median sternotomy
Original Article Efficacy and safety of video-assisted thoracic surgery and median sternotomy in the treatment of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis
... Median sternotomy, also known as trans-ster- nal (TS) thymectomy, is considered to be the “gold standard” method to thymoma for decades, based on the reason that median sternotomy can identify ...
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Anterolateral minithoracotomy versus median sternotomy for the treatment of congenital heart defects: a meta-analysis and systematic review
... MS: Median sternotomy; CI: Confidence interval; CPB: Cardiopulmonary bypass; ACCT: Aortic cross- clamp time; ICU: intensive care unit; ASD: Atrial septal defect; VSD: Ventricular septal defect; CHD: ...
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Use of continuous subcutaneous anesthetic infusion in cardiac surgical patients after median sternotomy
... uous infusion of local anaesthetics. This study clearly demonstrates that the use of ropivacaine as a long acting local anaesthetic delivered directly in the subcutaneous tissue of the median sternotomy ...
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<p>Perioperative Pain Management for Median Sternotomy in a Patient on Chronic Buprenorphine/Naloxone Maintenance Therapy: Avoiding Opioids in Patients at Risk for Relapse</p>
... In response to the increasing incidence of opioid addiction in the United States and developed Western countries, a growing number of patients with this af fl iction are being transitioned from prescribed opioids and ...
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Surgical repair via submammary thoracotomy, right axillary thoracotomy and median sternotomy for ventricular septal defects
... in median sternotomy group, although 7 patients suffered from pectus carinatum or funnel ...the median sternot- omy group, the incision caused can’t be seen from the col- lar, which may be more ...
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Comparative Effectiveness of Median Sternotomy vs Minimal Access Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Circulatory Arrest for Resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Inferior Vena Caval Extension
... Introduction: The use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) is an adjunctive surgical technique that can be employed for the resection of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with venous ...
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Pleuropneumonectomy for a large thymoma with multiple pleural dissemination using median sternotomy followed by posterolateral thoracotomy
... a median sternotomy. Next, the median incision was closed and a left posterolateral thoracotomy was made, thus allowing the pleuropneumonectomy to be safely ...a median sternotomy ...
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Minimal access median sternotomy for aortic valve replacement in elderly patients
... sterni is undermined to expose the xiphoid process and the suprasternal notch. A complete median sternotomy is performed using a pendulum saw Figure 2a, b. A retractor is inserted and the pericardium is ...
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Which Sternotomy Closure Method (Orthopaedic Wire or Suture) Is Recommended in Large Breed Dogs Undergoing a Median Sternotomy?
... A median sternotomy is performed to examine both sides of the ...the median sternotomy, the surgeon must decide on the best method of closure based on the evidence ...
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The Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S M A R T) – standard restrictive versus an intervention of modified sternal precautions following cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... 1. Functional Difficulties Questionnaire (FDQ): The FDQ measures the functional status of patients following cardiac surgery, with a particular focus on upper limb and trunk function in patients following a median ...
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Bone healing after median sternotomy: A comparison of two hemostatic devices
... Cardiac surgery is predominantly performed through a median sternotomy. Today more than 700,000 sterno- tomies are performed each year in the USA alone [1]. This procedure provides excellent access to all ...
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Fatigue testing of three peristernal median sternotomy closure techniques
... a median sternotomy procedure ...three sternotomy closure techniques in the lateral distraction loading mode in our previous study using this model ...
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Analysis of sternal healing after median sternotomy in low risk patients at midterm follow-up: retrospective cohort study from two centres
... BMI > 30 kg/m 2 , heart function greater than NYHA III, renal insufficiency, peripheral arterial disease, an im- munosuppressive state, surgical assistant closure of the chest, postoperative bleeding, infusion of ...
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Cardiology Journal | Peer Reviewed | High Impact Journal
... a median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and cardioplegic arrest of the heart; however, the unpleasant cosmetic outcome and possible complications of median sternotomy are ...
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Influence of body mass index on outcomes after minimal-access aortic valve replacement through a J-shaped partial upper sternotomy
... conventional median sternotomy has been established worldwide as a safe and feasible intervention for aortic valvular path- ology ...transverse sternotomy, J- shaped partial upper sternotomy ...
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Complications in cardiac surgery: An analysis of factors contributing to sternal dehiscence in patients who underwent surgery between 2010 and 2014 and a comparison with the 1990–2009 cohort
... – 2,964), procedures for heart valves (590), aortic aneu- rysms (287), and combinations of CABG with 2 other types of procedures (822). Among procedures performed without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) (451), off-pump ...
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Re-pericardiectomy for recurrent chronic constrictive pericarditis: left anterolateral thoracotomy is a better approach
... are median sternotomy, left anterolateral thoracotomy and bilateral anterior thoracotomy; and the selection of one of these approaches is based on the personal prefer- ences ...
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Novel approaches for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: Time for a guideline revision?
... Thus, the conclusions of the meta-analysis by Barnett et al should be critically revised on the basis of this evidence, and probably reperformed including randomized controlled trials alone. A summary of the recent ...
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Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement with Partial Lower Sternotomy
... full sternotomy was predominantly made by the staff surgeons after the preoperative heart team conference, and the informed consent for the patients was ...
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Post-sternotomy pain syndrome following cardiac surgery: case report
... a sternotomy performed in 2012 for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), after presenting with an ST-segment elevation anterolateral myocardial infarc- tion ...by median sternotomy, with ...
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