Ace The Vascular Surgery Clerkship Exam

The pathophysiology of venous thrombosis has been famously described by Rudolf Virchow, known as the Virchow's triad, which includes stasis, e ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PAD) is a chronic progressive atherosclerotic disease leading to partial or total peripheral vascular occlusion. ...

Continuous renal replacement therapy is one of the renal replacement methods that include intermittent hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. It is ...

Left renal vein entrapment syndrome, or nutcracker syndrome (NCS), is characterized by extrinsic compression of the left renal vein (LRV), most com ...

Pentoxifylline (PTXF) is a vasoactive agent that improves the flow of blood by reducing its viscosity. It is FDA approved for the symp ...

The Allen test (AT) is used to assess collateral blood flow within the hands, specifically testing for the presence of a complete palmar arch. Edga ...

Rhombic flaps are geometric local transposition flaps and offer significant versatility within reconstructive surgery. This flap is most commonly u ...

During the Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum 1993, John Porter suggested a classification for venous disease, just like the TNM (tu ...

The primary survey is designed to assess and treat any life-threatening injuries quickly. It should be completed very rapidly. The main causes of d ...

Bowel ischemia can affect a small or large intestine and can occur by any cause, which leads to intestinal blood flow reduction.

Symptoms of extracranial carotid disease are most often caused by embolization. Arterial emboli account for approximately one-quarter of strokes in ...

Traumatic injuries to the abdomen can result from a wide range of etiologies and can lead to life-threatening injuries, multi-organ system dysfunct ...

Renal artery thrombosis is a rare pathology that may be overlooked when evaluating impaired renal function. It is the formation of a blood clot in ...

Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is the inability to urinate after a surgical procedure despite having a full bladder. It can be a source of ...

Osteoid osteoma was first described by Jaffe in 1935 and accounts for 10% of all benign bone tumors.

Central venous catheters (CVC) are frequently used in critical care units, hemodialysis units, and oncology units for the administration of intrave ...

The internal thoracic artery, aka the internal mammary artery, supplies the breast and the anterior chest wall. The internal thoracic artery travel ...

A vessel is considered to be aneurysmal when it enlarges to about one and a half to two times the size of the normal vessel. True femoral artery an ...