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Surgical wound healing by secondary intention versus primary and delayed primary closure: systematic review protocol
Background Every year 4.4 million surgical procedures are undertaken under the National Health Service (NHS) in England.1 Incisions made during these procedures are ideally closed immediately after surgery, known as primary closure or healing by primary intent. In some circumstances the incision is left open and allowed to heal from the base upwards through granulation,…
Surgical repair of a right proximal radial artery true aneurysm: case report and literature review
Abstract True radial artery aneurysms (RAAs) are exceptionally rare. We report a case of a 33-year-old man with an idiopathic fusiform true aneurysm of the proximal right radial artery, managed successfully via resection and reversed ipsilateral cephalic vein interposition bypass. Postoperative recovery was uneventful, with preserved distal perfusion and no complications at 6-month follow-up. This…
New onset arteriovenous malformations in adults: a case series of caution
Abstract Introduction: New onset arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in adulthood requires a high index of clinical suspicion. The misdiagnosis of vascular soft tissue lesions as AVMs is relatively common, resulting in delays to definitive diagnosis and management. We present four recent ‘AVM referrals’ which were neoplastic and propose some clinical considerations to facilitate development of…
The utility of machine learning in the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease
Introduction Machine learning (ML) is moving decisively from concept to clinic-adjacent evaluation in vascular medicine. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has become a major focus for machine learning because it is clinically heterogeneous and carries a high health and economic burden, making it well suited to data driven approaches for earlier detection and personalised risk assessment….
