Intravascular lithotripsy supported endovascular aneurysm repair.

As the use of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) increases, anatomic constraints remain a challenge. In this case report, we describe the use of intravascular lithotripsy to facilitate EVAR in a patient with a severely calcified and stenotic aortic bifurcation. Future applications of intravascular lithotripsy could help expand the use of EVAR to patients with severely stenotic vasculature and optimize outcomes in the treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Treatment of carcinomatosis using cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in adolescents and young adults.

Background: Among colorectal carcinoma patients, approximately 150 patients/year are age 25 years old or younger according to Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program statistics. Because of lack of screening in their age group, they are at risk to have more advanced disease and have been largely unstudied.

Objective: To determine outcome of colon cancer adolescent and young adult patients.