First Report on Rigid Plate Fixation for Enhanced Sternal Closure in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Safety and Outcomes.

Introduction: This study reports of the use of a rigid-plate fixation (RPF) system designed for sternal closure after minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS).

Methods: This retrospective analysis included all patients undergoing MICS with RPF (Zimmer Biomet, Jacksonville, FL, USA) at our institution. We analyzed in-hospital complications, as well as sternal complications and sternal pain at discharge and at follow-up 7 to 14 months after surgery.

Polytetrafluoroethylene Felt Inlay Neomedia and Tissue Glue Do Not Prevent Reoperation in Type A Aortic Dissection.

Type A aortic dissection repair using Polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) felt inlay and tissue glue has been proposed as a treatment modality. It remains unclear, if this method performs superiorly to tissue glue only. Between January 2011 and December 2015, 139 patients underwent surgical repair for type A aortic dissection, and 48 patients were excluded ( = 29 after receiving a composite graft, = 18 in which no tissue glue was used, and = 1 due to missing data).

Conservative fluid resuscitation protocol does not reduce the incidence of reoperation for bleeding after emergency CABG.

Unlabelled: Reoperation for bleeding (ROB) after emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (eCABG) has been identified as an independent risk factor for mortality. Consecutively, the influence of fluid intake, fluid output, fluid balance, blood loss, and inotropic demand on ROB were analyzed. This retrospective single-center study included 265 patients undergoing eCABG between 2011 and 2020.

Early silent coronary bypass graft occlusion following coronary bypass surgery, implication of routine coronary computed tomography angiography.

Objective: To evaluate incidence and predictors of early silent bypass occlusion following coronary bypass surgery using cardiac computed tomography angiography.

Methods: A total of 439 consecutive patients with mean age of 66 ± 10 years comprising 17% ( = 75) females underwent isolated coronary bypass surgery followed by CT scan before discharge. Graft patency was evaluated in 1,319 anastomoses where 44% ( = 580) arterial and 56% ( = 739) vein graft anastomosis were performed.