Perioperative strategies and management of giant anterior mediastinal tumors: a narrative review.

Background And Objective: Giant anterior mediastinal tumors sometimes may cause circulatory collapse and respiratory failure, known as mediastinal mass syndrome (MMS). The prediction and prevention of MMS is challenging. The aim of this study is to summarize the evaluation methods for MMS and formulate treatment strategies for giant anterior mediastinal tumors.

Wallenberg syndrome in a patient after pulmonary resection: a case report.

Background: Cerebral infarction after pulmonary resection is a minor but critical complication. We report a rare case of postoperative complication of Wallenberg syndrome caused by cerebral infarction in the posterior inferior cerebral artery after the left upper lobectomy.

Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man developed cerebral infarction 2 days after a left upper lobectomy for lung cancer.

Rescue computed tomography-guided drainage of a giant mediastinal mature teratoma causing airway obstruction prior to surgical resection: a case report.

Background: Giant mediastinal mature teratomas may cause airway obstruction or decreased venous return due to the mass effect. Preoperative stabilization of the respiratory and circulatory systems is important for perioperative management to safely perform surgery, including general anesthesia. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are only a few reports regarding the preoperative computed tomography (CT)-guided drainage of mediastinal tumors.

Rupture of a dissecting thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm due to infection.

We describe a case of an elderly man with -associated infectious rupture of a dissecting thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. We performed an emergency thoracoabdominal aortic replacement using a rifampicin-soaked prosthetic graft and omental flap wrapping. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 255, although he experienced pseudomembranous enteritis and paraplegia.

Dual aortic aneurysms with coronary artery and multiple cerebrovascular stenoses.

Total debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair is useful for avoiding neurological complications in cases where cardiopulmonary bypass is difficult and for devising an intraoperative cervical branch reconstruction method.

[Experiences of Cardioaortic Surgery with Small Anterior Mediastinal Mass on Preoperative Computed Tomography].

Computed tomography(CT) is indispensable for diagnostic imaging. During preoperative assessment for cardioaortic surgery, a CT examination is performed not only for diagnostic purposes but also to decide the surgical strategy. In some cases, CT demonstrates a small abnormal mass in the adipose tissue of the anterior mediastinum.

Impact of tricuspid annuloplasty on postoperative changes in the right ventricular systolic and diastolic function: A retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: To elucidate the impact of regulation of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) using tricuspid annuloplasty on postoperative changes in right ventricular (RV) systolic and diastolic functions.

Methods: We enrolled 69 patients who underwent aortic or mitral valve surgery between July 2016 to March 2018 without recurrence. Patients with concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting or a history of previous cardiovascular surgery were excluded, remaining 45 patients enrolled.

Concomitant Revascularization Using Ascending Aortic Rerouting in Coral Reef Aortic Syndrome.

Coral reef Aortic Syndrome can result in significant visceral and lower limb ischemia. We present a 72-year-old male with postprandial abdominal pain and intermittent claudication. Computed tomography demonstrated a calcified plaque occluding the thoracoabdominal aorta.

Endovascular "Intimal Flap Septostomy" for Safe Landing of a Stent Graft in an Anastomotic Pseudoaneurysm of Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection.

Objective/background: The purpose of this report is to demonstrate a novel endovascular technique for gaining and producing the maximal landing zone for a thoracic stent graft in a patient with a chronic type B aortic dissection.

Methods: The patient was a 64 year old man with chronic type B aortic dissection. He had developed acute type B aortic dissection and undergone descending thoracic replacement (Zone 2-Th10) 12 years earlier.

[Surgical Treatment for Myocardial Rerupture after Repair of Post Infarction Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture].

A 73-year-old man was admitted for cardiac tamponade by oozing type left ventricular free wall rupture associated with acute myocardial infarction. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated moderate pericardial effusion and the presence of pseudoaneurysm within posterior wall. He went into shock with a systolic blood pressure of 60 mmHg.