Device Removal

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A cord blood transplant recipient with Mycobacterium mucogenicum central venous catheter infection after infusion of tap water. 
  • A multicenter pilot study of a bronchial valve for the treatment of severe emphysema. 
  • A strategy for atrial septal defect closure in small children that eliminates long-term wall erosion risk. 
  • A tale of two centrifugal left ventricular assist devices. 
  • Agility to INBONE: anterior and posterior approaches to the difficult revision total ankle replacement. 
  • Amplatzer Device Embolization to the Aortic Arch Discovered Two Years After Implantation 
  • Analysis of Failed Ankle Arthroplasty Components. 
  • Analysis of tilt of the Günther Tulip filter. 
  • Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with breast implants: a report of 13 cases. 
  • Aneurysmal ascending to descending aorta bypass graft compressing the pulmonary artery. 
  • Attempted lead extraction in low-risk patients without surgical backup: Progress or peril? 
  • Bloodless HeartMate 3 explantation and orthotopic heart transplant in a heart failure patient refusing blood products. 
  • Breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: long-term follow-up of 60 patients. 
  • Capsule endoscopy performed across the pediatric age range: indications, incomplete studies, and utility in management of inflammatory bowel disease. 
  • Cardiac implantable electronic device removal in patients with left ventricular assist device associated infections. 
  • Carotid Endarterectomy to Remove Retained Solitaire Stent Retriever inside Carotid Stent after Mechanical Thrombectomy. 
  • Clinical Experience of HeartMate II to HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange: A Multicenter Experience. 
  • Clinical characteristics and outcome of infective endocarditis involving implantable cardiac devices. 
  • Colonic Perforation Secondary to Retained Biliary Stent. 
  • Comparison of Reconstructive Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients With Preexisting Subpectoral Implants: Implant-Sparing Mastectomy With Delayed Implant Exchange Versus Immediate Tissue Expander Reconstruction. 
  • 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. 
  • Contemporary Outcomes After Partial Resection of Infected Aortic Grafts. 
  • Contemporary utilization and outcomes of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction: the benchmark registry. 
  • Dexmedetomidine related cardiac arrest in a patient with permanent pacemaker; a cautionary tale. 
  • Diagnosis and management of opacified silicone intraocular lenses in patients with asteroid hyalosis. 
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. 
  • Difficulty of Total Hip Arthroplasty Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Acetabular Fractures. 
  • Early Lead Extraction for Infected Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices: JACC Review Topic of the Week. 
  • Early Operation for Complications Arising From Bariatric Surgical Tourism. 
  • Early experience with mesh excision for adverse outcomes after transvaginal mesh placement using prolapse kits. 
  • Economic impact of syndesmosis hardware removal. 
  • Efficacy and adverse events of sacral nerve stimulation for overactive bladder: A systematic review. 
  • Embolism after inferior vena cava filter mesh fragmentation. 
  • Embolization of patent foramen ovale closure devices: incidence, role of imaging in identification, potential causes, and management. 
  • Endoscopic removal of metallic airway stents. 
  • Evaluation of pectus bar position and osseous bone formation. 
  • Explantation Rates and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Spinal Cord Stimulation. 
  • Exposure of Ex-PRESS Miniature Glaucoma Devices: case series and technique for tube shunt removal. 
  • Extended Oral Antibiotics and Infection Prophylaxis after a Primary or Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Survival-More Than Just Decannulation. 
  • Extraction force and cortical tissue reaction of silicon microelectrode arrays implanted in the rat brain. 
  • Extraction of chronically implanted coronary sinus leads active fixation vs passive fixation leads. 
  • Factors associated with failed retrieval of the Günther Tulip inferior vena cava filter. 
  • Failure of a polyether-ether-ketone expandable interbody cage following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. 
  • Fibrovascular ingrowth as a cause of Ahmed glaucoma valve failure in children. 
