We present the first documented case of a Candida glabrata infection on the retained lead of a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) in an immunosuppressed heart transplant recipient. This is the first documented case of a redo upper mini-sternotomy approach for a lead removal and innominate vein reconstruction with bovine patch. The patient is a 55 year-old male with non-ischemic...

Brachial Plexus Injury (BPI) is an uncommon complication of median sternotomy capable of causing a permanent or transitory sensitivity and/or motor function impairment in the upper limbs. During a cardiac surgery through sternotomy, for the assessment of the thoracic cage configuration and the site of mediastinal structures, a broader surgical field may be required. If the sternal retractors ar...

INTRODUCTION Anterior mini-thoracotomy approach is a good alternative to median sternotomy in Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) repair. Our purpose is to explain the details of our technique and peresent the results. METHODS Seventy five patients with ASD (52 female and 23 male) were operated with anterior mini-thoracotomy approach in our tertiary center between March 2012 and March 2014. The mean a...

given the importance of potato in the economy and people’s nutrition, as well as planting of disease-free seeds, it seems necessary to produce healthy seeds through tissue culture. this study was conducted during 2012-2013 at the research center of agricultural university of tajikistan aiming to evaluate the effect of different sizes of mini-tuber on yield and yield components of potato crop. a...

Introduction: Retrosternal goitres require surgical removal due to compressive symptoms as well risk of malignancy. In a majority, the retrosternal part can be removed through neck incision, while 5-10% requiring sternotomy. An alternative sternotomy is thoracoscopy, which associated with reduced morbidity. Methods: The approach used resect goiters in our unit over period two years was evaluate...

full aseptic technique including gown and gloves might be regarded as best practice. It is common practice also to give additional antibiotics and a povodine-iodine washout although we could identify no studies other than uncontrolled cohort studies in support of this. TD. Infectious complications and cost-effectiveness of open resuscitation in the surgical intensive care unit after cardiac sur...

Although innominate artery transection for innominate artery compression of the trachea is recently used for prevention of life-threatening complications (e.g. massive bleeding and obstructive apnoea) in patients with neurological disorders, pre-existing tracheostomy poses a risk of mediastinal infection with sternotomy. We successfully performed innominate artery transection on such a patient ...