Tissue or Cell Cardiac Bioassistance (Cardiac-Bio-Assists) is a biological approach to remedy to cardiac progressive insufficiency based on autologous tissue or cell transplantation. Some of the work-hypotheses are in pre-clinical evaluation (implants of embryonic myocardiocytes and of myoblasts derived from skeletal muscle satellite cell or Skeletal Muscle Ventricle, SMV), others are under pre...

Case Description- Umbilical hernia is occasionally seen with different levels of complexity in animals This emergency condition requires quick diagnosis and is corrected with various surgical approaches. The aim of this paper is to report the surgical correction of an eviscerated umbilical hernia with extensive adhesion in a bovine calf. Twenty days old indigenous male bovine c...

Introduction Robotic-assisted surgery is increasingly being used in various surgical specialities to decrease blood loss, surgical stress and to improve cosmesis. Over past two decades it has become popular in cardiac surgery as well. Various cardiac surgical procedures like valve surgery, coronary artery surgery and congenital repair procedures can be done with robotic help. Anaesthetic manage...

recently, there have been more reports of cardiac valve infections due to the increasing number of intravenous (iv) drug abusers and chronic renal failure patients. among cardiac valves, tricuspid valve is most commonly affected in the course of endocarditis. appropriate management of these patients is a challenging and controversial issue in the field of cardiac surgery. treatment options in s...

OBJECTIVES The Ross procedure is the preferred aortic valve replacement (AVR) choice in small children. Nonetheless, it is a complicated surgery and there are concerns that subsequent cardiac reoperations are exceptionally complex and associated with high morbidity and mortality. We examine the surgical spectrum and report outcomes of cardiac reoperations in patients who had undergone the Ross ...