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Endovascular management of vascular traumaBenjamin W Starnes
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 18:114-29. 2006..This chapter reviews current literature with regard to the endovascular management of traumatic vascular injuries with regions being broadly defined as neck, trunk, and extremity...- Extremity vascular injuries on the battlefield: tips for surgeons deploying to warBenjamin W Starnes
Department of Surgery General Surgery Services, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431 1100, USA
J Trauma 60:432-42. 2006..The combat-experienced military surgeon, a fraction of those in uniform until recently, rarely has had the opportunity to convey lessons learned to the newly indoctrinated war surgeon. The purpose of this review is to do exactly that... - Peacekeeping and stability operations: a military surgeon's perspectiveBenjamin W Starnes
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 7521 53rd St Ct W, University Place, Tacoma, WA 98467, USA
Surg Clin North Am 86:753-63. 2006..This article explores the unique features of a surgeon's role in the support of these missions... 
Functional and survival outcomes in traumatic blunt thoracic aortic injuries: An analysis of the National Trauma DatabankZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash, USA
J Vasc Surg 49:988-94. 2009..Utilizing a nationwide database, we determined the incidence of BAI, and analyzed both functional and survival outcomes at discharge compared with matched controls...- Blunt abdominal aortic injurySherene Shalhub
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
J Vasc Surg 55:1277-85. 2012..We sought to describe the experience of a high-volume trauma center and to provide a contemporary review of the literature to better understand the natural history and management of this injury... - Lessons learned from modern military surgeryAlec C Beekley
US Army Medical Corps, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040 Fitzsimmons Avenue, Fort Lewis, WA 98431, USA
Surg Clin North Am 87:157-84, vii. 2007.... - Thoracic aorta to popliteal artery bypass for bilateral lower-extremity critical limb ischemiaArjun Jayaraj
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 26:858.e11-4. 2012..The technique of this operative approach is discussed... - Vascular trauma: endovascular management and techniquesZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fitzsimmons Drive, Building 9040, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Surg Clin North Am 87:1179-92, x-xi. 2007..Using endovascular adjuncts does not preclude standard open surgery, nor does it prohibit an immediate or delayed surgical repair... - Ultrasound-guided access improves rate of access-related complications for totally percutaneous aortic aneurysm repairZachary M Arthurs
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 22:736-41. 2008..This technical adjunct appears to have the largest impact on patients requiring larger sheath sizes... - Application of the Mangled Extremity Severity Score in a combat settingRobert M Rush
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Mil Med 172:777-81. 2007..The aim of this study was to examine the Mangled Extremity Severity Score (MESS) in a combat setting... - Supporting the Global War on Terror: a tale of two campaigns featuring the 250th Forward Surgical Team (Airborne)Robert M Rush
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98433, USA
Am J Surg 189:564-70; discussion 570. 2005..Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs) are 20-person units designed to perform front-line, life-saving combat surgery. This study compares the employment, injuries encountered, and workload of an airborne FST in two widely varying campaigns... - Physician-modified endovascular grafts for the treatment of elective, symptomatic, or ruptured juxtarenal aortic aneurysmsBenjamin W Starnes
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash 98104, USA
J Vasc Surg 56:601-7. 2012..To determine if a physician-modified endovascular graft (PMEG) is a safe and effective method of treating juxtarenal aortic aneurysms in patients considered to be unsuitable for open surgical repair... - A prospective evaluation of C-reactive protein in the progression of carotid artery stenosisZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, DuPont, WA 98327, USA
J Vasc Surg 47:744-50; discussion 751. 2008..Based on this finding, we sought to further evaluate the association of CRP levels with ultrasound progression of carotid artery stenosis, and/or clinical events... - Limb salvage and outcomes among patients with traumatic popliteal vascular injury: an analysis of the National Trauma Data BankPhilip S Mullenix
General Surgery Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431-1100, USA
J Vasc Surg 44:94-100. 2006..Blunt vs penetrating mechanism and associated musculoskeletal injuries generally involve longer hospital stays, worse functional outcomes, and twice the amputation rate... - C-reactive protein level and traditional vascular risk factors in the prediction of carotid stenosisPhilip S Mullenix
General Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431 1100, USA
Arch Surg 142:1066-71. 2007..There is no relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) level and the presence and degree of carotid stenosis (null hypothesis)... - Blunt carotid and vertebral artery injuriesZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, United States
Injury 39:1232-41. 2008..While the majority of injuries will resolve with medical management, a proportion will require further intervention in order to reduce the risk of subsequent stroke... - The impact of an interventional vascular specialty team on institutional endovascular aneurysm repair outcomesPhilip S Mullenix
General Surgery Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
Am J Surg 189:577-80; discussion 580. 2005..EVAR by a dedicated endovascular surgical team favorably impacts several important operative variables and may improve overall outcomes. Some of these operative variables may be device specific... - Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: remote aortic occlusion for the general surgeonZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fitzsimmons Drive, Building 9040, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Surg Clin North Am 87:1035-45, viii. 2007..An endovascular approach to this disease process does not preclude open repair, and remote aortic occlusion can serve as an integral adjunct for general surgeons approaching a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm... - Endovascular treatment of axillosubclavian arterial transection in patients with blunt traumatic injurySherene Shalhub
University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, 325 9th Ave, Box 359796, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Vasc Surg 53:1141-4. 2011..We describe an endovascular technique utilizing combined brachial and femoral access to create a through-and-through brachial-femoral wire and repair the arterial injury with a covered stent... - Rapid high-volume population screening for three major risk factors of future stroke: phase I resultsPhilip S Mullenix
Department of General Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431-1100, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 40:177-87. 2006..Phase II of this study will investigate the degree of stroke risk reduction possible with a multidisciplinary approach to early identification and aggressive treatment of these risks... - Contemporary management of blunt aortic injuryArjun Jayaraj
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 23:49-55. 2011..In this article, the authors discuss about open and endovascular management of blunt aortic injury and provide the latest information regarding endovascular repair of such injuries... - Vascular surgery on the modern battlefieldCharles J Fox
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Vascular Surgery, Bldg 2, Ward 64, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Surg Clin North Am 87:1193-211, xi. 2007..This article provides an overview of the contemporary management of vascular injuries in combat casualties during recent United States military operations... - Endovascular assisted in situ bypass grafting: a simplified technique for saphenous vein side branch occlusionSean D O'Donnell
Department of Vascular Surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Ward 64, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307 5001, USA
J Vasc Surg 38:856-8. 2003..This report details a simplified technique that uses widely available catheter-based equipment to perform saphenous vein side branch occlusion under fluoroscopic guidance...