Audible Bleeding contributor and 5th year general surgery resident Richa Kalsi (@KalsiMD) is joined by first-year vascular surgery fellow Zach Mattay (@ZMatthay), fifth-year general surgery resident Naveed Rahman (@naveedrahmanmd), JVS editor Dr. Thomas Forbes (@TL_Forbes), and JVS-CIT editor Dr. Matthew Smeds (@mattsmeds) to discuss two great articles in the JVS family of journals. The first article discusses national trends in surgeon-modified graft utilization for complex and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. The second article discusses a novel technique, transcatheter electrosurgical aortic septotomy, to treat chronic dissecting aortoiliac aneurysms. This episode hosts Dr. Thomas O’Donnell (@tfxod) and Dr. Carlos Timaran (@ch_timaran), the authors of these two papers.
Articles:
Part 1:“National Trends in utilization of surgeon-modified grafts for complex and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms” by Dr. O’Donnell and colleagues.
Mentioned during the discussion:
Part 2: “Early results of transcatheter electrosurgical aortic septotomy for endovascular repair of chronic dissecting aortoiliac aneurysms” by Dr. Timaran and colleagues.
Mentioned during discussion:
“Transcatheter Electrosurgery: JACC State-of-the-Art Review” by Khan and colleagues.
“A Novel Way to Fenestrate a Type B Dissection Flap Using Endovascular Electrocautery” by Dr. Kabbani and colleagues.
Show Guests
Dr. Thomas O’Donnell: Assistant professor of surgery in the aortic center at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Carlos Timaran: Professor and Chief of Endovascular Surgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Surgery.
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