BACKGROUND Aortic valve surgery in patients with severely calcified aortas is technically challenging. Additionally, the choice of arterial cannulation site and whether to perform an aortic clamp to prevent neurological complications are poorly defined. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a patient with a severely calcified aorta and stenosis of its side branches. He successfully underwent aortic v...

The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the short-term (4 weeks) surgical complications after unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression (ULBD) in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, below and above age 65. Twenty-nine consecutive patients operated upon in 2011 were included: 12 below age 65, and 17 above age 65. Five complications (17.1%) were observed, all in the older age...

OBJECTIVES To assess subjective success rates, complications and impact on quality of life (QoL) in women treated by Tension Free Vaginal Tape for urinary incontinence. METHODS A retrospective cohort analysis was made on 30 consecutive women undergoing TVT procedure alone or as concomitant to other pelvic surgical procedures, from June 2004 to October 2007. All the Patients were evaluated by ...

Abstract Objective Single-anastomosis duodenal switch (SADS) has emerged in recent years as an alternative to the standard double-anastomosis (DADS). The objective of this study was compare short- and medium-term outcomes between SADS DADS. Methods Data collected Ontario Bariatric Registry 2010 2019 were used for retrospective determine patients undergoing primary laparoscopic versus DADS at a ...

Patients with diabetes or hypertension with microalbuminuria (MA)/ proteinuria are prone to CV risk and progressive renal damage. This risk increases progressively with increasing levels of proteinuria. MA generally increases the relative risk of CV mortality by 1.3 and macroproteinuria by 2.4. 10-20% of hypertensive, 30-40% of diabetics and 5-7% of healthy population has MA. The CV risk exists...

To determine the impact of nonfatal in-hospital postoperative complications on long-term quality of life and functional status, we studied consecutive patients > or = 70 yr of age who had undergone noncardiac surgery. The association between the occurrence of nonfatal in-hospital postoperative complications and long-term quality of life (measured by the Medical Outcome Study Short form 36) and ...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate and compare the peri-operative and postoperative complications of the two most frequently used percutaneous tracheostomy techniques, namely guide wire dilating forceps (GWDF) and Ciaglia Blue Rhino (CBR). METHODS A sequential cohort study with comparison of short-term and long-term peri-operative and postoperative complications was performed in the intensive care unit...