Quality of Life after Type A Aortic Dissection Surgery in the United Kingdom: The QUADS Study.

Background:  Acute Type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is a life-threatening condition that carries significant mortality and morbidity; a proportion of the survivors might require further aortic procedures in the mid-/long-term follow-up. Quality of life (QoL) after TAAD is not well studied. Quality of life after Type A Aortic Dissection Surgery (QUADS) is the first multicentre study to assess QoL in survivors of surgically treated TAAD.

Feasibility of ABUS as an Alternative to Handheld Ultrasound for Response Control in Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment.

Introduction: The Invenia Automated Breast Ultrasound Screening (ABUS) is indicated as an adjunct to mammography for breast cancer screening in asymptomatic women with high-density breast tissue. ABUS provides time-efficient evaluation of the 3-dimensional recordings within 3 to 6 minutes. The role and advantages of ABUS in everyday clinical practice, especially in routine examination during neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), is not clear.

Observational study of thrombosis and bleeding in COVID-19 VV ECMO patients.

Introduction: COVID-19 has been associated with increased risk of thrombosis, heparin resistance and coagulopathy in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care. We report the incidence of thrombotic and bleeding events in a single center cohort of 30 consecutive patients with COVID-19 supported by veno-venous extracorporeal oxygenation (ECMO) and who had a whole body Computed Tomography Scanner (CT) on admission.

Methodology: All patients were initially admitted to other hospitals and later assessed and retrieved by our ECMO team.

Indications for surgery in so-called "regular" thoracic and thoracolumbar kyphosis.

Idiopathic thoracic, thoracolumbar, and Scheuermann's kyphosis do not figure in the same global entity. We propose a classification for so-called "regular" kyphosis. This classification is based on the location of the most rigid curvature segment.

[Surgical treatment of the rupture of the inferior tendon of the biceps. Apropos of 6 cases].

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to compare the results of direct reinsertion of the distal bicipital tendon to the bicipital tuberosity, with other methods described in the literature.

Material And Method: This study is based on six athletic patients, all male, ranging in age from 42 to 62 years old. The rupture of the biceps occurred during an unusually violent effort in flexion and forced supination of the arm at a 90 degree of flexion.