The Efficacy of BloodSTOP iX, Surgicel, and Gelfoam in Vascular Operations: First-in-Human Head-to-Head Study.

This study aims to compare the efficacy and safety of 3 different hemostatic agents in vascular surgeries in humans. Twenty-four patients were enrolled in the present study with 40 vascular anastomoses including 16 aortic and 24 femoral. The patients were randomized (computer-based) to either BloodSTOP iX, Gelfoam, or Surgicel.

Ovarian vein surgical ablation versus endovascular technique for treatment of pelvic vein incompetence.

Objective: Chronic pelvic pain in women is a disorder brought on by pelvic vein incompetence (PVI). In this prospective, randomized study, the effects of percutaneous coil embolization and surgical ovarian vein ligation and division combined with retrograde sclerotherapy were compared with regard to ovarian vein occlusion, improvement of pelvic congestion symptoms, and their influence on estradiol level after intervention.

Methods: A total of 50 patients with PVI were enrolled, with a mean age of 31.

Surgical Fixation of Jugular Bulb Abnormalities Associated With Phelebectasia in Patients With Vascular Tinnitus.

Internal jugular phlebectasia is a rare entity in which there is a fusiform dilatation of the internal jugular vein (IJV), usually presenting as a neck mass or tinnitus. The jugular bulb (JB) is an enlarged confluence connecting the sigmoid sinus and the IJV. It has been suggested that JB abnormality might also cause vertigo and pulsatile tinnitus.

Hybrid retrieval of embolized device in abdominal aorta after transcatheter closure of large patent ductus arteriosus.

Patients with a large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) can have several presentations. Many will be asymptomatic, some could develop severe pulmonary hypertension, and others can develop Eisenmenger syndrome. We have presented a case in which a PDA correction device was embolized to the abdominal aorta, 2 months after transcatheter closure of a large PDA.

Balloon-assisted maturation of autogenous arteriovenous fistulae: A randomized controlled prospective study.

Background: Current guidelines recommend referral of patient with renal failure for access creation 6 months before planned dialysis. There is a growing cohort of patients that require long-term hemodialysis without adequate preparation. Temporary dialysis catheters and rapid access arteriovenous grafts (AVG) are far from being an ideal solution in this scenario.

End-to-side versus side-to-side anastomosis with distal vein ligation for arteriovenous fistula creation.

Introduction: There is lack of compelling evidence about the best technique to carry out the anastomosis between the artery and the vein: end to side or side to side. This issue was addressed by very few randomized controlled studies. This topic has recently re-emerged with the advent of the endovascular fistula creation using the side-to-side technique.

Thromboangiitis obliterans: Aggressive angioplasty provides a potential solution (randomized pilot study).

Background: Thromboangiitis obliterans is an inflammatory disease affecting both medium- and small-sized vessels. Vasodilators, antiplatelets were proposed for treatment but the effect was minimal.

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of balloon angioplasty on patients with Buerger's disease compared to medical treatment.

Short-term outcome of primary stent graft for peripheral artery aneurysm in patients with Behçet disease.

Objective: Endovascular treatment of peripheral artery aneurysms (PAAs) in patients with Behçet disease is controversial. We report a single-institution experience of primary stent graft repair of PAAs in Behçet patients.

Methods: Behçet patients who had endovascular stent graft repair of PAAs at a single center between January 2012 and December 2018 were identified.

Unilateral sequential endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis: a proposed technique to overcome compensatory hyperhidrosis and improve plantar hyperhidrosis.

Background: Although endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) offers permanent cure of palmar hyperhidrosis (PH), compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) often complicates the procedure. We analyzed the outcomes of a 2-month interval for unilateral sequential ETS (S-ETS) in comparison with simultaneous bilateral ETS (B-ETS), notably regarding CH and associated plantar hyperhidrosis, in treating patients with PH.

Patients And Methods: Four hundred seven patients with intractable PH were randomly assigned into two groups: the B-ETS group (204 patients) and the S-ETS group (203 patients).