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2. Perioperative Outcomes From the Prospective Multicenter Least Invasive Fast-Track EVAR (LIFE) Registry.
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Krajcer, Zvonimir, Ramaiah, Venkatesh G., Henao, Esteban A., Metzger, D. Chris, Nelson, Wayne K., Moursi, Mohammed M., Rajasinghe, Hiranya A., Al-Dallow, Raed, Miller, Larry E., and LIFE Registry Investigators
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ABDOMINAL aortic aneurysms ,BLOOD vessel prosthesis ,COMPARATIVE studies ,CONVALESCENCE ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,LONGITUDINAL method ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,SURGICAL stents ,SURGICAL complications ,TIME ,PILOT projects ,EVALUATION research ,DISCHARGE planning ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,ACQUISITION of data ,PATIENT selection ,EQUIPMENT & supplies - Abstract
Purpose: To determine the feasibility, perioperative resource utilization, and safety of a fast-track endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) protocol in well-selected patients.Methods: Between October 2014 and May 2016, the LIFE (Least Invasive Fast-track EVAR) registry ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02224794) enrolled 250 patients (mean age 73±8 years; 208 men) in a fast-track EVAR protocol comprised of bilateral percutaneous access using the 14-F Ovation stent-graft, no general anesthesia, no intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and next-day discharge. The primary endpoint was major adverse events (MAE) through 30 days. The target performance goal for the MAE endpoint was 10.4%.Results: Vascular access, stent-graft delivery, and stent-graft deployment success were 100%. A total of 216 (86%) patients completed all elements of the fast-track EVAR protocol. Completion of individual elements was 98% for general anesthesia avoidance, 97% for bilateral percutaneous access, 96% for ICU avoidance, and 92% for next-day discharge. Perioperative outcomes included mean procedure time of 88 minutes, median blood loss of 50 mL, early oral nutrition (median 6 hours), early mobilization (median 8 hours), and short hospitalization (median 26 hours). Fast-track EVAR completers had shorter procedure time (p<0.001), less blood loss (p=0.04), faster return to oral nutrition (p<0.001) and ambulation (p<0.01), and shorter hospital stay (p<0.001). With 241 (96%) of the 250 patients returning for the 30-day follow-up, the MAE incidence was 0.4% (90% CI 0.1% to 1.8%), significantly less than the 10.4% performance goal (p<0.001). No aneurysm rupture, conversion to surgery, or aneurysm-related secondary procedure was reported. There were no type III endoleaks and 1 (0.4%) type I endoleak. Iliac limb occlusion was identified in 2 (0.8%) patients. The 30-day hospital readmission rate was 1.6% overall.Conclusion: A fast-track EVAR protocol was feasible in well-selected patients and resulted in efficient perioperative resource utilization with excellent safety and effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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3. Two-year clinical outcomes of a multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing two interspinous spacers for treatment of moderate lumbar spinal stenosis.
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Patel, Vikas V, Whang, Peter G, Haley, Thomas R, Bradley, W Daniel, Nunley, Pierce D, Miller, Larry E, Block, Jon E, and Geisler, Fred H
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BACKACHE prevention ,LUMBAR vertebrae surgery ,POSTOPERATIVE pain prevention ,BACKACHE ,CONVALESCENCE ,FUNCTIONAL assessment ,LONGITUDINAL method ,LUMBAR vertebrae ,ORTHOPEDIC surgery ,PATIENT satisfaction ,POSTOPERATIVE pain ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,SPINAL stenosis ,TIME ,PRODUCT design ,PAIN measurement ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,PREDICTIVE tests ,SEVERITY of illness index ,DISEASE complications ,DIAGNOSIS ,EQUIPMENT & supplies - Abstract
Background: Interspinous spacers are a minimally invasive surgical alternative for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) unresponsive to conservative care. The purpose of this prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial was to compare 2-year clinical outcomes in patients with moderate LSS treated with the Superion(®) (Experimental) or the X-Stop(®), a FDA-approved interspinous spacer (Control).Methods: A total of 250 patients with moderate LSS unresponsive to conservative care were randomly allocated to treatment with the Experimental (n = 123) or Control (n = 127) interspinous spacer and followed through 2 years post-treatment. Complication data were available for all patients and patient-reported outcomes were available for 192 patients (101 Experimental, 91 Control) at 2 years.Results: Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ) Symptom Severity and Physical Function scores improved 34% to 36% in both groups through 2 years (all p < 0.001). Patient Satisfaction scores at 2 years were 1.8 ± 0.9 with Experimental and 1.6 ± 0.8 with Control. Axial pain decreased from 59 ± 26 mm at baseline to 21 ± 26 mm at 2 years with Experimental and from 55 ± 26 mm to 21 ± 25 mm with Control (both p < 0.001). Extremity pain decreased from 67 ± 24 mm to 14 ± 22 mm at 2 years with Experimental and from 63 ± 24 mm to 18 ± 23 mm with Control (both p < 0.001). Back function assessed with the Oswestry Disability Index similarly improved with Experimental (37 ± 12% to 18 ± 16%) and Control (39 ± 12% to 20 ± 16%) (both p < 0.001). Freedom from reoperation at the index level was 84% for Experimental and 83% for Control (log-rank: p = 0.38) at 2 years.Conclusions: Both interspinous spacers effectively alleviated pain and improved back function to a similar degree through 2 years in patients with moderate LSS who were unresponsive to conservative care.Trial Registration: NCT00692276. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2014
