Report of a surgical treatment for vascular ring (right aortic arch and the anomalous origin of the left subclavian artery) related to Kommerell diverticulum with resection of the ligamentum arteriosum (ductus arteriosus), suture of the Kommerell diverticulum, and reimplantation of left subclavian artery in the ipsilateral carotid artery through left thoracotomy in a 13-year-old female.

The celiac trunk and the mesenteric arteries may present variations with different clinical significance. A celiacomesenteric trunk was discovered in a patient with mesenteric ischemia and a history of aortic bypass without inferior mesenteric artery reimplantation. Despite thrombectomies and digestive resections, the patient died. Anatomic variations like celiacomesenteric trunk must be known ...

The coronary arteries are a major concern in anatomical correction of d-transposition of the great arteries. The necropsy study was undertaken to assess the feasibility of direct bilateral reimplantation as described by Fatene et al. This seemed possible in only 30 per cent of 100 cases, and furthermore was related to the type of coronary artery pattern.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Due to the rarity of the condition, large and prospective series defining the optimal method of digestive arteries revascularization, for the treatment of chronic intestinal ischemia, are lacking. The aim of this consecutive sample clinical study was to test the hypothesis that flexible application of different revascularization methods, according to individual cases, will y...

BACKGROUND Static antibiotic-impregnated cement spacers have been used widely to treat chronically infected total knee arthroplasties with a high success result. However, difficulty in surgical exposure during revision has been encountered. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical results of two-stage reimplantation of an infected total knee arthroplasty using a static antibiotic-...

BACKGROUND Infection is a serious complication of cardiovascular-implantable electronic device implantation and necessitates removal of all hardware for optimal treatment. Strategies for reimplanting hardware after infection vary widely and have not previously been analyzed using a large, multicenter study. METHODS AND RESULTS The MEDIC (Multicenter Electrophysiologic Device Infection Cohort)...

prosthetic joint infection (pji) is a serious complication of total knee arthroplasty (tka). control of infection after a failed two-stage tka is not always possible, and the resolution of infection may require an above-knee amputation (aka) or a the-knee (kf). the purpose of this review is to determine which treatment method (aka or kf) yields better function and ambulatory status for patients...

OBJECTIVE To assess if the systematic use of double J ureteral catheters in ureteroneocystostomies of kidney transplants reduces the rate of complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Non-randomized prospective, comparative study of parallel groups in 194 kidney transplants. We established two equal groups, 111 patients with double J catheter and another of 83 catheter-free patients. We studied the...

Introduction: When treating periprosthetic joint infections with a two-stage procedure, antibiotic-impregnated spacers are used in the interval between removal of prosthesis and reimplantation. According to our experience, cultures of sonicated spacers are most often negative. The objective of our study was to investigate whether PCR analysis would improve the detection of bacteria in the space...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the proportion of silent venous obstruction in patients who underwent pacemaker or lead reimplantation for various reasons. We also investigated independent predictors or risk factor of venous obstruction in this patient population. METHODS Seventy-three patients who underwent pacemaker pulse generator and/or lead reimplantation in our institution between 200...