BACKGROUND Simultaneous bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax (SBPSP) is rare, but requires surgery on both sides, in patients with definite bilateral bullae to prevent life-threatening conditions. Recently, uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been widely accepted as a less invasive technique for the treatment of pneumothorax. Thus, we introduced single-staged uniport...

INTRODUCTION: Orthognathic surgery can have significant effects on the nasolabial envelope, which may or may not be desirable.1–3 While orthognathic surgery is sometimes the definitive procedure, it can also be performed with adjunctive rhinoplasty, either concurrently or in a staged fashion. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and develop an algorithm for the use of adjunctive rhinoplasty...

BACKGROUND To explore a prior treatment strategy for medium-sized (1.5-20 cm) divided nevus of the eyelids. METHODS Six patients who suffered from divided nevus of eyelids were recruited to this prospective, case series study between July 2008 and January 2014 (4 male and 2 female patients). The patients' ages ranged from 14 to 29 years, with an average age of 24.5 years. All lesions were med...

To determine the effect of planned two-stage surgery using lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) on perioperative complication rate following corrective in patients with kyphoscoliosis. Consecutive degenerative scoliosis who underwent were divided into a control group that single-stage posterior-only and two-staged LLIF posterior fusion. We collected patient background surgical data assessed r...

OBJECTIVE The assessment of the best surgical approach in patients with synchroneously occurring lung cancer (stages I and II) and coronary artery disease: concomitant or staged. METHODS A retrospective, observational study was conducted in a tertiary centre for cardiothoracic surgery. From 1988-1995, 34 patients underwent pulmonary resection for stages I-II primary bronchogenic carcinoma and...

Background—Congenital mitral stenosis (CMS) remains a surgical challenge, particularly when it is associated with other heart defects. As in other groups of heart defects, there is a trend toward early single-stage complete repair, but the optimal surgical approach remains unanswered. Methods and Results—This study was designed to analyze the evolution of surgical strategies in patients with CM...

BACKGROUND Congenital mitral stenosis (CMS) remains a surgical challenge, particularly when it is associated with other heart defects. As in other groups of heart defects, there is a trend toward early single-stage complete repair, but the optimal surgical approach remains unanswered. METHODS AND RESULTS This study was designed to analyze the evolution of surgical strategies in patients with ...

BACKGROUND The staged laparotomy in the operative management of emergency general surgery (EGS) patients is an extension of trauma surgeons operating on this population. Indications for its application, however, are not well defined, and are currently based on the lethal triad used in physiologically-decompensated trauma patients. This study sought to determine the acute indications for the sta...

Staged Revision Surgery for Failed Cavovarus Hindfoot Reconstruction This volume of Grand Rounds from HSS focuses on foot and ankle surgery. We offer challenging cases presented by HSS Foot and Ankle specialists; three patients who presented with malalignment, instability and disabling pain who had previously undergone unsuccessful procedures for relatively common conditions. Each case required...