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Filter by:The DISCORDANCE TAVR study will determine the discordance between echocardiography-derived and invasive transaortic gradients, as determined by a consistent and reproducible technique (Standardized Invasive Hemodynamics) post-TAVR.
There is debate on the natural history of asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis. Previous studies conducted more than 20 years ago revealed the benefit of carotid endarterectomy compared with medical therapy only on the stroke prevention. However, today it seems that the current medical regimen can reduce the cerebral ischemic event rate in patients with asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis to less than 1% per year, making it questionable to choose the surgical treatment.
To observe and evaluate the safety and efficacy of TaurusOne® transcatheter aortic valve system in patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis through a prospective, multicenter clinical trial using objective performance criteria.
Clinical study on safety and efficacy of Zylox peripheral venous stent system in the treatment of iliac vein stenosis or occlusion.
Each year, females need surgery to create a vaginal canal or pelvic radiation to treat cancer. The result is often a narrowing or scarring of their vagina. To aid in healing a stent is often placed. However, current stents are poorly designed. The goal of this trial is to test newly designed vaginal stents, with the hope of replacing the poorly retained and uncomfortable standard of care. This trial has two aims. In the first aim, healthy participants will evaluate two newly designed vaginal stents for retention, comfort, and safety over 24 hours. The preferred stent will then be worn by the healthy participants for 2 weeks, again evaluating retention, comfort, and safety. In the second aim, the stents will be evaluated by two different patient populations. Adolescent participants undergoing vaginal surgery for genetic anomalies, will have a stent placed following surgery for continuous wear for 2 weeks. Adult participants undergoing vaginal brachytherapy will have the stent placed following the final brachytherapy treatment. These participants will wear the stent continuously for 2 weeks, followed by an additional 2 weeks of continuous wear. Each participant will evaluate the stent for retention, comfort, and safety. We hypothesize the newly designed stents will be retained longer and be more comfortable compared to current standards of care.
Degenerative cervical kyphosis with stenosis (DCKS) is a common cervical spine degenerative disease, causing pain, numbness, and weakness of limbs, which seriously affect the quality of life of the patient. Surgery is an effective way to treat this condition, however, the best surgical procedure is still controversial. Anterior spinal canal reconstruction and fusion surgery (ACRF) is a new surgical procedure that previously proposed by our team, it combines the advantages of both the conventional anterior and posterior approach. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ACRF surgery for treating DCKS. A multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial was designed. Eligible patients will be randomly divided into three groups, including the ACRF group, the conventional anterior surgery group, and the conventional posterior surgery group. Demographic data, surgery Information, and follow-up results will be collected and compared between groups.
There is currently no prognostic or predictive risk marker for this urethral stricture disease. The most conservative standard treatment for urethral stricture (internal urethrotomy) has a very high recurrence rate (greater than 75%) and, on many occasions, reconstructive urologists have to choose within a great variety of further complex interventions. Knowing risk and predictive markers of this disease could help to optimize both the need and the approach for these surgeries and may offer a more individualized management to patients.
The aim of this study is to compare biomechanical walking parameters between patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis and healthy elderly.
The aim of this study was to evaluate asymptomatic superior mesenteric artery (SMA) stenosis prognosis according to the presence of coeliac artery (CA) and/or inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) associated stenosis.
The global obesity epidemic has led to increasing popularity of bariatric surgeries and a parallel rise in the prevalence of related complications. Gastric sleeve stenosis (GSS) complicates 0.1-3.9% of cases after Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) and can result in significant symptoms including nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, dysphagia, reflux and regurgitation. There is no validated algorithm for the management of GSS, and available literature is retrospective. The investigators hypothesize that the implementation of a predefined treatment algorithm for management of GSS post SG will effectively and safely manage patients with this condition. This single center, prospective, non-randomized pilot clinical trial to be performed at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes will describe the efficacy and safety of endoscopic pneumatic balloon dilation (PBD), gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) for the management of post-LSG GSS using a predefined treatment algorithm. Patients with symptomatic, endoscopically or radiologically confirmed GSS greater than four weeks from laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) who are treatment naïve will be included. The primary outcome is the rate of clinical success, defined an improvement in symptoms that allowed the patient to avoid further intervention (outside of the predefined treatment algorithm) with a resumption of adequate oral intake and at least 1-point reduction in the Patient Assessment of upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms (PAGI-SYM) questionnaire, at 6 months following last intervention. Secondary outcomes include rates of technical success (completion of planned procedure), procedural success (defined as a 1-point reduction in PAGI-SYM score at 8 weeks following procedure), endoscopic and radiologic resolution of GSS-related findings, percentage of patients maintained off proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy, time to recurrence of symptoms post-treatment in patients with recurrence, and rate of adverse events. The expected study population is 30 participants with a study duration of 18 months. This study can potentially validate a treatment algorithm, thereby assisting clinicians to select the most appropriate intervention for the treatment of post-LSG GSS. Moreover, it may help improve outcomes and prevent unnecessary procedures in patients with GSS.