Publications by authors named "A DeHoyos"
Background: Diaphragm pacing (DP) can replace mechanical ventilation in tetraplegics and in trials has assisted respiration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. This report describes results of DP in patients with cardiac pacemakers.
Methods: Prospective, single-center and multicenter, nonrandomized, controlled, interventional protocols under U.
Background: The definitive treatment of esophageal cancer remains surgical resection. Morbidity and mortality are highly influenced by the success of the anastomosis created in the reconstruction of the resected esophagus. The results of an anastomotic technique that creates an esophageal mucosal tube are analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophagectomy is often troubled with anastomotic leak resulting in local sepsis, postoperative stricture, and prolonged hospitalization. We compared the anastomotic outcomes and clinical course of esophagectomy patients undergoing total mechanical stapled esophagogastric anastomosis versus a partial handsewn/mechanical stapled cervical anastomotic technique.
Methods: One hundred eighty-one patients underwent transhiatal (N=146) or 3-field (abdomen/chest/neck incisions) (N=35) esophagectomy.
Intraoperative lymphatic mapping for non-small cell lung cancer: the sentinel node technique.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
February 1999
Background: The purpose of the study was to determine the accuracy and role of the sentinel node technique in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Methods: This study was carried out on 36 consecutive patients undergoing lung resection. Peritumoral tissue was infiltrated with isosulfan blue dye and the first lymph node to stain was identified as a sentinel node.