Publications by authors named "John L Schomburg"
Objective: To determine the preoperative incidence of subclinical lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), as well as to evaluate the utility of preoperative DVT screening in patients with bladder cancer before undergoing radical cystectomy.
Materials And Methods: Beginning in 2014, we prospectively instituted a policy of obtaining a screening lower-extremity duplex ultrasound on all patients within 7 days before undergoing radical cystectomy. We reviewed the electronic medical records of all patients at our institution who underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer from January 2012 through December 2015.
Objective: The aim was to report a single surgeon's experience comparing open and robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation (RALUR) to treat vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).
Subjects And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of RALUR and open extravesical ureteral reimplantations consecutively performed by a single surgeon between January 2008 and December 2010 using the da Vinci(®) Surgical System. Both groups of patients were subjected to identical pre- and postoperative care protocols.
Background: Mechanical heart valve replacement is an absolute indication for anticoagulation. We report our experience comparing dabigatran to warfarin as thromboembolic prophylaxis after mechanical mitral valve replacement in the swine model.
Methods: Nineteen swine underwent mitral valve replacement with a regulatory approved, 27 mm mechanical valve.
Background: The purpose of this study was to define an experimental model and a reproducible surgical technique for the preclinical assessment of safety and biocompatibility of a novel intra-annular internal aortic annulus repair device.
Methods: Adult sheep were implanted with HAART Inc's 19 mm aortic annulus repair device via a transverse aortotomy using standard anesthetic, surgical, and cardiopulmonary bypass techniques. Animals were closely monitored throughout the study period until the time of elective sacrifice at 30 or 60 days.