In a clinical evaluation, thirty-one patients with thoracic esophageal cancer who were treated from 1997 to 2000 were selected as subjects including those who underwent hand sewn anastomosis method, circular stapler method and triangular anastomosis method. Incidence of anastomosis failure was 27.3%, 25.0% and 8.3% for the hand sewn anastomosis method, circular stapler method and triangular ana...

Coronary angiography and computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of extrinsic compression of left internal mammary artery A 82-year-old man with a previous coronary artery bypass graft was admitted to our hospital for recurrent and refractory episodes of rest angina with electrocardio-graphic signs of anterior myocardial ischemia. Coronary angiography revealed a three-vessel obstructiv...

An outbreak of norovirus (NoV) genotype I and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) occurred among US Navy Ship personnel following a visit to Lima, Peru, in June 2008. Visiting a specific area in Lima was significantly associated with illness. While ETEC and NoV are commonly recognized as causative agents of outbreaks, co-circulation of both pathogens has been rarely observed in shipboard ou...

conclusions we can remove the ureteral stent earlier after kidney transplantation with no increase in the prevalence of surgical complications. patients and methods all patients who underwent kidney transplantation from may 2011 until march 2012 in modarres hospital were included in this study. we classified the patients into three groups, based on time of stent removal (10, 20, and 30 days aft...

Departamento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-010 Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-010 Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerias – UFMG, Rua Espírito Santo,...

We were interested in the study published by Dr. Alizadeh Ghavidel et al.,1 whom we congratulate on their publication. There are some points, however, which we wish to make regarding the aim and results of their study. The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is mostly used as the conduit of choice for myocardial revascularization. The LIMA confers superior graft patency and better longterm surv...

Background: To evaluate the medium and late term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting with pull-through coronary endarterectomy using a saphenous vein patch for bypass distal anastomosis site. Methods: Retrospective review of all coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures performed from January 1, 2000 through June 30, 2013 with and without concomitant coronary endarterectomy (CE), w...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 16 March 2009 190 6 331-332 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2009 www.mja.com.au Lessons from Practice after coronary artery bypass using internal mammary Unfortunately, this simple non-invasive assessm overlooked, as it was in the patients reported here. approach to catheterisation of the left internal ma (LIMA) graft can also cause the diagnosi...

results a total of 529 patients underwent kidney transplant surgery in our center. urologic complications among the three groups consisting of hydronephrosis, urinoma and collection did not have statistically significant differences. conclusions ureteral stent can be picked up with no increased risk of urologic complications at shorter intervals after the kidney transplantation surgery. patient...