[PDF] Top 20 Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians and Beyond: Single Center Experience

... vided a suitable size can be implanted [12,19-21]. Our postoperative complication rate was 17.9% of pa- tients. The most common complication was renal im- pairment 17.9% patients followed by arrhythmias in 14.9% ... See full document

... for cardiac surgery has created a new tendency in this area, the minimally invasive ...invasive cardiac surgery has been proved by many authors: similar mortality and complication rate when ... See full document

... cardiac surgery. Each patient had se- vere, fixed impairment of systolic cardiac function with an average left ventricle ejection of 27% ± ... See full document

... Over the 9-year study period, 21 pediatric patients underwent ECPR; their characteristics are summarized in Table 1. The patients were diagnosed as follows: 11 post-cardiosurgery cases (52%), 6 fulminant myocarditis ... See full document

... the incidental cases in our study would not have been diagnosed in the patient’s lifetime if not for imaging. If we consider the scenario in which they were not diagnosed, the impact would be 23 undiagnosed cancers and ... See full document

... informed consent was given by participants for their clinical records to be used in this study. We retrospect- ively analyzed a total of 673 consecutive patients who underwent initial surgery for the treatment of ... See full document

... Patients who were fit for surgery or had an esophageal rupture with sepsis, mediastinitis and pleural effusion underwent surgical intervention. Objectives of surgical management were 1) pleural and mediastinal ... See full document

... Although Literature review shows that Tuberculous TEF can be managed by medical therapy alone 19,20 ,in our series, Surgery was required in 5 out of 8 patients with TEF, while 3 patients were managed with ... See full document

... The two patients who received LT did not exhibit signifi- cant tumor progression during the follow-up periods of 52 and 15 months, respectively. Neither of them received adju- vant therapy after LT. One of the patients ... See full document

... The objective of this study is to define optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for patients with urachal anomalies in the pediatric age group. The medical records of 21 children who had undergone surgery for ... See full document

... early surgery is an effective way to reduce intra- abdominal and systemic inflammation, which helps to enhance the outcome of severely affected ...received surgery on the first day after birth, which means ... See full document

... others scholars, and is the basis for advocating early peri- cardiectomy [14]. In this series, low-output syndrome, and reoperation for bleeding and renal failure were the most common postoperative complications. ... See full document

... stereotactic coagulations of the amygdala and hippocampus in 38 patients. Target structures were localized by ventricu- lography and stereotactic atlas. He introduced the electrode along the long axis of hippocampus and, ... See full document

... of cardiac severe bradycardia and cardiac arrest attribu- table to autonomic ...after surgery, Guillain-Barré syndrome should be highly suspected and quick and effective measures should be taken to ... See full document

... Five patients (cases 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7) showed edema of the lower limb due to compression of the common fem- oral artery by the synovial cyst, proven by both imaging techniques and observations during the surgery. ... See full document

... Nine patients underwent surgical treatment (40%) due to the magnitude of AH or to clinical and laboratory evi- dence of overt endocrinopathy. The patient in whom both an elevated MT level and hypercortisolemia were found ... See full document

... In this study, we enrolled 93 cases of patients with 93 lesions, all of whom underwent management of ESD. We found that ESD was not only feasible and safe for gastric EP, but also has advantages of being minimally ... See full document

... Until recently, the presence of peritonitis was a per- ceived contraindication for laparoscopy, based on the theoretical risk of malignant hypercapnia and toxic shock syndrome. The presumptive risk of malignant ... See full document

... covery. Cardiac compression, which may occur at the time of sternal closure, can lead to decreased cardiac output and hemodynamic ...of cardiac operations that pre- clude the sternum to be closed ... See full document

... One patient died due to respiratory failure and ARDS two weeks following surgery. One patient developed anastomotic stenosis manifested five weeks postopera- tively with stridor. He required dilatation and ... See full document