Introduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II in adult patients with acquired heart diseases. Material and Methods. research included a consecutive series 6,031 who underwent coronary, valvular combined cardiac surgical interventions period from January 15, 2015 December 31, 2020. Model calibration assessed by c...

â  background hirschsprung’s disease (hd) is a congenital disease in which intesâ­tinal ganglionic cells are absent, leading to intestinal obstruction. the disease has various clinical manifestations and different lengths of bowel may be involved. our aim was to study hirschsprung’s clinical presentations and its rate of intestinal involvement in hospitalized patients in a six year course s...

BACKGROUND Outcomes for repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) from individual institutions suggest a significant improvement in mortality over the past several decades. The purpose of this study is to review the outcomes after repair of TAPVC from a large multiinstitutional registry. METHODS A retrospective review of the multiinstitutional database, the Pediatric Cardi...

INTRODUCTION Hydatidosis is endemic in the Mediterranean region including morrocco, the Middle and Far East, Australia, New Zealand, and South America-all areas where animal husbandry is common. Rupture into the abdominal cavity is a rare but serious complication of hydatid disease. The cysts may be ruptured after a trauma, or spontaneously as a result of increased intracystic pressure. Rupture...

Objective: To assess the impact of fast track extubation versus late in cardiac surgery patients being operated Bahawal Victoria hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted department surgery, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, from March 2018 to 2020. All who underwent surgical procedures were consecutively enrolled. Fast-track (FTE) and delayed (DE) the...

Cantrell Pentalogy is a rare congenital anomaly that affects the development of organs in thorax and abdomen fetus, characterized by five primary defects: anterior abdominal wall defects, sternal diaphragmatic cardiac anomalies, defects other such as lungs, liver, kidneys, central nervous system. It named after American physician Everett R. Cantrell, who first described condition 1958. an extre...

BACKGROUND For adult populations, hospitals that have low mortality rates for one surgical discipline tend to have low mortality rates for other surgical disciplines. We sought to determine to what degree mortality rates for high-risk pediatric surgical procedures were correlated within institutions. METHODS High-risk operations performed on patients ≤ 10 years of age were identified in the 2...

The survival rate after lung transplantation has increased in recent years, leading to an increase in non-pulmonary conditions that require surgical intervention. These post-transplant surgical procedures, however, are associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. Intra-abdominal conditions are the most common reasons for surgical intervention. We describe here two patients who underwent ...

Anastomotic leaks occur in up to 5% of patients who undergo bariatric surgical procedures [1]. Reoperation is associated with a high morbidity, and a mortality of up to 10% [2]. Therefore, endoscopic management should be considered in the first instance. We present a case of a gastric anastomotic leak that was successfully closed with a cardiac septal occluder device (Amplatzer; St. Jude Medica...

OBJECTIVE To describe the success rate and the complications after procedures to diagnose abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children and adolescents. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted with a population consisting of children and adolescents with abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed between September 1994 and December 2012. The sample comprised of 100 patients...