Ochsner Medical Center

About: Ochsner Medical Center is a healthcare organization based out in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Heart failure. The organization has 980 authors who have published 1159 publications receiving 49961 citations. The organization is also known as: Ochsner Hospital & Ochsner Foundation Hospital.

Late breaking trials of 2015 in structural heart disease and peripheral artery disease: Commentary covering ACC, EuroPCR, SCAI, TCT, VIVA, ESC, and AHA.

Abstract: With the large number of late breaking clinical trials presented at major meetings, it is often difficult to stay current with advances in interventional cardiology. Therefore, the SCAI Publications Committee summarizes and provides editorial commentary on the most important structural heart and peripheral artery disease late-breaking trials from 2015. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) for the Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD)

Abstract: Adult scoliosis (AS) may be defined as a coronal deformity with a Cobb angle >10° in a skeletally mature patient. Although AS can develop from the progression of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) in adolescence, more commonly AS develops as the result of a degenerative cascade later in life that terminates in asymmetric disc collapse, vertebral body wedging, facet degeneration, spondylolisthesis, and rotary subluxation. This degenerative cascade has the potential to lead to spinal stenosis, instability with progressive deformity in the coronal and sagittal planes, loss of lumbar lordosis, and the development of sagittal imbalance. Patient symptoms can include radiculopathy, neurogenic claudication, and back pain [1].

Clinical Management of Pyogenic Liver Abscesses

Abstract: Pyogenic liver abscesses are rare but if handled inappropriately can be life-threatening. Early experiences with the management of these liver abscesses yielded high morbidity and mortality. However, over the last three decades, treatment has moved away from surgery as the front-line therapy and has evolved to include less invasive interventional radiologic procedures. This change in paradigm has been accompanied by shorter length of hospital stay and decreased morbidity and mortality. Despite these findings in the general population, patients that develop pyogenic liver abscesses following a liver transplant have a much higher morbidity and mortality, with some ultimately requiring retransplantation. When managed appropriately and in many cases with a multi-modality approach, patients with pyogenic liver abscesses can achieve excellent clinical outcomes.