Benjamin Jacobs

Assistant Professor | M.D. University of Florida

Gainesville FL

Dr. Benjamin Jacobs's expertise is in limb salvage surgery. He treats leg wounds due to arterial or venous disease to prevent amputation.

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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

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

Size thresholds for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms warrant reconsideration

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Jesse 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 Disorders

Paula 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 Neurosurgery

Megan 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.