Laparoscopic Placement of Hepatic Artery Infusion Pumps: Technical Considerations and Early Results

Carotid artery stent placement with distal balloon protection: technical considerations.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most neurologic events that complicate the carotid artery stent placement procedure are embolic. Strategies are being developed and evaluated for their ability to minimize the clinical embolic risk. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility, safety, and technical considerations of performing carotid artery stent placement with use of a distal balloon anti...

Hepatic Artery Infusion Chemotherapy

Hepatic artery chemotherapy was given to 36 patients, using totally implantable devices consisting of a port and external pump. Twenty-seven patients had inoperable liver metastases of colorectal origin. The infusion system was inserted by laparotomy into the hepatic artery via the gastroduodenal artery. There was no operative mortality. Thirteen infusion systems could not be used for chemother...

Laparoscopic posterior adrenalectomy: technical considerations.

HYPOTHESIS Although laparoscopic posterior adrenalectomy (LPA) offers a more direct access to the adrenal gland, it is not as popular as laparoscopic transabdominal adrenalectomy, and the worldwide experience has been limited. We hypothesized that LPA is a safe and efficacious procedure that could best serve certain patients with adrenal tumors. DESIGN Case series of patients undergoing lapar...

Technical considerations of cholera vaccines and some results of cholera - El-Tor mass immunization

Carotid artery stenting: technical considerations.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is one of the most frequently performed operations in the United States. To offer patients a less invasive means to achieve the same goal, carotid artery stenting (CAS) is investigated as an alternative treatment to CEA. METHODS Three hundred ninety patients underwent CAS, with 451 vessels treated. CAS was performed using a coaxial system wi...