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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ausgabe 1/2023

Inhalt (359 Artikel)

Open Access Case Report

Cavernous mediastinal hemangioma presenting with persistent cough: a rare case report and review of literature

Parviz Mardani, Hooman Kamran, Bita Geramizadeh, Mohammad Hassan Darabi, Masoud Najafi, Armin Amirian, Reza Shahriarirad

Open Access Case Report

Intralobar pulmonary sequestration in an adult: a case report

Prasanth Sadasivan Nair, Christopher Merry, Alexander White

Open Access Research

Low preoperative serum fibrinogen level is associated with postoperative acute kidney injury in patients with in acute aortic dissection

Xin-Liang Guan, Lei Li, Wen-Jian Jiang, Ming Gong, Hai-Yang Li, Yu-Yong Liu, Xiao-Long Wang, Hong-Jia Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Surgeon-modified fenestrated endograft for urgent an aortic arch aneurysm: case report

Vito Gallicchio, Danilo Barbarisi, Flavia Condò, Rosaria Sciarrillo, Loris Flora

Open Access COVID-19 Case Report

Case of left ventricular thrombus managed with thrombectomy with left ventricular reconstruction in a patient who had coronavirus disease 2019 infection

Kenji Suzuki, Shun-Ichiro Sakamoto, Atsushi Hiromoto, Yusuke Motoji, Ryosuke Amitani, Takako Yamaguchi, Yosuke Ishii

Open Access Research

Safety and efficacy of two-port thoracoscopic aortic valve replacement

Tong Tan, Peijian Wei, Yanjun Liu, Huanlei Huang, Jian Zhuang, Jimei Chen, Jian Liu, Huiming Guo

Open Access Research

The association between preoperative anemia, blood transfusion need, and postoperative complications in adult cardiac surgery, a single center contemporary experience

Hani Mufti, Faisal Alsharm, Mohanad Bahawi, Mohammed Almazmumi, Yazeed Alshaikh, Amir Abushouk, Abdullah Algarni, Sahal Jamalallail, Mohammed Almohammadi

Open Access Research

The three steps method for uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy

Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Lei Luo, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Hong Shao, Ji Li

Open Access Research

The effect of polyglycolic acid sheet in preventing postoperative recurrent pneumothorax: a prospective cohort study

Takafumi Kabuto, Mitsugu Omasa, Shunichi Nagata, Kosuke Tokushige, Taishi Adachi, Takao Nakanishi, Hideki Motoyama

Open Access Research

Morbid obesity impacts mortality among inpatients with type a aortic dissection: an analysis of the national inpatient sample

Xiao Xu, Renqi Yin, Kangkang Zhi, Yingyi Qin, Boxiang Tu, Shengyong Wu, Ziwei Dong, Dongxu Liu, Jia He

Open Access Research

Postoperative health-related quality of life in children with congenital heart disease: a short-term follow-up study

Wang-Sheng Dai, Wen-Hao Lin, Shi-Hao Lin, Qiang Chen, Hua Cao

Open Access Research

Proteomics investigation of human sera for determination of postoperative indicators of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis

Fatemeh Sadat Sadjjadi, Homa Hajjaran, Bahareh Sedaghat, Parviz Mardani, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi

Open Access Research

Delayed endovascular repair for traumatic aortic pseudoaneurysms: experience from an Asian single center

Yuzhou Liu, Lin Sun, Qing Wang, Bin Xiang, Huangxing Cai, Yong Xie, Muzi Li, Hua Xiang

Open Access Research

Analysis of influencing factors of perioperative myasthenic crisis in 387 myasthenia gravis patients without thymoma in a single center

Peng Jiao, Fanjuan Wu, Yuxing Liu, Jiangyu Wu, Yaoguang Sun, Wenxin Tian, Hanbo Yu, Chuan Huang, Donghang Li, Qingjun Wu, Chao Ma, Hongfeng Tong

Open Access Case Report

Detrimental consequences after intimal disruption of subclavian artery during transcathether aortic valve implantation

Oliver T. Reuthebuch, Ion Vasiloi, Thomas Nestelberger, Thomas Wolff, Friedrich S. Eckstein

Open Access Case Report

Recurrent endobronchial occlusion and aorto-bronchial fistula formation in Behcet’s disease

Niloy Rahman, Eshan Senanayake, Jorge Mascaro, Deva Situnayake, Ehab S. Bishay, Akshay J. Patel

Open Access Research

The relationship between quality of life and health promotion behavior in patients with type B aortic dissection: a cross-sectional study

Jianxin Tu, Fei Wang, Furong Yin, Linxue Zhang, Benli Zhao, Jiamei Zhou

Open Access Case Report

Intra thoracic extra pulmonary hydatidosis: prognosis and outcomes of 8 operated patients

A. Machboua, F. Z. Elhani, R. Marouf

Open Access Case Report

Chylothorax and chylopericardial tamponade following lobectomy and lymphadenectomy: a rare presentation

Guofei Zhang, Tianshu Liu, Chengxiao Liang

Open Access Case Report

Tracheal injury from dog bite in a child

Michiyo Miyawaki, Kazuya Ogawa, Kosuke Kamada, Takashi Karashima, Miyuki Abe, Yohei Takumi, Takafumi Hashimoto, Atsushi Osoegawa, Kenji Sugio

Open Access Research

Five-year follow-up of mitral valve repair versus replacement: a propensity score analysis

Majd Makarious Laham, Jerry Easo, Marcin Szczechowicz, Mehdy Roosta-Azad, Alexander Weymann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Markus Kamler

Open Access Case Report

Single-port thoracoscopic removal of an azygos vein aneurysm: a case report and literature review

Yi Yao, Qiuxia Hu, Xiaoyang Xie, Caiyang Liu, Yu Lei, Xiaoliang Li, Yi Wang, Gaohua Liu, Yanhui Yang, Lei Luo, Ji Li

Open Access Case Report

Intracardiac paraganglioma with a cough as the first symptom

Cao Jingyi, Xue Qing, Yang Fan, Yang Qinqin, Cai Chengliang, Lu Fanglin

Open Access Review

Gender-related differences on outcome following transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kang Yi, Jie Gao, Wen-Xin Wang, Yu-Hu Ma, Wei Wang, Shao E. He, Xiao-Min Xu, Peng-Fei Li, Tao You

Open Access Case Report

Study of the accuracy of a radial arterial pressure waveform cardiac output measurement device after cardiac surgery

Pilar Ordoñez-Rufat, Nuria Mancho-Fora, Cristian Tebe-Cordomi, Victoria Polit-Martinez, Ricardo Abellan-Lencina, Joaquin Fernandez-Alvarez, Juan Carlos Lopez-Delgado

Open Access Case Report

Effective treatment of severe stenosis of the carotid and coronary arteries: a case study

Kayo Sugiyama, Fuminori Ato, Hirotaka Watanuki, Masato Tochii, Shigeru Miyachi, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Open Access Research

Early and mid-term outcomes after aortic valve intervention in patients with previous stentless or stented bioprostheses

Naoto Fukunaga, Ali Al-Sarraf, Khalil Jawad, Myriam Lafreniere-Roula, Vivek Rao

Open Access Case Report

A rare coexistence: Poland’s syndrome and cardiac angiosarcoma

Fatih Kizilyel, Rafet Gunay, Mehmet Rum, Mehmet Yilmaz, Bulend Ketenci

Open Access Research

The pressure field as a methodology for fluid management and red cell preservation during cardiac surgery

Stephen F. Woodford, Mark Butlin, Bai Wei, Wei Chao, Alberto Avolio

Open Access Research

Surgical and perioperative management of flail chest with titanium plates: a French cohort series from a thoracic referral center

Sarah Féray, Clarisse Blayau, Hicham Masmoudi, Samuel Haddad, Christophe Quesnel, Jalal Assouad, Muriel Fartoukh

Open Access Review

27 years of experience with the Fontan procedure: characteristics and clinical outcomes of children in a tertiary referral hospital

Ahmet Bülent Polat, Murat Ertürk, Ozan Uzunhan, Nur Karademir, Kazım Öztarhan

Open Access Research

Human cytomegalovirus-encoded microRNAs expression profile in plasma of patients with aortic dissection

Yongqing Cheng, Yufan Du, Qi Wang, Qinghe Lv, Yunxin Xue, Weihong Zhou, Chenyu Zhang, Xi Chen, Dongjin Wang

Open Access Case Report

Echocardiographic imaging of a bifurcated double barrel coronary sinus

Kendra L. Walsh, Andrew Winegarner, Geoffrey L. Hayward

Open Access COVID-19 Correspondence

The poorly understood yet potent risk of pulmonary artery thrombosis in-situ in Post-Acute COVID-19 syndrome

Alvin Oliver Payus, Constance Liew Sat Lin, Azliza Ibrahim

Open Access Research

Impact of smoking on the outcomes of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Youssef Shahin, Ján Gofus, Jan Harrer, Zdeněk Šorm, Martin Voborník, Eva Čermáková, Petr Smolák, Jan Vojáček

Open Access Research

Intermediate outcomes following arch reconstruction with frozen elephant trunk, a single centre study

Therese Schagerholm Dahl, Rickard P. F. Lindblom

Open Access Correction

Correction: The impact of a postoperative multimodal analgesia pathway on opioid use and outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery

Ceressa T. Ward, Vanessa Moll, David W. Boorman, Lijo Ooroth, Robert F. Groff, Trent D. Gillingham, Laura Pyronneau, Amit Prabhakar

Open Access Research

A distractions capture tool for cardiac surgery and lung transplantation: impact on outcomes

