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Atelectasis Induced by Thoracotomy Causes Lung Injury during Mechanical Ventilation in Endotoxemic Rats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Atelectasis can impair arterial oxygenation and decrease lung compliance. However, the effects of atelectasis on endotoxemic lungs during ventilation have not been well studied.
Choi, Won-Il   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Percutaneous endocardial alginate–hydrogel injection in the treatment of heart failure: First‐in‐human study

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Using EndoWings™ and XDROP™, we developed a percutaneous minimally invasive technique for sequential circumferential alginate hydrogel injection into LV free mid‐wall. This human study assessed its safety/feasibility in HFrEF patients, with personalised biomechanical models.
Bo Wang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cisplatin-based chemotherapy of testicular cancer - Two decades after a major breakthrough [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Two decades ago the introduction of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy has dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with metastatic testicular cancer, At present 3 cycles of cisplatin, etoposide and bleomycin are considered as standard ...
Gerl, Arthur
core   +1 more source

Cardio‐microcurrent device treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Results from the C‐MIC II open‐label randomized controlled trial

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Efficacy and Safety of C‐MIC Device in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. 6MWD, 6‐min walk distance; CI, confidence interval; KCCQ‐OSS, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall summary score; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association.
Jesus E. Rame   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the management of Pancoast tumors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
We describe our experience using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) as an adjunct to the surgical management of Pancoast tumors. Between March 2004 and November 2009, 13 patients with Pancoast tumors were included in this study.
Caronia, FP   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Surgical Management of Substernal Goiters: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This systematic review and meta‐analysis of 15,706 patients with substernal goiter highlights that while surgery is often prompted by symptoms or imaging evidence of compression, over a quarter of patients were asymptomatic. The majority of cases (88.7%) were successfully managed through a cervical approach, with only a minority requiring thoracic ...
Matthew H. Cheung   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Case of An Unusual Foreign Body in the Esophagus

open access: yesНеотложная медицинская помощь, 2019
Relevance. Esophageal foreign body may be safely removed with rigid esophagoscopy. However, endoscopic methods are not always successful, and this may require a surgery.
A. L. Charyshkin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Esophagectomy without thoracotomy

open access: yesThe Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1978
Blunt esophagectomy without thoracotomy has been performed in 26 patients: four with benign disease and 22 with carcinomas involving various levels of the esophagus (10 cervicothoracic, one upper third, five middle third, and six distal third). Continuity of the alimentary tract was restored by anastomosing the pharynx or cervical esophagus either to ...
Herbert Sloan, Mark B. Orringer
openaire   +2 more sources

Acute complete heart block in dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 1955
A study has been conducted immediately and up to 18 days after the surgical production of complete heart block in dogs. Immediately after surgery cardiac output, coronary flow, and mean arterial pressure were reduced in rough proportion to the degree of ...
COHN A. E.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Anterolateral thoracotomy [PDF]

open access: yesOperative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2003
Force, Seth, Patterson, G.Alexander
openaire   +1 more source

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