Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare lung malformation seldomly accompanied by aneurysmal deformation of its arterial vasculature. This is a first report of aneurysmal PS presenting with acute aneurysmal rupture. The ruptured aneurysm was treated uneventfully by emergency endovascular coiling, and thoracoscopic hemothorax drainage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The incidence of delirium following open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery is significant, with incidence rates ranging from 12% to 33%. However, it remains unclear on what level of care a delirium develops in AAA patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of delirium in the ICU and on the surgical ward after AAA surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Delirium is associated with adverse outcomes, such as increased mortality and prolonged hospital stay. Information on the risk factors for delirium in elderly patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI) is scarce. The aim of this study was to analyse the incidence of delirium and to identify risk factors for delirium in elderly patients undergoing surgical or endovascular treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To aid physicians in the process of shared decision-making, many predictive models for critical limb ischemia (CLI) have been constructed. However, none of these models is in widespread use. Predicting survival outcomes for a specific individual may be used to guide treatment selection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Cardiothorac Surg
June 2019
A secondary aortoduodenal fistula is a rare but a severe late complication after prosthetic abdominal aortic surgery. Currently, there is little consensus regarding the right treatment due to high mortality and morbidity rates. We report the case of a haemodynamically unstable patient with haematemesis on the basis of a secondary aortoduodenal fistula.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory follicular skin disease. In women and men, the condition starts after puberty, has a peak in the third decade, and is rare after the menopause in women. This age distribution suggests a hormonal influence in the pathogenesis of the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The relationship between numerous risk factors and perioperative mortality after cardiovascular surgery has been studied extensively. While improved perioperative survival and fewer cardiovascular events have been related to statin therapy, its effect on long-term survival after aneurysm repair remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of statin therapy on long-term survival after open and endovascular aneurysm repair and to identify other cardiovascular and patient-related risk factors in this respect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To describe the successful endovascular treatment and follow-up of a patient with a Streptococcus pneumonia-induced right iliacocaval fistula.
Case Report: A 82-year-old man was diagnosed with a right iliacocaval fistula, as a result of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection of the distal aorta and proximal right common iliac artery. After antibiotic treatment, he was initially unsuccessfully treated with balloon expandable covered stents.
Background And Method: This article describes and discusses a prospective randomized study with gentamicin sulfate in the surgical treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether enclosure of antibiotics after primary excision and closure reduces the number of postoperative infections. Therefore, the hidradenitis lesions were excised and closed with or without enclosure of a gentamicin-collagen sponge (GC).
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