James Arkley, Lay Ping Ong, Niranjan Gunaratnam, Tanveer Butt, Stephen Charles Clark

Open Access Case Report

Intraoperative visualization of a deformed left main stent during surgical aortic valve replacement

Philipp P. Müller, Christian Heim, Michael Weyand, Frank Harig

Open Access Research

Comparison effects of two muscle relaxant strategies on postoperative pulmonary complications in transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a propensity score-matched analysis

Hong Yu, Yiding Zuo, Zhao Xu, Dailiang Zhao, Jianming Yue, Lulu Liu, Yingqiang Guo, Jiapeng Huang, Xiaoqian Deng, Peng Liang

Open Access Research Article

Mid-term outcomes of an alternative remodelling technique for aortic root replacement without coronary ostial mobilisation or reimplantation

Leonidas Hadjinikolaou, Metesh Acharya, Carmelo Dominici, Fausto Biancari, Furqan Raheel, Aamer Ahmed, Giovanni Mariscalco

Open Access Case Report

Clinicopathologic characteristics of thymic clear cell carcinoma: a case report with literature review

Zuxuan Zhao, Qingpeng Zeng, Jiangtao Li, Shan Zheng

Open Access Research

Comparison of in-hospital outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in elders and younger patients: a multicenter retrospective study

Ren-Jian-Zhi Zhang, Xin-Yi Yu, Jing Wang, Jian Lv, Ming-Huan Yu, Li Wang, Zhi-Gang Liu

Open Access Case Report

MitraClip as a therapeutic strategy for post-myocardial infarction mitral regurgitation

Anwu Huang, Ying Chen, Yiwei Huang, Xiaojun Ji, Wenbing Jiang

Open Access Research

Modified cardiopulmonary bypass with low priming volume for blood conservation in cardiac valve replacement surgery

Ke Yang, Honghao Huang, Ruiwu Dai, Jinbao Zhang, Xiaohong Wei, Feng Gao, Xiaochen Wu, Fan Wu, Siyi He, Mei Xin

Open Access Case Report

Treatments and whole exon sequencing of a case with multiple primary lung cancer

Guangyu Bai, Yuan Li, Ying Ji, Yue Peng, Zhenlin Yang, Liang Zhao

Open Access Review

Pericardial tamponade, a diagnostic chameleon: from the historical perspectives to contemporary management

Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer, Khaleel Alkhalaileh, Mathieu N. Suleiman, Markus Kopp, Christine Hauer, Matthias S. May, Michael Uder, Michael Weyand, Frank Harig

Open Access Case Report

Complete uni-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: a case report

Zhen Yang, Ming Wen, Weiqing Kong, Xu Li, Zhuan Liu, Xin Liu

Open Access Research

S100B predicts neurological injury and 30-day mortality following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: an observational cohort study

Karl Teurneau-Hermansson, Jacob Ede, Mårten Larsson, Marion Moseby-Knappe, Henrik Bjursten, Shahab Nozohoor, Johan Sjögren, Igor Zindovic

Open Access Case Report

Infective endocarditis of quadricuspid aortic valve

Ariana M. Goodman, Hossein Amirjamshidi, Daniel R. Ziazadeh, Andrew S. Jones, Kazuhiro Hisamoto

Open Access Research

Impact of hybrid procedure on pulmonary arterial dimensions and right ventricular load after biventricular repair

Sebastian Uhl, Philippe Grieshaber, Raoul Arnold, Tsvetomir Loukanov, Matthias Gorenflo

Open Access Research

Preoperative pericardial hematoma in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD): Do we need an adjusted treatment?

Tim Kaufeld, Erik Beckmann, Linda Rudolph, Heike Krüger, Ruslan Natanov, Morsi Arar, Wilhelm Korte, Tobias Schilling, Axel Haverich, Andreas Martens, Malakh Shrestha

Open Access Case Report

Resection of a schwannoma originating from vagus nerve in the right superior mediastinum

Ming Zhang, Hao Shi, Xiabin Tu, Weidong Li, Zhengliang Wei

Open Access Research

Prevalence and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors among resident of coastal areas in Qinzhou, Guangxi, China

Fang He, Zhennan Liao, Yu-Mei Li, Yuanling Luo, Lili Wu, Liping Lin, Ying Chen, Weihong Deng, Junzhang Huang

Open Access Review

Managing blunt cardiac injury

Lawrence Nair, Brendan Winkle, Eshan Senanayake

Open Access Research

Combining aortic arch dissection stent implantation and root surgery for aortic dissection type A

Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Arash Mehdiani, Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Hayato Ise, Yukiharu Sugimura, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari

Open Access Research

A 9-year analysis of medical malpractice litigations in coronary artery bypass grafting in China

Jie Chen, Tianyi Zhang, Dan Feng, Yuehui Liu, Tao Zhang, Jingtong Wang, Lihua Liu

Open Access Case Report

Surgical treatment of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by Brucella melitensis

Hong-Wei Guo, Yang-Xue Sun, Jing Sun, Xiang-Yang Qian

Open Access Case Report

Left atrial dissection after a supra-annular mitral valve replacement for endocarditis

Valentin de Villiers de la Noue, Guillaume Théry, Laurent Faroux, Nasreddine Belkessa, Sylvain Rubin, Bruno Mourvillier, Antoine Goury

Open Access Research

Tricuspid repair in mitral regurgitation surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

João Lopes Cardoso, Gonçalo Nuno Ferraz Costa, Fátima Neves, Lino Gonçalves, Rogério Teixeira

Open Access Research

Postoperative clinical outcomes of patients with thymic epithelial tumors after over-3-year follow-up at a single-center

Peng Jiao, Wen-Xin Tian, Fan-Juan Wu, Yu-Xing Liu, Jiang-Yu Wu, Yao-Guang Sun, Han-Bo Yu, Chuan Huang, Qing-Jun Wu, Chao Ma, Dong-Hang Li, Hong-Feng Tong, Jun Li

Open Access Research

Tracheobronchial tooth and dental prosthesis aspirations: 15 cases

Aykut Eliçora, Hüseyin Fatih Sezer, Salih Topçu, Tülay Çardaközü

Open Access Review

Surgical considerations in the resection of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura

Hana Ajouz, Amir Humza Sohail, Hassan Hashmi, Myriam Martinez Aguilar, Sabrina Daoui, Miltiadis Tembelis, Muhammad Aziz, Tirajeh Zohourian, Collin E. M. Brathwaite, Robert J. Cerfolio

Open Access Case Report

Successful treatment of acute myocardial injury of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with steroids: a case report

Merve Oğuz, Dolunay Gürses, Furkan Ufuk, Münevver Yılmaz, Olcay Güngör

Open Access Case Report

Repair of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) by sinus pouch technique

Masaru Kumae, Mitsuru Aoki, Ikuo Hagino, Hiroshi Koshiyama, Takahiro Ito, Hironobu Nishiori

Open Access Case Report

Left ventricular assist device exchange from HeartMate II to HeartMate 3 in an Asian patient—a case report and literature review

Hsiao-Huang Chang, Tzu-Ting Kuo, Po-Lin Chen, Chia-Cheng Kuo, Ching-Yuan Kuo, Nai-Yuan Wu

Open Access Research

A mobilization poster stimulates early in-hospital rehabilitation after cardiac surgery: a prospective sequential-group study

Frank R. Halfwerk, Nicole Wielens, Stephanie Hulskotte, Marjolein Brusse-Keizer, Jan G. Grandjean

Open Access Case Report

Near-infrared fluorescence-assisted thoracoscopic diverticulectomy of esophageal diverticulum: a case report

Hao Xu, Tian Guan, Rongrong Fan, Fan Yang, Yun Li, Jian Zhou

Open Access Correction

Correction: Preoperative pericardial hematoma in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD): Do we need an adjusted treatment?

Tim Kaufeld, Erik Beckmann, Linda Rudolph, Heike Krüger, Ruslan Natanov, Morsi Arar, Wilhelm Korte, Tobias Schilling, Axel Haverich, Andreas Martens, Malakh Shrestha

Open Access Research

Low-dose versus standard-dose computed tomography-guided biopsy for pulmonary nodules: a randomized controlled trial

Er-Liang Li, Ai-Li Ma, Tao Wang, Yu-Fei Fu, Han-Yang Liu, Guang-Chao Li

Open Access Case Report

Temporary tracheotomy for post-intubation laryngeal edema after lung cancer surgery: a case report

Yoshihito Iijima, Yuki Takaoka, Nozomu Motono, Hidetaka Uramoto

Open Access Case Report

Case report: Aortic valve endocarditis and recurrent pulmonary valve stenosis

Edina Korça, Gábor Veres, Gábor Szabó

Open Access Research

Minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy after neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis

Zixian Jin, Kanghao Zhu, Jiajing Sun, Jian Zhang, Bo Zhang

Open Access Research

Protective role of FBXL19 in Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced lung injury in pneumonia immature mice

Zhiqiang Chen, Bijuan Zheng, Zhiwei Zhang, Zhiyong Huang

Open Access Case Report

Emergent hybrid surgical approaches for non-dissecting ruptured Kommerell's aneurysm: a case report series

Alejandro Velandia-Sánchez, Sebastián Gómez-Galán, Sebastian Gallo-Bernal, Camilo A. Polania-Sandoval, Ivonne G. Pineda-Rodríguez, Paula Florez-Amaya, Lina M. Sanabria-Arévalo, Julián Senosiain-González, Juan G. Barrera-Carvajal, Juan P. Umana, Jaime Camacho-Mackenzie