  • Fidelis Replacement: Can We Abandon With Reckless Abandon? 
  • First-in-human experience with Aortix intraaortic pump. 
  • Fractured pediatric central venous catheters - Repair or replace? 
  • Frequency of Contact Allergy to Implanted Cardiac Devices. 
  • Glenn shunt facilitated weaning of right ventricular mechanical support. 
  • Hands on: How to approach patients undergoing lead extraction. 
  • Hardware Removal in Craniomaxillofacial Trauma: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Management Algorithm. 
  • 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. 
  • Histopathology of excised midurethral sling mesh. 
  • Immediate postpartum, long-acting reversible contraceptive use among the Emergency Medicaid population: continuation rates and satisfaction. 
  • Indications and Outcomes for Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Pediatric Patients with Cardiac Failure. 
  • Infectious Loss of Tissue Expanders in Breast Reconstruction: Are We Treating the Right Organisms? 
  • Inflatable Penile Prosthesis: Considerations in Revision Surgery. 
  • Insertion and removal of vaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Intraaortic balloon pump location and aortic dissection. 
  • Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells and Successful Temporary Weaning From Left Ventricular Assist Device Support in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Laser lead extraction in congenital heart disease: a case-controlled study. 
  • Laser-assisted extraction of pacemaker and defibrillator leads: the role of the cardiac surgeon. 
  • Late accidental dislodgement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube: an underestimated burden on patients and the health care system. 
  • Leadless pacemaker implant in patients with pre-existing infections: Results from the Micra postapproval registry. 
  • Leadless pacemaker implantation after lead extraction for cardiac implanted electronic device infection. 
  • Management of Port Occlusions in Adults: Different-Site Replacement versus Same-Site Salvage. 
  • Management of retained retractor during radical perineal prostatectomy. 
  • Marginal Donor Use in Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation With Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation. 
  • Melody pulmonary valve bacterial endocarditis: experience in four pediatric patients and a review of the literature. 
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pediatric tympanostomy tube otorrhea. 
  • Methods of scalp revision for deep brain stimulator hardware: case report. 
  • Midterm outcomes after treatment of type II endoleaks associated with aneurysm sac expansion. 
  • Novel Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm Using Solitaire Stent Retriever-Assisted Angioplasty: Case Series. 
  • Operative and perioperative management of infected arteriovenous grafts. 
  • Optimal management of Riata leads with no known electrical abnormalities or externalization: a decision analysis. 
  • Outcomes 1 Year After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Abandonment Versus Explantation for Unused or Malfunctioning Leads: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Outcomes Associated With Extraction Versus Capping and Abandoning Pacing and Defibrillator Leads. 
  • Outcomes after late explantation of aortic endografts depend on indication for explantation. 
  • Outcomes following erosions of the artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Outcomes following revisions and secondary implantation of the artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Outcomes of Acute Hematogenous Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Ankle Arthroplasty Treated With Irrigation, Debridement, and Polyethylene Exchange. 
  • Outcomes of Cutaneous Scar Revision During Surgical Implant Removal in Children with Cerebral Palsy. 
  • Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries. 
  • Percutaneous management of RetroFlex 3 balloon rupture and separation of the Edwards Sapien delivery system. 
  • Postoperative infection in cochlear implant patients. 
  • Postoperative management and restrictions for female pelvic surgery: a systematic review. 
  • Practice pattern variability for myocardial revascularization: impact on resource use across 24 centers. 
  • Predictors of Nonelective Removal of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Infants. 
  • Preprocedural ECG-gated computed tomography for prevention of complications during lead extraction. 
  • Preprocedural computed tomography before cardiac implanted electronic device lead extraction: Indication, technique, and approach to interpretation. 
  • Profound pressure necrosis: the culprit in delayed small-bowel perforations from jejunal tube extensions. 
  • Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filter Utilization and Risk Factors for Nonretrieval. 