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4. Determinants of life dissatisfaction among adults in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis of the National Health Interview Survey.
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Miller AL, Bhattacharyya M, Bhattacharyya R, Frankhauser F, and Miller LE
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- Adult, Humans, United States epidemiology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Socioeconomic Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Quality of Life, Health Status
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The number of Americans who report dissatisfaction with their quality of life has increased over the past several decades. This study investigated social- and health-related determinants of life dissatisfaction among adults in the United States (US). We conducted a cross-sectional observational study using data from the 2021 National Health Interview Survey, a nationally representative sample of adults in the US. We analyzed the association between self-reported life dissatisfaction and independent variables including demographics, family-level information, health status and conditions, functioning and disability, health insurance coverage, chronic pain, occupational variables, socioeconomic indicators, health-related behaviors, and psychological distress indicators. Survey multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the association among social- and health-related determinants and life dissatisfaction. The relative importance of each variable in the final model was determined using Shapley Additive Explanations values (0-100% scale). Among the 253.2 million civilian noninstitutionalized adults, 12.2 million (4.8%) reported life dissatisfaction. Recent psychological distress, unmarried status, poor general health, lack of social/emotional support, and lower food security were independently associated with life dissatisfaction (all P < .001). The relative importance of these variables in predicting life dissatisfaction was 39.3% for recent psychological distress, 22.2% for unmarried status, 18.3% for poor general health, 13.4% for lack of social/emotional support, and 6.9% for lower food security. Additionally, racial inequities were identified in the prevalence of these factors. Life dissatisfaction among adults in the US is associated with social- and health-related factors that are more prevalent in racial minority groups. The study findings suggest that resource prioritization should be targeted towards individuals with these factors, with particular emphasis on racial minority groups. This study aligns with US health policy initiatives and the results may help policymakers address the underlying factors contributing to life dissatisfaction among the US population., Competing Interests: The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose., (Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
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- 2023
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5. Towards reaching consensus on hyaluronic acid efficacy in knee osteoarthritis.
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Miller LE
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- Adrenal Cortex Hormones therapeutic use, Consensus, Guidelines as Topic, Humans, Product Surveillance, Postmarketing, Research Design, Rheumatology standards, Societies, Medical, Treatment Outcome, United States, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal administration & dosage, Hyaluronic Acid administration & dosage, Injections, Intra-Articular, Osteoarthritis, Knee drug therapy
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Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) is a controversial treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA). While clinical efficacy of HA relative to saline injections has been demonstrated in many studies, these results are of limited value in real-world clinical practice since saline injection is not a knee OA treatment. Instead, rigorous postmarket comparative studies of HA versus approved knee OA treatments are encouraged. The conduct of such studies is particularly important given the paucity and heterogeneous nature of current evidence regarding nonsurgical knee OA treatment. KEY POINTS: • Societal guidelines recommend nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroid injections, but not hyaluronic acid injections, for knee osteoarthritis (OA) despite inconsistent supportive data. • This article encourages rigorous comparative post-approval studies to clarify the role of nonsurgical treatments used in clinical practice for knee OA.