Open Access Research

Long-term ECMO, efficiency and performance of EUROSETS adult A.L.ONE ECMO oxygenator

Ignazio Condello, Roberto Lorusso, Giuseppe Nasso, Giuseppe Speziale

Open Access Review

Multidisciplinary paper on patient blood management in cardiothoracic surgery in the UK: perspectives on practice during COVID-19

Nawwar Al-Attar, Jullien Gaer, Vincenzo Giordano, Emma Harris, Alan Kirk, Mahmoud Loubani, Patrick Meybohm, Rana Sayeed, Ulrich Stock, Jennifer Travers, Becky Whiteman

Open Access Review

Minithoracotomy versus sternotomy in mitral valve surgery: meta-analysis from recent matched and randomized studies

Adel Al Shamry, Margaux Jegaden, Salah Ashafy, Armand Eker, Olivier Jegaden

Open Access Case Report

The lost balloon at midnight: a case report reveals the inevitability of heart team existence

Mohamed Elbayomi, Michael Weyand, Ehab Nooh, Frank Harig

Open Access Research

Managing postoperative atrial fibrillation after open-heart surgery using transdermal β1 blockers

Kenji Yamamoto, Senri Miwa, Tomoyuki Yamada, Shuji Setozaki, Mamoru Hamuro, Shunji Kurokawa, Sakae Enomoto

Open Access Review

Pleural abrasion versus apical pleurectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Jaewon Chang, Vignesh Ratnaraj, Vincent Fu, Michael Jiang, Varun Peri, Minhtuan Nguyenhuy, Phillip Antippa

Open Access Case Report

Cardiac endothelial sarcoma with hypereosinophilia of children: a case report

Wei Zhang, Mengyuan He, Qiang Wang

Open Access Research

The 100 most cited papers on thymoma: a bibliometric analysis

Lei Liu, Jiaqi Zhang, Guige Wang, Ke Zhao, Chao Guo, Cheng Huang, Shanqing Li, Yeye Chen

Open Access Research

Seasonal and daily variations in the occurence and outcomes of acute Stanford type A dissections: a retrospective single-center study

Qinmei Lin, Qingsong Wu, Xiaodong Chen, Xingfeng Chen, Linfeng Xie, Liangwan Chen

Open Access Research

The MANTRA study: a new umbrella concept prospectively applied to assess implantable medical devices for heart valve procedures

Bart Meuris, Serdar Günaydın, Patrizio Lancellotti, Luigi Badano, Gabriel Aldea, Rita Herrenknecht, Elisa Cerutti, Sara Gaggianesi, Silvia Dipinto, Paola Morando, Jörg Kempfert

Open Access Research

Grading criteria for venous invasion in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

An Wang, Xiaojia Liu, Lu Lu, Shaohua Wang, Xiaofeng Chen

Open Access Research

Fibrinogen is an independent preoperative predictor of hospital length of stay among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Chunsheng Huang, Wenyuan Zhang, Xiaofei Chen, Xia Xu, Jun Qiu, Zhihao Pan

Open Access Research

Risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury in overweight patients with acute type A aortic dissection

Yu Xu, Shang-Tai Dai, Lin-Zhuo Liu, De-Mei Kong, Shi-Kui Guo, Kun-Mei Gong

Open Access Research

The effects of differing anticoagulant regimes on blood quality after cell salvage in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): a pilot study

Willem Boer, Mathias van Tornout, Maarten Brusseleers, Maarten Strauven, Pieter de Vooght, Margot Vander Laenen, Eric Hoste, Philippe G. Jorens

Open Access Research

Figure of eight suture technique in aortic valve replacement decreases prosthesis-patient mismatch

Nabeel F. Rasheed, Corinne Stonebraker, Zhaozhi Li, Umar Siddiqi, Andy C. H. Lee, Willa Li, Sydney Lupo, Jennifer Cruz, William G. Cohen, Cathy Staub, Daniel Rodgers, Mark Myren, Pamela Combs, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Narutoshi Hibino

Open Access Review

Post-pneumonectomy syndrome: a systematic review of the current evidence and treatment options

Natasha Christodoulides, Gerard J. Fitzmaurice, Irmina Bukowska, Eoin O’Rhaillaigh, Conor Toale, Michael Griffin, Karen C. Redmond

Open Access Case Report

Tension pyopneumothorax caused by Parvimonas micra: a case report

Yoshihito Iijima, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono, Hidetaka Uramoto

Open Access Case Report

Autologous myocutaneous flap implantation for chronic refractory chest wall sinus with infection: a case report

Lei Wang, Zhijun Liu, Zhongliang He, Chun Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Unique case of pelvic congestion syndrome caused by a new communication branch of the portal-vena cava system

Wei Zheng, Chun Sun, Jinming Yang, Yingfeng Wu

Open Access Research

One-stage VATS surgery for synchronous bilateral lung lesion: a safe and feasible procedure

Zhe Wang, Xue Zhang, Xusheng Sun, Junfeng Liu

Open Access Review

Perceval valve intermediate outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis at 5-year follow-up

Jarrod Jolliffe, Simon Moten, Amit Tripathy, Peter Skillington, James Tatoulis, Claudio Muneretto, Lorenzo Di Bacco, Hericka Bruna Figueiredo Galvao, John Goldblatt

Open Access Research

Efficacy of endovascular repair in the treatment of retrograde ascending aortic intramural haematoma

Bailang Chen, Rui Zhang, Haibing Liu, Yao Chen, Zanxin Wang, Minxin Wei

Open Access Case Report

World’s first en bloc heart-lung transplantation using the paragonix lungguard donor preservation system

Daniel Neto, Brandon Guenthart, Yasuhiro Shudo, Maria E. Currie

Open Access Research

Risk factors for postoperative cerebral infarction in Lung Cancer patients: a retrospective study

Natsumi Maru, Haruaki Hino, Takahiro Utsumi, Hiroshi Matsui, Yohei Taniguchi, Tomohito Saito, Tomohiro Murakawa

Open Access Case Report

Stabilization of after-traumatic flail chest by minimally invasive modified NUSS procedure in patient with starting respiratory insufficiency

Robert Chudzik, Krzysztof Buczyński, Paweł Rybojad, Marek Sawicki

Open Access Case Report

Oxygenated right ventricular assist device as part of veno-venopulmonary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support the right ventricle and pulmonary vasculature

Asad Ali Usman, Marisa Cevasco, Marc O. Maybauer, Audrey Elizabeth Spelde, Salim Olia, Christian Bermudez, Michael Ibrahim, Wilson Szeto, William J. Vernick, Jacob T. Gutsche

Open Access Case Report

Intravenous enoxaparin as alternative ECMO anticoagulation over a period of 94 days: a case report

Miroslav Durila, Jan Berousek, Vlasta Vlasakova, Tomas Vymazal

Open Access Research

Benefits of sacubitril/valsartan use in patients with chronic heart failure after cardiac valve surgery: a single-center retrospective study

Jian Zheng, Qingsong Wu, Qianzhen Li, Mirong Tang, Jian He, Zhihuang Qiu, Linfeng Xie, Liangwan Chen

Open Access Research

Prediction of new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation using a simple Nomogram

Siming Zhu, Hebin Che, Yunlong Fan, Shengli Jiang

Open Access Research

Early and mid-term outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with triple-vessel coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial

Seyed Mohammad Forouzannia, Seyed Khalil Forouzannia, Pourya Yarahmadi, Mohammad Alirezaei, Akbar Shafiee, Negin Yazdian Anari, Farzad Masoudkabir, Zahra Dehghani, Mina Pashang

Open Access Research

Anatomical and biometric study of the mitral valve apparatus: application in valve repair surgery

Misbaou Barry, Mesut Gun, Yuthiline Hun-Chabry, Majid Harmouche, Johann Peltier, Thierry Caus, Eric Havet

Open Access Research

Transesophageal echocardiography-guided percutaneous patent ductus arteriosus closure without fluoroscopy

Gang Wang, Yuhao Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Chun Wu, Yonggang Li, Hongbo Li, Quan Wang, Bo Liu, Jiangtao Dai

Open Access Case Report

Choledochoscope-guided treatment of pulmonary embolism caused by ventricular myxoma

Yong Mao, Cuiting Wang, Yalin Wei, Yongnan Li, Xiangyang Wu

Open Access Case Report

Ruptured mycotic aneurysm of intercostal arteries associated with vertebral osteomyelitis: a case report

Masatsugu Tsukamoto, Tadatsugu Morimoto, Tomohito Yoshihara, Masaaki Mawatari

Open Access Research

A modified primary culture method of rat pulmonary vein smooth muscle cells

Wenhui Huang, Hongjin Liu, Yichao Pan, Xueying Wang, Hongwei Yang, Danjie Wang, Jing Lin, Hui Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and implantation of a leadless pacemaker: a case report

Qiao-yuan Li, Wen-long Dai, can-can Lin, Xu Liu, Cheng-jun Guo, Dong Jian-zeng

Open Access Research

Retrospective study assessing outcomes in cardiac surgery after implementation of Quantra

Pierre Tibi, Jess Thompson, Saina Attaran, Elizabeth Black

Open Access Research

Complete thoracoscopic S9 and/or S10 segmentectomy through a pulmonary ligament approach: a retrospective study

Shota Mitsuboshi, Takako Matsumoto, Motoka Omata, Hiroaki Shidei, Akira Ogihara, Akihiro Koen, Hiroe Aoshima, Tamami Isaka, Masato Kanzaki

Open Access Research

Mitral valve repair with the use of the “Memo 3D ReChord” ring

Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Nikolaos Koumallos, Κonstantina Aggeli

Open Access Research

Effect of preoperative pulmonary artery pressure on the prognosis of end-stage heart failure patients after heart transplantation

Wei Zhou, Zhen Du, Yun Tao, Guan-xin Zhang, Zhi-yun Xu, Lin Han, Shao-lin Ma, Dao-xi Hu, Xing-li Fan, Bai-ling Li

Open Access Review

Mid term freedom from atrial fibrillation following hybrid ablation, a systematic review and meta analysis

Aditya Eranki, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Campbell Flynn, Michael Williams, Con Manganas

Open Access Case Report

Huge left atrial myxoma: about 2 cases resected in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Alphonse Ndonga N’sungu Nzomvuama, Cédric Nyombo Mutuale, Roger Minga Kongo, Irène Nsolani Mbanzulu, Joseph Makunza Nsiala

Open Access Research

Short and mid-term effects of modified release technique in rheumatic mitral valve repair

Hoshun Chong, Yaxuan Gao, Yunxing Xue, Xiyu Zhu, Jie Li, Junxia Wang, He Zhang, Dongjin Wang, Hailong Cao

Open Access Case Report

Hyepereosiniphilic syndrome and COVID-19: 2 case reports

Alborz Sherafati, Mehrzad Rahmanian, Roya Sattarzadeh Badkoubeh, Meysam Khoshavi, Morteza Foroumandi, Soheil Peiman, Farhad Shahi, Akram Sardari, Roghayeh Pourkia, Farnoosh Larti

Open Access Research

Health related quality of life of patients following mechanical valve replacement surgery for rheumatic mitral stenosis in Tanzania

Reuben K Mutagaywa, Maarten J Cramer, Pilly Chillo, Ramadhan H Khamis, Respicious Boniface, Anjela Muhozya, Aileen Barongo, Moses Byomuganyizi, Gideon Kwesigabo, Appolinary Kamuhabwa, Bashir Nyangasa, Peter Kisenge, Steven Chamuleau

Open Access Research

Del-Nido cardioplegia in cardiac surgery for elderly patients: a propensity score-matched analysis

Wenda Gu, Hongkun Qing, Xiang Luo, Xin Zang, Kan Zhou, Haijiang Guo, Chengbin Zhou, Huiming Guo, Jian Liu

Open Access Research

Evaluation of safety and efficacy of rapamycin-eluting balloon in patients with intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: a cohort study

Guodong Xu, Xiaoli Dong, Yingying Tian, Liang Ma, Ning Han, Wentao Yao, Kuochang Yin, Nan Yin

Open Access Research

Single-direction thoracoscopic lobectomy for children with congenital lung malformation: initial experience

Jin-Xi Huang, Qiang Chen, Song-Ming Hong, Jun-Jie Hong, Hua Cao

Open Access Case Report

Intrathoracic liver herniation after pericardial fenestration – a case report

Peter Dubovan, Miroslav Tomáš, Jana Pavlendová, Ramadan Aziri, Marek Makovník, Jozef Dolník, Daniel Pinďák

Open Access Research

Epidemiological characteristics and trends in postoperative death in children with congenital heart disease (CHD): a single-center retrospective study from 2005 to 2020

Guilang Zheng, Jing Wang, Peiling Chen, Zijian Huang, Lei Zhang, Aimei Yang, Jiaxing Wu, Chunlin Chen, Jingwen Zhang, Yueyu Sun, Chengbin Zhou, Haiyun Yuan, Xiaobing Liu, Jianzheng Cen, Shusheng Wen, Yuxiong Guo

Open Access Case Report

Cardiorespiratory arrest during and after nuss procedure: case report

Indira F. Cujiño-Álvarez, Daniela Torres-Salazar, Mauricio Velásquez-Galvis

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Metastatic lung tumor from hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus invasion in the pulmonary vein: a case report

Kazuto Ohtaka, Setsuyuki Ohtake, Yu Ishii, Saya Kaku, Yuta Takeuchi, Tomoko Mizota, Yoshiyuki Yamamura, Masaomi Ichinokawa, Tatsuya Yoshioka, Eiji Tamoto, Katsuhiko Murakawa, Koichi Ono

Open Access Research

Efficacy of preemptive intercostal nerve block on recovery in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic lobectomy

Shaojuan Chen, Zhihua Guo, Xin Wei, Zhenzhu Chen, Na Liu, Weiqiang Yin, Lan Lan

Open Access Case Report

Prosthetic valve endocarditis secondary to Tropheryma whipplei in a patient with chronic polyarthritis

Mauricio J. Kahn, David M. Ennis, Dennis G. Delgado

Open Access Research

Comparison of outcomes between transcatheter tricuspid valve repair and surgical tricuspid valve replacement or repair in patients with tricuspid insufficiency

Xiqiang Wang, Yanpeng Ma, Zhongwei Liu, Xiude Fan, Gongchang Guan, Shuo Pan, Junkui Wang, Yong Zhang

Open Access Case Report

PET/CT imaging of giant primary pulmonary meningioma: a case report and literature review

Yawen Feng, Peng Wang, Yufei Liu, Wenli Dai

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Pulmonary artery sarcoma: an unexpected settler in the right ventricular outflow tract

Hui-min Hu, Yi-dan Li, Chang-wei Wei, Yan liu, Xiu-zhang lv, Yuan-hua Yang

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Monophasic pericardial synovial sarcoma in a turkish female patient: a very rare case with cyto-histopathological findings

Busra Yaprak Bayrak, Cigdem Vural, Huseyin Fatih Sezer, Aykut Eliçora, Yaprak Busra

Open Access Correction

Correction: Tension pyopneumothorax caused by parvimonas micra: a case report

Yoshihito Iijima, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono, Hidetaka Uramoto

Open Access Research

Endovascular treatment of a traumatic thoracic pseudo-aneurysm in a pediatric patient: a case report with review of literature

Muniba Afzal, Safaa Abdulreda Najar, Hassan Baghazal, Noora Alshahwani

Open Access Review

Review on risk factors, classification, and treatment of sternal wound infection

Yaoyao Song, Wanli Chu, Jiachen Sun, Xinzhu Liu, Hongjuan Zhu, Hongli Yu, Chuan’an Shen

Open Access Case Report

“UFO procedure” for massive aortic and mitral annular calcification involving left atrial and ventricular myocardium: a potential radical solution

Leonhard Wert, Miralem Pasic, Roland Heck, Karel M. Van Praet, Jörg Kempfert, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk

Open Access Research

The effects of cold compress and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the pain associated with chest tube removal among patients with coronary bypass grafting

Fatemeh Hatefi, Majid Kazemi, Parvin Manglian, Dadullah Shahi Moridi, Shahin Heydari, Hadi Hasani

Open Access Research

The 100 most cited papers on total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a bibliometric analysis

Chen Wen, Wei Liu, Chenhao Fang, Jin Shentu, Ruixiang Ma, Han Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen

Open Access Research

Combination of CEACAM5, EpCAM and CK19 gene expressions in mediastinal lymph node micrometastasis is a prognostic factor for non-small cell lung cancer

Hande Süer, Suat Erus, Ekin E. Cesur, Ömer Yavuz, Orhan Ağcaoğlu, Pınar Bulutay, Tamer T. Önder, Serhan Tanju, Şükrü Dilege

Open Access Case Report

Granulomatous inflammation mimicking a hematoma around the replaced ascending aorta in magnetic resonance imaging: a case report

June Lee, Hyun Ah Lim, Seok Beom Hong, Do Yeon Kim, Yong Han Kim, Hwan Wook Kim

Open Access Research article

Establishment and validation of a prognostic risk classification for patients with stage T1-3N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Yang-Yu Huang, Yan Zheng, Shen-Hua Liang, Lei-Lei Wu, Xuan Liu, Wen-Qun Xing, Guo-Wei Ma

Open Access Research

Hemostatic efficacy of a flowable collagen-thrombin matrix during coronary artery bypass grafting: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

Hyo-Hyun Kim, Kang Ju Lee, Dae Ryong Kang, Jun Hyeok Lee, Young-Nam Youn

Open Access Research

Outcomes and survival following thoracic endovascular repair in patients with aortic aneurysms limited to the descending thoracic aorta

Katharina Fankhauser, Isaac Wamala, Adam Penkalla, Roland Heck, Robert Hammerschmidt, Volkmar Falk, Semih Buz

Open Access Research

Risk profiles and a concise prediction model for lymph node metastasis in patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Shenhua Liang, Yang-Yu Huang, Xuan Liu, Lei-Lei Wu, Yu Hu, Guowei Ma

Open Access Research

Prognostic effect of atrial fibrillation on survival in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis

Meiling Du, Xiaoyuan Wang, Aiai Zhang, Feixing Li, Mengyang Yi

Open Access Case Report

A case of bronchial Dieulafoy disease and literature review

Xiaoqian Shi, Mingdong Wang, Yifei Wang, Wei Zhang, Xuewei Zhao, Bing Li

Open Access Case Report

Hemoptysis: unilateral pulmonary artery atresia? a case report

Aneel Maini, Sebastian Cousins, Tyler Holliday, Jessica Wang Memoli, Tajender Singh Vasu, Puja Gaur Khaitan

Open Access Correction

Correction to: A modified primary culture method of rat pulmonary vein smooth muscle cells

Wenhui Huang, Hongjin Liu, Yichao Pan, Xueying Wang, Hongwei Yang, Danjie Wang, Jing Lin, Hui Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Pseudoaneurysm after aortopulmonary window repair and bilateral lung transplantation for eisenmenger syndrome: a case report

