Catherine M Wittgen MD

PubMed

• An Audit of Physical Waste and Fluoroscopy Energy Consumption in Vascular Surgery and Suggestions for the Future.
  Omar Moussa Pasha, Aidan Rowe, David P Ebertz, Alexander Harvey, Saideep Bose
  Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2025-03-21
• Effects of Timing of Repair on Mortality Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury.
  Charles Marquardt, Saideep Bose, Catherine Wittgen, Matthew Smeds
  Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2025-01-01
• Reconstruction of the Charcot Spine with a Vascularized Pedicle: A Report of 3 Cases.
  Nicholas Schaper, Alexander Hoffman, Catherine Wittgen, Howard M Place
  JBJS Case Connector. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

• Anterior Approach to Spinal Fracture in a Pregnant Patient.  
  Lenarz, C, Place H, Wittgen C, Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, 7/1/2009
• Risk Factors for Infections Complications with Percutaneous Vascular Closure Devices.  
  Franco J, Motaganahalli R, Habeeb M, Wittgen C, Peterson G, Vascular, 1/1/2009
• Management of Radiation Induced Arterial Necrosis.  
  Ewings E, Paletta C, Wittgen C, Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 4/1/2008
• Medical Therapy for Limb Ischemia.  
  Wittgen CM, Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 3/1/2008
• A Comparison of Risk-Adjusted 30-Day Post-Operative Mortality and Morbidity in Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals and Selected University Medical Centers: Vasc...  
  Johnson RG, Wittgen CM, Hutter MM, Henderson WG, Mosca C, Khuri SF and the Participants in the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program and th..., J Am College of Surg, 1/1/2007
• Outcomes of endovascular AAA repair in patients with hostile neck anatomy using adjunctive balloon expandable stents.  
  Cox DE, Jacobs DL, Motaganahalli RL, Wittgen CM, Peterson GJ, Journal of Vasc and Endovasc Surg, 1/1/2006
• True lumen re-entry devices facilitate subintimal angioplasty and stenting of total chronic occlusions: Initial Report.  
  Jacobs DL, Motahanahalli RL, Cox DE, Wittgen CM and Peterson GJ, JVS, 1/1/2006
• Intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve of equivocal left main stenosis in patients with Takayasu's Arteritis: Impact on surgical decision making.  
  Ziaee A, Hermann SC, Johnson RJ, Wittgen CM, Answini GA and Kern MJ, Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions, 1/1/2005
• Management of the Infected Aorta: Case report and review of the literature.  
  Lehner S, Wittgen CM, Vascular, 1/1/2005
• Conscious Sedation Administered by Non-Anesthesiologists.  
  Wittgen CM, J of Vascular and Cardiovascular Anesthesia, 1/1/2005
• Infrainguinal vein graft surveillance: the criteria for intervention.  
  Schuh W, Lewis DM, Wittgen CM, J Vasc Nurs, 1/1/2001
• Aneurysmosis presenting as acute limb ischemia.  
  Wittgen CM, Am J Surg, 1/1/2000
• Treatment and outcomes of peripheral atherosclerosis in women.  
  Gerhard MD, Wittgen CM, Am J Med Part VII, 1/1/2000
• Chronic carotid dissection producing new neurologic symptoms: an alternative method of autogenous reconstruction.  
  Kasperson E, Wittgen CM, Vasc Surg, 1/1/1999
• Fungal prophylaxis should be administered to ICU patients who are receiving broad spectrum antibiotics.  
  Wittgen CM, Surg Infect Forum, 1/1/1997
• Right coronary artery occlusion secondary to blunt trauma.  
  Shapiro MJ, Wittgen CM, Flynn MS, Zuckerman DA, Durham RM, Mazuski JE, Clin Cardiol, 1/1/1994
• Evaluation of alternative proximal gastric vagotomy techniques in a chronic rat model.  
  Neuberger TJ, Wittgen CM, Schneider TA, Andrus CH, Panneton WM, Kaminski DL, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/1994
• Hyperbilirubinemia without common duct abnormalities and hyperamylasia without pancreatitis in patients with gallbladder disease.  
  Kurzwiel SM, Andrus CH, Herrmann VM, Shapiro MJ, Wittgen CM, Kaminski DL, Arch Surg, 1/1/1994
• Anesthetic and physiologic changes during laparoscopy and thoracoscopy: the surgeon's view.  
  Andrus CH, Wittgen CM, Naunheim KS, Semin Laparosc Surg, 1/1/1994
• Prospective comparison of helium versus carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum.  
  Neuberger TJ, Andrus CH, Wittgen CM, Wade TP, Kaminski DL, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/1994
• Cholecystectomy: Which procedure is best for the high-risk patient.  
  Wittgen CM, Andrus JP, Andrus CH, Kaminski DL, Surg EndosC, 1/1/1993
• Diagnostic exercise: skin infarction in rats.  
  LaRegina M, Wittgen CM, Montgomery CA, Johnson FE, Lab Anim ScI, 1/1/1993
• Preoperative pulmonary function evaluation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.  
  Wittgen CM, Naunheim KS, Andrus CH, Kaminski DL, Arch Surg, 1/1/1993
• Proximal gastric vagotomy by minimally invasive methods in an acute rat model.  
  Wittgen CM, Schneider TA, Fitzgerald SD, Panneton WM, Laregina MC, Johnson S, Kaminski D, Andrus CH, Surg Endosc, 1/1/1993
• Comparison of minimally invasive methods of parietal cell vagotomy in a porcine model.  
  Schneider TA, Wittgen CM, Andrus CH, Kaminski DL, Surgery, 1/1/1992
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Books/Book Chapters

