Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation and Estimated Oxygen Extraction Ratio as Predictive Markers of Major Adverse Events in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease.

Regional cerebral oxygen saturation (ScO) determined by near-infrared spectroscopy, monitoring both arterial and venous blood oxygenation of the brain, could reflect the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the predictabilities of ScO and estimated oxygen extraction ratio (eOER) with outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). This study was a two-center, retrospective study of patients at 12 months of age or younger with CHD who underwent cardiac surgery.

The efficacy of immediate implant placement in the anterior maxilla with dehiscence in the facial alveolar bone: A case series.

Background: There is no clear evidence that immediate implant placement can be applied to cases with dehiscence in the facial alveolar bone prior to extraction.

Purpose: To evaluate the results of immediate implant placement in the anterior maxilla with facial alveolar bone dehiscence.

Materials And Methods: We super positioned pre- and post-operative cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) three-dimensional reconstruction images.

CBCT analysis of the tissue thickness at immediate implant placement with contour augmentation in the maxillary anterior zone: a 1-year prospective clinical study.

Background: Immediate implant placement with simultaneous contour augmentation such as guided bone regeneration (GBR) or connective tissue grafting (CTG) has been widely performed. However, few prospective studies have evaluated both peri-implant bone and soft tissue changes between the preoperative and postoperative periods. The purpose of this study is to quantify the horizontal dimensional changes of the facial bone and soft tissue following immediate implant placement with contour augmentation.

[Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Central Core Disease for Scoliosis Surgery].

Central core disease (CCD) is a dominantly inherited congenital myopathy. CCD is also associated with muscular and skeletal abnormalities such as abnormal curvature of the spine (scoliosis), hip dislocation, and joint deformities. CCD and malignant hyperthermia (MH) are both associated with mutations in the ryanodine receptor on chromosome 19q13.

[Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome following Scoliosis Surgery during Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia (IV-PCA) with Fentanyl: A Case Report].

Compression and obstruction of the duodenum can occur after surgical correction of spinal scoliosis. We report a case of 15-year-old girl who developed superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) following scoliosis surgery. On the 4th postoperative day, the patient complained of nausea and vomiting, which was considered as side effects of opioids as she was treated with intravenous fentanyl infusion with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device.

[Evaluation by ultrasonography of the size of bilateral internal jugular vein in infants and young children with congenital heart disease].

Unlabelled: Background: A great difference in size often exists between the right and left internal jugular vein (IJV) in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease. We examined laterality of size in bilateral IJV.

Methods: We surveyed 31 cases with ventricular septal defect under 6 years of age.

[Comparison of the effects of phosphodiesterase III inhibitors, milrinone and olprinone, in infant corrective cardiac surgery].

Background: Clinical characteristics of phosphodiesterase (PDE) III inhibitors, milrinone and olprinone, is not fully understood in infants. We therefore retrospectively examined the hemodynamics, metabolism, and oxygenation of two different PDE III inhibitors in infants undergoing radical correction of ventricular septal defect with pulmonary hypertension.

Methods: Twenty-six infants with pulmonary hypertension undergoing ventricular septum defect repair were retrospectively allocated to milrinone group (n= 13)and olprinone group(n=13).

[Prophylactic effect of diphenhydramine on postoperative vomiting in children after laparoscopic surgery].

Background: Laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC), introduced as an alternative to a conventional open inguinal hernia repair in children, has shown a higher incidence of postoperative vomiting (POV). The aim of this study was to examine whether a prophylactic use of diphenhydramine can decrease the incidence of POV in children undergoing LPEC.

Methods: We studied 60 girls between 1 and 6 years of age with ASA physical status I or II undergoing LPEC.

[Case of trachea agenesis managed with esophageal intubation].

A male neonate was born after 39 weeks of gestation by normal vaginal delivery. The pregnancy was uneventful. He developed immediate respiratory distress at birth with an Apgar score of 4 and 5 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively.