Background: Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) is one of the most feared complications after brain tumor surgery. Postoperative hemorrhage has been described in presence a reduction Factor XIII (FXIII) with normal routine coagulation tests different fields. The primary objetive was to evaluate influence perioperative FXIII levels on ICH Methods: A prospective, observational, 18-month study conduc...

PURPOSE To further understand postoperative complications after vortex vein damage during scleral buckling surgery. METHODS The records of 34 patients (34 eyes) with vortex vein damage during scleral buckling surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were reviewed and compared with the records of 410 eyes undergoing similar surgery without vortex vein damage. RESULTS Postoperative compl...

Objective. To investigate the factors affecting intraoperative hemorrhage and postoperative sequelae after orthognathic surgery. Materials and Methods. Eighty patients with mandibular prognathism underwent surgical mandibular setback with intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO). The correlation between the blood loss volume and postoperative VAS with the gender, age, and operating time was as...

It is estimated that more than 4 billion people throughout the world use natural herbs for some aspect of primary health care. These over-the-counter medications, commonly referred to as "complementary and alternative medicines," despite their proposed health benefits, may have serious and potentially fatal side effects. This paper presents the case of a patient who underwent a gynecological op...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess prognosis after resection of giant tumors (including lobectomy or pneumonectomy) in the mediastinum. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with resection of a giant tumor in the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity received ICU treatment including dynamic monitoring of vital signs, arterial blood pressure and CVP detection, determination of hemorrhage,...

Introduction: Post-tonsillectomy bleeding is one of the most common complications tonsillectomy. The rate varies with different methods. Objective: purpose study was to compare prevalence postoperative after total, extracapsular tonsillectomy, and subtotal, intracapsular, microscope- microdebrider- assisted Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients who underwent a tonsillectomy in period tw...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a rare but serious postoperative complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). We reported a case of late-onset postoperative PVT with hemorrhage from the common hepatic artery (CHA) in a 73-year-old man who underwent pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD) for duodenum papilla cancer, followed by reconstruction using the modified Child's technique. The...

OBJECTIVES To differentiate surgical bleeding requiring re-exploration from postoperative coagulopathy and determine the differences in patient outcomes. METHODS This was a retrospective chart review of 2,263 adult patients undergoing elective and emergency open heart procedures encompassing coronary artery bypass, valvular, and a combined procedure to determine the impact of source of bleedi...

OBJECTIVE To explore the risk factors of intra-abdominal bacterial infection (IAI) after liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS A series of 82 HCC patients who received LT surgeries in our department between March 2004 and April 2010 was recruited in this study. Then we collected and analyzed the clinical data retrospectively. Statistical analysis ...

Abstract Parent artery occlusion is a definitive treatment method for preventing rebleeding of dissecting aneurysms. We herein report case ruptured distal posterior inferior cerebellar (PICA) aneurysm treated with internal trapping using n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA). A 65-year-old man visited our hospital complaint headache and neck pain that began 1 week before his arrival. He had history sp...