Sarcopenia severity is related to arterial stiffness and hypertension in older Korean population without underweight and obesity: population based cross-sectional study.

Background: Aging and obesity are considered causes of arterial stiffness, which triggers hypertension in the older population. However, a substantial number of older adults without obesity have hypertension, suggesting that arterial stiffness and hypertension are related to different risk factors in older adults without obesity. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether sarcopenia is related to arterial stiffness or hypertension in older Korean adults without underweight and obesity.

Ischemic monomelic neuropathy following arteriovenous fistula surgery: a case report.

Ischemic monomelic neuropathy (IMN) is an uncommon complication of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) surgery that presents with pain, motor weakness, and sensory changes without critical ischemia. This report describes a rare case of successful IMN treatment after AVF surgery. A 61-year-old man with diabetic end-stage kidney disease was admitted for left brachiocephalic AVF surgery.

Taurolidine Irrigation Reduces Relapse and Recurrence of Hemodialysis Access Infection.

Background: Infection of hemodialysis access is a clinically important concern and can lead to increased morbidity and mortality among patients on hemodialysis. In this study, we aimed to determine whether using taurolidine as an irrigating antiseptic after drainage of pus or removal of infected tissue and graft during surgery decreases the relapse and recurrence of infection.

Methods: Between January 2016 and December 2023, 48 episodes in 38 patients hospitalized and treated for hemodialysis access infections were examined.

Review of Scoring Systems for Predicting 30-Day Mortality in Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

Background: Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs) are a serious disease that can lead to high mortality; thus, their early prediction can save patients' lives. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracies of various models for predicting rAAA mortality-including the Glasgow Aneurysm Score, Vancouver Scoring System, Dutch Aneurysm Score, Edinburgh Ruptured Aneurysm Score (ERAS), and Hardman index-based on rAAA treatment outcomes at our institution.

Methods: Between 2016 and 2022, we retrospectively analyzed the early outcome data-including 30-day mortality-of patients who underwent emergency surgery for rAAA at our institution.

Staged angioplasty using a full-length balloon catheter to achieve maturation of arteriovenous fistulas.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of staged full-length balloon-assisted maturation (BAM) for the maturation of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) on entire segmental veins, including stenosis, causing primary AVF failure.

Methods: This study included patients who underwent AVF surgery using an autogenous vein between February 2020 and June 2021 and received staged angioplasty with a full-length balloon catheter. To minimize balloon overlap and the risk of barotrauma to the immature vein, serial-staged upsizing balloon angioplasty with a long balloon catheter covering the entire vein segment was employed approximately 2 weeks apart.

Tongue patch angioplasty for small-caliber vein segments directly connected to juxta-anastomotic stenosis.

This study introduces a surgical method to increase the size of small vessels in patients with juxta-anastomosis stenosis (JAS) requiring full-length dissection. The small-caliber segment that is adjacent to JAS is usually expanded using balloon angioplasty or surgically resected. After resection, if the cannulation site is sufficient, only the arterial anastomosis is moved proximally; otherwise, it is replaced with a prosthetic graft.

Impact of insertion into the left internal jugular vein in chemoport-associated infections: a retrospective single-center study of 1690 cases.

We analyzed chemoport insertion procedures to evaluate infectious morbidity and factors causing infection. This single-center retrospective study included 1690 cases of chemoport implantation between January 2017 and December 2020. Overall, chemoports were inserted in 1582 patients.

Rejoining Veins for Forced Maturation of Small-Caliber Arteriovenous Fistula.

Background: To evaluate the efficacy of rejoining mainstream and accessory veins for forced maturation of autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF).

Methods: Twenty-three patients who underwent forced maturation through vein rejoining between January 2018 and September 2022 were included. In cases where AVF maturation failure due to the presence of accessory veins, rejoining was primarily considered when distinguishing the main branch becomes challenging.

Benefit in physical function and quality of life to nonsurgical treatment of varicose veins: Pilot study.

Background: Studies on varicose veins have focused its effects on physical function; however, whether nonsurgical treatments alter muscle oxygenation or physical function remains unclear. Moreover, the differences in such functions between individuals with varicose veins and healthy individuals remain unclear.

Aim: To investigate changes in physical function and the quality of life (QOL) following nonsurgical treatment of patients with varicose veins and determine the changes in their muscle oxygenation during activity.

Venous adventitial cystic disease is a very rare disease that can cause deep vein thrombosis: A case report.

Background: Venous adventitial cystic disease (VACD) is a rare disease characterized by cysts, filled with a gelatinous mucous substance similar to joint fluid, in the adventitia of blood vessels adjacent to the joints. It is often misdiagnosed as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), femoral varices, venous tumors, or lymphadenopathy.