Toshiaki Nagashima, Masaki Taira, Moyu Hasegawa, Yosuke Kugo, Takuji Watanabe, Daisuke Yoshioka, Kazuo Shimamura, Takayoshi Ueno, Shigeru Miyagawa

Open Access Case Report

Isolated giant aortic arch aneurysm repair in a 13-year-old girl: a case report

Volodymyr Vashkeba, Vasyl Karpenko, Oleh Zelenchuk, Sudakevych Serhii, Stepan Maruniak, Justyna Swol, Borys Todurov, Vitaly Demyanchuk

Open Access Research

Minimally-invasive approach via percutaneous femoral cannulation for the resection of intra-cardiac masses: a single center experience in the Middle-East

Uthman Aluthman, Mohammed A. Ashour, Salman W. Bafageeh, Abivarma Chandrakumaran, Taraji S. Alrehaili, Osama A. Abdulrahman, Ahmed F. Elmahrouk, Shalan Alaamri, Saeed A. AlGhamdi, Ahmed A. Jamjoom

Open Access Research

Hospital-based retrospective analysis of 224 surgical cases of lung hydatid cyst from southern Iran

Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani, Kamyar Ebrahimi, Mohammad Rastegarian, Mehrdad Eskandarisani, Bizhan Ziaian, Bahador Sarkari

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Xanthoma of rib: a case report and review of the literature

Emilia Mottola, Flavia Adotti, Angelina Pernazza, Carlo Della Rocca, Giulia D’Amati, Piergiorgio Nardis, Jacopo Vannucci, Massimiliano Bassi, Federico Venuta, Marco Anile

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Dieulafoy’s disease of the bronchus: rare but potentially fatal: a case report and a review of literature

Salsabil Daboussi, Marwa kacem, Nouha Boubaker, Mariem Chaabene, Chiraz Aichaouia, Samira Mhamdi, Zied Moatemri

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An unusual case of huge fibrotic sac of hematoma at saphenous vein harvest site for coronary artery bypass grafting: a case report

June Lee, Hye Rim Na, Seok Beom Hong, Do Yeon Kim, Hwan Wook Kim, Yong Han Kim

Open Access Case Report

Ten-year follow-up study of a young woman with loeys-dietz syndrome: a case report

Tomohiro Nakajima, Yutaka Iba, Tsuyoshi Shibata, Itaru Hosaka, Jyunji Nakazawa, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada

Open Access Case Report

Diagnosis and management of intercostal intramuscular hemangioma: an updated review

Takahiro Ochi, Yasuo Sekine, Eitetsu Koh, Hidehisa Hoshino, Tadao Nakazawa

Open Access Research

COVID-19 and spontaneous pneumothorax: a survival analysis

Reza Ershadi, Shahab Rafieian, Mohammadreza Salehi, Hossein Kazemizadeh, Hesam Amini, Marjan Sohrabi, Alireza Samimiat, Yaser Sharafi, Mohadese Dashtkoohi, Matin Vahedi

Open Access Correspondence

Non traumatic acquired acute transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia induced by coughing

June Lee, Ju Sang Kim, Jin Yong Jeong

Open Access Research

If we should remove internal fixation devices for rib fractures?

Yang Li, kaile Jiang, Tiancheng Zhao, Xiang Guo, Kaibin Liu, Yonghong Zhao

Open Access Research

The survival benefit from surgery on patients with large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in the lung: a propensity-score matching study

Hao Jiang, Weixia Xie, Xianpeng Li, Huaying Wang, Wan-Jun Yu, Xiaolu Chen

Open Access Research

The efficacy of three-ball breathing apparatus exercise based on the concept of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients after lung cancer surgery

Qiang Xu, Zi-Qing Shen, Kun-Peng Feng, Chun Xu, Cheng Ding, Chang Li, Sheng Ju, Jun Chen, Shu Pan, Jun Zhao

Open Access Research

Dynamic predictive scores for cardiac surgery-associated agitated delirium: a single-center retrospective observational study

Yu Tian, Bingyang Ji, Xiaolin Diao, Chunrong Wang, Weiwei Wang, Yuchen Gao, Sudena Wang, Chun Zhou, Qiaoni Zhang, Sizhe Gao, Xinyi Xu, Jia Liu, Jianhui Wang, Yuefu Wang

Open Access Research

Risk factors for postoperative myocardial injury-related cardiogenic shock in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Xiao-Feng Cheng, Kuo Wang, Hai-Tao Zhang, He Zhang, Xin-Yi Jiang, Li-Chong Lu, Cheng Chen, Yong-Qing Cheng, Dong-Jin Wang, Kai Li

Open Access Case Report

Pulmonary valve infective endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus

Olajide A. Olatidoye, Sajjaad H. Samat, Kanhua Yin, Michael J. Bates

Open Access Research

Higher expression of pseudouridine synthase 7 promotes non-small cell lung cancer progression and suggests a poor prognosis

Guihong Zhang, Yongde Zhu, Yonghuang Tan, Biao Chen, Shichao Shan, Gengyu Zhang, Jianjun Lu

Open Access Research

The impact of surgery and age on mortality with primary trachea malignant tumors: a retrospective study based on propensity-score matching analysis

Chen Ping, Jia Liang, Zhi-Yuan Liu, Jiang He, Ji-Yao Zhou, Hao Cheng, Guang-Da Yuan

Open Access Case Report

Did angiodysplasia associated with heyde’s syndrome disappear spontaneously?: a case report

Rui Li, Shuliang Ji, Jiaxi Shi, Lijin Qing, Wei Wu, Jiechun Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Bacteraemia caused by Lactobacillus casei in a patient after cardiac surgery. A case report

Aneta Guzek, Paweł Filipowski, Zbigniew Rybicki, Piotr Grabski, Leszek Gryszko, Emilia Sopolińska, Dariusz Tomaszewski

Open Access Research

Prevalence and treatment outcome of bronchopleural fistula: a multi-center study in Ethiopia

Samuel Tesfaye Woldemariam, Israel Bekele Molla, Seyoum Kassa Merine, Dereje Gulilat Yilma

Open Access Research

Surgical management of descending necrotizing mediastinitis: strategy for thoracic interference

Lam Xuan Nhat, Vu Huu Vinh, Chau Phu Thi, Nguyen Van Khoi

Open Access Case Report

Abnormal origin of the right posterior segmental bronchus: case report and literature review

Tao Xu, Hui Ye, Wenshu Chen, Zhongwen Jin, Changjin He

Open Access Case Report

Percutaneous treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic valve stenosis with ‘staged’ EVAR and TAVR: a case series

Massimo Medda, Francesco Casilli, Marta Bande, Mattia Glauber, Maurizio Tespili, Silvia Cirri, Francesco Donatelli

Open Access Review

Atrial giant cell myocarditis with preserved left ventricular function: a case report and literature review

Yilin Tang, Lin Qi, Ling Xu, Lei Lin, Junfeng Cai, Wei Shen, Yang Liu, Ming Li

Open Access Case Report

Successful surgical treatment of Stanford type A aortic dissection due to Salmonella aortitis

Shohei Yoshida, Adwaiy Manerikar, Mengou Zhu, Christopher Mehta

Open Access Research

High sensitivity troponin-I threshold to predict perioperative myocardial infarction

Tom Friedman, Dror B. Leviner, Veronica Chan, Bobby Yanagawa, Ady Orbach, Abd El Haleem Natour, Anastasia Weis, Erez Sharoni, Gil Bolotin

Open Access Research

Salvage surgery for advanced non-small cell lung cancer following previous immunotherapy: a retrospective study

Mitsunori Higuchi, Sho Inomata, Hikaru Yamaguchi, Takuro Saito, Hiroyuki Suzuki

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Radiological evidence of rapid growth acceleration of a small part solid nodule found to be large-cell carcinoma of the lung

Yunwei Lu, Zewen Sun, Hao Li, Xiaofeng Chen, Yun Li, Lina Sun, Fan Yang, Guanchao Jiang, Jian Zhou

Open Access Research

Preoperative small pulmonary nodule localisation using hookwires or coils: strategy selection in adverse events

Tao Zuo, Zhaoming Gao, Tao Zhang, Bing Wen, Baojun Chen, Ping Jiang

Open Access Case Report

Severe dysphagia due to an esophageal duplication cyst in sixth decade, unusual presentation of a rare pathology

Santiago A. Endara, Jaime R. Pinto, Gustavo A. Torres, Pablo A. Arias, M. Patricia Ponton, Gabriel A. Molina

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Massive, life-threatening hemoptysis due to localized granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Eleonora Coviello, Francesco Puma, Domenico Pourmolkara, Martina Mandarano, Antonio Giulio Napolitano

Open Access Research

The prognostic role of the low and very low baseline LDL-C level in outcomes of patients with cardiac revascularization; comparative registry-based cohort design

Malihe Rezaee, Aida Fallahzadeh, Ali Sheikhy, Ali Ajam, Saeed Sadeghian, Mina Pashang Bsc, Mahmoud Shirzad, Soheil Mansourian, Jamshid Bagheri, Kaveh Hosseini

Open Access Research

MicroRNA-185-5p targets tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein zeta to regulate non-small cell lung cancer progression

Jiangang Ma, Yan Bai, Fangyuan Chen, Feng Zhou, Liyuan Zhang, Peini Xue, Dong Wang

Open Access Case Report

Who needs their descending thoracic aorta anyway? Extra-anatomic bypass for aorto-bronchial fistula after TEVAR

Joshua S. Newman, Stevan S. Pupovac, S. Jacob Scheinerman, Jui-Chuan Tseng, Jonathan M. Hemli, Derek R. Brinster

Open Access Research

Endovascular treatment for massive haemoptysis due to pulmonary pseudoaneurysm: report of 23 cases

Fen-Qiang Li, Dong-Jun Su, Wan-Jia Zhang, Zhong-Ke Chen, Geng-Xiang Li, Shuang-Xi Li, Yu-xing Peng, Lei Dang, Wen-Hui Wang

Open Access Research

Locally advanced thymoma; does neoadjuvant chemotherapy make a difference?

