News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: May 19, 2016
Vascular surgery fellow case logs reflect an increase in endovascular interventions, but general surgery residents may be missing out on training oppo...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: May 3, 2016
Key clinical point: Robotic-assisted vascular surgery procedures appeared safe and provided benefits in speed and simplicity for vascular anastomo...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: March 31, 2016
Key clinical point: Surgery in hospitalized CLI patients decreased and endovascular treatment increased from 2003 to 2011 with a concomitant decre...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: March 24, 2016
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: February 23, 2016
Key clinical point: Grafting moderately stenosed coronary arteries using with internal thoracic arteries improved long-term survival.
Major findin...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: February 22, 2016
Key clinical point: The current NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator does not adequately estimate risk among patients with clinical stage I non–small cel...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: February 22, 2016
A study of children who underwent pulmonary vein stenosis repair showed that smaller upstream or downstream total cross-sectional area indexed for bod...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: January 21, 2016
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: December 15, 2015
Key clinical point: Recommendations for sports participation should consider the activity itself and take into account the patient’s functio...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: October 22, 2015
In the absence of DVT risk factors, routine duplex screening is not needed with percutaneous EVAR.
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: October 22, 2015
MPV appears elevated in DVT patients, and a higher MPV may be associated with PE in these patients.
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: October 8, 2015
Catheter-directed treatment of acute inferior vena cava thrombosis found safe and effective in retrospective study.
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: October 8, 2015
The European Society of Cardiology pulmonary embolism risk-stratification model predicted venous thromboembolism recurrence.
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: September 23, 2015
Intermittent pneumatic compression remains the consensus choice as the sole prophylactic agent for deep vein thrombosis in low- or moderate-risk surgi...
News Author: Mark S. Lesney Publish date: September 23, 2015
