Background and Aims: Post-sternotomy pain management remains a key concern in adult cardiac surgery. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of ropivacaine infiltration via a presternal multi-orifice catheter for postoperative analgesia.
L. S. Naga Swetha +5 more
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Surgical Removal of a Migrated WATCHMAN Device
The WATCHMAN™ atrial appendage closure device is designed to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who are not suitable candidates for long-term oral anticoagulation therapy.
Andrew G. Saleeb +8 more
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If it be established that median thoracic incision is a fairly safe procedure, I have no doubt that it will constitute the most generally useful route to the thoracic organs. And if once a safe route is established a grate field for surgical interference lies open H. Milton (1897)
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Pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture after blunt trauma: a case report
BackgroundPericardio-diaphragmatic rupture with intrapericardial herniation is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of blunt thoracoabdominal trauma.
Dayi Xing +3 more
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The complications of median sternotomy
A H, Brown +3 more
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Cardiac surgical outcomes and predictors of redo sternotomy in patients with Marfan syndrome: a retrospective multicentre cohort study. [PDF]
Abdul Nabi H +10 more
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Utilization of cardiopulmonary bypass for resection of a massive left retrotracheal thyroid goiter: a case report and review of literature at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]
Alharbi MA +3 more
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Less fear, better function: the impact of minimally invasive cardiac surgery on kinesiophobia and functional capacity compared to median sternotomy. [PDF]
Can Karahan Z, Özdem T.
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Kommerell's Diverticulum Resection With Left Brachiocephalic Artery Transfer in an Adult With Tracheoesophageal Compression: Off-Pump Sternotomy With External Skin Cooling. [PDF]
Malyshev M +7 more
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