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Clinical performance of Human Acellular Vessel amid war in Ukraine presented at military research symposium
Clinical outcomes of Humacyte’s investigational Human Acellular Vessel (HAV) were presented at the Military Health System Research Symposium in Kissimmee, Florida (Aug. 14–17), following a year-long humanitarian program in Ukraine. The bioengineered, implantable human tissue-based device was provided to five…
Veterans Affairs: A call to surveillance
For many of those injured in combat, the transition in care from the Military Health System (MHS) to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) can be a daunting one, fraught with logistical and clerical challenges. The deluge of administrative tasks as…
Veterans Day: Remembering Korea, ‘accidental pioneers’ and M*A*S*H
During November—Nov. 11, specifically—the United States salutes and honors all those who have served this country in its armed forces. This November, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) highlights the Korean War, where vascular surgeons typically served in Mobile Army…
An open letter to the National Rifle Association
Hello, I think it is time we talked about guns. I know you don’t like to discuss these things after a school shooting, so I waited. It has been four months since Uvalde. It seems there have been three more…
A recent snapshot of pediatric vascular trauma injuries
A study of major pediatric vascular injuries delivered in the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) Paper Session during the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in June found that 70.2% of the cohort analyzed presented with penetrating trauma. More specifically,…
Confessions of a dual-trained, dual-practicing vascular-trauma surgeon
Like most of the other readers of Vascular Specialist, I look forward to perusing each release for not just useful information but also insightful editorials that frame ongoing issues in thoughtful and entertaining ways. I personally find that I am…
A modest proposal: Let’s eat the trauma surgeons
Well folks, after more than two years of the pandemic, racial injustice, and medical misinformation, I have decided it is time to return to writing about what I truly love: fake feuds with other specialties. Remember the heady days of…
Intraoperative vascular consults have risen 529% in last 15 years, single-center analysis finds
According to researchers from the University of Washington level 1 trauma center, the number of intraoperative vascular surgeon consultations has increased enormously over the past decade. The group conducted a study reported in the November 2021 issue of the Journal…
Intravascular shunts improve early limb salvage after extremity vascular injury, study finds
A multicenter retrospective study of the PROOVIT (Prospective observational vascular injury treatment) registry suggests the use of temporary intravascular shunts (TIVSs) results in lower rates of amputation during the early phase of care and should be part of a more…