Professor of Vascular Surgery, Southern Illinois University

Vascular Surgery

Robert McLafferty practices Vascular Surgery. He graduated from University of Vermont College of Medicine. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Robert McLafferty has written publications. He has 72 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Duplex scanning alone is not sufficient imaging before secondary procedures after lower extremity reversed vein bypass graft.' Robert B. McLafferty accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Characterization of tibial velocities by duplex ultrasound in severe peripheral Arterial disease and controls.
• If you build it…Why won't they come?
• A Comparison Between the HeRO Graft and Conventional ArterioVenous Grafts in Hemodialysis Patients.
• Performance of endoVenous foam sclerotherapy in the USA for the treatment of Venous disorders: ACP/SVM/AVF/SIR quality improvement guidelines.
• The role of intravascular ultrasound in Venous thromboembolism.
• Validation of Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS) with other Venous severity assessment tools from the American Venous Forum, National Venous Screening Program.
• Evidence of prevention and treatment of postthrombotic Syndrome.
• Retrievable vena cava filters are indicated in high-risk trauma patients.
• Initial experience and outcome of a new hemodialysis access device for catheter-dependent patients.
• Commentary on "techniques to enhance arterioVenous fistula maturation".
• Techniques to enhance arterioVenous fistula maturation.
• Increasing awareness about Venous disease: The American Venous Forum expands the National Venous Screening Program.
• Patterns of artery Disease in 450 patients undergoing revascularization for critical limb ischemia: implications for clinical trial design.
• Endovascular management of Deep venous thrombosis.
• Guest editorial. Papers from the 2007 Midwestern Vascular Surgery Society Annual Meeting.
• The hemodynamics and diagnosis of Venous disease.
• Outcome of a comprehensive follow-up program to enhance maturation of autogenous arterioVenous hemodialysis access.
• Results of the national pilot screening program for Venous disease by the American Venous Forum.
• Office-based treatment of Venous disease.
• Surgeon communication behaviors that lead patients to not recommend the surgeon to family members or friends: Analysis and impact.
• Establishment of a varicose Vein center in a tertiary vascular surgery practice: urban versus rural differences.
• Wound healing and functional outcomes after infrainguinal bypass with reversed saphenous Vein for critical limb ischemia.
• Patient selection: lesion characteristics and predictors of outcome.
• The inaccuracy of simple visual interpretation for measurement of Carotid stenosis by arteriography.
• Closure of a surgically created arterioVenous fistula with a covered stent-graft in a patient with Venous ambulatory hypertension--a case report.
• Superior vena cava perforation and cardiac tamponade after filter placement in the superior vena cava--a case report.
• Anesthesia technique and outcomes of endovascular Aneurysm repair.
• Predictors of complications after a prospective evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic endoVascular procedures.
• Characterization and probability of upper extremity Deep venous thrombosis.
• Pancreatitis caused by rheolytic thrombolysis: an unexpected complication.
• Selective venography versus nonselective venography before vena cava filter placement: evidence for more, not less.
• Retrograde endovascular hypogastric artery preservation (REHAP) and aortouniiliac (AUI) endografting in the management of complex aortoiliac Aneurysms.
• Indications and outcomes of AneuRx Phase III trial versus use of commercial AneuRx stent graft.
• Treatment of type III endoleak with an aortouniiliac stent graft.
• Outcome of catheter-directed thrombolysis for lower extremity Arterial bypass occlusion.
• Pitfalls in achieving the Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiative (DOQI) guidelines for hemodialysis access?
• Mechanism of failure in the treatment of type II endoleak with percutaneous coil embolization.
• The use of color-flow duplex scan for the detection of endoleaks.
• Endovascular management of iliac limb occlusion of bifurcated Aortic endografts.
• Carotid endarterectomy in women: challenging the results from ACAS and NASCET.
• A prospective study of discharge disposition after Vascular surgery.
• Management of ectatic, nonaneurysmal iliac arteries during endoluminal Aortic aneurysm repair.
• Adverse consequences of internal iliac artery occlusion during endovascular repair of Abdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Clinical failure after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries.
• Factors affecting the diagnosis of peripheral vascular Disease before vascular surgery referral.
• Hypothenar hammer Syndrome: proposed etiology.
• Algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of endoleaks.
• Special iliac artery considerations during Aneurysm endografting.
• Raynaud's Syndrome in workers who use vibrating pneumatic air knives.
• Duplex scanning alone is not sufficient imaging before secondary procedures after lower extremity reversed Vein bypass graft.
• Inferior epigastric artery pseudoAneurysm: a complication of paracentesis.
• Patient recovery after infrainguinal bypass grafting for limb salvage.
• Late clinical and hemodynamic sequelae of isolated calf Vein thrombosis.
• Ability of ankle-brachial index to detect lower-extremity atherosclerotic Disease progression.
• Upper extremity thromboEmbolism after axillary-axillary bypass grafting.
• Long-term outcome of Raynaud's Syndrome in a prospectively analyzed patient cohort.
• Upper extremity thromboEmbolism caused by occlusion of axillofemoral grafts.
• Progression of Atherosclerosis in arteries distal to lower extremity revascularizations.
• Diagnosis and long-term clinical outcome in patients diagnosed with hand ischemia.
• Outcome of Venous stasis ulceration when complicated by arterial occlusive disease.
• Dorsalis pedis Arterial pulse: palpation using a bony landmark.
• Conformational changes associated with proximal seal zone failure in Abdominal aortic endografts.
• Home anticoagulation testing: predictors of rural patient interest.
• The AneuRx modular endograft device for the treatment of Abdominal aortic aneurysms. Overview of 7 years of clinical use.
• Acute venous disease: venous thrombosis and venous trauma.
• Endovenous laser ablation of varicose Veins: review of current technologies and clinical outcome.
• Call to action to prevent Venous thromboembolism.
• Transcatheter embolization of a splenic artery Aneurysm.
• Revision of the Venous clinical severity score: Venous outcomes consensus statement: special communication of the American Venous Forum Ad Hoc Outcomes Working Group.
• Prevention and treatment of the postthrombotic Syndrome.
• The care of patients with varicose Veins and associated chronic venous diseases: clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Veno...

Schools

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• University Of Vermont College Of Medicine

• Oregon Health and Science University

Procedures Preformed

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• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Angioplasty With Stent Placement
• Aortic Aneurysm Stent Grafting
• Aortic Endograft
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
• Aortic Aneurysm
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Oregon Health & Science University
• University of Vermont College of Medicine

Hospital

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• St. John's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1295721728
NPPES Provider LastName		MCLAFFERTY
NPPES Provider FirstName		ROBERT
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		972091773
NPPES Provider State		OR
Specialty Description		Vascular Surgery
Total Claim Count		150.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		26.0
Percent Opioid Claims		17.33

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1295721728
Last Name Of The Provider	MCLAFFERTY
First Name Of The Provider	ROBERT
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