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Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Physician Modified Endografts for Treatment of Thoraco-Abdominal and Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
CONCLUSION: Physician modified fenestrated or branched grafts for endovascular aortic repair seems feasible and safe in the short-term follow-up. However, the quality of the available data is low which highlights the need for better and more accurate data regarding this technique.PMID:35483575 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.04.015
Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - April 28, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Ryan Gouveia E Melo Carlota Fern ández Prendes Daniel Caldeira Jan Stana Barbara Rantner Anders Wanhainen Gustavo S Oderich Nikolaos Tsilimparis Source Type: research

A Simple Risk Score to Predict Clavien-Dindo Grade IV and V Complications After Non-elective Cholecystectomy
ConclusionA simple risk-score model predicts severe complications in patients undergoing unplanned cholecystectomy for common indications encountered in an acute care surgery service and identifies high-risk patients.
Source: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery - February 5, 2020 Category: Surgery Source Type: research

Hyperhomocysteinemia and Peripheral Arterial Disease in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis
ConclusionHyperomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Its clinical presentation is disturbance of the microcirculation early after the onset of hemodialysis, even in younger patients.
Source: Hellenic Journal of Surgery - September 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: research

Experience with the SynCardia total artificial heart in a Canadian centre.
CONCLUSION: The TAH provides an alternative with low incidence of neurologic events in extremely fragile and complex patients waiting for heart transplantation. Complex and unusual anatomic conditions explained the current use of TAH. PMID: 28930049 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - September 22, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Nguyen A, Pellerin M, Perrault LP, White M, Ducharme A, Racine N, Carrier M Tags: Can J Surg Source Type: research

Free Tissue Transfers for Head and Neck Reconstruction in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis: Analysis of Outcomes Using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database
Conclusion Despite greater preoperative risk factors, patients with renal failure on hemodialysis do not appear to have a higher rate of free flap failure following head and neck reconstruction. However, other complications can be minimized by optimizing patient's medical condition to succeed with this reconstructive effort. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery - June 16, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Manrique, Oscar J. Ciudad, Pedro Sharaf, Basel Martinez-Jorge, Jorys Moran, Steven Mardini, Samir Chen, Hung-Chi Bite, Uldis Cheng, Hsu-Tang Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A contemporary evaluation of carotid endarterectomy outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease in the United States.
Conclusions Patients with ESRD undergoing CEA had an increased risk of respiratory and septic complications, but not a higher risk of stroke compared to patients with normal renal function. The greatest risks of postoperative stroke, respiratory, and cardiac complications were found in patients with CKD. A diagnosis of ESRD and CKD were both found to significantly increase hospital mortality, length of stay and cost. Where clinicians typically consider ESRD patients the highest risk for CEA, further consideration should be given to patients with CKD not yet on dialysis as they had the higher risk of cardiac complications a...
Source: Vascular - December 31, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Patel AR, Dombrovskiy VY, Vogel TR Tags: Vascular Source Type: research

A 20-Year Experience With Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair
We report our 20-year experience with this therapy. Methods: Four hundred twenty patients (mean age = 69.0 years; 54% male) underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair (1993–2013), predominantly for fusiform aneurysm (n = 144), saccular aneurysm (n = 94), acute (n = 64) or chronic (n = 36) dissection, or traumatic injury (n = 39). Rupture was present in 80 patients (19.1%). Most patients (78.3%) were at high risk for open repair. Mean aortic diameter was 5.5 cm. Extent of repair included arch in 218 patients, total descending aorta in 193 patients, and thoracoabdominal aorta in 35 patients. Results: Thirty-day mortalit...
Source: Annals of Surgery - September 30, 2014 Category: Surgery Tags: Papers of the 134th ASA Annual Meeting Source Type: research

Follow-up outcomes of hybrid procedures for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies with special focus on graft patency and late mortality
Conclusions: A hybrid procedure for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies in high-risk patient is feasible but carries a significant rate of early and midterm reintervention and death. Long-term surveillance of the visceral bypass is necessary because one-third of the patients will have bypass-related complications.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - January 27, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Claudio Bianchini Massoni, Philipp Geisbüsch, Enrico Gallitto, Maani Hakimi, Mauro Gargiulo, Dittmar Böckler Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research

Safety of Outpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Elderly: Analysis of 15,248 Patients Using the NSQIP Database
Background: Studies have shown that laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in an ambulatory setting is a safe alternative to the traditional overnight hospital stay. However, there are limited data on the morbidity and mortality of outpatient LC in elderly patients. We evaluated the safety of ambulatory LC in the elderly and identified risk factors that predict inpatient admission.Study Design: A retrospective analysis was performed using the American College of Surgeon's NSQIP database between 2007 and 2010. The database was searched for patients older than 65 years of age who underwent elective LC at all participating hospita...
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - August 7, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Ajit Rao, Antonio Polanco, Sujing Qiu, Joseph Kim, Edward H. Chin, Celia M. Divino, Scott Q. Nguyen Tags: Original Scientific Articles Source Type: research

Open repair of intact thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
Objective: Open surgical repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) is uncommon. Mortality rates of 20% are reported in studies using national data and are 5% to 8% in single-institution studies. Clinical trials are currently evaluating branched and fenestrated endografts. The purpose of this study is to establish a benchmark for future comparisons with endovascular trials using open repair of TAAAs in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database.Methods: We identified all patients undergoing open elective and emergency surgical repair of intact TAAAs in NSQIP (2005 to 2010) using Current Pro...
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - May 6, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Rodney P. Bensley, Thomas Curran, Rob Hurks, Ruby C. Lo, Mark C. Wyers, Allen D. Hamdan, Elliot L. Chaikof, Marc L. Schermerhorn Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research