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Subject Areas on Research
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A new option for intramedullary fixation of Jones fractures: the Charlotte Carolina Jones Fracture System.
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Adverse events associated with Bonebridge and Osia bone conduction implant devices.
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Adverse events in the use of HeartMate vented electric and Novacor left ventricular assist devices: comparing apples and oranges.
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An unusual case of pulmonary artery catheter malfunction.
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Antitachycardia pacing for termination of ventricular tachyarrhythmias: should we use it?
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Assessment of symptomatic rod fracture after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity.
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Association of Clinical Outcomes With Left Ventricular Assist Device Use by Bridge to Transplant or Destination Therapy Intent: The Multicenter Study of MagLev Technology in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy With HeartMate 3 (MOMENTUM 3) Randomized Clinical Trial.
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Audible implantable cardioverter defibrillator alarms detect intermittent conductor discontinuity.
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Barriers for medical devices for the developing world.
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Bending stiffness and pull-out strength of tapered, variable pitch screws, and 6.5-mm cancellous screws in acute Jones fractures.
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Beware of life-threatening activation of air bubble detector during contrast echocardiography in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support.
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Bragg grating-based fibre optic sensors in structural health monitoring.
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Cable externalization and electrical failure of the Riata family of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Capsule endoscopy performed across the pediatric age range: indications, incomplete studies, and utility in management of inflammatory bowel disease.
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Cardiac perforation and tamponade: being at the wrong place but at predictable times during balloon mitral commissurotomy.
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Causes and consequences of discontinuation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in non-terminally ill patients.
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Cementless porous-coated anatomic total hip arthroplasty at Duke: 18- to 24-year follow-up.
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Central venous catheter integrity during mechanical power injection of iodinated contrast medium.
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Challenges of Maintaining Good Clinical Laboratory Practices in Low-Resource Settings: A Health Program Evaluation Framework Case Study From East Africa.
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Changing indications for revision total hip arthroplasty.
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Characterization and predictors of first and subsequent inappropriate ICD therapy by heart rate ranges: Result of the MADIT-RIT efficacy analysis.
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Clinical Experience of HeartMate II to HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange: A Multicenter Experience.
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Clinical evaluation of cardiovascular devices: principles, problems, and proposals for European regulatory reform. Report of a policy conference of the European Society of Cardiology.
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Common causes of open-circuit recreational diving fatalities.
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Comparative outcomes of Riata and Fidelis lead management strategies: Results from the NCDR-ICD Registry.
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Comparison of primary jejunostomy tubes versus gastrojejunostomy tubes for percutaneous enteral nutrition.
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Comparison of total versus partial revision of initial ventriculoperitoneal shunt failures.
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Complication of the transtracheal catheter.
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Complications associated with optical-access laparoscopic trocars.
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Complications associated with realignment osteotomy of the knee performed simultaneously with additional reconstructive procedures.
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Complications from prophylactic replacement of cardiac implantable electronic device generators in response to United States Food and Drug Administration recall: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Complications involving the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Lessons learned from MAUDE.
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Complications of Robotic Surgery.
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Computer modeling informs study design: vaginal estrogen to prevent mesh erosion after different routes of prolapse surgery.
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Cost Effectiveness of Childhood Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Nicaragua: A Disability Adjusted Life Year Model.
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Counterclockwise exit of cardiac pacemaker leads: sign of pulse-generator flip.
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Cross communication. Avoiding device interference in pacemakers and ICDs.
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Damage to an armored endotracheal tube introduced via the intubating laryngeal mask airway induced by biting.
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Defibrillation coil reversal: a rare cause of abnormal noise and inappropriate shocks.
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Deployment of a previously embolized, unexpanded, and disarticulated Palmaz-Schatz stent.
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Device therapy in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease.
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Diagnosing coronary arterial stent thrombosis and arterial closure.
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Dissociations of the Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant: The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial and Follow-up Study.
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Distal radius fractures: strategic alternatives to volar plate fixation.
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Does Mesh Weight Affect Time to Failure After Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy?
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ECT failure rate among specific devices.
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Early failure of a small diameter high-voltage implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead.
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Effect of Novel Programming on Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Patients With Very Low Ejection Fraction (from A MADIT-RIT).
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Effect of changing indications and techniques on total hip resurfacing.
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Effect of defibrillation threshold testing on heart failure hospitalization or death in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT).
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Effectiveness of medical equipment donations to improve health systems: how much medical equipment is broken in the developing world?
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Efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for the prevention of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Efficacy of saline vs heparin in maintaining 24-gauge intermittent intravenous catheters in a rabbit model.
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Electrical storm in patients with left ventricular assist devices: Risk factors, incidence, and impact on survival.
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Essentials for ventilator-alarm systems.
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Evaluating Shunt Survival Following Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting with and without Stereotactic Navigation in Previously Shunt-Naïve Patients.
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Evaluation of outpatients experiencing implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks associated with minimal symptoms.