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- 2019
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6. Comparison of perioperative costs with fast-track vs standard endovascular aneurysm repair.
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Krajcer Z, Ramaiah VG, Henao EA, Nelson WK, Moursi MM, Rajasinghe HA, Anderson LH, and Miller LE
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal diagnostic imaging, Blood Vessel Prosthesis economics, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation adverse effects, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation instrumentation, Cost Savings, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Critical Care economics, Endovascular Procedures adverse effects, Endovascular Procedures instrumentation, Female, Humans, Length of Stay economics, Male, Operative Time, Patient Readmission economics, Prosthesis Design, Registries, Retreatment economics, Stents economics, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, United States, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal economics, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal surgery, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation economics, Endovascular Procedures economics, Hospital Costs, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care economics, Patient Discharge economics
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Background: Perioperative health care utilization and costs in patients undergoing elective fast-track vs standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) remain unclear., Methods: The fast-track EVAR group included patients treated with a 14 Fr stent graft, bilateral percutaneous access, no general anesthesia or intensive care monitoring, and next-day hospital discharge. The standard EVAR group was identified from Medicare administrative claims using a matching algorithm to adjust for imbalances in patient characteristics. Hospital outcomes included operating room time, intensive care monitoring, hospital stay, secondary interventions, and major adverse events (MAEs). Perioperative outcomes occurring from hospital discharge to 30 days postdischarge included MAE, secondary interventions, and unrelated readmissions., Results: Among 1000 matched patients (250 fast-track; 750 standard), hospital outcomes favored the fast-track EVAR group, including shorter operating room time (2.30 vs 2.83 hrs, P <0.001), shorter hospital stay (1.16 vs 1.69 d, P <0.001), less need for intensive care monitoring (4.4% vs 48.0%, P <0.001), and lower secondary intervention rate (0% vs 2.4%, P =0.01). Postdischarge outcomes also favored fast-track EVAR with a lower rate of MAE (0% vs 7.2%, P <0.001) and all-cause readmission (1.6% vs 6.8%, P =0.001). The total cost to the health care system during the perioperative period was $26,730 with fast-track EVAR vs $30,730 with standard EVAR. Total perioperative health care costs were $4000 (95% CI: $3130-$4830) lower with fast-track EVAR vs standard EVAR, with $2980 in savings to hospitals and $1030 savings to health care payers., Conclusion: A fast-track EVAR protocol using a 14 Fr stent graft resulted in shorter procedure time, lower intensive care utilization, faster discharge, lower incidence of MAE, lower readmission rates, and lower perioperative costs compared to standard EVAR., Competing Interests: ZK, VGR, EAH, and LEM disclose consultancy with Endologix, Inc. WKN reports personal fees from Trivascular, outside the submitted work. LHA reports personal fees from Miller Scientific Consulting, during the conduct of the study. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work., (© 2019 Krajcer et al.)
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- 2019
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7. Propensity Score-Adjusted Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes Among Revascularization Strategies for Critical Limb Ischemia.
