Management of noninfected prosthetic aortic bypass failures using femoral vein.

Objective: The use of femoral-popliteal vein as a conduit to treat infected aortoiliac pathologies has been described extensively and is referred to as the neoaortoiliac system procedure. We examined our center's outcomes after using deep vein as a conduit for the salvage of failed aortofemoral prosthetic bypasses in patients without infection.

Methods: Procedures using femoral vein as conduit at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences between January 2005 and July 2013 were retrospectively reviewed (n = 110).

Radioactive seed localization for nonpalpable breast lesions: review of 1,000 consecutive procedures at a single institution.

Introduction: Radioactive seed localization (RSL) is an alternative to wire localization for nonpalpable breast lesions, with reported lower rates of positive surgical margins.

Methods: A retrospective review of all consecutive RSL procedures performed at a single institution from 01/2003 through 10/2010 was conducted.

Results: One thousand RSL breast procedures were performed in 978 patients.