Total coronary revascularization via left anterior thoracotomy: Comparison of early- and mid-term results with conventional surgery.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of total coronary revascularization via left anterior thoracotomy (TCRAT) by comparing it to conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with median sternotomy.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 108 patients (95 males, 13 females; mean age: 57.1±8.

Chronic Leg Ischemia Caused by Arterial Bullet Embolization.

Intravascular shrapnel or bullet embolization after a gunshot injury is rare, with fewer than 200 cases reported over the past century. Military injuries typically have high energy transfer, making this phenomenon less prevalent. A 22-year-old military personnel presented with chronic leg ischemia resulting from arterial bullet embolization.

Robotic repair of atrial septal defect with partial pulmonary venous return anomaly: Our 5 year experience.

Introduction: Partial pulmonary venous return anomalies (PPVRA) were not considered as a good candidate for robotic surgery in early time of robotic cardiac surgery. In this study, we present our experience in patients undergoing robotic atrial septal defect (ASD) and PPVRA surgery.

Methods: Between November 2014 and January 2020, data of 21 patients underwent robotic ASD with PPVRA was collected.

Clinical parameters and nomograms for predicting lymph node metastasis detected with Ga-PSMA-PET/CT in prostate cancer patients candidate to definitive radiotherapy.

Background: Defining the extent of disease spread with imaging modalities is crucial for therapeutic decision-making and definition of treatment. This study aimed to investigate whether clinical parameters and nomograms predict prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive lymph nodes in treatment-naïve nonmetastatic prostate cancer (PC) patients.

Materials And Methods: The clinical data of 443 PC patients (83.