eComment. Standardizing our cooking

eComment. Standardizing our cooking.

median follow-up varying between 6 and 28 months [19–23]. Consequently, the LCR ranged from 13.8% at 6 months to 58% at 28 months [19–23]. Only three studies provided data on OS [21– 23]. The 1-year OS varied between 85 and 95% [21–23], whereas the 2-year OS ranged from 68 to 84% [21–23]. Finally, the 3-year OS was only given by two studies and ranged from 47 to 74% [21, 22]. Concerning the mor...

eComment: Tracheal surgery.

Dr. R. Santosham (Chennai, India): Two short questions. One is in patients who were laserized, did you find more technical difficulty, because our observation has been once laser is used, the tracheal wall gets very much thickened and the area of resection becomes much longer. The other thing is in your tracheoesophageal fistula cases that you showed, our main anxiety is leak from the esophagus...

eComment: carotid cannulation.

Fig. 1. Picture showing the position of four cannulae to achieve a complete antegrade perfusion of epiaortic vessels and peripheral organs. ration was restored and good urine output confirmed a good general perfusion. The patient was cooled down to 18 8C and the operation was then completed in the usual fashion. Complete aortic arch reconstruction with elephant trunk and reimplantation of epiao...

Standardizing Factors

Modifications in recorder standardization are required to correct inherent scalar differences among potential differences measured in a given electrocardiographic reference frame. In the frontal plane, agreement between the resultant vectors calculated from unipolar limb lead measurements and from standard lead measurements can be obtained by standardizing the galvanometer for recording the uni...

eComment: Statins and ACE-inhibitors.