Endovascular Treatment of Concurrent Bilateral Common and Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysms with Preserved Pelvic Circulation: Bilateral Iliac Branch Devices with Opposing Single Division Internal Iliac Artery Sparing.

An 83-year-old man with bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms (right, 3.0 cm; left, 2.7 cm), bilateral internal iliac artery aneurysms (right, 3.

Outpatient follow-up for critical limb ischemia.

Outpatient follow-Up for critical limb ischemia offers the clinician the opportunity to monitor the patient for risk factor modification and wound healing. Routine surveillance following intervention will improve long-term patency.

Laparoscopically supervised PEG at time of Nissen fundoplication: a safe option.

Background/purpose: Children with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) often have associated feeding difficulties that warrant the insertion of a feeding gastrostomy at the time of the antireflux procedure. Options for gastrostomy tube insertion at the time of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF) include laparoscopic gastrostomy, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and classic open gastrostomy. The complication rate of PEG may be decreased if it is placed under laparoscopic supervision.

Two cases of thoracoscopic resection of esophageal duplication in children.

We report two cases of thoracoscopic resection of esophageal duplication cysts. Both patients underwent successful thoracoscopic excision. They were discharged on postoperative day 2 and 4, respectively.

Who has life-sustaining therapy withdrawn after injury?

Background: Trauma scoring systems have been developed to help surgeons predict who will die after injury. However, some patients may not actually die of their injuries but may undergo withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST). The goal of this study was to determine which factors were associated with WLST among older patients who died.

Laparoscopy in the management of antenatally detected liver masses.

Antenatally detected liver masses that are not clearly benign on postnatal investigation pose a management dilemma. Unless the diagnosis is clear, observation alone is risky. Improvements in radiological diagnosis permit confirmation of the benign nature of these masses in some instances, but it is usually difficult to distinguish them from malignant lesions.