Publications by authors named "Eliyahu Zisman"
Article Synopsis
- - The text discusses the establishment of a specialized liver surgery program at a university hospital aimed at addressing the increasing demand for liver operations and training future surgeons.
- - The program led to a significant rise in liver resections (up 36%) and complex cases, as well as improvements in opportunities for residents and young faculty, notably a 5.5-fold increase in highly complex resections and a 6-fold rise in academic publications.
- - While the program increased surgical complexity and morbidity, it did not raise mortality rates, indicating its effectiveness in meeting community needs and enhancing surgical training.
Background And Objective: Recent evidence indicates that platelet function may recover more rapidly after cessation of aspirin therapy than previously thought. The present study evaluated the effect of aspirin on platelet function using platelet aggregometry in healthy individuals and in aspirin-treated patients scheduled for surgery.
Methods: Platelet aggregation in response to arachidonic acid, epinephrine, and adenosine diphosphate was determined in 14 male volunteers during and after 10 days' aspirin administration (100 mg) and in 58 aspirin-treated patients during intake, on days 3, 4 or 6 after drug cessation, and on day 10 after drug cessation, prior to elective surgery.
Objective: To evaluate the influence of acute autologous blood transfusion on postcardiopulmonary bypass coagulation disturbances evaluated by thromboelastography (TEG) as a point-of-care test.
Methods: This prospective randomized controlled study included consecutive patients who underwent elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. The patients in group A underwent acute autologous blood transfusion with acute normovolemic haemodilution and those in group H received homologous blood, if needed, and served as controls.
The effects of intrathecal morphine on patients undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
February 2005
Objective: To evaluate the effects of intrathecal morphine (ITM) on the perioperative use of opiates and the fast-track pathway in patients undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB).
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Settings: University teaching hospital.