... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:79 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/79 Page of Lytle BW: Minimallyinvasive versus conventional mitralvalve surgery: a propensity-matched ... in minimallyinvasivemitralvalvesurgery with favorable results Preoperatively, the present patient had chronic atrial fibrillation, and the other two had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and mitral ... alternative approach for mitralvalve repair Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003, 23:272-6 Gillinov AM, Svensson LG: Ablation of atrial fibrillation with minimallyinvasivemitralsurgery Ann Thorac Surg...
... normal in such cases of mitral regurgitation MitralValve Prolapse Myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve, also known as floppy mitral valve, Barlow disease, or mitral 25 valve prolapse, is the ... of the disease Prosthetic Heart Valves The most common type of valvesurgery in mitralvalve disease remains replacement of the diseased valve However, mitralvalve repair techniques are used ... interrelationship between the mitralvalve functional Unit and overall cardiac performance MitralValve Functional Unit Co-location: Surgical Considerations When performing mitralvalve surgery, and contemplating...
... valvular dysfunction persists mitralvalvesurgery may be required Page 10 of 13 Valve repair versus replacement and valve selection In contemporary cardiac surgerymitralvalve repair has become the ... requiring surgery The literature on mitralvalvesurgery for mitral regurgitation (MR) caused by LS endocarditis is comparatively sparse In this study we report two cases of mitralvalve repair ... underwent mitralvalve replacement in October 2007 Intraoperative inspection revealed thickened and fibrotic Page of 13 mitralvalve leaflets with focal vegetations (Fig 3D,E) Therefore, mitral valve...
... 4th International Congress on MinimallyInvasive Gynecology, Dubrovnik, June 23-26, 2010 Dear Colleagues, 3rd Croatian Congress on MinimallyInvasive Gynecological Surgery American association ... Isaacson - USA We would like to invite you to join us for the World Congress of MinimallyInvasive Gynecologic Surgery in Dubrovnik We will discuss all the aspects of this fast developing field ... Program ScientificoC fo elbaT Scientific Program Multipurpose Room B Pearls of Laparoscopic Surgery- Adnexal Surgery, Laparoscopic Myomectomy, Hysterectomy, etc Faculty: Andy Brill, Ceana Nezhat,...
... Updated Topics in MinimallyInvasive Abdominal Surgery The first truly major surgery on the biliary tract was performed in 1867 in Indiana (USA) John S Bobbs, professor of surgery at the Medical ... (4-5 days) Quick return to work (50-75% earlier than with traditional surgery) This outlined the bases of minimallyinvasivesurgery Sadly, Mühe didn´t publish the evolution of his technique for ... liver disease" Hepatology 33 (2): 464–70 36 Updated Topics in MinimallyInvasive Abdominal Surgery [12] Friedman LS The risk of surgery in patients with liver dis ease Hepatology 1999; 29:1617-23...
... Updated Topics in MinimallyInvasive Abdominal Surgery The first truly major surgery on the biliary tract was performed in 1867 in Indiana (USA) John S Bobbs, professor of surgery at the Medical ... (4-5 days) Quick return to work (50-75% earlier than with traditional surgery) This outlined the bases of minimallyinvasivesurgery Sadly, Mühe didn´t publish the evolution of his technique for ... liver disease" Hepatology 33 (2): 464–70 36 Updated Topics in MinimallyInvasive Abdominal Surgery [12] Friedman LS The risk of surgery in patients with liver dis ease Hepatology 1999; 29:1617-23...
... out the world over with excellent results [9,11,12,14] While, laparoscopic surgery follows all the principles of open surgery it is beneficial to the patient in providing reduced postoperative ... laparoscopic surgery, were not available; hence, we avoided the conventional laparoscopic route The open surgical technique adopted by us in this case offered most of the advantages of laparoscopic surgery ... small abdominal incision in selected patients with hepatic hydatid disease can be a safe, minimally- invasive surgical option of treatment, which would reduce post operative discomfort and result...
... GC, Redmond HP Minimally invasive, radioguided surgery for pHPT Ann Surg Oncol 2001; 8(10): 856-60 Goldstein RE, Billheimer D, Martin WH, Richards K Sestamibi Scanning and Minimallyinvasive radioguided ... http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2011, 286 Kell MR, Sweeney KJ, Moran CJ, Flanagan F, Kerin MJ, Gorey TF Minimallyinvasive parathyroidectomy with operative ultrasound localization of the adenoma Surg Endosc...
... associated with minimallyinvasive and standard posterior approaches to the surgery is the same in both cases This could be explained by the fact that although the minimallyinvasive technique ... patients because they wished to undergo minimallyinvasivesurgery This corresponds to procedures described in other studies that compared various minimallyinvasive approaches and the standard ... minimallyinvasivesurgery patients as they were in the study of Dorr et al [11] Instead, it was decided to examine whether an unchanged rehabilitation program would result in the minimally invasive...