• Current Therapy in Vascular Surgery 
  Chapter: Vertebral artery trauma. 
  Wittgen CM, Weigelt JAEditors: Ernst and Stanley JC.Mosby, Philadelphia, PA2000
• Annual Review of Medicine 
  Chapter: The Current Status of the Surgical Treatment of Patients with Carotid Artery Disease: The Surgical Management of Carotid Atherosclerosis. 
  Page 48 - 69Wittgen CM, Brewster DCEditors: Coggin CH.Annual Reviews, Inc., Palo Alto, CA1997
• Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Techniques 
  Chapter: Anesthesia for Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy. 
  Andrus CH, Wittgen CM, Naunheim KSEditors: McFadden BV and Ponsky JL.Lippincott-Raven, New York, NY1996
• Mastery of Surgery 
  Chapter: Acute Renal Failure; Pathophysiology, Prevention and Treatment. 
  Wittgen CM, Cerra FMEditors: Nyhus LM, Baker RJ, Fisher JE.Little Brown and Co., Boston, MA1996
• Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery 
  Chapter: Laparoscopic Urologic Anesthesia. 
  Andrus CH, Wittgen CM, Parra ROEditors: Parra RO.McGraw Hill, New York, NY1995
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Abstracts/Posters

• Strategies to Improve Compliance with Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in an Academic Medical Center.
  Howe, J and Wittgen C, Midwest Vascular Surgical Society, Chicago, IL, 9/6/2013
• Popliteal Artery Injury in Knee Dislocations sustained by Obese Patients.
  Jamaluddin N, Lees K and Wittgen C, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 10/1/2012
• Efficacy of replacement guidelines for intravenous phosphates in a surgical ICU.
  Martinson KA, Johnson SV, Solberg CL, Wittgen CM, Society of Critical Care Medicine Scientific Session, Orlando, FL, 2/11/2000
• Comparison of urinary phosphorous excretion for two parenteral replacement regimens-SICU patients.
  Solberg CL, Johnson SV, Martinson KA, Stafford RB, Wittgen CM, Society of Critical Care Medicine Scientific Session, Orlando FL, 2/11/2000
• Prospective comparison of helium versus carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum.
  Neuberger TA, Andrus CH, Wittgen CM, Wade TP, Kaminski DL, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/1994
• Evaluation of alternate proximal gastric vagotomy techniques in a chronic rat model.
  Wittgen CM, Neuberger TJ, Schneider TA, Andrus CH, Panneton WM, Kaminski DL, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/1993
• Densitometric evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography.
  Andrus CH, Wittgen CM, Naunheim KS, McManama GP, Rinehart GC, Clarkson WK, Wade TP, Gastrointest Endosc, 1/1/1992
• Cholecystectomy in the debilitated patient: which procedure is best?
  Wittgen CM, Andrus JP, Andrus CH, Kaminski DL, Surg Endosc, 1/1/1992
• Confirmation of parietal cell distribution by histologic and Congo red techniques in a porcine model.
  Schneider TA, LaRegina MC, Fitzgerald SD, Wittgen CM, Virgo KS, Kaminski DL, Andrus CH, Gastroenterology, 1/1/1992
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Lectures

