Clinical Challenges in Vascular Surgery: Type...

In this episode of the Behind the Knife Global Surgery Series, we take a closer look at the real-world complexity of global surgery partnerships between high-income institutions and partners in the Global South. Words like equity, bidirectionality, partnership, and decolonization ...  Show more

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have rapidly reshaped care for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)—but surgical teams increasingly encounter their downstream perioperative consequences. In this episode, we define immunotherapy through the lens of checkpoint biology, review the land ...  Show more

This month's episode focuses on the complex management of acute aortic dissection. Our hosts are joined by Florian Schoenhoff and Chris Malaisrie to discuss current strategies in surgical planning and intraoperative decision-making. Topics include CT-based assessment, cannulation ...  Show more

In this episode, we discuss the challenges of explanting aortic grafts, the diagnosis and management of infected aortic grafts, as well as tips and tricks for once we're in the operating room.

Interviewers/Editors:</ ...

Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD

Educational Pearls:

Aortic injury occurs in 1.5-2% of patients who sustain blunt thoracic trauma

Authors:

 Sebouh Bazikian - MS4 at Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California

Gowri Gowda - PGY1 at the University of California Davis Integrated Vascular Surgery Program

Steven Maximus- Vasc ...