Effects of epidural anesthesia on intrathoracic blood volume and extravascular lung water during on-pump cardiac surgery.

Background: The most important side effect of epidural anesthesia is hypotension with functional hypovolemia. Aggressive infusion therapy can reduce the hypotension effect. However, in conjunction with cardiopulmonary bypass, it can increase acute lung injury.

Osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of articular cartilage defects in the knee joint in athletes.

The purpose of this prospective randomized clinical study was to compare the outcomes of mosaic type autologous osteochondral transplantation (OAT) and microfracture (MF) procedures for the treatment of the articular cartilage defects of the knee joint in athletes. Between 1998 and 2002, a total of 57 athletes with a mean age of 24.3 years and with a symptomatic lesion of the articular cartilage in the knee were randomized to undergo either OAT or MF procedure.

A prospective randomized clinical study of mosaic osteochondral autologous transplantation versus microfracture for the treatment of osteochondral defects in the knee joint in young athletes.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of mosaic-type osteochondral autologous transplantation (OAT) and microfracture (MF) procedures for the treatment of the articular cartilage defects of the knee joint in young active athletes.

Type Of Study: Prospective randomized clinical study.

Methods: Between 1998 and 2002, a total of 60 athletes with a mean age of 24.

Influence of residual blood autotransfused from cardiopulmonary bypass circuit on clinical outcome after cardiac surgery.

Autotransfusion of the residual blood from the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit is considered to be one of the methods enabling reduction in the need for transfusion, the possible adverse effects of which are well known and documented. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the autologous autotransfusion of centrifuged red blood cells from the residual blood of the CPB circuit in patients following heart surgery. Three groups of patients who underwent heart surgery were examined.

Experimental studies of injection agents for peptic ulcer bleeding endoscopic control.

Aim: To evaluate haemostatic effectiveness and tissue effects of injected therapy agents used for peptic ulcer bleeding endoscopic control.

Methods: Bleeding gastric mucosa lesions were produced during operation in 11 heparinised dogs. Bleeding lesions were treated with injections of 1 ml of epinephrine (1:10000), ornipressin (0.