Latest Updates

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Kee D. Kim, MD, Ryan Martin, MD, Kiarash Shahlaie, MD, PhD, Lara Zimmermann, MD, Marike Zwienenberg, MD
    • Maintain a mean arterial blood pressure 85-90 mmHg for 7 days following injury.
    • Methylprednisolone is not recommended for treatment of traumatic spinal cord injury.
    • Obtain MRI if incomplete neurologic deficit or findings that do not correlate with CT.

Endovascular Procedures for Lower-extremity Vascular Disease: Specifics of Endovascular Treatment 

Mark Davies, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Lalithapriya Jayakumar, MD
    • Enhanced understanding of pseudoaneurysm and aneurysm endovascular treatment
    • Enhanced technique for accessing occluded bypass grafts

Endovascular Procedures for Lower-extremity Vascular Disease:Basics of Endovascular Intervention

Mark Davies, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Lalithapriya Jayakumar, MD
    • Adjuncts to angioplasty and stenting
    • Alternative access for lower extremity angiograms (transpopliteal, pedal, transcollateral)
    • Alternative contrast agents

Endovascular Procedures for Lower-extremity Vascular Disease: Specifics of Endovascular Treatment 

Mark Davies, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Lalithapriya Jayakumar, MD
    • Enhanced understanding of pseudoaneurysm and aneurysm endovascular treatment
    • Enhanced technique for accessing occluded bypass grafts

Endovascular Procedures for Lower-extremity Vascular Disease:Basics of Endovascular Intervention

Mark Davies, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Lalithapriya Jayakumar, MD
    • Adjuncts to angioplasty and stenting
    • Alternative access for lower extremity angiograms (transpopliteal, pedal, transcollateral)
    • Alternative contrast agents

Early Pregnancy Loss

Sarah Lambeth, MD, Bri Anne McKeon, MD
    • Ultrasonography criteria for the diagnosis of early pregnancy loss have recently been redefined.
    • Medical and surgical management are safe and effective, and should be influenced largely by patient preference.
    • Recommendations regarding interval to next conception have recently shifted away from the traditional 3 months.

Depressive Disorders: Update on Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment

Isabelle E. Bauer, PhD, Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, Jair C. Soares, MD, Antonio L Teixeira, MD, PhD
    • 2017 Japan Society for Equilibrium Research guideline on classification, diagnostic criteria, and management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
    • Latest American Physical Therapy Association guideline on vestibular rehabilitation for peripheral vestibular hypofunction

Permanent Contraception

Siripanth Nippita, MD, MS
    • All methods for permanent contraception are safe and effective.
    • Some surgeons offer salpingectomy as an option for permanent contraception.
    • Hysteroscopic tubal occlusion using micro-inserts is not available in the United States as of December 31, 2018.
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