Commentary… Top 10 things to get your favorite vascular surgeon, 2021 -pandemic edition 9 Mar 20219 Mar 2021 My list of favorite things this year is simpler than in the past, in respect for the difficulties of the past year. Everything is under $300, and I use these…
announcement Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Heart and Vascular Update Webinar 21 Feb 202131 Mar 2021 Sign up for webinar update of cardiovascular diseases presented by experts from the Cleveland Clinic Enterprise from around the world, hosted by CCAD. https://www.heartandvascularupdate.com/ Register at link above, presentations by…
median arcuate ligament syndrome… Nonoperative management of median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) 24 Jan 202125 Jan 2021 The patient is a young woman who presented with classic symptoms and findings of median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS). She avoided food because eating triggered severe pain in her upper…
AAA… Off the guidelines: type II endoleak can derail the perfect EVAR 5 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 Every once in a while, I will make an exception to the SVS guidelines on AAA repair with regard to size at time of repair (link). I have a bunch…
Uncategorized Golf Lessons from the Operating Room – Golfism -life is a metaphor for golf 18 Nov 2020 Golf Lessons from the Operating Room – Golfism -life is a metaphor for golf — Read on www.google.com/amp/s/golfism.org/2008/09/06/golf-lessons-from-the-operating-room/amp/
Commentary… The Long and the Short 1 Aug 20204 Aug 2020 The Long of It and the Short, or What You Are Trying to Do With That Level 82 Note on Your EMR? I struggle to keep my sanity reading through…
thoracic outlet syndrome Our Bipedal Lifestyle Has Consequences, or Cervical Ribs Must Go 22 Jul 202022 Jul 2020 Narrow shoulders means the arm hangs off the first rib tethered by the brachial plexus When Australopithecus began to walk upright, there were many consequences. It freed the hands from…
AAA… Lifelong surveillance after EVAR -is it worth it? 20 Jul 202020 Jul 2020 About ten years ago, I had a patient who came to see me for moderate carotid disease. While his carotid disease was asymptomatic, he also had metastatic colon cancer. With…
iliocaval venous… Leave Nothing Behind -IVC filter edition 17 Jul 202021 Jul 2020 Why There is a Literature on Filter Removal A long time ago, there was the IVC clip which survives today as a vestigial CPT code. Then in the 1980’s, the…
