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…
bypass… Debranch First! or Why Haven’t We Done This All Along for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms? 12 Jul 202021 Jul 2020 Context Despite all the advances in endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, no data shows their superiority in the mid to long term compared to open repair. That is why…
acute mesenteric ischemia… Abdominal Stroke Alert! 16 May 202021 Jul 2020 It is a rare day that passes without the announcement of a stroke alert at CCAD. A reflex arc of activity is initiated, as time becomes the critical metric of…
innovation… Amazon Set Your Kindles Free 27 Jan 202027 Jan 2020 My Lenovo Yogabook C930 recently got a firmware update where the main screen image gets cloned to the e-ink display. By putting the device into tent mode, the LCD screen…
acute limb ischemia… Of Clot, Tofu, and Cheese 16 Dec 201917 Dec 2019 The process of clotting is something vascular surgeons take for granted, but patients may have a hard time understanding what a clot is because in most people’s experience, it is…
skunk works… Distraction free writing used to be the norm with technology 17 Nov 201917 Nov 2019 Distraction Free Writing: Portable, Disconnected, AA Battery Powered Distraction free writing has been a buzzword. It used to be the norm with computers by their limitations and design to focus…
acute limb ischemia… The shunt as temporary bypass -a modest proposal 3 Aug 20194 Aug 2019 The rise of cardiopulmonary bypass life support has also given a rise to the need to keep large, obstructive cannulas in femoral arteries. ECMO cannulas are often kept in for…
