1996
Initial experience with venous stents in exertional axillary-subclavian vein thrombosis
Meier G, Pollak J, Rosenblatt M, Dickey K, Gusberg R. Initial experience with venous stents in exertional axillary-subclavian vein thrombosis. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 1996, 24: 974-983. PMID: 8976351, DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(96)70043-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst rib resectionPercutaneous transluminal angioplastyInitial thrombolysisTransluminal angioplastyStent fractureVenous percutaneous transluminal angioplastySubclavian vein stenosisLong-term morbiditySubclavian vein thrombosisUse of stentsVein stenosisVein thrombosisConsecutive patientsLate patencySubclavian veinVenous stentsAggressive approachPatientsResidual lumenInitial experienceEndoluminal stentsResectionStentsSyndromeThrombolysis
1995
Treatment of Ureteral Obstructions with the Wallstent Endoprosthesis: Preliminary Results
Pollak J, Rosenblatt M, Egglin T, Dickey K, Glickman M. Treatment of Ureteral Obstructions with the Wallstent Endoprosthesis: Preliminary Results. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 1995, 6: 417-425. PMID: 7647444, DOI: 10.1016/s1051-0443(95)72833-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWallstent endoprosthesisUreteral strictureGranulation tissueBenign ureteral stricturesLong-term reliefBenign ureteroenteric stricturesMalignant occlusionCatheter drainageMajor complicationsSurgical optionsBenign diseaseUreteral obstructionUreteroenteric stricturesComplete obstructionMalignant diseaseMalignant stricturesBenign stricturesPatient deathTumor ingrowthUreteroenteric anastomosisWallstent endoprosthesesStricturePatientsFurther evaluationStentsRetrieval of intravascular foreign bodies: experience in 32 cases.
Egglin T, Dickey K, Rosenblatt M, Pollak J. Retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies: experience in 32 cases. American Journal Of Roentgenology 1995, 164: 1259-64. PMID: 7717243, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.164.5.7717243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravascular foreign bodiesForeign bodyInferior vena cava filterTip-deflecting wiresProcedure-related complicationsTranscatheter interventional proceduresGoose neck snareVena cava filtersNitinol goose-neck snareArterial spasmProcedural complicationsSurgical cutdownSurgical interventionFemoral veinCatheter fragmentMedical recordsCava filtersInterventional radiologistsPatientsBalloon fragmentPercutaneous retrievalVenous valvesInterventional proceduresComplicationsProcedure records