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Leadership figures ruminate on redeployment of vascular surgeons as COVID-19 surges
It’s an issue increasingly knocking on the door of program directors and section chiefs in hospitals across the country as COVID-19 cases escalate in their areas: the redeployment of vascular surgeons and trainees to other areas of care. It formed…
COVID-19: Socially distant yet never closer
We certainly live in interesting times—times in which social distancing has literally become the new normal. COVID-19 came to the United States quietly and then hit like a brick, creating a national emergency. It is almost difficult to remember what…
Open AAA repair volume appears to be more impactful on outcomes than years of experience, investigators reveal
PALM BEACH, Fla.— The more open aortic repair (OAR) case volume vascular surgeons take on, the more it seems to be “impactful” on OAR outcomes than a physician’s accumulated years of practice experience. The finding was revealed by Salvatore T.…
Of moral distress, coronavirus and implications for burnout
Moral distress has been described as “as a phenomenon in which one knows the right action to take but is constrained from taking it.”1 Continuous exposure to moral distress leads to moral injury. The term “moral injury” was first described…
Study: Link between IC revascularization and progression to CLTI established alongside rising rate of amputation
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Revascularization of intermittent claudication (IC) patients is associated with an increased rate of progression to critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)—as well as an increased rate of amputation. Those were the main findings of a study presented in a scientific…
Vascular surgeons discuss COVID-19 impact on pregnancy, family, career
The devastating effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic are multifarious and far-reaching, touching both life and limb themselves as well as less tangible aspects of daily life like economic vitality and job function. Each applies unequivocally to vascular surgeons, not…
CMSS urges strong action ‘to ensure safer working conditions’ for frontline medical professionals
In a new statement published on April 2, 2020, all 45 societies represented by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)—over 800,000 physicians—emphatically declared their belief that all frontline healthcare professionals must have access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and be…
Aortic neck dilation after FEVAR leads to little clinical impact, new mid-term study data reveal
MIAMI—Data, gathered in a study on the impact of aortic neck dilation after fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (FEVAR), show that the process does indeed occur after the procedure—but with minimal clinical implications. For principal evidence, the researchers pointed out,…
Medical device companies join fight against COVID-19
Medtronic is sharing an older version of its Puritan Bennett ventilator for free in a bid to help ramp up production of the key piece of technology in the management of respiratory illness as COVID-19 overwhelms U.S. hospitals. The medical…
ACS defends healthcare workers as PPE shortages lead to acrimony
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today leapt to the defense of healthcare workers who are heading to work in the face of increasing concerns over personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages as the COVID-19 pandemic cuts trails across the country.…