Publications by authors named "Lokesh Gurung"

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the long-term survival rates of patients undergoing isolated first-time coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) by off-pump CABG with the long-term survival rates in patients undergoing CABG using cardioplegic cardiopulmonary bypass techniques.

Methods: All patients undergoing isolated CABG at a single center (Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom) between 2000 and 2014 were included. Propensity score matching was performed on the basis of on demographic variables.

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Background: Chest drain duration is one of the most important influencing aspects of hospital stay but the management is perhaps one of the most variable aspects of thoracic surgical care. The aim of our study is to report outcomes associated with increasing fluid and air leak criteria of protocol based management.

Methods: A 6-year retrospective analysis of protocolised chest drain management starting in 2007 with a fluid criteria of 3 mL/kg increasing to 7 mL/kg in 2011 to no fluid criteria in 2012, and an air leak criteria of 24 hours without leak till 2012 when digital air leak monitoring was introduced with a criteria of <20 mL/min of air leak for more than 6 hours.

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Objective: To observe the clinicopathological characteristics of gastric stump cancer (GSC) and evaluate the benefits of radical surgery of GSC.

Methods: The clinicopathological characteristics and postoperative survival time of 37 GSC patients who underwent surgery were investigated retrospectively. The survival time was compared according to the type of surgical operation (radical resection vs palliative operation).

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