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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Foreign body ingestion is a common yet often underdiagnosed condition in intellectually disabled, nonverbal patients due to atypical presentations. Early recognition is essential to prevent serious complications. A 17‐year‐old nonverbal boy with intellectual disability presented with abnormal posturing and agitation, initially suspected to be ...
Riya Thapa +4 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 +4 more
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Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.Airway intervention for subglottic stenosis is associated with a high risk of desaturation and requires meticulous preparation. For lesions below the vocal cords, securing the airway through tracheotomy or performing the procedure under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support are possible strategies.
Taichi Sugihara +13 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2012 Background Mediastinitis is a severe complication after cardiac surgery. While improvement of prophylaxis and of medical and surgical therapy has reduced its incidence, the treatment of mediastinitis continues to be a challenging problem.
Weis Florian +7 more
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Early and late outcomes after heart transplantation in a low-volume transplant centre [PDF]
, 2012 Early (one year) and late (15 year) outcomes after heart transplantation in Malta were evaluated by means of a retrospective analysis of mortality and morbidity, derived from the transplant database.
Manche, Alexander
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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1987 Upper airway obstruction in primary or recurrent carcinomas of the head and neck extending into the mediastinum may demand surgical intervention despite severe technical difficulties in patients with tumors previously considered inoperable. In fact, many of these tumors may be operable and some perhaps curable.
M N, Gomes, S, Kroll, S L, Spear
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Current Nationwide Landscape of Cardiac Surgery for Children With Trisomy 18 in Japan
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 200, Issue 1, Page 77-83, January 2026.ABSTRACT Despite the increasing number of retrospective cohorts describing successful cardiac surgery for children with trisomy 18, no consensus has been reached among healthcare providers regarding cardiac surgery in Japan. This study provided a benchmark to facilitate consensus building by assessing a nationwide surgical database in Japan. A total of
Shintaro Nemoto +5 more
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Odontogenic Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis in a Patient with Severe Allergy to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2013 Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is caused by aerobic and anaerobic bacteria as a rare but severe complication of oropharyngeal abscesses developing secondary to odontogenic infections.
Ayşe BATIREL +5 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. +4 more
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Deep sternal wound infection after open heart surgery: current treatment insights. A retrospective study of 36 cases [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the results of reconstructing infected post-sternotomy wounds, with either sternal plating and/or pectoralis major flap transposition or pedicled omentoplasty after previous vacuum-assisted closure ...
Rutger M. Schols +3 more
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