Background: Conduction system pacing (CSP), often accomplished with lumenless pacing leads, is increasingly employed to achieve physiologic ventricular activation. Extraction of CSP leads has raised concerns about damage to the conduction system,...
Background:
The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is considered the gold standard in the surgical management of stress urinary incontinence, particularly for male patients. The AUS is a fluid-filled hydraulic system comprised of a urethral...
Hypothesis:
We sought to evaluate whether surgical excision of major peripheral nerve neuromas (MPN) would reduce the use of opioids in patients with preoperative opioid use. Secondarily, we sought to determine whether additional surgical...
Background: The utility of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in older patients remains controversial. Advancements in HER2-directed therapy have revolutionized disease response rates and prognosis, supporting efforts to reevaluate the utility of...
Introduction: Efforts to expand the lung transplant (LTx) donor pool have led to increased use of lungs from donors after circulatory death (DCD), with evidence demonstrating outcomes comparable to those from donors after brain death (DBD)....
Background: Treating primary osteoarthritis and rotator cuff arthropathy with reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) can be challenging in patients with glenoid wear. Several techniques have been developed to address this issue, with the most...
Background: The parent perspective on the value of family conferences in the intensive care unit is not well characterized. We aimed to characterize parents’ perspectives on the value of and opportunities to improve conferences between parents of...
Background: Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is incurable, despite recent therapeutic advances resulting in extended trajectories of disease, especially in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) and human epidermal growth factor-2 negative (HER2-) MBC....
Background: Chronic lower back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability and economic burden worldwide. Despite numerous treatment modalities, patient outcomes remain poor. Identifying the correct treatment for a given patient remains presenting...
Background: For patients with occult lower GI hemorrhage and a negative arteriogram, provocative mesenteric angiography (PMA) is a technique that entails intra-arterially administered tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) and vasodilator as well as...