Vascular and endovascular surgery
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Vasc Endovascular Surg · Oct 2010
Carotid stenting and transcranial Doppler monitoring: indications for carotid stenosis treatment.
Recently, angioplasty and stenting of carotid arteries (CAS) have taken the place of surgery. The aim of our study is to assess the role of transcranial Doppler (TCD) monitoring during CAS to address the embolic complications during the stages of the procedure, with or without embolic cerebral protection devices. ⋯ According to our study, even in selected patients on the basis of preoperative diagnostic criteria, CAS is burdened by a nonnegligible risk of subclinical embolic ischemic events detected at TCD and confirmed by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI).
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Vasc Endovascular Surg · Oct 2010
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyVascular surgical antibiotic prophylaxis study (VSAPS).
This prospective, randomized study was performed at a single institution. Low-risk patients undergoing elective vascular procedures were enrolled (August 2007 to June 2009). Participants were randomized into 3 separate arms. ⋯ Any infection/methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections was seen in 8 (12.9%)/2 (3.23%) in the cefazolin group, 7 (12.5%)/4 (7.14%) in the cefazolin + vancomycin group, and 2 (3.92%)/(0%) in the cefazolin + daptomycin group. In this study, population of low-risk patients undergoing elective vascular procedures, there was a trend toward fewer infectious complications in the cefazolin + daptomycin group. Adding anti-MRSA agents to the current standard prophylaxis regimen does not appear to reduce the incidence of MRSA infection in low-risk patients.