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Evidence-based approach to the maintenance of laboratory and medical equipment in resource-poor settings.
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Exercise training and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in patients with heart failure: results from HF-ACTION (Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing).
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Factors influencing function of temporary dialysis catheters.
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Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part I: Obstruction and mechanical failure.
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Failure of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: part II: overdrainage, loculation, and abdominal complications.
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Failure to harvest sentinel lymph nodes identified by preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer patients.
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Flow Monitoring of ECMO Circuit for Detecting Oxygenator Obstructions.
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Fractured pediatric central venous catheters - Repair or replace?
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Fractures of the polyethylene bearing insert in Bateman bipolar hip prostheses.
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Functional restoration of occluded central venous catheters: new interventional techniques.
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GDP Matters: Cost Effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Gastric acid burns because of a disconnected nasogastric tube.
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Glove perforations in ophthalmic surgery.
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Hardware failure in patients with metastatic cancer to the spine.
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HeartMate XVE malfunction caused by fluid aspiration into the vent port.
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Heartmate III Replacement for Recurring Left Ventricular Assist Device Pump Thrombosis.
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Hemocompatibility-Related Outcomes in the MOMENTUM 3 Trial at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Study of a Fully Magnetically Levitated Pump in Advanced Heart Failure.
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Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow device impingement in the subclavian position: a case report.
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Hidden damage to a reinforced LMA-Fastrach endotracheal tube.
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Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on In-Hospital Mortality and Thromboembolic Complications after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
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Impact of Race on 30-Day Complication Rates After Elective Complex Spinal Fusion (≥5 Levels): A Single Institutional Study of 446 Patients.
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: risks accompany the life-saving benefits.
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Inadvertent development of subatmospheric airway pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in MADIT II: frequency, mechanisms, predictors, and survival impact.
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Incidence, Prognosis and Predictors of Major Vascular Complications and Percutaneous Closure Device Failure Following Contemporary Percutaneous Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
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Increasing the time to expander-implant exchange after postmastectomy radiation therapy reduces expander-implant failure.
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Ineffective use of condoms among young women in managed care.
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Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) analysis of pump thrombosis in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.
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Interluminal communication in a pulmonary artery catheter causing artifactual pressure measurement.
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Internal fixation of radiation-induced pathological fractures of the femur has a high rate of failure.
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Intracapsular implant rupture: MR findings of incomplete shell collapse.
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Intramedullary screw fixation of Jones fractures. Analysis of failure.
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Introducer sheath malfunction producing insidious air embolism.
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Keep it flowing: a simulation involving defective anesthetic gas delivery equipment.
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Knotted peripheral nerve catheter.
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Laser wire for crossing chronic total occlusions: "learning phase" results from the U.S. TOTAL trial. Total Occlusion Trial With Angioplasty by Using a Laser Wire.
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Laser-assisted extraction of pacemaker and defibrillator leads: the role of the cardiac surgeon.
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Late accidental dislodgement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube: an underestimated burden on patients and the health care system.
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Location and etiology of flexible and semirigid ureteroscope damage.
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Long-term outcomes and costs of ventricular assist devices among Medicare beneficiaries.
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Long-term safety and efficacy of continuous intrathecal baclofen.
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MR detection of leakage from silicone breast implants: value of a silicone-selective pulse sequence.
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Major complications associated with transcatheter atrial septal occluder implantation: a review of the medical literature and the manufacturer and user facility device experience (MAUDE) database.
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Malposition of a pacemaker lead.
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Management of Port Occlusions in Adults: Different-Site Replacement versus Same-Site Salvage.
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Management of male incontinence following artificial urinary sphincter failure.
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Management of recalled pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a decision analysis model.
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Management of retained retractor during radical perineal prostatectomy.
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Mandatory diagnostic screening tests to individualize therapy: a curious paradox.
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Mechanical complications after percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (from APEX-AMI).
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Memory artifact related to selenium-based digital radiography systems.
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Mesh erosion in abdominal sacral colpopexy with and without concomitant hysterectomy.
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No benefit of a dual coil over a single coil ICD lead: evidence from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial.
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Not every bulb is a rose: a functional comparison of bulb suction devices.
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Novel ICD Programming and Inappropriate ICD Therapy in CRT-D Versus ICD Patients: A MADIT-RIT Sub-Study.
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Novel mechanism of premature battery failure due to lithium cluster formation in implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
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Novel transmit protection scheme for ultrasound systems.
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Occipitocervical fusion with rigid internal fixation: long-term follow-up data in 69 patients.
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Optimal management of Riata leads with no known electrical abnormalities or externalization: a decision analysis.
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Outcomes 1 Year After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Abandonment Versus Explantation for Unused or Malfunctioning Leads: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
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Outcomes after implantable left ventricular assist device replacement procedures.
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Outcomes following treatment for pelvic floor mesh complications.
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Outcomes of left ventricular assist device implantation as destination therapy in the post-REMATCH era: implications for patient selection.
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Pacemakers are for living--not for fiddling!
