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Left ventricular decompression in paediatric veno‐arterial extracorporeal life support: Reviewing the evidence

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Veno‐arterial extracorporeal life support (VA ECLS) is crucial for neonatal and paediatric patients with severe circulatory collapse but may cause left ventricular (LV) overload, affecting myocardial recovery and causing complications. Evidence on optimal LV decompression strategies in paediatric patients remains limited.
Giacomo Veronese, Paolo Meani, Domenico Sirico, Giovanni Di Salvo, Enrico Ammirati, Alessandro Varrica, Umberto Di Dedda, Paolo Bianchi, Giuseppe Isgrò, Alessandro Giamberti, Tommaso Aloisio, Marc Dickstein, Ezio Bonanomi, Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Peta M.A. Alexander, D. Michael McMullan, Ryan P. Barbaro, Graeme MacLaren, Marco Ranucci, Navin K. Kapur, Roberto Lorusso   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Which Sternotomy Closure Method (Orthopaedic Wire or Suture) Is Recommended in Large Breed Dogs Undergoing a Median Sternotomy?

Veterinary Evidence, 2018
PICO questionWhich sternotomy closure method (orthopaedic wire or suture) is recommended in large breed dogs undergoing a median sternotomy?Clinical bottom lineThe literature search revealed no clinical studies on large breed dogs comparing the clinical ...
Charlotte Howes, Guillaume Chanoit
doaj   +1 more source

Robot‐Assisted Versus Open Surgery for the Resection of Large Thymomas: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Robot‐assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is increasingly becoming the preferred surgical method for the resection of thymomas. We initiated the current study to evaluate perioperative outcomes and early recurrence associated with the surgical approach.
Benedikt Niedermaier, Raffaella Griffo, Florian Eichhorn, Laura V. Klotz, Heidrun Grosch, Thomas Muley, Hauke Winter, Martin E. Eichhorn   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Full median sternotomy approach for treatment of upper thoracic vertebral tuberculosis in a developing country: case report and short literature review

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
Direct anterior approach to the cervicothoracic spine (C7-T4) poses a technical challenge in neurosurgery, due to the presence of important neurovascular structures anterior to the cervicothoracic junction (CTJ).
Isaac Okyere, Anthony Lamina, Benedict Owusu   +2 more
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MGBase: A Global, Observational Registry for Collaborative Research in Myasthenia Gravis

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Patient registries are valuable tools for outcomes research in rare diseases such as myasthenia gravis (MG). Existing MG registries are limited by factors including a lack of geographical scope. MGBase has been designed as a global, observational registry aimed at studying clinical practice outcomes in MG.
Katherine A. Buzzard, Anneke Van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven, Wen Wen Zhang, Carolina Barnett‐Tapia, Gary Cutter, Jeannine M. Heckmann, Pamela Farr, Carolyn Tran, Charlotte Sartori, Dusko Stupar, Rein More, Linda Sim, Alison Le, Qingxiao Tang, Stephen W. Reddel, the MGBase Study Group, Stefan Blum, Gabvor Lovas, Pamela McCombe, Elisabeth Chroni, Belinda Cruse, Raed Alroughani, John Tzartos, Enrique Gomex‐Figueroa, Cavit Boz, Guntis Karelis, Allan Kermode, Nicholas Crump   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep sternal wound infections: Evidence for prevention, treatment, and reconstructive surgery

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019
Median sternotomy is the most popular approach in cardiac surgery. Post-sternotomy wound complications are rare, but the occurrence of a deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a catastrophic event associated with higher morbidity and mortality, longer ...
Luigi Schiraldi, Gaby Jabbour, Paolo Centofanti, Salvatore Giordano, Etienne Abdelnour, Michel Gonzalez, Wassim Raffoul, Pietro Giovanni di Summa   +7 more
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Laparoscopic omentoplasty and split skin graft for deep sternal wound infection and dehiscence patient [PDF]

, 2016
Treatment of sternotomy dehiscence secondary to infection is complex. We describe a case where following debridement and negative pressure therapy the greater omentum was harvested laparoscopically, pedicled on the right gastroepiploic artery and ...
Axisa, Benedict, Darmanin, Francis X., Galea, Joseph, Schembri, Kevin, Sladden, David   +4 more
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Placement of trans-sternal wires according to an ellipsoid pressure vessel model of sternal forces [PDF]

, 2011
Funding from the University of Malta Medical School (Grant IMF/014/11) and University of Malta Research Fund (Grant 31/389/10) is gratefully acknowledged.Dehiscence of median sternotomy wounds remains a clinical problem.
Camilleri-Podesta, Marie Therese, Casha, Aaron, Gatt, Ruben, Gauci, Marilyn, Grima, Joseph N., Manche, Alexander, Sant, Zdenka, Schembri-Wismayer, Pierre   +7 more
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Sternal nonunion on bone scintigraphy: A case report [PDF]

, 2013
Sternal non-union is a severe complication of sternotomy closure following open heart surgeries. Healing problems typically occur in 0.3% to 5% of patients. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scintigraphy has been used to assess bone
Assadi, M., Javadi, H., Moharrabi, M., Pourbehi, G., Shafiee, E.   +4 more
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Reply to Losanoff et al. [PDF]

, 2001
Replying to a letter by Losanoff et al.peer ...
Casha, Aaron, Cooper, Graham J., Gauci, Marilyn, Kay, Philip H., Yang, Lang   +4 more
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