Surgery General
Nov 15, 2012
The Particulars: Alternatives to open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are needed when adequate neck does not exist to allow for standard endovascular repair. Fenestrated endovascular rep...
Nov 15, 2012
Exploring Best Medical Treatments vs. an Intervention The continuing debate among vascular specialists over the comparative benefits of different approaches to treating carotid artery disease take...
Nov 15, 2012
Safety and Outcomes Using New Endovascular Technologies Chronic total obstruction (CTO) of the arteries supplying blood to the knee and lower leg is a condition most frequently found among the e...
Nov 14, 2012
The Particulars: The optimal dressing material for patients with donor-site wounds (DSWs) after split-skin grafting has not been well established in published investigations. Data Breakdown: Resear...
Nov 08, 2012
Swedish research suggests that bariatric surgery appears to be considerably more efficient in preventing type 2 diabetes in obese patients than usual care. In the study, bariatric surgery was associat...
Nov 08, 2012
New research is being presented at the 2012 VEITHsymposium, the 39th annual symposium on vascular and endovascular issues, from November 14-18 in New York City. The features below highlight studies em...
Nov 07, 2012
Adrenalectomy procedures appear to be increasingly centralizing toward very high-volume hospitals— those that perform 15 or more procedures per year—according to results from a Temple University-b...
Nov 07, 2012
Administering intravenous recombinant human erythropoietin plus iron in anemic patients prior to valve replacement appears to improve postoperative survival and decrease blood transfusion use and hosp...
Nov 07, 2012
Investigators in Pittsburgh and Baltimore have found that surgery appears to be associated with high patient satisfaction and improved quality of life (QOL) in patients who underwent surgery for benig...
Nov 07, 2012
Supramalleolar osteotomy appears to be effective in treating ankle impingement for patients with an overcorrected congenital clubfoot deformity. Results from a small study found that the approach was ...
Nov 07, 2012
Morbidity appears to be significant in patients older than 80 who undergo nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, according to results from a small French analysis. For all patients in this age range, t...
Nov 07, 2012
Among patients undergoing CABG, open vein-graft harvesting and endoscopic harvesting appear to have similar mortality rates. An observational study of more than 235,000 Medicare patients found long-te...
Nov 07, 2012
Spanish research suggests that a local steroid injection and surgical decompression both appear to effectively alleviate symptoms of primary carpal tunnel syndrome. When assessed at 2-years follow-up,...
Nov 07, 2012
Ureteroscopy appears to be more favorable than shock wave lithotripsy for ureteral stones in regard to stone-free rates and costs, according to a literature review from Johns Hopkins. The review also ...
Nov 07, 2012
The Particulars: In recent years, hospitals have increasingly begun offering angioplasty in house as opposed to transferring patients to hospitals with emergency surgical back-up to perform such proce...
Nov 07, 2012
Previous research has shown that fatigue is an underestimated cause of underperformance among physicians. The issue of production pressure and its effect on quality of care permeates every aspect of...
Oct 30, 2012
Innovative Questions in Vascular Surgery Addressed at the 39th Annual VEITHsymposium In New York. At the 39th VEITHsymposium, vascular experts will provide trial results and insight into some nov...
Oct 26, 2012
The Particulars: It has been estimated that patent foramen ovale rates are three times higher in patients with cryptogenic stroke than in the general population. However, the superiority of PFO closur...
Oct 26, 2012
The Particulars: Research does not clearly indicate whether stroke risk is lower for patients who undergo PCI or for those who undergo CABG. Data Breakdown: A meta-analysis of 83 trials involving n...
Oct 26, 2012
The Particulars: Previous research indicates that favorable results can be achieved with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in high-risk patients use either the transfemoral or transapical ...