Endovascular treatment of popliteal aneurysms provides similar short-term patency to that of the traditional gold standard approach with surgical bypass, with shorter hospitalizations in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Further long-term follow-up is required to compare these two treatment modalities for durability to determine the optimal popliteal aneurysm management.

Central venous catheters are commonly utilized to gain vascular access for varied clinical indications. Successful catheter placement requires not only technical expertise but also awareness of the potential complications. In this article, we report a malposition of a central venous catheter in a hemodialysis patient. We review the complications of this catheter misplacement, as well as complications resulting from other central venous catheter malpositions.

My decisions about end of life care:A. Comfort Care Only: If I have a terminal condition I do not want my life to be prolonged, and I do not want life-sustaining treatment, beyond comfort care, that would serve only to artificially delay the moment of my death. (NOTE: "Comfort care" means treatment in an attempt to protect and enhance the quality of life without artificially prolonging life.) B. Specific Limitations on Medical Treatments I Want: (NOTE: Initial or mark one or more choices, talk to your doctor about your choices.) If I have a terminal condition, or am in an irreversible coma or a persistent vegetative state that my doctors reasonably believe to be irreversible or incurable, I do want the medical treatment necessary to provide care that would keep me comfortable, but I do not want the following:

Diversity among health care providers is felt to be an important component in addressing health care disparities and may help improve patient communication. Caucasian men have historically represented vascular surgery (VS). We hypothesized that the 5-year integrated VS residency paradigm might foster increased diversity. Table. Applicants in vascular surgery training % Independent (5ϩ2) % Integrated (0ϩ5) Year Female Cauc Black Asian Nat Am Other No resp Female Cauc Black Asian