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Ketamine reduces postoperative opiate use and pain scores as part of spinal cord protection protocol for TAAA repair
The introduction of ketamine into a spinal cord ischemia (SCI) protection protocol used during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repairs led to significant reductions in postoperative opiate administration and patient-reported pain scores, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) performed by a team…
SAVS 2023: Planned and unplanned vascular assists found to improve outcomes
An award-winning paper presented at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, established an association between vascular involvement in non-vascular-led cases, where vascular expertise was required, and improved patient outcomes. Emma Rooney,…