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Mustapha JA, Katzen BT, Neville RF, Lookstein RA, Zeller T, Miller LE, Nelson TR, and Jaff MR
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- Administrative Claims, Healthcare, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Amputation, Surgical, Critical Illness, Databases, Factual, Female, Humans, Ischemia diagnostic imaging, Ischemia mortality, Ischemia physiopathology, Limb Salvage, Male, Medicare, Peripheral Arterial Disease diagnostic imaging, Peripheral Arterial Disease mortality, Peripheral Arterial Disease physiopathology, Propensity Score, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Stents, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, United States, Angioplasty, Balloon adverse effects, Angioplasty, Balloon instrumentation, Angioplasty, Balloon mortality, Atherectomy adverse effects, Atherectomy mortality, Ischemia therapy, Peripheral Arterial Disease therapy, Vascular Grafting adverse effects, Vascular Grafting mortality
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Background: Few studies have compared long-term outcomes among specific treatment modalities for critical limb ischemia. The aim of this study was to compare long-term outcomes with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), stent placement, atherectomy, or surgical bypass in patients diagnosed with critical limb ischemia., Methods: In this observational study using Medicare claims data, we identified incident cases with a primary critical limb ischemia diagnosis who received PTA, stent placement, atherectomy, or surgical bypass. We used propensity score weighting to determine the association of treatment type with all-cause mortality and major (above ankle) amputation over 4 years follow-up., Results: Among 36 860 patients (10 904 PTA; 11 295 stent placement; 4422 atherectomy; 10 239 surgical bypass), all-cause mortality over 4 years was 49.3% with atherectomy, 51.4% with surgical bypass, 53.7% with stent placement, and 54.7% with PTA (P<0.05 for all pairwise comparisons). Major amputation rates over 4 years were 6.8% with atherectomy, 7.8% with stent placement, 8.1% with PTA, and 10.8% with surgical bypass (P<0.05 for all pairwise comparison except PTA versus stent)., Conclusions: Among Medicare beneficiaries who received PTA, stent placement, atherectomy, or surgical bypass for critical limb ischemia, high mortality and major amputation rates were observed with minor differences among treatment groups. Statistically significant group differences of uncertain clinical importance were observed for several comparisons. Results from observational research may be susceptible to bias because of unmeasured confounders and, therefore, these comparative results should be interpreted with caution.
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8. Multicenter study of lumbar discectomy with Barricaid annular closure device for prevention of lumbar disc reherniation in US patients: A historically controlled post-market study protocol.
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Strenge KB, DiPaola CP, Miller LE, Hill CP, and Whitmore RG
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- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Disability Evaluation, Health Status, Pain epidemiology, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Product Surveillance, Postmarketing, Propensity Score, Quality of Life, Reoperation statistics & numerical data, Severity of Illness Index, United States, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic, Diskectomy methods, Intervertebral Disc Displacement diagnostic imaging, Intervertebral Disc Displacement surgery, Lumbar Vertebrae diagnostic imaging, Lumbar Vertebrae surgery
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Background: Patients with large defects in the annulus fibrosus following lumbar discectomy have high rates of symptomatic reherniation. The Barricaid annular closure device provides durable occlusion of the annular defect and has been shown to significantly lower the risk of symptomatic reherniation in a large European randomized trial. However, the performance of the Barricaid device in a United States (US) population has not been previously reported., Design and Methods: This is a historically controlled post-market multicenter study to determine the safety and efficacy of the Barricaid device when used in addition to primary lumbar discectomy in a US population. A total of 75 patients with large annular defects will receive the Barricaid device following lumbar discectomy at up to 25 sites in the US and will return for clinical and imaging follow-up at 4 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year. Trial oversight will be provided by a data safety monitoring board and imaging studies will be read by an independent imaging core laboratory. Patients treated with the Barricaid device in a previous European randomized trial with comparable eligibility criteria, surgical procedures, and outcome measures will serve as historical controls. Main outcomes will include back pain severity, leg pain severity, Oswestry Disability Index, health utility on the EuroQol-5 Dimension questionnaire, complications, symptomatic reherniation, and reoperation. Propensity score adjustment using inverse probability of treatment weighting will be used to adjust for differences in baseline patient characteristics between the US trial participants and European historical controls., Ethics and Dissemination: This study was approved by a central institutional review board. The study results of this trial will be widely disseminated at conference proceedings and published in peer-reviewed journals. The outcomes of this study will have important clinical and economic implications for all stakeholders involved in treating patients with lumbar discectomy in the US., Study Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (https://clinicaltrials.gov): NCT03986580., Level of Evidence: 3.
