Browsing Translational Medicine @ UniSa. Volume 21 (jan.-apr. 2020) by Title
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A single-center experience on below-the-knee endovascular treatment in diabetic patients
(2020)Diabetic ulceration of the foot is a major global medical, social and economic problem and is the most frequent end-point of diabetic complications. A retrospective analysis from February 2017 to May 2019 of diabetic ... -
Acute deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: is the thromboaspiration device an appropriate choice?
(2020)Nowadays patients affected by deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are studied widely but the challenge for physicians is when and how they are to be treated. Most patients present serious comorbidities ... -
Digital innovation in healthcare: a device with a method for monitoring, managing and preventing the risk of chronic polypathological patients
(2020)New digital technologies can have a huge impact on the traditional healthcare sector, both from a clinical and economic perspective. Doctors and health specialists will increasingly need technology to improve the ... -
. Double-microcatheter technique through tortuous anatomy for coil embolization of a saccular splenic aneurysm: a technical report
(2020)We report on a case of an asymptomatic splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) with a large neck in a 53-year-old female with an extreme vessel tortuosity which was treated with a Double Microcatheter Technique. This endovascular ... -
Endovascular treatment with drug-eluting balloon for severe subclavian artery stenosis involving the origin of the vertebral artery
(2020)The first line approach for subclavian steal syndrome is PTA-stenting of subclavian artery. When the ipsilateral vertebral artery origin is involved or in closed proximity of the atherosclerotic lesion in the subclavian ... -
Focusing on diabetic ulcers
(2020)Foot ulcers associated with Diabetes mellitus require immediate attention due to risk of amputation if left untreated. Herein we focus on the mitigating risk factors and physiopathology of the diabetic foot, recounting ... -
Harmonic focus versus conventional electrocautery for femoral artery exposure: a "direct" comparison on the same patients
(2020)Surgical access complications during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are reported relatively frequent. HARMONIC FOCUS® (HF; Ethicon EndoSurgery Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) is a device developed to improve bleeding ... -
How to repair non-atheromatous carotid lesions
(2020)Non-atheromatous surgical lesions are estimated to represent at most 10% of all carotid procedures, most of which involve atheromatous lesions. Isolated tortuosity of the carotid vessels is sometimes treated surgically. ... -
The influence of diabetes mellitus on the outcome of superficial femoral artery recanalization is debatable
(2020)Notwithstanding technological improvements in endovascular devices treatment of steno-obstructive lesions of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) remains a challenge for today’s vascular surgeon. Current opinion dictates ...