Showing papers in "Journal of Vascular Surgery in 2002"

TL;DR: This work is presented for the first time to the Ad Hoc Committee for Standardized Reporting Practices in Vascular Surgery of The Society for Vascular surgery/American Association forVascular Surgery.

TL;DR: The purpose of this document is to provide standardized definitions related to AV access procedures and to recommend reporting standards for patency and complications, to be used by surgeons, nephrologists, and interventional radiologists, that will permit meaningful comparisons amongAV access procedures.

TL;DR: Perioperative CSFD reduces the rate of paraplegia after repair of extent I and II TAAAs, and resulted in an 80% reduction in the relative risk of postoperative deficits.

TL;DR: The current endoleak classification system with some important modifications is adequate and should help to resolve controversy and aid in the management of these vexing complications and should also point the way to future research in this field.

TL;DR: Comorbidity and anatomic schemes are offered as an initial effort to develop useful tools for the comparative analysis of data related to endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysm repair.

TL;DR: Calculation of wall stress with computer modeling of three-dimensional AAA geometry appears to assess rupture risk more accurately than AAA diameter or other previously proposed clinical indices.

TL;DR: The presence of device-related endoleaks correlated with a higher risk of aneurysmal rupture and conversion compared with patients without type I or III endoleaking, and intervention in type II endoleak should only be performed in case of increase of anuerysm size.

TL;DR: This investigation provides the first population-based estimate of the prevalence of RVD among free-living, elderly black and white Americans, and its presence was significantly and independently associated with increasing age, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and increasing systolic blood pressure.

TL;DR: Evaluated EVLT of the incompetent greater saphenous vein with a 940-nm diode laser is effective in inducing thrombotic vessel occlusion and is associated with only minor adverse effects.

TL;DR: The presence of ILT alters the wall stress distribution and reduces the peak wall stress in AAA, and should be included in all patient-specific models of AAA for evaluation of AAA wall stresses.

TL;DR: The contemporary management of AMI with revascularization with open surgical techniques, resection of nonviable bowel, and liberal use of second-look procedures results in the early survival of two thirds of the patients with embolism and thrombosis.

TL;DR: The official names of some veins have been changed according to the guidelines of the FICAT and previously unnamed veins have received names relevant to their anatomy and clinical significance.

TL;DR: Prolonged administration of doxycycline is safe and well tolerated by patients with small asymptomatic AAAs and is associated with a gradual reduction in plasma MMP-9 levels, which is a biomarker of aneurysm disease progression.

TL;DR: Venous IVUS appears to be superior to single-plane venography for the morphologic diagnosis of iliac venous outflow obstruction and is an invaluable assistance in the accurate placement of venous stents after venoplasty.

TL;DR: Endovenous obliteration may offer advantages over the conventional stripping operation in terms of reduced postoperative pain, shorter sick leaves, and faster return to normal activities, and it appears to be cost-saving for society, especially among employed patients.

TL;DR: Stent graft repair of TAA and AD is feasible and can be achieved with technical success and relatively low rates of perioperative morbidity and mortality.

TL;DR: The future of endovascular AAA repair is exceedingly bright, but until the long-term outcome of the current generation of stent grafts is adequately documented, their use should be justified by the presence of serious surgical risk factors.

TL;DR: Endovenous vein obliteration without high ligation dramatically reduces the presence of varicosities and reflux and, when performed with the prescribed pull-back methodology, is comparable with vein stripping at 1 and 2 years.

TL;DR: Although patients with mild angulation had favorable outcomes in this series, those with moderate (40 to 59 degrees) or severe angulation (>or=60 degrees) had a 54% to 70% risk of one or more adverse events, and great caution should be exercised in recommending EAAA repair for patients with aortic neck angulation >or=40 degrees.

TL;DR: The purpose of this brief communication is to illustrate that the 95% confidence intervals for two means can overlap and yet the two Means can be statistically significantly different from one another at the alpha = 0.05 level.

TL;DR: The transarterial embolization of inferior mesenteric arteries for the repair of type 2 endoleaks is ineffective and should not be performed and direct translumbar embolizations of the endoleak is effective in the elimination of type 1 leaks.

TL;DR: NV1FGF is well tolerated and potentially could be effective for the treatment of patients with end-stage limb ischemia and biologic parameters indicate improved perfusion after NV1F GF administration.

TL;DR: There is a strong correlation between venous symptoms and the presence and severity of CVI, and the severity of clinical features, including Basle CVI grade 1, correlates significantly with prevalence of valvular reflux in the deep and superficial systems.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that standard doxycycline doses could inhibit AAA growth in humans, similar to those obtained in mice.

TL;DR: Computer-assisted duplex ultrasound scan images accurately quantified intraplaques hemorrhage, fibromuscular tissue, calcium, and lipid and correlated significantly with the histologic estimates of each tissue respectively.

TL;DR: VNS significantly attenuates TNF synthesis and shock during reperfusion injury in a standard model of aortic occlusion, and clinical evaluation of VNS for this condition may be warranted.

TL;DR: In patients with a minimal cephalic vein size of 2.0 mm or less, a procedure other than wrist fistula should be considered for optimization of dialysis access.

TL;DR: It is concluded that primary palmar hyperhidrosis is a hereditary disorder, with variable penetrance and no proof of sex-linked transmission, and may lead to earlier diagnoses and advances in medical and psychosocial interventions.

TL;DR: Intervention is reasonable in all patients at good operative risk with SMA aneurysms, considering the high rupture rate in the series, and male patients and patients with noncalcified aneurYSms appear to have a greater risk of rupture.

TL;DR: The correction of iliac vein outflow obstruction with the placement of stents results in the significant relief of major symptoms of CVI and quality of life has significantly improved.