2008
Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Treating Peripheral Vascular Graft Infections
Sumpio BE, Allie DE, Horvath KA, Marston WA, Meites HL, Mills JL, Orgill DP, Salazar JD, Song DH, Toursarkissian B. Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Treating Peripheral Vascular Graft Infections. Vascular 2008, 16: 194-200. PMID: 18845099, DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, TopicalAnti-Infective AgentsDiabetic FootFemaleGroinHumansMaleNegative-Pressure Wound TherapyOcclusive DressingsPeripheral Vascular DiseasesPractice Guidelines as TopicProsthesis-Related InfectionsSurgical FlapsSurgical Wound InfectionVascular Surgical ProceduresWound HealingConceptsNegative pressure wound therapyPressure wound therapyGroin infectionWound therapyRole of NPWTLarger subcutaneous vesselsVascular graft infectionVascular surgical proceduresDiabetic foot ulcersOpen abdominal woundsGraft infectionWound complicationsFoot ulcersSurgical closureTreatment modalitiesBody of evidenceVascular surgeryAbdominal woundsLarge blood vesselsConsensus panelSurgical proceduresSubcutaneous vesselsComplex woundsProblematic woundsClinical practice
1998
Low molecular weight heparins: current use and indications
Quader M, Stump L, Sumpio B. Low molecular weight heparins: current use and indications. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 1998, 187: 641-658. PMID: 9849742, DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(98)00255-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnfractionated heparinPrimary prophylaxisHeart diseaseSurgical proceduresIschemic heart diseaseValvular heart diseaseTreatment of patientsGeneral surgical proceduresAttention of cliniciansOrthopedic surgical proceduresEase of administrationSecondary prophylaxisPostoperative patientsPulmonary embolismThromboembolic complicationsUnstable anginaPredictable anticoagulationSignificant morbidityThromboembolic diseaseOutpatient settingMultiple traumaClinical trialsVascular surgerySimilar complicationsLMWHs