Introduction: Postoperative bleeding in cardiac surgery is not an uncommon complication and can be evaluated with surgical and nonsurgical causes. Although any type of coagulopathy should be treated before, during, and after the surgical procedure, cardiac surgeons should have perfect surgical techniques for step by step hemostasis to minimize blood loss. Material...

Surgical treatment of congenital heart defects is one the most difficult tasks. The article shows way development this direction in Kazan and Republic Tatarstan. benefits using ways methods adopted cardiac surgery for patients clinical situations are described. positive influence scientific study medical activity on general situation reflected.

Pulmonary lymphangiectasia (PL) is a rare condition characterized by dilatation of the lymphatic vessels. Post-neonatal PL is usually associated with pleural effusion and should therefore be suspected in the presence of chylothorax. We describe a post-neonatal manifestation of PL in a 7-year-old boy presenting chylothorax. Radiological examinations included thorax X-ray, ultrasound, and compute...

Chylothorax was probably first described by Aseli in 1677 (cited by Kirkland, 1965). It can occur neonatally and during infancy, in childhood, and in adult life. In the neonatal period less than 20 cases had been recorded up to 1965 (Kirkland, 1965). These were considered to be due to a congenital defect in the thoracic duct, and in a few to birth trauma, convulsions, or respiratory obstruction...

INTRODUCTION Chylothorax is a rare complication of surgical neck dissection. This is the first reported pediatric case of bilateral chylothorax following cervical surgery and the first to occur after tracheoplasty. Chylothorax can lead to significant complications, including hypoxemia and shock, and requires timely treatment. This case report discusses the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and ...

Chylothorax is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma and is associated with fracture-dislocation of the thoracic spine in only 20% of these cases. Two cases of chylothorax after blunt chest injury are described in this paper; 1 was related to a fracture of the third thoracic vertebra. Closed chest drainage and total parenteral nutrition led to resolution of the condition within 3 weeks in b...

INTRODUCTION Chylothorax caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemia is very rare and the best therapeutic approach, especially the role of modern immunochemotherapy, is not yet defined. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 65-year-old male Caucasian patient with right-sided chylothorax caused by a concomitantly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. As first-line treatment four cycles of a...

introduction: adequate pain control is an important consideration in the post-surgical management of patients. local nerve blockade added to general anesthesia can provide excellent pain control during and after most nasal surgical procedures. the aim of this study was to determine the combined effect of local anesthetic drugs with corticosteroids in nasal surgery. materials and methods: in thi...

there are many techniques for reconstruction after total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy. the use of a transposed stomach to restore gastrointestinal continuity, and this combined cervical and abdominal approach for pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy and gastric pull up has become one of the most popular. this retrospective study is a review of 50 consecutive iranian patients who underwent pharyngolaryn...