Publications by authors named "R K Kerlan"
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital abnormality of high prevalence in adults. Its clinical significance is magnified in a right-to-left shunt, where paradoxical embolism can have catastrophic outcomes involving the brain, heart, mesenteric circulation, or extremities. Right-to-left shunting through a PFO is caused by increased right atrial pressure, as seen in the setting of pulmonary artery hypertension or pulmonary embolism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous and endoscopic therapeutic interventions for biliary strictures and leaks following LT in children.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of 49 consecutive pediatric liver transplant recipients (27 girls, 22 boys, mean age at transplant 3.9 years) treated at our institution from 1989 to 2019 for biliary leak and/or biliary stricture was performed.
The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for and outcomes of hepatotoxicity after selective chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma. This retrospective study included 182 patients (136 men and 46 women; median age, 63 years [interquartile range, 57-70 years]) who underwent 338 consecutive doxorubicin drug-eluting bead (DEB) chemoembolization procedures between 2011 and 2014. Outcomes were assessed until November 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and adverse outcomes of percutaneous cryoablation (CA) for treatment of renal masses in a large cohort of patients.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective analysis included 299 CA procedures (297 masses in 277 patients) performed between July 2007 and May 2018 at a single institution. The mean patient age was 66.