Riad Abdel Jalil, Farah A. Abdallah, Zeinab Obeid, Ahmad Khaled Harb, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Tariq Bassem Shannies, Ahed El-Edwan, Hussam Haddad, Azza Ghraibeh, Ahmad Abu-Shanab

Open Access Case Report

Application of postmortem computed tomography angiography to settle a medical dispute after aortic dissection surgery: a forensic case report

Wang Zhuoqun, Tian Zhiling, Wan Lei, Dong Hewen, Zou Donghua, Zhang Jianhua, Liu Ningguo

Open Access Review

The role of delayed aortic surgery in type A aortic dissection and mesenteric ischemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aditya Eranki, Ashley R Wilson-Smith, Michael L Williams, Aashray Gupta, Campbell Flynn, Jim Iliopoulos, Con Manganas

Open Access Research

Mid-term results of endoscopic mitral valve repair and insights in surgical techniques for isolated posterior prolapse

Enrico Squiccimarro, Vito Margari, Georgios Kounakis, Giuseppe Visicchio, Clemente Pascarella, Crescenzia Rotunno, Carmine Carbone, Domenico Paparella

Open Access Case Report

Microscopic feature of lymph node anthracosilicosis adherent with pulmonary artery: a case report

Junichi Murakami, Toshiki Tanaka, Yoshinobu Hoshii, Kimikazu Hamano

Open Access Research

Long-term results following atrioventricular septal defect repair

Katja Schumacher, Mateo Marin Cuartas, Sabine Meier, Muhammed Ikbal Aydin, Michael Andrew Borger, Ingo Dähnert, Martin Kostelka, Marcel Vollroth

Open Access Research

The prognostic value of 11th Japanese classification and 8th AJCC staging systems in Chinese patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Xi-qin Zhang, Chuan-wang Miao, Lan-pin Liu, Cun-liang Wang, Jia-zhen Chen, Wan-hu Li, Xu-dong Hu

Open Access Research

Wedge resection versus lobectomy in T1 lung cancer patients: a propensity matched analysis

Robert J Moon, Rebecca Taylor, Pika Miklavc, Syed B Mehdi, Stuart W Grant, Mohamad Nidal Bittar

Open Access Case Report

David V procedure and hemiarch replacement in a patient with Loeys-Dietz-Syndrome and beta thalassemia minor: a case report

Frieda-Maria Kainz, Kathrin Freystaetter, Bruno K. Podesser, Christoph Holzinger

Open Access Case Report

Combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Zirui Zhu, You Liu, Hengliang Xu, Haoyong Ning, Yanmin Xia, Leilei Shen

Open Access Case Report

Second-generation extracellular matrix patch for epicardial infarct repair

Arjun Bhatt, Michael J. Bates, Constantin B. Marcu, Robert G. Matheny, Blase A. Carabello, Kanhua Yin, Walter Douglas Boyd

Open Access Case Report

Intravascular leiomyomatosis with cardiac extension, a case report

Juan Garcés Garcés, Fernando Terán Camacho, Gerardo Dávalos Dávalos, Sofía Zárate León, Ligia Redrobán Armendáriz, Vladimir Ullauri Solórzano, Gabriel A. Molina, Santiago Endara Aguirre

Open Access Case Report

Bivalirudin for cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with heparin allergy

Emre Boysan, Renda Circi, Osman Fehmi Beyazal, Erol Şener

Open Access Correction

Correction: The role of delayed aortic surgery in type A aortic dissection and mesenteric ischemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aditya Eranki, Ashley R Wilson-Smith, Michael L Williams, Aashray Gupta, Campbell Flynn, Jim Iliopoulos, Con Manganas

Open Access Case Report

Surgical removal of an unusual huge solitary fibrous tumor in the mediastinum: a case report

Parviz Mardani, Mohammad Nekooeian, Saba Zangeneh, Hooman Kamran, Reza Shahriarirad, Mohammad Hossein Anbardar, Armin Amirian, Masoud Vafabin

Open Access Research

Impact of surgically placed radiopaque markers during aortic root surgery on facilitating secondary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions

Emmanuel Zimmer, Maria Nucera, Clarence Pingpoh, Murat Yildiz, Paul Puiu, Florian Schoenhoff, Martin Czerny, Matthias Siepe

Open Access Case Report

Management of anomalous origin of right coronary artery from left coronary sinus

Tobin Mangel, Aabha Divya, Ravi De Silva

Open Access Research

Stachydrine ameliorates hypoxia reoxygenation injury of cardiomyocyte via enhancing SIRT1-Nrf2 pathway

Xi Zhu, Yingbiao Wu, Xiaogang Zhang, Wei Gu, Zhongping Ning

Open Access Original Research

Minimally invasive valve surgery including patients of combined simultaneous surgery: a retrospective study

Yun Ling, Huaxin Chen, Pengxiong Zhu, Tian Li, Bangde Xue, Jun Liu

Open Access Case Report

Successful echocardiography-guided medical management of severe early post-implant right ventricular failure in a patient with left ventricular assist device support: a case report

Shingo Kunioka, Osamu Seguchi, Tasuku Hada, Hiroki Mochizuki, Masaya Shimojima, Takuya Watanabe, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, Naoki Tadokoro, Satoshi Kainuma, Satsuki Fukushima, Tomoyuki Fujita, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Norihide Fukushima

Open Access Research

Effects of multimodal low-opioid anesthesia protocol during on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective cohort study

Maruniak Stepan, Loskutov Oleh, Druzhyna Oleksandr, Swol Justyna

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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement 23 years after heart transplant for aortic insufficiency

Andrew Jones, Hossein Amirjamshidi, George Olverson IV, Frederick S. Ling, Kazuhiro Hisamoto

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Successful conservative treatment for left ventricular free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarction

Haruyuki Kinoshita, Munehiro Kanegawa, Masashi Morita, Shiori Maeda, Yoji Sumimoto, Kenji Masada, Takashi Shimonaga, Toshifumi Hiraoka, Katsuhiko Imai, Hiroshi Sugino

Open Access Case Report

Excision of left atrial myxoma under perfused ventricular fibrillation with hypothermia after coronary artery bypass grafting

Shaobo Pan, Yalin Wang, Yanjia Gu, Weidong Li, Hongfei Xu

Open Access Case Report

Large mesenchymal cystic and chondroid pulmonary hamartoma mimicking lung cancer: Case report

Seha Ahn, Heejin Lee, Joon Kyu Kang, In Sub Kim, Youngkyu Moon, Jung Suk Choi, Si Young Choi

Open Access Case Report

Acute cardiac tamponade following thoracoscopic lobectomy: a case report and literatures review

Wei Chen, Yi Shen, Yang Yuan, Qiangqiang Zheng, Yunfeng Zhou

Open Access Case Report

Anesthetic management of thoracotomy for massive intrathoracic solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: a case report

Wang Shen, Yan Li, Feng Liu, Ning Liu, Xiangrui Wang, Zhonghua Ji

Open Access Case Report

Total arch replacement for an aortic arch aneurysm with cold agglutinin disease after rituximab and plasmapheresis

Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Yujiro Miura, Kyosuke Saeki, Yoshinori Nomura, Katsumata Yoshifumi, Keisuke Yoshida

Open Access Research

Assessment of degradability and endothelialization of modified poly L-lactic acid (PLLA) atrial septal defect (ASD) occluders over time in vivo

Jun Chen, Yumei Xie, Yifan Li, Xianmiao Chen, Mingjuan Fu, Yanfen Liu, Zhiwei Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Primary unifocal thymic Rosai-Dorfman disease: an extremely rare challenge in diagnostic practice

Qian Liu, Fengxiang Liao, Yong Liu, Yang Cheng, Chubo Qi

Open Access Research

N1 lymph node detection in lymph node harvesting in non-small cell lung cancer: Formaldehyde exposure is a drawback?

