2024
Perioperative complications of minor and major reinterventions for peripheral arterial disease.
Huttler J, Satam K, Kim T, Zhuo H, Zhang Y, Aboian E, Guzman R, Chaar C. Perioperative complications of minor and major reinterventions for peripheral arterial disease. Vascular 2024, 17085381241246907. PMID: 38597200, DOI: 10.1177/17085381241246907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCatheter-directed thrombolysisLower-extremity revascularizationPeripheral arterial diseaseSurgical reinterventionPerioperative morbidityPerioperative outcomesAssociated with greater perioperative morbiditySubgroup analysisArtery diseaseReturn to the ORRetrospective review of electronic medical recordsPost-operative bleedingReview of electronic medical recordsIncreased perioperative morbidityAcute renal failureVascular Surgery guidelinesTertiary care centerSurgery guidelinesOpen surgeryPerioperative mortalityPerioperative complicationsRetrospective reviewWound infectionRenal failureReintervention
2010
Establishment of a definitive protocol for the diagnosis and management of body packers (drug mules)
Mandava N, Chang R, Wang J, Bertocchi M, Yrad J, Allamaneni S, Aboian E, Lall M, Mariano R, Richards N. Establishment of a definitive protocol for the diagnosis and management of body packers (drug mules). Emergency Medicine Journal 2010, 28: 98. PMID: 21068166, DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059717.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody packersMinimal morbidityClinical patient databaseDistal enterotomyMultiple enterotomiesBowel obstructionCommon complicationConservative managementSurgical managementSurgical interventionWound infectionMean ageFemale ratioComplete clearanceIntraoperative maneuversRadiological studiesForeign bodyGastrointestinal tractPatient databaseEnterotomyDefinitive protocolPatientsPatient dataMorbidityAdmission