Objective: From January 1998 to February 1999, 160 patients undergoing lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer were studied to de®ne factors that increase the risk of postoperative supraventricular arrhythmia (SA) and to assess the effectiveness of amiodarone as an antiarrhythmic drug. Methods: All patients were monitored intraoperatively and postoperatively up to day 3. Onset of SA was d...

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) treatment for patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of NCRT followed by surgery (NCRTS) with surgery alone (SA) for EC. METHODS The PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases were electronically searched up to August 2015 for all the published s...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare the perioperative advantage and disadvantage between general (GA) and spinal anesthesia (SA). Material and Methods: Sixty patients (randomize GA,n=30, SA,n=30) undergoing lumbar disc surgery were enrolled. Patients were matched for demographic data, perioperative physiological changes, pain score, amount of blood loss, surgeon ‘satisfaction, periope...

This study aimed to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL)-mean scores and percentages at risk for impaired HRQOL in childhood brain tumor survivors (CBTS) and to explore differences between CBTS treated with surgery only (SO) versus CBTS treated with surgery and adjuvant therapy (SA). HRQOL was evaluated in 34 CBTS (mean age=14.7 y; mean time since the end of treatment=6.4 y) with the K...

OBJECTIVE To present our experience with subintimal angioplasty (SA) for treatment of chronic lower limb ischemia (CLLI) and to assess its effectiveness and durability. MATERIALS AND METHODS From April 2003 through June 2005, we treated 40 limbs in 36 patients with CLLI by SA. Balloons with or without secondary stent placement appropriate in size to the occluded arteries were used for SA of a...

Coronary subclavian steal syndrome is a rare complication of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) when a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft is utilized. This syndrome is characterized by retrograde flow from the LIMA to the left subclavian artery (SA) when a proximal left SA stenosis is present. We describe a unique case of an elderly male who underwent CABG 6 years ago who pre...

AIM To compare the safety and efficacy of spinal anesthesia (SA) in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy (LM). MATERIAL AND METHODS We evaluated 180 patients who underwent LM between 1 January 2012 and 5 July 2013. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and pre-, intra-, and postoperative information was determined from the patients' medical records. RESULTS Total anesthetic times were lo...

BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NCR) prior to resection of extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS) has been studied, but data are limited. We present outcomes with NCR using a variety of chemotherapy regimens compared to neoadjuvant radiation without chemotherapy (NR) and surgery alone (SA). METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of 112 cases. RESULTS Treatments included SA (3...

Brittenden J, Cotton SC, Elders A, Ramsey CR, Norrie J, Burr J, Campbell B, Bachoo P, Chetter I, Gough M, Earnshaw J, Lees T, Scott J, Baker SA, Francis J, Tassle E, Scotland G, Wileman S, Campbell MK. (Division of Applied Medicine, The Health Services Research Unit, and the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen; Department of Vascular Surgery, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen Royal Infi...