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Part I: Identifying holes in the safety net.
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Patient, physician, and procedural factors influencing the use of defibrillation testing during initial implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion: findings from the NCDR®.
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Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries.
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Percutaneous interventions on the hemodialysis reliable outflow vascular access device.
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Perioperative Nurses' Work Experience With Robotic Surgery: A Focus Group Study.
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Perioperative complications influence recurrence and survival after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases.
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Pigtail catheters used for percutaneous fluid drainage: comparison of performance characteristics.
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Postmarket evaluation of breakthrough technologies.
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Predictors of intra-aortic balloon pump hemodynamic failure in non-acute myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock.
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Preparedness planning before mechanical circulatory support: a "how-to" guide for palliative medicine clinicians.
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Preparing for Total Power Failure in the Operating Room.
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Processes of particle deposition in membrane operation and fabrication.
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Prospective evaluation of a Dacron cuffed hemodialysis catheter for prolonged use.
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Radiation dosimetry using polymer gels: methods and applications.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Different Modalities of Lithotrites for Intracorporeal Lithotripsy in Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.
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Randomized controlled, multicentre clinical trial comparing a dual-probe ultrasonic lithotrite with a single-probe lithotrite for percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
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Re: Noninvasive repair of broken tunneled pleural catheters.
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Real-time dose-rate monitoring with gynecologic brachytherapy: Results of an initial clinical trial.
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Reassessing the role of antitachycardia pacing in fast ventricular arrhythmias in primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: Results from MADIT-RIT.
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Reducing Accidental Dislodgement of the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Prospective Trial of the "SafetyBreak" Device.
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Reduction in inappropriate therapy and mortality through ICD programming.
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Refining the focus of construction injury surveillance.
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Revision cochlear implant surgery in children: the Johns Hopkins experience.
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Revisiting Twiddler Syndrome.
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Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect.
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Risk factors for failed transverse sinus stenting in pseudotumor cerebri patients.
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Risk factors for peripherally inserted central venous catheter complications in children.
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Safety of transscleral-sutured intraocular lenses in children.
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Shunt fracture following correction of spinal deformity. Case illustration.
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Silastic cuffed catheters for hemodialysis vascular access: thrombolytic and mechanical correction of malfunction.
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Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents.
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Spontaneous delayed migration/shortening of the pipeline embolization device: report of 5 cases.
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Strategies to increase the INGEVITY lead strength during lead extraction procedures based on laboratory bench testing.
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Subvalvular thrombotic obstruction of an aortic porcine heterograft.
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Successful emergency transplantation of a liver allograft from a donor maintained on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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Survival Analysis of Occipital Nerve Stimulator Leads Placed under Fluoroscopic Guidance with and without Ultrasonography.
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Technical complications and durability of hepatic artery infusion pumps for unresectable colorectal liver metastases: an institutional experience of 544 consecutive cases.
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Techniques for the removal of broken small-diameter tibial nails: a report of two cases.
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Techniques to maximize flexible ureteroscope longevity.
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Technologic advances for evaluation of cervical cytology: is newer better?
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Technology assessment status evaluation: bipolar and multipolar accessories, February 1996.
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Technology assessment status evaluation: overtube use in gastrointestinal endoscopy March 1996.
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The Dewey Monitor: Pulse Oximetry can Warn of Hypoxia in an Immersed Rebreather Diver in Multiple Scenarios.
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The Dewey Monitor: Pulse Oximetry can Warn of Hypoxia in an Immersed Rebreather Diver in Multiple Scenarios.
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The Dewey monitor: Pulse oximetry can independently detect hypoxia in a rebreather diver.
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The FDA in the 21st Century: How Is the FDA Responding to the New World? A Focus on Heart Failure Devices.
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The National ICD Registry Report: version 2.1 including leads and pediatrics for years 2010 and 2011.
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The Rise and Fall of High Temperatures During Ureteroscopic Holmium Laser Lithotripsy.
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The endotracheal tube air leak test does not predict extubation outcome in critically ill pediatric patients.
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The extent and importance of unintended consequences related to computerized provider order entry.
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The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with late right-sided heart failure in patients supported with an axial-flow left ventricular assist device.
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The radiology of cardiac pacemakers.
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The spectrum of complications following left ventricular assist device placement.
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Thrombotic, infectious, and procedural complications of the jugular bulb catheter in the intensive care unit.
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Time-dependent risk of Fidelis lead failure.
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Total en bloc spondylectomy for locally aggressive and primary malignant tumors of the lumbar spine.
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Transient data stream dissociation in computerized data acquisition system masquerading as a sensing abnormality.
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Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes.
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Venous thrombosis and stenosis after implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators.
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure causing myelopathy in a patient with bilateral jugular vein occlusion. Case report.
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Keywords of People
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Attarian, David Edward,
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Orthopaedic Surgery
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Milano, Carmelo Alessio,
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery,
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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O'Connor, Christopher Michael,
Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor,
Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology