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Health-related quality of life following minimally invasive totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background To compare the impact of two different types of mitral valve surgery on health-related quality of life, we conducted a retrospective study comparing modified totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery with median sternotomy mitral valve surgery ...
Ling-chen Huang, Dao-zhong Chen, Liang-wan Chen, Qi-chen Xu, Zi-he Zheng, Xiao-fu Dai   +5 more
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Feasibility study of early outpatient review and early cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery: mixed-methods research design-a study protocol. [PDF]

, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Following cardiac surgery, patients currently attend an outpatient review 6 weeks after hospital discharge, where recovery is assessed and suitability to commence cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is determined.
Akowuah, Enoch, Dean, Alexandra, Doherty, Patrick Joseph, Fairhurst, Caroline, Flemming, Kate, Hewitt, Catherine, Hinde, Sebastian, Hirst, Claire, Mitchell, Alex, Mitchell, Natasha, Ngaage, Dumbor, Nichols, Simon, Watson, Judith   +12 more
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Does right thoracotomy increase the risk of mitral valve reoperation? [PDF]

, 2003
ObjectiveThe study objective was to determine whether a right thoracotomy approach increases the risk of mitral valve reoperation.MethodsBetween January of 1993 and January of 2004, 2469 patients with mitral valve disease underwent 2570 reoperations ...
Lars G. Svensson, A. Marc Gillinov, Eugene H. Blackstone, Penny L. Houghtaling, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Gösta B. Pettersson, Nicholas G. Smedira, Michael K. Banbury, Bruce W. Lytle, Thompson, Onnasch, Onnasch, Byrne, Holman, Pretre, Vleissis, Steimle, Svensson, Svensson, Svensson, Rosenbaum, Blackstone, Breiman, Diggle   +23 more
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Comparison of outcomes between minimally invasive and median sternotomy for double and triple valve surgery: A meta‐analysis

Journal of cardiac surgery, 2020
Limited data exists demonstrating the efficacy of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) compared to median sternotomy (MS) for multiple valvular disease (MVD).
Haya Mohammed, Yousuf Salmasi, M. Caputo, G. Angelini, H. Vohra   +4 more
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Tracheal injury detected immediately after median sternotomy by inexperienced surgeons: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Although median sternotomy is standard during cardiac surgery, the procedure is associated with a risk of injury to mediastinal organs. Here, we discuss two cases of tracheal injury following median sternotomy during cardiac surgery.
Jun Takeshita, Kei Nishiyama, Atsushi Fukumoto, Suguru Ohira, Satoru Beppu, Nozomu Sasahashi, Nobuaki Shime   +6 more
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Salvage resection of advanced mediastinal tumors [PDF]

, 2019
The surgical treatment of locally advanced mediastinal tumors invading the great vessels and other nearby structures still represent a tricky question, principally due to the technical complexity of the resective phase, the contingent need to carry out
Andreetti, Claudio, Ciccone, Anna Maria, D’Andrilli, Antonio, Ibrahim, Mohsen, Maurizi, Giulio, Menna, Cecilia, Poggi, Camilla, Rendina, Erino Angelo, Vanni, Camilla, Venuta, Federico   +9 more
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Subxiphoid incisional hernias post median sternotomy: A literature review

Journal of cardiac surgery, 2020
Subxiphoid incisional hernias are one of the complications following a median sternotomy, a surgical procedure to provide access to the mediastinum. Incidence has been reported between 1% and 4%, although the true incidence is not well known due to its ...
J. Chan, James A. O’Hanlon, J. McKenna, S. Oo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mini-sternotomy versus conventional sternotomy for aortic valve replacement: a randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective To compare clinical and health economic outcomes after manubrium-limited mini-sternotomy (intervention) and conventional median sternotomy (usual care).Design A single-blind, randomised controlled trial.Setting Single centre UK National Health ...
Enoch Akowuah, James Mason, Adetayo Kasim, Helen C Hancock, Rebecca H Maier, Gavin Murphy, Andrew Goodwin, W Andrew Owens   +7 more
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]

, 2016
Widespread adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement may be fostered by practice consensus and standardization. This expert opinion, first of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices in patient evaluation and selection ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K, Ailawadi, Gorav, Barnhart, Glenn R, Farivar, R Saeid, Fayers, Trevor M, Goldman, Scott M, Grossi, Eugene A, Guy, T Sloane, Hargrove, W Clark, Hummel, Brian W, Khan, Junaid H, Lehr, Eric J, Lewis, Clifton TP, Malaisrie, S Chris, Mehall, John R, Murphy, Douglas A, Rodriguez, Evelio, Ryan, William H, Salemi, Arash, Segurola, Romualdo J, Shemin, Richard J, Smith, J Michael, Smith, Robert L, Weldner, Paul W, Wolfe, J Alan   +24 more
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Massive hemorrhage from the posterior intercostal artery following lower partial sternotomy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background Median sternotomy remains the most common approach in cardiovascular surgery. Recently, minimally invasive procedures, such as minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robot surgery, and catheter therapy have been developed in cardiovascular ...
Masashi Hattori, Yu Matsumura, Fumitaka Yamaki   +2 more
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