation approach: a case report and review of the literature.

The authors report an unusual case of a splenic artery aneurysm arising off the superior mesenteric artery. This was an incidental finding on computed tomography scan found during evaluation for a different or a separate disease process.

Diagnostic options in assessing abdominal aortic endograft infection--a case report.

Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms has gained widespread popularity in recent years. Stent grafts have emerged as another option in the surgeon's armamentarium in the treatment of aneurysmal disease. The infectivity of endovascular grafts and therapy for associated graft infections is unknown.

Clinical benefit of carotid endarterectomy based on duplex ultrasonography.

Carotid endarterectomy has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of stroke caused by carotid artery stenosis in selected patients. Limiting the morbidity and costs of this process without increasing the risks should further improve the benefits of this procedure. Results were prospectively collected from 123 consecutive carotid endarterectomies performed at a community teaching hospital.

Blunt injury to the external iliac artery: a case report.

Blunt vascular trauma is rare as compared with penetrating vascular trauma. The incidence of iliac artery injury has been reported as low as 0.4 per cent of total arterial trauma.