Mini-Thoracotomy
Minimally access via left anterior mini-thoracotomy for repair of adult subarterial ventricular septal defects
... right mini-thoracotomy and lower partial sternotomy [4, ...anterior mini-thoracotomy, is less commonly used in the repair of adult subarterial VSDs and is less frequently reported in previous ...
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Original Article A study on video-assisted mini-thoracotomy for treatment of lung cancer
... Video-assisted mini-thoracotomy (VAMT) has been gradually applied to the clinical treatment of lung cancer in recent years [9, 10], but its safety and thoroughness for the treatment of malignant tumors ...
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Minimally invasive mitral valve repair via right mini-thoracotomy in patient with myelodysplastic syndrome
... right-mini thoracotomy approach for patients under- going mitral valve surgery was introduced in the 1990s continues to undergo development, with MICS-mitral now been a popular treatment choice for mitral ...
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Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) with mini-thoracotomy for the management of pulmonary hydatid cysts
... via mini-thoracotomy, and thus avoiding prolonged post- operative air leakage (a single case out of 130 ...where mini-thoracotomy ap- proach was not used, prolonged post-operative air leakage ...
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Literature Review for the Management of Isolated Internal Mammary Artery Injury and a Case Managed by Mini Thoracotomy
... Active extravasation of contrast material might be noticed in trauma patients who are physiologically stable enough to undergo contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the thorax, unless IMA is in transient spasm. ...
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Mitral valve reoperation under ventricular fibrillation through right mini-thoracotomy using three-dimensional videoscope
... right mini-thoracotomy under cardiac arrest, 64 cases were initial conventional MVR via sternotomy under cardiac arrest and 4 cases were patients who had initial MVR via partial sternotomy under cardiac ...
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Mini Thoracotomy Approach to Upper Thoracic Spine
... The pre-operative imaging of upper dorsal spine lesions was; plain X-ray “an- tero-posterior and lateral views” and MRI in all patients. CAT scan was done in 8 patients and isotope scanning in 8 patients. Post-operative ...
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A Hybride Procedure Combining Mini-Thoracotomy with Interventional Endocardial Lead Implantation for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure: A Report of 4 Cases
... left-sided thoracotomy is a safe, feasible and effective ...and mini-thoracotomy can maximize the outcomes of CRT, and is an effective alternative ...
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Improved operative and recovery times with mini-thoracotomy aortic valve replacement
... with mini-thoracotomy, when compared to conventional sternotomy and mini-sternotomy, as well as significantly decreased postoper- ative length of stay when compared to conventional sternot- ...that ...
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Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery as a Less Invasive Management for Acute Hemothorax in Blunt Trauma
... conventional thoracotomy with VATS with mini-thoracotomy as an initial treatment, early mor- tality, operating time (limited only to the procedure for hemothorax), total amount of transfusion ...
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Magnetic resonance imaging for cerebral lesions during minimal invasive mitral valve surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Before surgery, an initial MR imaging study is per- formed as a baseline assessment. If no contraindications arise in the postoperative period (e.g., definitive pace- maker implantation), a second MR imaging is performed ...
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Removal of a tracheal foreign body by intercostal thoracotomy in a cat
... that mini- mally invasive techniques decrease recovery time, minimise complications and may have financial ad- vantages for the owner as well; however, surgical intervention is the best option for some conditions ...
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Anticipating pulmonary complications after thoracotomy: the FLAM Score
... posterolateral thoracotomy at the Thoracic Surgery Department of the Nice University Hos- pital, ...posterolateral thoracotomy; 2) they had epidural analgesia; and 3) pain control was effective (defined as ...
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Influence of Intrapleural Infusion of Marcaine on Post Thoracotomy Pain
... This was a prospective clinical-trial performed on all patients admitted to the thoracic surgery department during a-one-year period. Forty patients (33 males and 7 females) were selected and after explaining ethical ...
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The Effect of Interpleural Morphine on Post-Thoracotomy Pain Management
... Since postoperative hemorrhage and secretions can results in dilution of morphine solution and also interpleural cavity would not be a closed space after thoracotomy, 30-40% of drug may leak through chest tube ...
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Crystal structure of rhodopsin in complex with a mini G o sheds light on the principles of G protein selectivity
... Acknowledgments: We thank C. L. Piscitelli, K. Jäger, and V. Panneels for comments on biochemistry and x-ray data collection and the SLS beamline scientists (M. Wang, C.-Y. Huang, L. Vera, I. Martiel, M. Marsh, S. Reber, ...
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Surgical Management of Tuberculous Broncholithiasis
... Complications include formation of a fistula between the respiratory tract and the esophagus or aorta and obstructive pulmonary symptoms and hemoptysis. Treatment ranges from conservative management (simple observation) ...
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Pleuropneumonectomy for a large thymoma with multiple pleural dissemination using median sternotomy followed by posterolateral thoracotomy
... posterolateral thoracotomy because the tumor in- vaded the hilum of the lung; thus, the left main bron- chus was cut behind the pericardium through a median sternotomy (Additional file 1: Video ...
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Surgical treatment of an esophageal bronchogenic cyst with massive upper digestive tract hematoma without esophagectomy: a case report and the review of the literature
... incisions. Thoracotomy is the conventional approach to remove an esophageal cyst, and it allows main- tenance of the integrity of the esophageal ...recovery, thoracotomy would be preferred over thoracoscopy ...
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Measuring mental health in the clinical setting : what is important to service users? The Mini Service user Recovery Evaluation scale (Mini SeRvE)
... Our sample sizes were small. Mini-SeRvE needs to be tested in larger populations of service users in its finalised form and diagnoses collected. Further correlations with other established tools are needed to ...
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