Perioperative corticosteroids for reducing postoperative complications following esophagectomy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: This updated systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of perioperative corticosteroid administration versus placebo for esophageal cancer patients following scheduled esophagectomy.

Methods: We searched databases through June 30, 2023. We included articles on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing perioperative corticosteroid administration with placebo in esophageal cancer patients with esophagectomy.

A Modified Technique for Valve Regurgitation After Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair.

Given its complex pathologic anatomy, recurrent left atrioventricular valve regurgitation after partial atrioventricular septal defect repair remains a challenge for surgical correction. Here, we introduce a modified bridging technique by shortening the anteroposterior leaflet distance in selected patients with inadequate coaptation to compensate for the short leaflet height, specifically that of the anterior leaflet.

Inflammatory indicator levels in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement via median sternotomy with preoperative anxiety and postoperative complications: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the association of preoperative anxiety with inflammatory indicators and postoperative complications in patients undergoing scheduled aortic valve replacement surgery.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed. The Hamilton Anxiety Scale was used to assess preoperative anxiety.

Results of surgery on adults with functional single ventricle without prior cardiac surgery in childhood.

Objectives: Patients with unoperated functional single ventricle (FSV) rarely survive into adulthood with good functional status and there are few reports about surgical results of adult patients with FSV. This study retrospectively reviews our experience with surgery in adult patients with FSV.

Methods: From January 2008 to September 2017, 65 adult patients with FSV underwent surgery in our hospital.

Assessing the impact of total extracorporeal circulation on hemodynamics in an ovine fetal model.

The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of total extracorporeal circulation on hemodynamics and placental function in an ovine fetal model. Mid-term ovine fetuses (n=6) underwent extracorporeal circulation (30 min), cardioplegic arrest (20 min) and monitoring (120 min). The ascending aorta and umbilical cords of the fetuses were occluded during the bypass and an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator was used as the oxygen source.

[Effects of different arterial oxygen partial pressures on serum protein S100β and neuron specific enolase during cardiopulmonary bypass in infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease].

Objective: A prospective study was conducted to probe into the relationship between arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2) and brain injury during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD).

Method: Enrolled in the study were 45 cyanotic infants, who were less than three years old and underwent corrective cardiac surgery from August 1(st), 2010 to January 31(st), 2011 at Guangdong General Hospital. All the infants had a pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) lower than 85% and were randomly allocated into three groups by a specific computer program.

A fetal goat model of cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest and hemodynamic assessment.

Objective: Increasing evidence shows that some cardiac defects may benefit from fetal interventions, including fetal cardiac surgery. We attempted to develop an in vivo animal model of fetal cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest.

Methods: Operations were performed on 14 pregnant goats.

Palliative arterial switch for transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary vascular obstructive disease: midterm outcomes.

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the early and midterm outcomes of palliative arterial switch operation in which a ventricular septal defect was not closed or repaired with a fenestrated patch in patients with transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and severe pulmonary vascular obstructive disease.

Methods: Between March 2000 and September 2009, the palliative arterial switch operation was performed in 21 patients with a mean age of 3.7 years (range, 0.

[The application of bidirectional Glenn procedure on 68 pediatric cases with functional univentricle heart].

Objective: To analyze 68 pediatric cases with functional univentricle heart who underwent bidirectional Glenn procedure during from April 1998 to December 2005.

Methods: There were 47 males and 21 females in this group, aged from 5 months to 14 years old and weighed from 6.7 to 30.

[Treatment with oral sildenafil in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension after open heart operations].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effects of treatment with oral sildenafil on severe pulmonary hypertension after cardiac surgery.

Methods: From September 2002 to January 2005, oral sildenafil was added to the treatment regime in 27 cases of severe pulmonary hypertension after cardiac surgery. All these cases were given general treatments including intravenous prostaglandin E1 and inhalation of nitric oxide before the use of sildenafil, which did not show obvious effects on decreasing pulmonary pressure.