Objective: This study aims to assess the safety and viability of popliteal endarterectomy for isolated popliteal disease.
Method: The study is a retrospective review, single-institution review (2010-2020) which assessed all popliteal endarterectomies performed at a rural 180-bed teaching hospital. Cases were identified based on the CPT code.
Background: Although abdominal trauma remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, there has not been a large-scale multicenter study regarding outcomes in patients who incur mesenteric vascular injuries. The goal of this retrospective analysis was to investigate the factors associated with outcomes in patients with trauma diagnosed with mesenteric vascular injuries.
Methods: A retrospective database analysis was performed on patients who sustained a mesenteric vascular injury (MVI, ICD-9 902.
Background: Increased prevalence of patients on anticoagulants and the advent of new therapies raise concern over how these patients fare if they sustain a traumatic injury. We investigated the role of prehospitalization anticoagulation therapy in trauma-related mortality and postacute disposition.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients who sustained traumatic injury identified in the 2017 National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB).
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate a longitudinal medical student surgical curriculum.
Design: This is a case-controlled study of students who participated in a longitudinal surgical curriculum compared to students who participated in a standard 12-week surgical clerkship. This study evaluates qualitative data including exam scores as well as qualitative data regarding student experience.
To characterize both emergency room (ER) and hospital discharge dispositions of patients presenting with farm-related injuries. The 2012 National Trauma Data Bank was queried in August 2017 for injuries occurring on a farm. Patients were stratified by gender, age group, race, Injury Severity Score (ISS), and injury type.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to characterize the outcomes of traumatic abdominal and pelvic vascular injuries. Using the 2012 National Trauma Data Bank, we identified 5858 patients with major abdominal and/or pelvic vascular injury. Patients were stratified by age group, gender, race, Injury Severity Score (ISS), and mechanism of injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case of a 30-year-old woman with a suspected contained rupture of a renal artery aneurysm which was managed with staged embolization and nephrectomy. Pathology demonstrated that the collection around the presumed aneurysmal rupture was an associated ganglioneuroma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUterine artery embolization (UAE) has been performed by interventional radiology since the 1990s for symptomatic uterine fibroids with considerable success. Endovascular-trained vascular surgeons possess the necessary skills to successfully perform this procedure after an adequate but brief training period. Fourteen successful UAE procedures were performed by two vascular surgeons over a one-year period.
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