Sevinc Citak, Talha Dogruyol, Serkan Bayram, Mustafa Vayvada, Serda Kanbur Metin, Volkan Baysungur

Open Access Research

Prediction of acute kidney injury following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in elderly Chinese population

Wenxing Peng, Bo Yang, Huanyu Qiao, Yongmin Liu, Yang Lin

Open Access Research

Impact of prophylactic donor heart tricuspid valve annuloplasty on outcomes in heart transplantation

Hidefumi Nishida, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Christopher Salerno, Atsushi Nemoto, Tae Song, David Onsager, Ann Nguyen, Jonathan Grinstein, Bow Chung, Nitasha Sarswat, Gene Kim, Sean Pinney, Takeyoshi Ota

Open Access Case Report

Surviving the nonsurvivable combination of a mycotic aneurysm progressing into a concomitant aorto-bronchial- and aorto-esophageal fistula, a case report

Tim Somers, Bastiaan R. Klarenbeek, Ilse J.E. Kouijzer, Ad F.T.M. Verhagen, Michel W.A. Verkroost

Open Access Research

Localization of coronary bypass targets in hard-to-see coronary arteries

Rabin Gerrah, Kristin Lipe, Gus J. Vlahakes

Open Access Review

Hemolysis and cardiopulmonary bypass: meta-analysis and systematic review of contributing factors

Yudo P. Bhirowo, Yusuf K. Raksawardana, Budi Y. Setianto, Sudadi Sudadi, Tommy N. Tandean, Alfia F. Zaharo, Irhash F. Ramsi, Hening T. Kusumawardani, Teguh Triyono

Open Access Retraction Note

Retraction Note: The effect of early oral stimulation with breast milk on the feeding behavior of infants after congenital cardiac surgery

Xian-Rong Yu, Shu-Ting Huang, Ning Xu, Li-Wen Wang, Zeng-Chun Wang, Hua Cao, Qiang Chen

Open Access Research

Surgical treatment of severe benign tracheal stenosis

Yong-Geng Feng, Shao-Lin Tao, Long-Yong Mei, Fu-Qiang Dai, Qun-You Tan, Ru-Wen Wang, Jing-Hai Zhou, Bo Deng

Open Access Case Report

A massive immature mediastinal teratoma treated with chemotherapy and surgical resection: a case report

Parviz Mardani, Hooman Kamran, Rezvan Ghaderpanah, Bita Geramizadeh, Damoun Fouladi, Reza Shahriarirad, Armin Amirian

Open Access Case Report

Cardiac surgery for a right atrial myxoma with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage: a case report

Maki Ichinose, Masanori Ogiwara, Masahiko Ozaki, Yoshifumi Nishino, Kensuke Tanaka

Open Access Case Report

Partial sternectomy with reconstruction of a giant cell tumor of the sternum, a case report, Saudi, Arabia

Safwat Eldaabossi, Yasser Al-Ghoneimy, Ahmad Antar, Elsaid Lotfy, Hameed Aljawad, Yasser G. Abish, Mohammed Helyl, Haytham Oraby, Hesham Soliman, Bassam Abdullatif, Sameh O. Nour, Ahmad Lotfi

Open Access Case Report

Case report: acute isolated cilioretinal artery occlusion secondary to percutaneous coronary intervention

Bangtao Yao, Zhaoyang Dong, Yuanfeng Xue, Haoyu Meng, Fei Wang

Open Access Case Report

Effectiveness of VA-ECMO plus intra-aortic balloon pump for cardiac shock in patients with type A aortic dissection: a case series

Hui Wu, Pengfei Chen, Jinhua Wei, Fengbo Pei, Mingjian Chen, Diming Zhao, Liqing Wang, Jundong Pu, Zujun Chen

Open Access Research

Zone 2/3 lesion and emergency repair as potential mortality predictors of TEVAR for thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm

Hui Wang, Chang Shu, Tun Wang, Hao He, Xin Li, Quanming Li, Yuan Peng, Lunchang Wang, Likun Sun

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing cardiac surgery

Amila Cizmic, Parwis Baradaran Rahmanian, Asmae Gassa, Elmar Kuhn, Navid Mader, Thorsten Wahlers

Open Access Case Report

Enlarging pulmonary cyst: a rare form of alveolar adenoma

Yeoun Eun Sung, Mi Hyoung Moon

Open Access Case Report

Iatrogenic aortic dissection during aortic root replacement in an older Loeys–Dietz syndrome type III patient with no family history of aortic disease: a case report

Kenichi Kato, Ken Nakamura, Kaho Kato, Shusuke Arai, Shuto Hirooka, Cholsu Kim, Hideaki Uchino, Takao Shimanuki

Open Access Case Report

A rare case of lethal Najuta endograft collapse

Akihiro Nakase, Yoshito Inoue

Open Access Case Report

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the thymus gland

Mohamed Shatila, Hanan Hemead, Nishanth Murukesh, Philippe Taniere, Caroline Russell, Ashvini Menon, Akshay J. Patel

Open Access Review

The risk factors of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy: an updated meta-analysis

Jinhua He, Ran Duan, Peng Qiu, Huanhuan Zhang, Meng Zhang, Meinv Liu, Xiaoqian Wu, Jianli Li

Open Access Case Report

Advanced lung cancer patient benefits from minimally invasive costal resection and reconstruction: an effective palliative approach for costal metastasis

Marco N. Andreas, Dirk Böhmer, Johann Pratschke, Jens C. Rückert, Aron Elsner

Open Access Case Report

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for hemolysis 17 years after insertion of classical elephant trunk: a case report

Atsuyuki Mitsuishi, Nobuyuki Hirose, Unpei Okamoto, Tatsuya Noguchi, Juri Kawaguchi, Yujiro Miura

Open Access Research

Surgical repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect: a retrospective analysis of a single institution experience

Jian Shi, Jeremy Levett, Haiyu LV, Guoan Zhang, Sha Wang, Tao Wei, Zhikun Wang, Xi Zhang, Dawei Feng, Kan Wang, Qiang Liu, Dominique Shum-Tim

Open Access Research

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in paediatric cardiac surgery: 5-year single centre experience

Laurynas Bezuska, Jonathan P. O’Doherty, Bilal Ali, Chris Harvey, Ikenna Omeje, Branko Mimic

Open Access Review

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation with Tendyne System Ten Years since the First In-Human Implant A systematic review

Ahmed Ahmed, Tarek A. Abdel Aziz, Mohannad M. R. AlAsaad, Motaz Majthoob, Ahmed Toema

Open Access Case Report

Concomitant minimally invasive surgery for tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma and right lung cancer in an elderly patient: a case report and review of the literature

Yalin Wang, Neckwaree Aboo Bakar Shah Ameer Saheb, Firyuza Husanova, Weidong Li, Hongfei Xu

Open Access Case Report

Minimally invasive resection of heart valve papillary fibroelastoma: two case reports and review of the literature

Thuan Q. Phan, Chuong T. V. Pham, Vinh D. A. Bui, Thang D. Ho, Thao N. Le, Thanh V.T. Nguyen, Dang Nguyen, Minh N. Vuong, Dinh H. Nguyen

Open Access Case Report

Aortic annulus rupture after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: successful management of a dangerous complication

Andrew Jones, Hossein Amirjamshidi, Peter Knight, Frederick S. Ling, Kazuhiro Hisamoto

Open Access Case Report

Unexpected fibrous mediastinitis in a patient with myasthenia gravis - a case report

Wang Xuyang, Zuo Xiaoping, Wang Fuqiang, Wang Yun

Open Access Research

Early outcome of simplified total arch reconstruction under mild hypothermia (30–32 °C) with distal aortic perfusion

Hua-Jie Zheng, Xin Liu, Ping He, Jun Li, Xian-Pu Zhang, Yong-Bo Cheng, De-Qing Lin, Chao-Jun Yan, San-Jiu Yu, Wei Cheng

Open Access Research

Short-term outcomes following total correction of tetralogy of fallot in adult patients

Zahra Khajali, Nasibeh Mohammadi, Yaser Toloueitabar, Majid Maleki, Sedigheh Saedi, Zeinab Norouzi, Saeedeh Mazloum-Zadeh, Maryam Chenaghlou, Amirhossein Jalali, Hassan Tatari, Maryam Aliramezany

Open Access Case Report

Intractable chylous leak after radical esophagectomy treated with radiotherapy

Seha Ahn, Heejin Lee, Joon Kyu Kang, In Sub Kim, Youngkyu Moon, Jung Suk Choi, Yoo Dong Won, Seong Cheol Jeong, Si Young Choi

Open Access Research

Survival outcomes of lung metastases from colorectal cancer treated with pulmonary metastasectomy or modern systemic chemotherapy: a single institution experience

Yutaka Shishido, Masayuki Ishii, Tetsuo Maeda, Yujiro Kokado, Daiki Masuya, Toshiyuki Kusama, Koji Fujimoto, Hiroshi Higashiyama

Open Access Case Report

Giant benign intrathoracic schwannoma: a decade-long progression towards fatality

Michiyo Miyawaki, Takashi Karashima, Miyuki Abe, Yohei Takumi, Takafumi Hashimoto, Ryotaro Kamohara, Atsushi Osoegawa, Kenji Sugio

Open Access Case Report

Aortoesophageal fistula treated using one-stage total reconstruction: a case report from a high-volume center

Yi-Ping Lee, Kensuke Ozaki, Susumu Oshima, Tomohiro Hirokami

Open Access Research

Maintaining quality of life after major lung resection for carcinoid tumor

Riad Abdel Jalil, Farah A. Abdallah, Zeinab Obeid, Mohamad K. Abou Chaar, Ahmad Khaled Harb, Tariq Bassam Shannies, Ahed El-Edwan, Hussam Haddad, Azza Ghraibeh, Ahmad Abu-Shanab

Open Access Research

Simultaneous upper and lower body perfusion using hypothermia during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery

Yuya Kise, Yukio Kuniyoshi, Mizuki Ando, Keita Miyaishi, Shotaro Higa, Tatuya Maeda, Moriyasu Nakaema, Hitoshi Inafuku, Kojiro Furukawa

Open Access Research

Short-term study of atrial shunt and improvement of functional mitral regurgitation

Xiaoke Shang, Mei Liu, Yucheng Zhong, Xueli Wang, Song Chen, Xiaojuan Fu, Ming Sun, Geng Li, Mingxing Xie, Guangyuan Song, Da Zhu, Changdong Zhang, Nianguo Dong

Open Access Research

Tumor blood vessel in 3D reconstruction CT imaging as an risk indicator for growth of pulmonary nodule with ground-glass opacity

Wenfei Xue, Lingxin Kong, Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhifei Xin, Qingtao Zhao, Jie He, Wenbo Wu, Guochen Duan