... complexities of aortic valvesurgery Aortic valvesurgery has developed from a single valve replacement to more complex procedures, such as the Ross procedure or valve sparing surgery Recently, a ... Systolic anterior motion of mitral leaflet Table Pitfalls and complications in aortic valvesurgery Aortic ValveSurgery Visualization of aortic valve The aortic valve is most clearly visualized ... valve (AV) annulus AAO: ascending aorta 16 Aortic ValveSurgery Systolic anterior motion of mitral leaflet Systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral leaflet occurs not only in cases with mitral...
... Template: C:\Documents and Settings\bvtai\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot Title: MINIMALLYINVASIVE CARPAL TUNNEL DECOMPRESSION Subject: Author: TiNa_Baby Keywords: Comments: Creation ... release orthop Rev, 20 : 346-352 (1991) Leinberry et al (1997), JBJS the Journal of bone and joint surgery, 79 : 555-7 Klein R : Open carpital release using a 1cm incision : technique and outcomes...
... parasternal long axis, mitralvalve level; B) In twodimensional echocardiogram, the hinge point of two mitralvalve leaflets is displaced caudally and its leaflet was protruded from the mitral annular ... provides the definitive evidence for MVP-CKCS In four-chamber view at mitralvalve level, the prolapsed and thickened mitralvalve and enlarged left atrium can be observed, although it is not clear ... midsytolic click sound (due to mitralvalve prolapse) can be audible over the mitral area and left apex Sometimes precordial thrill can be palpable over the left apex P mitrale (long duration of P...
... histopathologcial evaluation of the synovial membrane [12] The recent development of a novel minimallyinvasive technique of US-guided synovial biopsy has been reported in the literature [23,31], ... feasible and allows a high histological success rate (100% in our series) Since the procedure is minimally invasive, repeated biopsies could be planned to monitor the disease course and/ or the response ... ultrasound (US)-guided synovial biopsy may help to overcome the blindness of the needle biopsy and the invasiveness of arthroscopic biopsy of small joints [23] US-guided synovial biopsy of small joints...
... Falk V: Seven-year follow-up after minimallyinvasive direct coronary artery Jegaden et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:37 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/37 10 11 ... procedure for minimallyinvasive LAD grafting Authors’ contributions OJ conceived of the study, and drafted the manuscript, FW participated in the design, TS IS AS JL participated in the surgery and ... comparison between minimallyinvasive off-pump techniques and conventional procedures Eur J CardioThorac Surg 1998, 14:S7-S12 Modi P, Rodriguez E, Chitwood WR: Robot-assisted cardiac surgery Interact...
... prior to aortic valve surgery: impact of echocardiography Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009, 35:960-964 Bruegger et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:50 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/50 ... heart is an indispensible examination for patients undergoing cardiac valvesurgery Whereas transthoracal echocardiography is less invasive and more convenient to the patient, several studies have ... intramural hematoma after left atrial thrombus resection and concomitant mitralvalve replacement - case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:50 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central...
... Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:124 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/124 and echocardiographic parameters At one year of clinical and echocardiographic follow up after her mitralvalve ... for HF After 18 months post valvesurgery she remains NYHA class II with echocardiogram revealing left ventricular ejection fraction maintained at 45% with only trace mitral regurgitation Discussion ... systemic emboli and valvular dysfunction like severe mitralvalve regurgitation [3] There have been few cases reported of ILVNC associated with severe mitral regurgitation [2,4,5] But due to limited...
... calcification of the mitral annulus A risk factor in mitralvalve operations J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987;94:399-404 Feindel CM, Tufail Z, David TE, Ivanov J, Armstrong S Mitralvalvesurgery in patients ... calcification of the mitral annulus J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:777-82 Doty DB Valve lesions (acquired) In: Cardiac Surgery Operative Technique St Louis, Mosby; 1997:268-9 Mitralvalve replacement ... annular calcification Key words: Mitralvalve replacement, Annular calcification, Surgical procedures Introduction Severe annular calcification of the mitralvalve is a major challenge to cardiac...
... recognized (Figure 1a and 1b), and the patient was discharged on day 14 after surgery Discussion Minimallyinvasivemitralvalve surgical approaches consist of partial sternotomy, right parasternotomy, ... cited Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryBioMed under Ltd article is available licensee 2010, 5:38 References Woo YJ, Seeburger J, Mohr FW: MinimallyInvasiveValveSurgery Semin Thorac Cardiovasc ... approaches for valvesurgery The 30-day mortality rate, major complications such as renal failure and neurological deficits, and 5-year overall survival for these approaches for mitralvalve are satisfactory...