Case Summary: A 69-year-old woman visited our hospital with a complaint of swelling in the right lower extremity.

Comparison between Kissing Stents and Direct Surgical Bypass for Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease.

Background: The optimal management strategy for aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) remains debatable. This study compared early and late outcomes between direct surgical bypass and kissing stents for AIOD treatment.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data, including age, sex, risk factors, comorbidities, symptoms, TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) II classification, operation time, perioperative complications, in-hospital mortality, and length of hospital stay, from a cohort of 46 patients treated for AIOD (24 with kissing stents and 22 with direct surgical bypass) at Pusan National University Hostpital from January 2007 to December 2016.

Optimal Sizing of Aortic Stent Graft for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury Considering Hypotension-Related Decrease in Aortic Diameter.

Purpose: To evaluate the optimal sizing of an aortic stent graft in patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI), considering the decrease in diameter in hypovolemic status.

Materials And Methods: From 2014 to 2020, 25 patients who underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for BTAI were included. Hemodynamic parameters in the emergency room (ER) and just before the main procedure (MP) were collected.

Volume preservation of a shattered kidney after blunt trauma by superselective renal artery embolization.

PURPOSE We examined whether superselective embolization of the renal artery could be effectively employed to preserve traumatic kidneys and assessed its clinical outcomes. METHODS Between December 2015 and November 2019, 26 patients who had American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grade V traumatic shattered kidneys were identified. Among them, a retrospective review was conducted of 16 patients who underwent superselective renal artery embolization for shattered kidney.

Failure to preserve the internal iliac artery during abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is associated with mortality and ischemic complications.

Objective: Open or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) can involve sacrifice of the internal iliac artery (IIA). In the present study, we investigated the effect of IIA exclusion on ischemic complications and overall mortality.

Methods: The data from 326 patients who had undergone elective open surgical or endovascular treatment of a nonruptured AAA from January 2010 to December 2019 in a tertiary hospital were retrospectively reviewed.

Traumatic Hemothorax Caused by Thoracic Wall and Intrathoracic Injuries: Clinical Outcomes of Transcatheter Systemic Artery Embolization.

Purpose: We aimed to assess the clinical efficacy of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for treating hemothorax caused by chest trauma.

Materials And Methods: Between 2015 and 2019, 68 patients (56 male; mean age, 58.2 years) were transferred to our interventional unit for selective TAE to treat thoracic bleeding.

Overlapping stent insertion for a treatment-resistant seroma after arteriovenous fistulation using prosthetic grafts.

An arteriovenous fistula was required for permanent vascular access in a patient undergoing hemodialysis due to progressive chronic kidney disease associated with short bowel syndrome. In the present report, we discuss the case of a patient who underwent arteriovenous grafting because there was no proper native vein as a route, following which a seroma developed near the arterial anastomosis. Despite several surgical treatments, seroma not only recurred but also affected dialysis by compressing the graft.

Skin perfusion pressure for predicting access-related hand ischemia following arteriovenous fistula surgery based on the brachial artery.

Background: Access-related hand ischemia (ARHI) is a major complication of arteriovenous fistula (AVF). This study aimed to assess the predictive efficacy of skin perfusion pressure (SPP) measurement for ARHI by examining the relationship between SPP and ARHI development and progression after AVF surgery.

Methods: Twenty-five patients (16 men and 9 women) who underwent AVF surgery based on the brachial artery between January 2018 and December 2018 were included.

Evaluation of Zone 2 Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Performed with and without Prophylactic Embolization of the Left Subclavian Artery in Patients with Traumatic Aortic Injury.

Objective: To report the authors' experience in performing thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for zone 2 lesions after traumatic aortic injury (TAI).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective review included 10 patients who underwent zone 2 TEVAR after identification of aortic isthmus injury by CT angiography (CTA) upon arrival at the emergency room of a regional trauma center from 2016 to 2019. Patients were classified into two groups: those who underwent left subclavian artery (LSA) embolization concurrently with the main TEVAR procedure, and those in whom LSA embolization was not performed during the main procedure, but was planned as a bailout treatment if type II endoleak was noted on follow-up CTA images.

Analysis of access flow using duplex ultrasonography and the ultrasound dilutional method.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between duplex ultrasonography (DUS) and ultrasound dilution (UD) measurement's results and determine the factors affecting the correlation of the measured values among other clinical factors in patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2020 to May 2020 and included 60 patients who visited our dialysis centre. The flow of the fistula was measured in the proximal brachial artery using DUS.