Publications by authors named "Pritham Reddy"
Sporadic bilateral carotid body tumors are a rare paraganglioma of the head and neck that are often asymptomatic and incidentally found during workup for other pathologies. These tumors arise from the chemoreceptor organ located at the carotid bifurcation and can be locally invasive, resulting in the involvement of adjacent neurovascular structures. With the majority of bilateral carotid body tumors having an association with familial syndromes, such as MEN2 or Von Hippel Lindau, the incidence of sporadic bilateral disease is exceedingly rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBalloon-Assisted Thrombin Injection of a Profunda Femoral Pseudoaneurysm Using Radial Access.
Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- The profunda femoral artery is often difficult to treat for pseudoaneurysms due to its deep position, making traditional methods ineffective.
- Balloon-assisted thrombin injection (BATI) is a new technique that has proved useful in treating challenging pseudoaneurysms, particularly in high-risk surgical patients.
- This report discusses a case where BATI was successfully performed using radial access on a patient with a pseudoaneurysm in the profunda femoral artery.
Objective: To describe the results of contemporary management of iatrogenic arterial injuries following spine and orthopedic operations.
Methods: Patients with major arterial injuries following spine and orthopedic operations in four teaching hospitals (Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich; Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Clinton Township, Mich; St John Macomb Hospital, Warren, Mich; and St John Hospital, Detroit, Mich) over the last 10 years were studied. Data were collected on a continuous basis from vascular registries and analyzed retrospectively.
Background: Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts often require temporary catheters, which increase costs as well as risk of infection, bleeding, and poor blood flow. Polyurethaneurea (PUU) grafts can be cannulated within 24 hours of placement, avoiding the need for temporary catheters.
Methods: Hemodialysis patients who were not candidates for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) were eligible for the study.