Renal Vein Thrombosis
Renal Vein Thrombosis Timothy J. Nypaver Renal vein thrombosis is an uncommon clinical condition that typically occurs in association with or as a consequence of the nephrotic syndrome, renal cell…
Below-Knee Amputation
Below-Knee Amputation Kenneth E. McIntyre, Jr. Amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures known to humans. The earliest forms of below-knee amputation (BKA) occurred on or near battlefields, where…
Open Surgical Treatment of Ruptured Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms
Open Surgical Treatment of Ruptured Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms James T. McPhee and Michael Belkin Despite numerous medical and surgical technological advances in the past decade, rupture of an abdominal aortic…
Selecting Treatment for Patients with Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease
Selecting Treatment for Patients with Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease George Oreopoulos and K. Wayne Johnston Patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) represent a subset of patients with peripheral artery disease whose…
Multibranched Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Multibranched Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Timothy A.M. Chuter and Linda M. Reilly Endovascular aneurysm repair, which requires neither direct aortic exposure nor temporary interruption of aortic flow, is…
Management of Chyloperitoneum and Chylothorax after Aortic Reconstruction
Management of Chyloperitoneum and Chylothorax after Aortic Reconstruction Madhukar S. Patel, Juan Carlos Jimenez, Russell A. Williams, and Samuel Eric Wilson Chyloperitoneum and chylothorax are unusual but morbid conditions that…
Permanent and Temporary Inferior Vena Cava Filters
Permanent and Temporary Inferior Vena Cava Filters John E. Rectenwald Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are placed for the sole purpose of preventing a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Development and…
Open and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Kidney Transplant Patients
Open and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Kidney Transplant Patients Adam H. Power and Peter Gloviczki Aortic reconstructions for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in kidney transplant recipients…
Retroperitoneal Approach for Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmectomy
Retroperitoneal Approach for Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysmectomy Philip S.K. Paty and R. Clement Darling, III The abdominal aorta, located posterior to the parietal peritoneum and adjacent to the spine, is…
Arteriomegaly and Aneurysmosis
Arteriomegaly and Aneurysmosis Bruce Torrance, Malachi Sheahan and Larry Hollier Arteriomegaly is defined as a diffuse ectasia involving multiple arterial segments including the aorta, iliofemoral, and femoropopliteal vessels. It is…
