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A patient is admitted to the hospital with back and neck pain, intertriginous rash of inframammary folds, and bra strap grooving secondary to macromastia. The patient underwent breast reduction sur...
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A patient underwent surgery for treatment of a left total knee arthroplasty (TKA) instability. An arthrotomy was performed and the provider decided to proceed with patellar resurfacing and a polyet...
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A patient presented for an open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) of a right trimalleolar ankle fracture. Bone marrow aspirate was obtained from the calcaneus bone. Following ORIF, bone marro...
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A patient with a thrombosed right upper extremity hemodialysis reliable outflow (HeRO®) graft underwent thrombectomy of the central aspect and cannulation segment of the graft. An AngioJet™ devi...
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A patient, who is status post coronary artery bypass graft surgery over 20 years ago, presents with worsening shortness of breath and chest pain suggestive of angina. A coronary angiogram demonstra...
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A patient with peripheral arterial disease presented for percutaneous intervention. Angiography revealed heavily calcified stenoses of the distal superficial femoral arteries (SFA). Initial treatme...
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A patient with left fusiform dissecting aneurysm of the mid to distal V4 segment of the vertebral artery underwent placement of two pipeline shield devices. The first was deployed via microcatheter...
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A patient with an acute type B aortic dissection with kidney malperfusion required surgery, which involved fenestration of the dissection flap. Through the right and left femoral arteries, wires we...
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A patient was admitted for treatment of acute blood loss anemia (ABLA) due to gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, likely caused by chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use. Two units of ...
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A patient with acute blood loss anemia was admitted to rule-out gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. Two units of packed red blood cells were transfused. An upper endoscopy revealed oozing from a duodenal ...
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