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Abebe Gemechu

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Durability of open popliteal artery aneurysm repair

2014

Objective The objective of this study was to analyze our long-term results after open surgery for popliteal artery aneurysm. Methods Records of patients who received surgery between 1998 and 2010 were retrieved from a computerized database and analyzed retrospectively. End points of the study were perioperative mortality and morbidity and patency and limb salvage rate. Results Two hundred and six popliteal aneurysms (median diameter, 30 mm; interquartile range, 18 mm) were treated (161 elective, 45 emergent) in 154 patients (mean age, 67 ± 11 years) using vein grafts (82%) via the medial approach (92%). Above-knee popliteal artery (45%) and below-knee popliteal artery (65%) were the predomi…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyUmbilical VeinsLimb salvageVein graftInterquartile rangemedicine.arteryMedicineHumansPopliteal ArteryAgedRetrospective StudiesComputerized databasesAged 80 and overUltrasonography Doppler Duplexbusiness.industryOpen surgeryAnastomosis SurgicalPopliteal artery aneurysmAngiography Digital SubtractionPerioperativeMiddle AgedPlastic Surgery ProceduresAneurysmPopliteal arterySurgeryTreatment OutcomeAnesthesiaFemaleSurgerybusinessCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineVascular Surgical ProceduresMagnetic Resonance AngiographyFollow-Up StudiesForecastingJournal of Vascular Surgery
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Survival after Suicidal Transsection of the Left Common Carotid Artery in Octogenarian

2011

Aged 80 and overMalemedicine.medical_specialtyInjury controlbusiness.industryAccident preventionPoison controlHuman factors and ergonomicsSuicide AttemptedWounds PenetratingHypothermiaGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseSuicide preventionOccupational safety and healthmedicine.arteryInjury preventionEmergency medicineHumansMedicineCommon carotid arteryMedical emergencyCarotid Artery InjuriesbusinessVascular Surgical ProceduresThe American Surgeon
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