Comparison of post-operative and pulmonary morbidity due to subxiphoid and midaxillary chest drainage tubes after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Aim: pain and pulmonary morbidity in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using left internal thoracic artery (LITA) grafting.

Material And Method: The study was prospective and included 40 patients who underwent elective isolated CABG with pedicled LITA grafts. Patients were divided into two groups according to the method used to place chest drainage tubes.

Three Different Strategies for Repair of Symptomatic or Aneurysmatic Aberrant Right Subclavian Arteries.

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to present three different methods for symptomatic aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) surgery.

Methods: We identified 11 consecutive adult patients undergoing symptomatic and/or aneurysmal ARSA repair between January 2016 and December 2020. Symptoms were dysphagia (n=8) and dyspnea + dysphagia (n=3).

Prosthetic vascular graft management in above-knee amputations.

Objective: Critical limb ischaemia (CLI) is the most severe state of peripheral arterial disease and is one of the major causes of lower-limb amputations. One of the treatment choices is prosthetic vascular grafts. Despite treatment, CLI may lead to amputation owing to infection or progressive ischaemia.

Aneurysmal degeneration in the Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft.

Despite advances in endovascular treatments, femoropopliteal bypass is still the best option for the treatment of lower-extremity occlusive artery disease. Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular grafts are often chosen as bypass grafts when autologous vein grafting is not possible. A negative feature of this graft is the tendency towards late biodegeneration with possible formation of graft aneurysms.

Sarcopenia is a risk factor for major adverse cardiac events after surgical revascularization for critical limb ischemia.

Objectives: We examined the effect of sarcopenia on early surgical outcomes in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) in terms of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and major adverse limb events (MALE), as well as the value of inflammatory markers of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios (PLR) as indicators of sarcopenia in CLI patients.

Methods: This was an observational retrospective single-center study. Patients who required surgical revascularization for CLI between October 2015 and December 2020 were identified.

Predictive Value of Systemic Immune Inflammation Index for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Objective: Inflammation plays an important role in the initiation of postoperative atrial fibrillation (PoAF) in individuals undergoing cardiac surgery, Thus, this study aimed to investigate the predictive value of the systemic immune inflammation index (SII) to develop PoAF in such patients.

Methods: In total, 391 consecutive patients undergoing an isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were retrospectively analyzed. PoAF was defined according to the current guideline.

Safety Pericardiocentesis with Fluoroscopy Following Cardiac Surgery.

Purpose: In the treatment of the postsurgical pericardial effusions via pericardiocentesis, determination of the puncture site might be difficult. Contrast echocardiography may not be efficient due to surgical artefacts and pulmonary problems and therefore may lead to inaccurate evaluation. Alternative imaging methods might be helpful to perform the pericardiocentesis with decreased complications.

The effects of gabapentin on acute and chronic postoperative pain after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects of perioperative gabapentin on postoperative acute and chronic pain after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with median sternotomy and internal mammary artery harvesting.

Design: A double-blind randomized clinical study.

Setting: A single-academic hospital.