Benjamin Jacobs
Assistant Professor | M.D. | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Benjamin Jacobs's expertise is in limb salvage surgery. He treats leg wounds due to arterial or venous disease to prevent amputation.
Biography
Dr. Benjamin Jacobs treat the full spectrum of vascular disease, including aneurysm, cerebrovascular disease (open and minimally invasive techniques), and peripheral arterial and venous disease. However, he considers himself primarily a limb salvage surgeon, treating wounds on the legs due to arterial or venous pathology. He has expertise in wound care, revascularization, and amputation. He specializes in complex “minimally invasive” (endovascular) therapies for arterial and venous peripheral disease. Dr. Jacobs has a unique practice in the reopening of occluded veins and venous stents that may have been unable to be reopened elsewhere, and he is the site PI for the Promise III Trial for Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins - a technology that allows revascularization of limbs previously deemed "no option."
Areas of Expertise (14)
Amputation
Atherectomy
Deep Vein Arterialization
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Post-Thrombotic Syndrome
May-Thurner Syndrome
Venous Reflux
Venous Disease
Venous Stenting
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Venous Stasis Ulcer
Limb Salvage
Endovascular Surgery
Angioplasty
Articles (3)
Size thresholds for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms warrant reconsideration
Journal of Vascular SurgeryJesse A. Columbo, et. al
2024-05-01
The historical size threshold for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is widely accepted to be 5.5 cm for men and 5.0 cm for women. However, contemporary AAA rupture risks may be lower than historical benchmarks, which has implications for when AAAs should be repaired. Our objective was to use contemporary AAA rupture rates to inform optimal size thresholds for AAA repair.
Factors associated with lack of clinical improvement after vein ablation in the vascular quality initiative
Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic DisordersPaula Pinto Rodríguez, et. al
2024-03-27
Insurance companies have adopted variable and inconsistent approval criteria for chronic venous disease (CVD) treatment. Although vein ablation (VA) is accepted as the standard of care for venous ulcers, the treatment criteria for patients with milder forms of CVD remain controversial. This study aims to identify factors associated with a lack of clinical improvement (LCI) in patients with less severe CVD without ulceration undergoing VA to improve patient selection for treatment.
Ventriculo-inferior-venacaval shunt salvage via endovascular surgery
British Journal of NeurosurgeryMegan Still, et. al
2023-07-09
Hydrocephalus treatment can be very challenging. While some hydrocephalic patients can be treated endoscopically, many will require ventricular shunting. Frequent shunt issues over a lifetime is not uncommon. Although most shunt malfunctions are of the ventricular catheter or valve, distal failures occur as well. A subset of patients will accumulate non-functioning distal drainage sites.
