2010
Retrospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in subjects with split‐thickness skin graft: comparing V.A.C.® therapy and conventional therapy in foot and ankle reconstructive surgeries
Blume PA, Key JJ, Thakor P, Thakor S, Sumpio B. Retrospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in subjects with split‐thickness skin graft: comparing V.A.C.® therapy and conventional therapy in foot and ankle reconstructive surgeries. International Wound Journal 2010, 7: 480-487. PMID: 20825510, PMCID: PMC7951281, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2010.00728.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnkle reconstructive surgeryConventional therapyGraft survivalNPWT/ROCFClinical outcomesReconstructive surgerySplit-thickness skin graft survivalSplit-thickness skin graftNegative pressure wound therapyDuration of graftImproved graft survivalOverall graft takeVacuum-Assisted TherapySkin graft survivalPressure wound therapyGraft failureRetrospective reviewRetrospective studyOutpatient treatmentGraft takeSkin graftsCT groupWound therapyRetrospective evaluationLevel I
2007
Predictors for the Healing of Transmetatarsal Amputations: Retrospective Study of 91 Amputations
Blume P, Salonga C, Garbalosa J, Pierre-Paul D, Key J, Gahtan V, Sumpio BE. Predictors for the Healing of Transmetatarsal Amputations: Retrospective Study of 91 Amputations. Vascular 2007, 15: 126-133. PMID: 17573017, DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00035.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Single-Stage Surgical Treatment of Noninfected Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Blume PA, Paragas LK, Sumpio BE, Attinger CE. Single-Stage Surgical Treatment of Noninfected Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2002, 109: 601-609. PMID: 11818842, DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200202000-00029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-stage surgical treatmentHospital staySurgical treatmentRecurrence rateSingle-stage approachPerioperative hospital stayAdditional surgical proceduresDiabetic foot woundsLevel of ambulationDiabetic foot ulcersImmediate primary closureLocal random flapsMedian total timeExpedient returnPedal ulcersAmbulatory statusPostoperative complicationsChart reviewFoot ulcersFoot woundsPathologic findingsTotal excisionRetrospective studyPrimary closureOsseous deformities
1985
Results of Aortic Grafting in Occlusive vs Aneurysmal Disease
Sumpio B, Traquina D, Gusberg R. Results of Aortic Grafting in Occlusive vs Aneurysmal Disease. JAMA Surgery 1985, 120: 817-819. PMID: 4015373, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1985.01390310055012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOcclusive diseaseAortic aneurysmAortic graftingOCC patientsSignificant intraoperative differenceSubsequent postoperative morbidityAtherosclerotic occlusive diseasePopulation of patientsDifferent patient groupsSignificant differencesRAA patientsAortic surgeryGraft surgeryPostoperative morbidityClamp timeSmoking historyDiabetes mellitusIntraoperative differencesPulmonary diseaseUrine outputFluid administrationAneurysmal diseaseAsymptomatic aneurysmsPatient groupRetrospective study