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9. Determinants of Long-Term Outcomes and Costs in the Management of Critical Limb Ischemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
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Mustapha JA, Katzen BT, Neville RF, Lookstein RA, Zeller T, Miller LE, and Jaff MR
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Amputation, Surgical economics, Cohort Studies, Endovascular Procedures economics, Endovascular Procedures statistics & numerical data, Extremities blood supply, Female, Gangrene economics, Gangrene therapy, Humans, Ischemia economics, Male, Medicare, Peripheral Arterial Disease economics, Propensity Score, Retrospective Studies, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome, United States, Vascular Surgical Procedures economics, Amputation, Surgical statistics & numerical data, Health Care Costs, Ischemia therapy, Peripheral Arterial Disease therapy, Vascular Surgical Procedures statistics & numerical data
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Background The optimal treatment for critical limb ischemia remains controversial owing to conflicting conclusions from previous studies. Methods and Results We obtained administrative claims on Medicare beneficiaries with initial critical limb ischemia diagnosis in 2011. Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs over 4 years were estimated among all patients and by first treatment (endovascular revascularization, surgical revascularization, or major amputation) in unmatched and propensity-score-matched samples. Among 72 199 patients with initial primary critical limb ischemia diagnosis in 2011, survival was 46% (median survival, 3.5 years) and freedom from major amputation was 87%. Among 9942 propensity-score-matched patients (8% rest pain, 26% ulcer, and 66% gangrene), survival was 38% with endovascular revascularization (median survival, 2.7 years), 40% with surgical revascularization (median survival, 2.9 years), and 23% with major amputation (median survival, 1.3 years; P<0.001 for each revascularization procedure versus major amputation). Corresponding major amputation rates were 6.5%, 9.6%, and 10.6%, respectively ( P<0.001 for all pair-wise comparisons). The cost per patient year during follow-up was $49 700, $49 200, and $55 700, respectively ( P<0.001 for each revascularization procedure versus major amputation). Conclusions Long-term survival and cost in critical limb ischemia management is comparable between revascularization techniques, with lower major amputation rates following endovascular revascularization. Primary major amputation results in shorter survival, higher risk of subsequent major amputation, and higher healthcare costs versus revascularization. Results from this observational research may be susceptible to bias because of the influence of unmeasured confounders.
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- 2018
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10. Disease Burden and Clinical Outcomes Following Initial Diagnosis of Critical Limb Ischemia in the Medicare Population.
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Mustapha JA, Katzen BT, Neville RF, Lookstein RA, Zeller T, Miller LE, and Jaff MR
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- Aged, Amputation, Surgical, Critical Illness, Humans, Ischemia diagnosis, Ischemia mortality, Limb Salvage, Peripheral Arterial Disease diagnosis, Peripheral Arterial Disease mortality, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, United States epidemiology, Endovascular Procedures adverse effects, Endovascular Procedures mortality, Ischemia therapy, Lower Extremity blood supply, Medicare, Peripheral Arterial Disease therapy, Vascular Grafting adverse effects, Vascular Grafting mortality
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- 2018
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11. Fast-track endovascular aortic repair: Interim report from the prospective LIFE registry.
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Krajcer Z, Ramaiah VG, Huetter M, and Miller LE
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anesthesia, General, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal diagnostic imaging, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal mortality, Blood Vessel Prosthesis, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation adverse effects, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation instrumentation, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation mortality, Delivery of Health Care organization & administration, Efficiency, Organizational, Elective Surgical Procedures, Endovascular Procedures adverse effects, Endovascular Procedures instrumentation, Endovascular Procedures mortality, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Operative Time, Pain, Postoperative etiology, Program Evaluation, Prospective Studies, Prosthesis Design, Registries, Respiratory Insufficiency etiology, Respiratory Insufficiency mortality, Stents, Time Factors, Time Management, Treatment Outcome, United States, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal surgery, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation methods, Endovascular Procedures methods, Length of Stay, Patient Discharge
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Objective: To assess the feasibility, safety, and clinical utility of a fast-track endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) protocol., Background: Despite recent advances in EVAR technology and techniques, considerable opportunity exists to further improve EVAR efficiency and outcomes., Methods: Eligible patients underwent elective EVAR with the Ovation Prime stent graft. Successful completion of the fast-track protocol required bilateral percutaneous access, avoidance of general anesthesia and intensive care unit admission, and next-day discharge. Patients were followed through 1-month post-treatment., Results: Between October 2014 and September 2015, 129 patients were enrolled in the study. Vascular access, stent graft delivery, and stent graft deployment were successful in all patients. The fast-track EVAR protocol was successfully completed in 114 (88%) patients. Bilateral percutaneous access was achieved in 97% of cases. Comparing patients who completed fast-track requirements to those who failed at least one component, procedure time was 86 vs. 122 min, use of general anesthesia was 0% vs. 20%, need for intensive care unit stay was 0% vs. 13%, hospital stay was 1.1 vs. 2.1 days, and postoperative groin pain severity (0-10 scale) was 1.2 vs. 4.0. No type I or III endoleaks, serious device-related adverse events, AAA ruptures, surgical conversions, or AAA-related secondary procedures were reported. One (0.9%) patient in the fast-track group died from acute respiratory failure., Conclusions: Initial results from the LIFE study are encouraging and suggest that a fast-track protocol is feasible, safe, and may improve efficiency of healthcare resource allocation in select patients undergoing EVAR. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2016
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12. Superion interspinous process spacer for intermittent neurogenic claudication secondary to moderate lumbar spinal stenosis: two-year results from a randomized controlled FDA-IDE pivotal trial.
