Lower extremity bypass surgery is a common procedure used to address occluded arteries in the leg, usually with the goal of reducing pain and, hopefully, preventing the need for leg amputation. Bypass ...

As a result, such patients were more likely to require amputation after lower extremity bypass 30 days and up to one year after the procedure than white patients and those who were not ...

The use of cannabis may have a negative impact on outcomes for a common bypass surgery, a study suggests. Researchers at Michigan Medicine analyzed more than 11,000 cases from the Blue Cross Blue ...

The therapeutic effects of cannabis are indisputable, and a number of scientific studies confirming that is on the rise. However, a growing body of researchers is investigating the negative impacts ...

A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery – and are at greater risk for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with diabetes fare worse than their non-diabetic counterparts after leg bypass surgery to restore restricted blood flow to the legs due to hardening of the leg ...

When a modified surgical technique was used to gently remove sections of leg veins used in coronary artery bypass surgery, the grafts were less likely to become blocked and fewer people had a ...