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RETRACTED: Comparative Evaluation of the Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery vs. Full Sternotomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and Propensity Score-Matched Studies

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: Postoperative pulmonary complications remain a leading cause of increased morbidity, mortality, longer hospital stays, and increased costs after cardiac surgery; therefore, our study aims to analyze whether minimally invasive valve surgery ...
Mohamed Abdulkadir Mohamed, Shuai Ding, Sayed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Rui Li, Najib Isse Dirie, Cai Cheng, Xiang Wei   +6 more
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Prophylactic tracheostomy in aged and poor risk general surgical patients [PDF]

, 1959
The most common postoperative complications are those involving respiration, and they are especially dangerous to patients classified as poor risks because of age or other handicaps.
Farrell, JJ, Meyer, WH, Starzl, TE
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Benefits of thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing an open posterior component separation for abdominal herniorrhaphy [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: The implementation of open posterior component separation (PCS) surgery has led to improved outcomes for complex hernias. While the PCS technique has been shown to decrease recurrence rates, and provide a feasible option to repair hernias ...
Sellers, Austin
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Airway driving pressure is associated with postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery: a multicentre retrospective observational cohort study

BJA Open, 2022
Background: High airway driving pressure is associated with adverse outcomes in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, but large multicentre studies investigating airway driving pressure during major surgery are lacking.
Nicholas J. Douville, Timothy L. McMurry, Jennie Z. Ma, Bhiken I. Naik, Michael R. Mathis, DouglasA. Colquhoun, Sachin Kheterpal, Nathan L. Pace, Traci L. Hedrick, Randal S. Blank, Marcel E. Durieux, Stephen Patrick Bender, Stefan D. Holubar   +12 more
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Short-term one-lung ventilation does not influence local inflammatory cytokine response after lung resection [PDF]

, 2018
Background: One-lung ventilation (OLV) is a ventilation procedure used for pulmonary resection which may results in lung injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the local inflammatory cytokine response from the dependent lung after OLV and its ...
Andreetti, Claudio, Borro, Marina, Cipolla, Fabiola, Defraia, Veronica, Fiorelli, Silvia, Ibrahim, Mohsen, Massullo, Domenico., Menna, Cecilia, Rendina, Erino Angelo, Rocco, Monica, Simmaco, Maurizio   +10 more
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Routine lung ultrasound to detect postoperative pulmonary complications following major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational feasibility study

The Ultrasound Journal, 2019
Background Postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery are associated with adverse outcome. The diagnostic accuracy of chest X-rays (CXR) to detect pulmonary disorders is limited.
H. R. Touw, A. E. Schuitemaker, F. Daams, D. L. van der Peet, E. M. Bronkhorst, P. Schober, C. Boer, P. R. Tuinman   +7 more
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Lymphangiography to treat postoperative lymphatic leakage: a technical review. [PDF]

, 2014
In addition to imaging the lymphatics and detecting various types of lymphatic leakage, lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for patients with chylothorax, chylous ascites, and lymphatic fistula.
Kim, Soo Hwan, Ko, Heung Kyu, Lee, Edward Wolfgang, Park, Jihong, Shin, Ji Hoon, Sung, Kyu-Bo   +5 more
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Risk factors of morbidity and mortality following hip fracture surgery [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013
BackgroundThe preoperative coexisting chronic systemic illness, delay in surgery, gender, and age were considered as risk factors for the complications after hip fracture surgery.
Seung Dong Kim, Sang Jin Park, Deok Hee Lee, Dae Lim Jee   +3 more
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Anticipating pulmonary complications after thoracotomy: the FLAM Score [PDF]

, 2006
Objective Pulmonary complications after thoracotomy are the result of progressive changes in the respiratory status of the patient. A multifactorial score (FLAM score) was developed to identify postoperatively patients at higher risk for pulmonary ...
Francesco Leo, Nicolas Venissac, Daniel Pop, Marylene Anziani, Maria E Leon, Jérôme Mouroux, MM Kirsh, RJ Ginsberg, J Deslauriers, RJ Korst, P Solli, RJ Cerfolio, GR Bernard, F Leo, JJ Reilly, G Auriant, GA Schmidt, MS Niederman, A Rodgers   +18 more
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Risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in adult surgical patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as an accumulation of risk factors that include chronic hypertension, dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance and obesity and leads to an increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Gow, Jeffrey, Norris, Philip, Ralph, Nicholas, Silvey, Natalie, Viljoen, Bianca   +4 more
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