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Patel VV, Whang PG, Haley TR, Bradley WD, Nunley PD, Davis RP, Miller LE, Block JE, and Geisler FH
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Decompression, Surgical instrumentation, Decompression, Surgical methods, Female, Humans, Intermittent Claudication diagnosis, Intermittent Claudication etiology, Lumbar Vertebrae pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Prostheses and Implants, Spinal Stenosis complications, Spinal Stenosis diagnosis, United States, Intermittent Claudication surgery, Internal Fixators standards, Lumbar Vertebrae surgery, Spinal Stenosis surgery, Therapies, Investigational, United States Food and Drug Administration
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Study Design: Prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled, investigational device exemption noninferiority trial., Objective: To determine 2-year outcomes in patients with intermittent neurogenic claudication secondary to moderate lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) who were treated with the Superion interspinous process spacer., Summary of Background Data: Interspinous spacers are a less-invasive treatment alternative compared with surgical decompression for patients with LSS unresponsive to conservative care. High-quality comparative data with these devices are lacking., Methods: Patients presenting with intermittent neurogenic claudication secondary to moderate LSS who failed at least 6 months of nonsurgical management were randomly allocated to treatment with the Superion spacer or a control spacer (X-Stop) and followed for 2 years., Results: A total of 391 randomized patients were implanted with Superion (n = 190) or control (n = 201) spacers at 29 sites in the United States between August 2008 and December 2011. Implants were successfully implanted in 99.5% of patients with Superion and 99.0% of control patients. The primary composite endpoint of this study was met, which demonstrated that the Superion spacer was noninferior to the X-Stop spacer. Leg pain, the predominant patient complaint, decreased in severity by 70% during 2 years in each group. Most (77%) patients achieved leg pain clinical success (improvement ≥20 mm) at 2 years. Back pain clinical success (improvement ≥20 mm) was 68%, with no differences between groups. Oswestry Disability Index clinical success (≥15% point improvement) was achieved in 65% of patients. The rates of complications and reoperations were similar between groups., Conclusion: The Superion interspinous process spacer relieves symptoms of intermittent neurogenic claudication secondary to moderate LSS in the majority of patients through 2 years., Level of Evidence: 2.
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- 2015
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13. Lorcaserin for weight loss: insights into US Food and Drug Administration approval.
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Miller LE
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- Anti-Obesity Agents adverse effects, Benzazepines adverse effects, Humans, Obesity epidemiology, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists adverse effects, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Anti-Obesity Agents therapeutic use, Benzazepines therapeutic use, Drug Approval, Obesity drug therapy
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- 2013
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14. Knee extensor and flexor torque development with concentric and eccentric isokinetic training.
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Miller LE, Pierson LM, Nickols-Richardson SM, Wootten DF, Selmon SE, Ramp WK, and Herbert WG
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- Adolescent, Adult, Exercise physiology, Female, Humans, United States, Knee physiology, Physical Fitness physiology, Torque
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This study assessed muscular torque and rate of torque development following concentric (CON) or eccentric (ECC) isokinetic training. Thirty-eight women were randomly assigned to either CON or ECC training groups. Training consisted of knee extension and flexion of the nondominant leg three times per week for 20 weeks (SD = 1). Eccentric training increased ECC knee extension and flexion peak torque more than CON training. The ECC group improved acceleration time and time to peak torque with ECC movements versus the CON group. Slow-velocity ECC isokinetic training yielded greater ECC and similar CON torque development gains versus CON training over the course of 20 weeks in young women.
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