A5062350741- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Vascular Procedures and Complications
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Dermatologic Treatments and Research
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Xenotransplantation and immune response
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
Medical University of South Carolina
2021-2024
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth in humans and frequently involve valve dysfunction. The current treatment for unrepairable valves involves replacement with an implant, Ross pulmonary autotransplantation, or conventional orthotopic transplantation. Although these treatments appropriate older children adults, they do not result same efficacy durability infants young several reasons. Heart implants grow the. autotransplants have a high mortality rate neonates feasible...
Abstract CO2 ablative fractional laser (CO2 AFL) therapy is a safe and effective procedure when used in the treatment of hypertrophic scars for burn patients. It has high patient satisfaction rate minimal side effect profile, typically consisting postoperative pain, irritation, surgical site inflammation, and, rare cases, infection. Although prophylactic antibiotics have historically been recommended, there paucity literature on topic recent studies indicate that they may be unnecessary...
Purpose Although growth in cosmetic surgery remains constant the private setting, academic practices are often underdeveloped. Our study aims to determine which patient populations access services. Methods The 2018 Health Care Utilization Project Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample database was used for data analysis. Encounters following American Society of Plastic top 5 procedures 2020 were selected: blepharoplasty, breast augmentation, liposuction, rhinoplasty, and rhytidectomy. Patient...
Surgical simulation is becoming increasingly important in training cardiac surgeons. However, there are currently no simulators capable of testing the quality simulated heart valve procedures under dynamic physiologic conditions. Here we describe a ventricular simulator, consisting 3D printed suspension chamber and model 1423 Harvard apparatus pulsatile pump, which can provide close to hemodynamic perfusion porcine aortic roots attached for education surgery. The simulator was validated by...
<h3>Introduction</h3> The transradial approach (TRA) is being employed to a greater degree in neuroendovascular procedures. Multicenter studies examining TRA versus transfemoral (TFA) across all procedures have demonstrated lower rates of both minor and major complications using TRA. Previous described for flow diversion the Pipeline embolization device (ev3/Chestnut Medical, Menlo Park, California) with good result. Surpass Evolve (SED; Stryker Neurovascular, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA) new...