Evaluation of the Opinions of Surgery Patients on Perioperative Privacy.

Purpose: To evaluate surgical patients' perceptions of perioperative privacy.

Design: A descriptive and cross-sectional study.

Methods: A total of 172 patients who underwent surgical intervention at a state hospital were included.

Sympathectomy versus Sympathicotomy in Palmar Hyperhidrosis Comparing T3 Ablation.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare thoracoscopic sympathectomy and sympathicotomy at the third ganglia (T3) level for the treatment of primary palmar hyperhidrosis in terms of initial surgery results, complications, and patient satisfaction.

Materials And Methods: Two groups of patient underwent T3 thoracoscopic sympathectomy and thoracoscopic sympathicotomy under general anesthesia using single-lung ventilation via a double-lumen endotracheal tube by the same surgical team for the treatment of severe primary palmar hyperhidrosis or a combination of levels for multiarea between 2008 and 2013. The groups were homogeneous for relevant demographic, physiological, and clinical data.

Surgical properties and survival of a pericardial window via left minithoracotomy for benign and malignant pericardial tamponade in cancer patients.

Background: Surgical drainage is a rapid and effective treatment for pericardial tamponade in cancer patients. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of pericardial window formation via mini-thoracotomy for treating pericardial tamponade in cancer patients, and to evaluate clinical factors affecting long-term survival.

Methods: Records of 53 cancer patients with pericardial tamponade treated by pericardial window formation between 2002 and 2008 were examined.

Long-term results of lung decortication in patients with trapped lung secondary to coronary artery bypass grafting.

Purpose: To evaluate long-term results of decortications in patients with symptomatic restrictive pleurisy and trapped lung after coronary bypass grafting.

Methods: Twenty consecutive patients undergoing lung decortications for trapped lung after coronary bypass grafting were prospectively evaluated. Pulmonary function tests were used as objective criteria, and quality of life was assessed by the Medical Research Council dyspnea scale.

Long-term results of diaphragmatic plication in adults with unilateral diaphragm paralysis.

Background: In this study we aimed to evaluate the long-term outcome of diaphragmatic plication for symptomatic unilateral diaphragm paralysis.

Methods: Thirteen patients who underwent unilateral diaphragmatic plication (2 patients had right, 11 left plication) between January 2003 and December 2006 were evaluated. One patient died postoperatively due to sepsis.