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4 Jul 2022
Urgent 3v PMEG rescue of symptomatic T1a EL in less than 3 hrs, including back-table time (less than anesthesia time). @FotehMazinMD @cfbechara @mattsmeds @GustavoOderich #VascTwitter #VascSurg #AortaEd @UIowa_Surgery
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I’m a vascular surgeon. AI and robots won’t be replacing what I and my colleagues can do in the foreseeable future. Not just the technical aspects, but the judgment than comes from years of evaluating and treating patients.
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How would you manage this asymptomatic 6.6 cm juxtarenal AAA in a 60-year-old man presenting with appendicitis? Smoker, history of cryptogenic stroke, stable claudication, CHF (EF 40%). Pay close attention to anatomy! @farkomd @AWBeckMD @westleyohman #AortaEd
ALT CT abdomen/pelvis and 3D reformat provided by Radiology.
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RT @AhmadAbouAbbas8: Once you have vascular control which is the hard part, vascular suturing on the robot is easier and more fun than open…
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8 Mar 2024
Tried a new device for transcaval embolization: Liverty steerable TIPS kit. Highly recommend. Made access a single pass and extraordinarily easy with 3D overlay. #AortaEd I have no financial disclosures! bd.com/en-us/products-and-so…
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2 Aug 2023
Dr Lucy Wibbenmeyer discussing why “Health Equity in Burn Research Cannot Wait!” #SAFERTrauma @NatTrauma @Ameriburn @vanessapho @acsTrauma @docjainarpana @Levi_Lab @md_castanon
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23 Jul 2023
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you… Jon Stewart
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25 Jun 2023
Absolutely. Profunda is the junk yard dog keeping the leg alive any way possible.
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Damn rightđź‘‘
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TAAA Extent II Repair. Previous type B aortic dissection with Debranching of aortic arch and TEVAR. Enourmous hematoma in the descending aorta 9.5cm
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26 Mar 2023
Proud of the accomplished vascular surgeon @JeanetteManMD has become. But can’t take credit for her artistic abilities. #AortaEd #VascGraffiti #AortaArt @UIowa_Surgery
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20 Jan 2023
Very cool. Cant say I’ve seen that before.
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16 Jan 2023
In 1963 Dr. Charles Dotter said, "The angiographic catheter can be more than a tool for passive means of diagnostic observation; used with imagination, it can become an important surgical instrument." On January 16, 1964, he performed the first angioplasty. #Vascular #CookHistory
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27 Dec 2022
I’ve been eyeing this robotics platform by Vicarius Surgical for a long time and I am vi-curious to see what it can do. I like that the engineers/designers solved the surgical robotics problem in a different way. I wonder how strong it is and does it scale vicarioussurgical.com
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11 Jul 2020
This is what @HCrespoSotoMD and I did. Good risk patient. A lot of aortic plaque. #Aorta
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28 Oct 2022
ALT jr-AAA w/ anomalous renal arteries, sure it could have been done endo, but for this 60 yo healthy patient, open repair was the way (w/ written consent)
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28 Oct 2022
jr-AAA with bilateral renovascular anomalies. Sure it could have been done endo but for this 60 yo healthy patient open is the way (w/ written consent)
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