  • Prospective Evaluation of the Correlation Between Gated Cardiac Computed Tomography Detected Vascular Fibrosis and Ease of Transvenous Lead Extraction. 
  • RE: Cerebral air embolism following removal of central venous catheter, published in [Mil Med 2009: 174(8): 878-81]. 
  • Re: Noninvasive repair of broken tunneled pleural catheters. 
  • Removal of Epithelialized Uncovered Metal Stent. A New Approach to An Old Problem. 
  • Removal of a well-fixed metal-metal hip resurfacing acetabular component. 
  • Removal of plates and screws from the diaphyseal forearm. 
  • Removal of the entrapped basketed ureteral calculus: a novel technique. 
  • Removing a misplaced retropubic midurethral sling from the urethra and bladder neck using ear, nose, and throat instruments. 
  • Replacement of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device via left subcostal incision. 
  • Retrieval Analysis of Porous Titanium Glenoid Posts: An Evaluation of Osteointegration. 
  • Retrieval of a migrated Polyflex stent--a novel technique. 
  • Retrieval of the Günther Tulip and OptEase filters using the recovery cone removal system. 
  • Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect. 
  • Risk factors for peripherally inserted central venous catheter complications in children. 
  • Risk of anaphylaxis from aprotinin re-exposure during LVAD removal and heart transplantation. 
  • Risk of intravascular cardiac device infections in patients with bacteraemia: impact on device removal. 
  • Safety and efficacy of using 2.4/2.4 mm and 2.0/2.4 mm dual mini-fragment plate combinations for fixation of displaced diaphyseal clavicle fractures. 
  • Safety of very early sheath removal in patients treated with REG1 for acute coronary syndromes: insights from the RADAR trial. 
  • Sling revision/removal for mesh erosion and urinary retention: long-term risk and predictors. 
  • Steering between Scylla and Charybdis: Picking out the optimum time of double-J stent removal following renal transplantation. 
  • Strategies to increase the INGEVITY lead strength during lead extraction procedures based on laboratory bench testing. 
  • Surgical excision of eroded mesh after prior abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Surgical excision of infected arteriovenous grafts: technique and review. 
  • Surgical treatment of pacemaker and defibrillator lead endocarditis: the impact of electrode lead extraction on outcome. 
  • Survival Analysis of Occipital Nerve Stimulator Leads Placed under Fluoroscopic Guidance with and without Ultrasonography. 
  • Systemic hypersensitivity reaction to endovascular stainless steel stent. 
  • Tantalum Components in Difficult Acetabular Revisions Have Good Survival at 5 to 10 Years: Longer Term Followup of a Previous Report. 
  • Temporary endovascular bypass: a novel treatment for acute stroke. 
  • Temporary extracorporeal left ventricular assist device support for implantable left ventricular assist device replacement cases. 
  • The better colectomy project: association of evidence-based best-practice adherence rates to outcomes in colorectal surgery. 
  • The development of a risk score for unplanned removal of peripherally inserted central catheter in newborns. 
  • The failed total ankle. 
  • Thrombus on the inflow cannula of the HeartWare HVAD: an update. 
  • Transhepatic catheter access for hemodialysis. 
  • Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Established Patient Relationships May Impact Medical Decision-Making. 
  • Treatment of arterial gas embolism. 
  • Use of Preprocedural MDCT for Cardiac Implantable Electric Device Lead Extraction: Frequency of Findings That Change Management. 
  • Using statistical process control charts to measure changes from a nurse-driven protocol to remove urinary catheters. 
  • Vagal nerve stimulator pocket infections. 
  • Vascular Complications in Pediatric Port Removal. 
  • Venous thrombosis and stenosis after implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators. 
  • Volar Capsular Release After Distal Radius Fractures. 
  • Worldwide Experience of a Durable Centrifugal Flow Pump in Pediatric Patients. 
  • eComment. Current debates on late conversion after endovascular aneurysm repair: a step-by-step discussion. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery