5 results match your criteria: "University of Massachusetts-UMass Memorial Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Prospective randomized pilot trial comparing prophylactic and therapeutic cerebrospinal fluid drainage during complex endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
J Vasc Surg
July 2024
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- Endovascular techniques have improved treatments for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs), but spinal cord ischemia (SCI) remains a significant challenge, with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage proposed as a preventive measure.
- A pilot study was conducted to explore the feasibility of a larger trial comparing the effectiveness of prophylactic CSF drains versus therapeutic CSF drains in preventing SCI during endovascular repair surgery.
- In this study, 20 patients were successfully randomized into two groups for treatment, and no significant differences in demographics or surgical history were observed between the groups.
Predictors and outcomes of spinal cord injury following complex branched/fenestrated endovascular aortic repair in the US Aortic Research Consortium.
J Vasc Surg
June 2023
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Electronic address:
Objective: Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is a well-known complication of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair and is associated with profound morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to describe predictors for the development of SCI, as well as outcomes for patients who develop SCI, after branched/fenestrated endovascular aortic repair in a large cohort of centers with adjudicated physician-sponsored investigational device exemption studies.
Methods: We used a pooled dataset from nine US Aortic Research Consortium centers involved in investigational device exemption trials for treatment of suprarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
Knot integrity using different suture types and different knot-tying techniques for reconstructive pelvic floor procedures.
Int Urogynecol J
July 2018
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Division, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Introduction And Hypothesis: Surgeons use a variety of sutures and knot-tying methods during pelvic reconstructive procedures. We hypothesized that knot-strength integrity will be similar with regards to type of knot, type of suture, and the knot-tying process.
Methods: Using six different suture materials, flat square knots and slip knots were tied robotically and by hand by two surgeons.
Voiding Function After Midurethral Slings With and Without Local Anesthetic: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg
December 2017
From the *University of Massachusetts Medical School; and †University of Massachusetts - UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA.
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effect of periurethral infiltration of bupivacaine versus normal saline on postoperative voiding function and pain in patients undergoing retropubic midurethral sling METHODS: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study was performed at the University of Massachusetts from March 2012 to June 2015. Ninety patients were randomized to receive 0.5% bupivacaine with epinephrine or normal saline with epinephrine solution for periurethral hydrodissection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterhospital transfers of acute care surgery patients: should care for nontraumatic surgical emergencies be regionalized?
World J Surg
December 2011
Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Massachusetts-UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
Background: Patients with major nontraumatic surgical emergencies (NTSEs) are commonly transferred from small hospitals to tertiary care centers. We hypothesized that transferred patients (TRANS) have worse outcomes than patients with similar diagnoses admitted directly to a tertiary center (DIRECT).
Methods: We reviewed all patients admitted to the acute care surgery service of our tertiary center (September 1, 2006-October 31, 2009) with one of eight diagnoses indicating a major NTSE.