• Perioperaive Evaluation of the Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease. 
  Seapines, Hilton Head, SC - 8/1/2013
• Management of Lymphedema and Venous Stasis. 
  Seapines, Hilton Head, SC - 8/1/2013
• Peripheral Vascular Disease 
  Seapines, Hilton Head, SC - 7/30/2013
• General Surgery Update 
  The Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina - 7/29/2013
• Carotid Artery Disease. 
  Seapines, Hilton Head, SC - 7/29/2013
• Wound Healing and the Angiosome Concept. 
  Batesville, AR - 6/29/2013
• Use of Cryopreserved Aortoiliac Allograft (CAA) for Aortic Reconstruction in the United States. 
  Boston, MA - 6/6/2013
• Wound Care Management with Biologic Materials 
  Detroit, MI - 3/13/2013
• Wound Care Pathways and Predictors of Successful Healing. 
  Detroit, MI - 3/13/2013
• Anterior Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine 
  St Louis, MO - 11/10/2012
• Management of Small Vessel Occlusive Disease and The Angiosome Concept. 
  Cooperstown, NY; Oklahoma University, November 9, 2012 - 10/15/2012
• The Role of Hyperbaric Therapy in Crush Injury and Critical Limb Ischemia. 
  St Louis, MO - 8/25/2012
• Diabetic Limb Salvage. 
  Little Rock, AK - 7/25/2012
• Endovascular Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)-Past, Present, and Future. 
  Norman, OK - 4/8/2012
• True lumen re-entry: a single center 7 year experience comparing OutbackTM LTD and Pioneer TM catheters. 
  Las Vegas, NV - 3/14/2012
• Evaluation of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Initiative in an Academic Medical Center 
  San Antonio, TX - 2/16/2012
• Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetic Patients. 
  St Louis University - 1/18/2012
• Evolving Strategies in the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease. 
  Saint Louis, MO - 9/21/2011
• Women and Vascular Disease 
  Madison, WI - 1/19/2011
• Gender and Professionalism and Communication. 
  Madison, WI - 1/19/2011
• Complications from Spinal Surgery. 
  St Louis MO - 10/29/2010
• Anterior Approaches to the Lumbo Sacral Spine. 
  St Louis MO - 10/29/2010
• Case Studies in Peripheral Vascular Disease. 
  Herrin, IL - 9/8/2010
• Women and Vascular Disease: What do we really know? 
  St Louis University - 9/8/2010
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. 
  Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO - 5/11/2010
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Other

• Use of Cryopreserved Aortoiliac Allograft (CAA) for Aortic Reconstruction in the United States 
  Harlander-Locke, MP et al, Vascular Web
  6/1/2013
• Surgical Critical Care, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Ethics. SESAP 15 
  Wittgen CM, Audio Tape Distributed by the American College of Surgeons
  10/1/2012
• Surgical Critical Care, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Ethics. SESAP 14 
  Wittgen CM, Audio Tape Distributed by the American College of Surgeons
  10/1/2010
• Surgical Critical Care, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Ethics. SESAP 13. 
  Wittgen CM, Audio Tape Distributed by the American College of Surgeons
  10/1/2007
• The SESAP writing committee 
  Wittgen CM, SESAP 13
  American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL - 1/1/2007
• Surgical Critical Care. SESAP 12 
  Wittgen CM, Video Distributed by the American College of Surgeons
  10/1/2004
• Pulse Oximetry. 
  Wittgen CM, SLUH View Vol 6
  5/1/2003
• Review of peripheral arterial disease trials: Implications for future treatment. 
  Wittgen CM, Risk Watch Vol 1
  1/1/2002
• Outpatient management of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection in a diabetic patient. 
  Wittgen CM, CME Case Report
  1/1/2001
• Delayed presentation of arteriovenous fistula after percutaneous arterial closure. 
  Lewis DM, Wittgen CM, CME Case Report
  1/1/2001
• Importance of PAD as a Risk Factor for CAD 
  Wittgen CM, Video Distributed by Bristol-Myers-Squibb and Sanofi Pharmaceuticals
  8/1/2000
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