Charles L. Mesh

TL;DR: CABG in PVD patients is associated with significant major morbidity, which may preclude or alter the timing of subsequent VR, and this procedure is questioned if elective CABG is patients with severe peripheral vascular disease is a relatively high-risk procedure.

TL;DR: A newly-approved carotid patch, derived from porcine small intestinal submucosa, is thought to allow functional tissue regeneration by acting as a biologic scaffold of extracellular matrix by balancing between degradation and host tissue synthesis.

TL;DR: While diabetes and high body mass index are patient-associated SSI risk factors, a single dose of preoperative antibiotic significantly reduces the rate of all infection, eliminates the danger of serious infection, and is associated with minimal VTE.

TL;DR: Internal balloon occlusion is a safe and effective adjunct for renal or pancreas transplant to prevent clamp injury with no adverse effect on allograft function.

TL;DR: A case illustrating the potential shortfall of retrograde graft limb completion angiography in depicting neointimal flaps is described, the benefit of antegrade angiographic in depicting these flaps, and a novel utilization of a standard endovascular method to correct flaps that involve the graft body are described.