Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis that has
proven effective in the treatment of early-stage bladder cancer. Although intravesical therapy …

Background Endovascular stent graft (EV) technology has been successfully adapted to the
repair of blunt traumatic aortic injuries. The purpose of this study was to compare the …

Original Article Article original Page 1 Early postoperative enteral feed- ing has been
advocated after major upper abdominal procedures, in multisystem trauma, as well as in cancer …

It has been postulated that gender differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture
risk are due to variation in proportional dilatation. This study's purpose was to examine …

Background Intermittent claudication can be neurogenic or vascular. Physicians use a profile
based on symptom attributes to differentiate the 2 types of claudication, and this guides …

OBJECTIVE: Endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries (BTAI) has become
routine at many trauma centers despite concerns regarding durability and aortic dilatation …

BACKGROUND: Objective scoring systems have been developed for risk stratification of open
infrarenal aneurysm repair. To date, none have been applied for the selection of patients …

PURPOSE: Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAAs) continue to result in early mortality
in up to 50% of patients. Additionally, it remains difficult to compare outcomes given the …

Purpose: To determine whether endovascular repair (EVAR) offers a survival advantage
over open repair (OAR) with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAA). Methods: …

The management of patients with vascular-enteric fistulas remains a challenging diagnostic
and therapeutic problem for the vascular surgeon. Although fortunately quite a rare cause of …