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PTA for infrapopliteal arterial disease results in suboptimal procedural and 1-year clinical outcomes

PTA for infrapopliteal arterial disease results in suboptimal procedural and 1-year clinical outcomes

MSC was recently published in the American Heart Association   Background: Contemporary outcomes of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the treatment of infrapopliteal atherosclerotic lesions are not well characterized. Hence, a systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to determine the safety and effectiveness of this approach in patients with advanced below-the-knee arterial disease. Continue Reading

Stent Placement for Iliofemoral Venous Outflow Obstruction Evaluated in Meta-Analysis

Stent Placement for Iliofemoral Venous Outflow Obstruction Evaluated in Meta-Analysis

MSC published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions   As summarized in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, the investigators searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases for studies evaluating the safety or effectiveness of stent placement in patients with iliofemoral venous outflow obstruction. Data were extracted by disease pathogenesis: nonthrombotic, acute thrombotic, or chronic postthrombotic. Main outcomes included technical success,… Continue Reading

MSC publications achieve impressive readership milestones

MSC specializes in the development of manuscripts intended for submission to peer-reviewed journals.  Publication of clinical studies in reputable, Medline-indexed open access journals can enhance manuscript readership since there is no cost to the reader.  Several open access manuscripts published by MSC authors have achieved readership of over 5,000 viewers.  See below for some of… Continue Reading

MSC publishes meta-analysis on EVAR and renal complications in Journal of Vascular Surgery

MSC publishes meta-analysis on EVAR and renal complications in Journal of Vascular Surgery

We are pleased to announce the recent publication of “Suprarenal versus infrarenal stent graft fixation on renal complications after endovascular aneurysm repair”, which was published in Journal of Vascular Surgery.  The article was written by Larry Miller, PhD of Miller Scientific Consulting, Mahmood Razavi, MD of St. Joseph Hospital (Orange, CA), and Brajesh Lal, MD… Continue Reading

New article published in Clinical Interventions in Aging

A clinical study demonstrating that a joint unloading implant modifies subchondral bone trabecular structure in medial knee osteoarthritis was recently published in Clinical Interventions in Aging.  The publication was the result of a collaboration among MSC, The Jon Block Group, Bioclinica, and Moximed, Inc. Please click here to read the full text of the paper. Continue Reading

Novel knee osteoarthritis program is cost effective through 2 years

Novel knee osteoarthritis program is cost effective through 2 years

We are pleased to announce the recent publication of “An 8-Week Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment Program of Hyaluronic Acid Injection, Deliberate Physical Rehabilitation, and Patient Education is Cost Effective at 2 Years Follow-up: The OsteoArthritis Centers of America(SM) Experience”. Numerous nonsurgical interventions have been reported to improve symptoms of knee osteoarthritis over the short term. However,… Continue Reading

MSC publishes 2-year results from randomized trial of Superion InterSpinous Spacer in Spine

Two-year outcomes of a randomized trial with the Superion InterSpinous Spacer were published in Spine.  The study concluded that the Superion InterSpinous Spacer relieves symptoms of intermittent neurogenic claudication secondary to moderate lumbar spinal stenosis in the majority of patients through 2 years.  Larry Miller, PhD of MSC serves as the corresponding author for this… Continue Reading

MSC celebrates 5 years

Miller Scientific Consulting, Inc. today announced its 5th successful year in business.  “We are proud to reach this important milestone and would like to sincerely thank all of our clients for providing support over the last five years,” said MSC’s President and Founder, Larry Miller, PhD. “We have experienced steady year-over-year growth and continue to… Continue Reading

New Article Published in Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

We are pleased to announce the recent publication of “Early outcomes with percutaneous treatment for infrapopliteal atherosclerotic disease: a contemporary systematic review and meta-analysis”, which was co-written by Larry Miller, PhD of Miller Scientific Consulting, Jihad Mustapha, MD of Metro Heart and Vascular (Wyoming, MI), and Mahmood Razavi, MD of St. Joseph Hospital (Orange, CA). … Continue Reading