Thomas Fogarty, 91, Who Helped Revolutionize Vascular Surgery, Dies

Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a ...
Healio

Q&A: ‘Imagination and ingenuity’ led to first minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery

Researchers at the NIH and Emory School of Medicine have completed the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass of the ...

I was swimming in shallow waters on my dream holiday when I was attacked by a shark. I lost my hand, leg and two-thirds of my blood. I should be dead... but this is …

Of all the movies 15-year-old Lulu Gribbin watched, there was one which always gave her the shivers - 47 Meters Down, a film ...
Frontiers

Pericapsular nerve group block combined with lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block for hip surgery: a meta-analysis

Objective: The combination of the pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) block has garnered increasing attention as a postoperative analgesic strategy ...
Medscape

Single-Shot Femoral Nerve Block Tied to Increased Fall Risk After Orthopedic Surgery

Patients who underwent lower limb orthopedic surgery and received a single-shot femoral nerve block had an increased risk for falls during the early postoperative period. Recipients of a single-shot ...
Frontiers

Balloon dilation in sheath technique in transcatheter aortic valve replacement via narrow femoral artery: first-in-human early feasibility study

Background: Severe aortic stenosis (AS) imposes sustained pressure overload on the left ventricle, leading to hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis, which are key features of adverse cardiac remodeling.
jnis.bmj

Remedial angioplasty or stenting in acute basilar artery occlusion: post hoc analysis of ATTENTION trial

Background and purpose While endovascular therapy (EVT) is established for acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO), the clinical value of remedial angioplasty or stenting (RAS) is debated. This study ...