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J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, 5021, Bergen, Norway.
Background: A broncho-esophageal fistula (BEF) is a medical and surgical disaster. Treatment of BEF is often limited to palliative stent treatment that may migrate or cause erosions and tissue necrosis. Surgical repair of BEF is the only established definite treatment.
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December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Background: To evaluate the clinical impact of intraoperative tranexamic acid administration in minimizing intraoperative blood loss and transfusion requirements during minimally invasive scoliosis surgery (MISS).
Methods: Consecutive data were collected from 97 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who underwent MISS between 2021 and 2023. Tranexamic acid was first introduced in June 2022.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
November 2024
From the Department of Pediatric Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Georgian Med News
October 2024
2Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkestan, Kazakhstan.
Unlabelled: Congenital pectus excavatum (PE) takes the first place among the deformation of the chest, accompanied by violations of the cardiorespiratory system and various cosmetic defects. A radical way to eliminate the deformation of the chest is surgical correction-thoracoplasty.
Material And Methods: This study was performed on the results of surgical treatment of 183 patients with various forms of PE at the age of 3 to 18 years.
Surg Case Rep
August 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan.
Background: Heart transplantation in patients with situs inversus is challenging, especially in terms of reconstruction of the systemic venous return. Several rerouting techniques have been presented but are associated with vulnerability to external compression, which might cause hemodynamic instability, especially in the presence of chest deformity. In this study, we report a rare case of successful heart transplantation in the presence of situs inversus and pectus excavatum.
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