Open Access Case Report

Primary cardiac myxofibrosarcoma of the left atrium and pericardium: a case report

Ryota Azuma, Kazuyoshi Sato, Hiroki Sunadoi, Yasushi Ishii, Utano Tomaru, Masatoshi Motohashi

Open Access Case Report

Case report: Takotsubo syndrome following percutaneous coronary intervention

Rui Lu, Mingjun Lu, Shangfei He, Jing Lu, Yi Liao, Tongtao Cui, Min Wang

Open Access Case Report

A rare and challenging case of intrapericardial hydatidosis

Fatmir Caushi, Emira Hysa, Ilir Skenduli, Lutfi Lisha, Alban Hatibi, Loreta Bica, Silvana Bala, Francesco Rulli

Open Access Case Report

Radical mediastinal lipectomy for tamponade-like cardiac physiology

Mohsyn Imran Malik, James Changhyun Jae, Osama Sedky Shehata Sefein, Raffael Pereira Cezar Zamper, A. Dave Nagpal

Open Access Case Report

Implantation of ascyrus medical dissection stent, our first-hand experience

Mouhammad Kanj, Benoit Cosset, Alexandre Oliny, Fadi Farhat

Open Access Research

Heart transplantation surgery in children and young adults with congenital heart disease

Sabrina Martens, Hongtao Tie, Hans Gerd Kehl, Tonny DT Tjan, Hans Heinrich Scheld, Sven Martens, Andreas Hoffmeier

Open Access Case Report

Successful treatment of cardiogenic shock due to Takotsubo syndrome with implantation of a temporary microaxial left ventricular assist device in transaxillary approach

Johanna K. R. von Mackensen, Ahmed El Shazly, Felix Schoenrath, Joerg Kempfert, Christoph T. Starck, Evgenij V. Potapov, Stephan Jacobs, Volkmar Falk, Leonhard Wert

Open Access Case Report

Aortic isthmus massive calcifications: an unusual case of secondary hypertension

Sadia Soukeur, Benoit Cosset, Fadi Farhat

Open Access Research

Sternal closure with sandwiched three-piece bioresorbable mesh reduces postoperative hemorrhage: a retrospective study

Yasutaka Yokoyama, Taira Yamamoto, Tetsuma Oyama, Jiyoung Lee, Yoichiro Machida, Daisuke Endo, Yuichiro Sato, Shizuyuki Dohi, Atsushi Amano, Minoru Tabata

Open Access Research

Outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery using modified del Nido cardioplegia in patients with poor ventricular function

Samuel Brown, Kholoud Nassar, Jacob Razzouk, Abishek K. Kashyap, Mitchell Won, Thaer Shehadeh, Reza Salabat, David G. Rabkin, Joshua S. Chung

Open Access Review

Systematic review of first-in-human and early phase clinical trials for surgically implantable biological mitral valve substitutes

Faizus Sazzad, Ying Kiat Tan, Li Xuan Beverly Chan, Irwan Shah Bin Mohd Moideen, Abdulrahman El Gohary, John C. Stevens, K. R. Ramanathan, Theo Kofidis

Open Access Research

Distal aortic biomechanics after transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement: a hypothesis generating study

Lisa Q. Rong, William Zheng, Andrew Martinez, Mohammed Rahouma, Richard B. Devereux, Jiwon Kim, Bassam Osman, Maria C. Palumbo, Björn Redfors, Leonard N. Girardi, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Mario Gaudino

Open Access Research

Serum cystatin C predicts the risk of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome

Hao Dong, Dongping Xiao, Yong Tang

Open Access Case Report

A highly penetrant ACTA2 mutation of thoracic aortic disease

Christopher M. Bobba, Ryan Azarrafiy, John R. Spratt, Jill Hendrickson, Tomas D. Martin, George J. Arnaoutakis, Eric I. Jeng, Thomas M. Beaver

Open Access Research

Application of myocardial work in predicting adverse events among patients with resistant hypertension

Limin Luo, Yongshi Wang, Huiping Hou, Qiang Liu, Zehan Xie, Qiaoyan Wu, Xianhong Shu

Open Access Research

Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical features of patients operated with the diagnosis of acute descending necrotizing mediastinitis: a retrospective study in Southern Iran

Keivan Ranjbar, Reza Shahriarirad, Kamyar Ebrahimi, Armin Amirian, Mohamadreza Karoobi, Parviz Mardani, Amirhossein Erfani, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Farzaneh Ketabchi, Bizhan Ziaian

Open Access Research

Pre-treatment optimisation with pulmonary rehabilitation of elderly lung cancer patients with frailty for surgery

Ira Goldsmith, Gemma Chesterfield-Thomas, Hannah Toghill

Open Access Case Report

Fractured sternal wire causing a cardiac laceration

Matthew S. Khouzam, Kristina Jacobsen, Joseph H. Boyer, Ahmad Zeeshan, David Spurlock, Tomer Z. Karas, Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier, Daniel Rinewalt, Linda Bogar, Scott Silvestry, George J. Palmer, Kevin D. Accola, Nayer Khouzam

Open Access Research

A novel minimally invasive fixation method for flail chest management in a Canine model: an animal research

Li Zhe, Weiwei Zhu, Bing Zhang, Yaxiao Zhang, Huixian Li, Baolei Lv, Qiang Zhen, Lin Liu, Lijun Liu, Yanxin Wu, Li Shujun

Open Access Research

Anesthesia management experience for pediatric day-case PDA ligation under thoracoscopy assisted by a robot: a retrospective study

Huixia Cao, Jinpeng Qiu, Yaoqin Hu, Wenfang Huang, Xiwang Liu, Haiyan Jin

Echinokokkose medikamentös behandeln oder operieren?

06.05.2024 DCK 2024 Kongressbericht

Die Therapie von Echinokokkosen sollte immer in spezialisierten Zentren erfolgen. Eine symptomlose Echinokokkose kann – egal ob von Hunde- oder Fuchsbandwurm ausgelöst – konservativ erfolgen. Wenn eine Op. nötig ist, kann es sinnvoll sein, vorher Zysten zu leeren und zu desinfizieren. 

Wie sieht der OP der Zukunft aus?

04.05.2024 DCK 2024 Kongressbericht

Der OP in der Zukunft wird mit weniger Personal auskommen – nicht, weil die Technik das medizinische Fachpersonal verdrängt, sondern weil der Personalmangel es nötig macht.

Umsetzung der POMGAT-Leitlinie läuft

03.05.2024 DCK 2024 Kongressbericht

Seit November 2023 gibt es evidenzbasierte Empfehlungen zum perioperativen Management bei gastrointestinalen Tumoren (POMGAT) auf S3-Niveau. Vieles wird schon entsprechend der Empfehlungen durchgeführt. Wo es im Alltag noch hapert, zeigt eine Umfrage in einem Klinikverbund.

Recycling im OP – möglich, aber teuer

02.05.2024 DCK 2024 Kongressbericht

Auch wenn sich Krankenhäuser nachhaltig und grün geben – sie tragen aktuell erheblich zu den CO2-Emissionen bei und produzieren jede Menge Müll. Ein Pilotprojekt aus Bonn zeigt, dass viele Op.-Abfälle wiederverwertet werden können.

Update Chirurgie

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S3-Leitlinie „Diagnostik und Therapie des Karpaltunnelsyndroms“

Karpaltunnelsyndrom BDC Leitlinien Webinare
CME: 2 Punkte

Das Karpaltunnelsyndrom ist die häufigste Kompressionsneuropathie peripherer Nerven. Obwohl die Anamnese mit dem nächtlichen Einschlafen der Hand (Brachialgia parästhetica nocturna) sehr typisch ist, ist eine klinisch-neurologische Untersuchung und Elektroneurografie in manchen Fällen auch eine Neurosonografie erforderlich. Im Anfangsstadium sind konservative Maßnahmen (Handgelenksschiene, Ergotherapie) empfehlenswert. Bei nicht Ansprechen der konservativen Therapie oder Auftreten von neurologischen Ausfällen ist eine Dekompression des N. medianus am Karpaltunnel indiziert.

Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Antoniadis
Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V.

S2e-Leitlinie „Distale Radiusfraktur“

Radiusfraktur BDC Leitlinien Webinare
CME: 2 Punkte

Das Webinar beschäftigt sich mit Fragen und Antworten zu Diagnostik und Klassifikation sowie Möglichkeiten des Ausschlusses von Zusatzverletzungen. Die Referenten erläutern, welche Frakturen konservativ behandelt werden können und wie. Das Webinar beantwortet die Frage nach aktuellen operativen Therapiekonzepten: Welcher Zugang, welches Osteosynthesematerial? Auf was muss bei der Nachbehandlung der distalen Radiusfraktur geachtet werden?

PD Dr. med. Oliver Pieske
Dr. med. Benjamin Meyknecht
Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V.

S1-Leitlinie „Empfehlungen zur Therapie der akuten Appendizitis bei Erwachsenen“

Appendizitis BDC Leitlinien Webinare
CME: 2 Punkte

Inhalte des Webinars zur S1-Leitlinie „Empfehlungen zur Therapie der akuten Appendizitis bei Erwachsenen“ sind die Darstellung des Projektes und des Erstellungswegs zur S1-Leitlinie, die Erläuterung der klinischen Relevanz der Klassifikation EAES 2015, die wissenschaftliche Begründung der wichtigsten Empfehlungen und die Darstellung stadiengerechter Therapieoptionen.

Dr. med. Mihailo Andric
Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgie e.V.