Publications by authors named "Stephen Ashley"
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- Endovascular surgery is a minimally invasive technique used for procedures like transcatheter aortic valve insertion, where the femoral artery is typically accessed, but conditions like peripheral arterial disease can complicate this method.
- To explore alternative access points, the study investigates the axillary artery to find a safe area for access while minimizing the risk of nerve damage due to its proximity to the brachial plexus.
- Using measurements from nine cadavers, the research focuses on identifying anatomical landmarks and calculating distances to create a defined “safe point” on the axillary artery for surgical access.
Identifying and interrupting transmission chains is important for controlling infectious diseases. One way to identify transmission pairs - two hosts in which infection was transmitted from one to the other - is using the variation of the pathogen within each single host (within-host variation). However, the role of such variation in transmission is understudied due to a lack of experimental and clinical datasets that capture pathogen diversity in both donor and recipient hosts.
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