Curtis E. Bower
East Carolina University
12 Papers
151 Citations
Curtis E. Bower is an academic researcher from East Carolina University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mitral valve repair & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 11 publications.
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Papers
Complications of laparoscopic incisional-ventral hernia repair: the experience of a single institution.
TL;DR: The LIVH procedure may be safely performed with low complication and recurrence rates even for the obese, allowing ventral hernia repair to be performed safely with good results.
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Combining Robotic Mitral Valve Repair and Microwave Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Techniques and Initial Results
Clifton C. Reade,James O. Johnson,Gil Bolotin,William L. Freund,Nelson L. Jenkins,Curtis E. Bower,Saqib Masroor,Alan P. Kypson,L. Wiley Nifong,W. Randolph Chitwood +9 more
TL;DR: Robotic microwave ablation during robotic MVP is a safe, effective way to resolve atrial fibrillation and offers a promising prelude to the combined totally endoscopic treatment of atrial arrhythmias and mitral insufficiency.
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Effect of Vacuum Assisted Closure® Therapy on early systemic cytokine levels in a swine model
Deepak V. Kilpadi,Curtis E. Bower,Clifton C. Reade,Penni J. Robinson,You Su Sun,Richard S. Zeri,L. Wiley Nifong,William A. Wooden +7 more
TL;DR: Vacuum Ass Closure Therapy resulted in earlier and greater peaking of IL‐10 and maintenance ofIL‐6 levels compared with saline‐moistened gauze controls, which showed decreased IL‐6 values over the first hour (both at p<0.05).
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Robotic Mitral Valve Annuloplasty With Double-Arm Nitinol U-Clips
Clifton C. Reade,Curtis E. Bower,B.Marcus Bailey,David M. Maziarz,Saqib Masroor,Alan P. Kypson,L. Wiley Nifong,W. Randolph Chitwood +7 more
TL;DR: U-clips considerably reduce time for annuloplasty over conventional suture and may help reduce operative times as well.
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Sutureless Robot-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair: An Animal Model
Clifton C. Reade,Curtis E. Bower,David M. Maziarz,Anne M. Conquest,You Su Sun,L. Wiley Nifong,W. Randolph Chitwood +6 more
TL;DR: Nitinol U-clips help to reduce arrested-heart time and may improve outcome by decreasing morbidity and novel technology to improve existing techniques must be evaluated.
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