Telemanipulators have been introduced into cardiac surgery recently expanding the scope of minimally invasive techniques and enabling endoscopic cardiac surgery. Our aim was to evaluate clinical results of totally endoscopic single vessel bypass grafting on the arrested as well as on the beating heart. Since 1999, 44 totally endoscopic single vessel arterial bypass grafting procedures were perf...

In this work, the grafting of maleic anhydride onto two types of linear low density polyethylene with hexene-1 comonomer (LLDPE-H1) and butene-1 comonomer (LLDPE-B1), in the presence of styrene monomer (St) and dicumyl peroxide initiator (DCP) has been studied. The combined influences of MAH, St and DCP on the grafting efficiency via a melt reactive mixing process have been investigated using r...

BACKGROUND It has been previously shown that a persistent (up to 1 month) prothrombotic status occurs after coronary bypass surgery performed both on pump and off pump. To assess the pathways involved in the occurrence of postoperative prothrombotic state, in this study we evaluated plasma, monocyte-bound, and platelet-bound tissue factor expression, as well as platelet and soluble P-selectin e...

BACKGROUND Novel bone substitutes have challenged the notion of autologous bone grafting as the 'gold standard' for the surgical treatment of fracture nonunions. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that autologous bone grafting is equivalent to other bone grafting modalities in the management of fracture nonunions of the long bones. METHODS A retrospective review of patients...

Abstract The “stress-shielding” problem, common with metallic implants, may be solved by using biocompatible sandwiches a polymeric core between two skin sheets. To achieve such sandwiches, process route has been developed, beginning the grafting of poly-(methyl-methacrylate) (PMMA) on titanium (Ti) sheets via “grafting from” technique. Grafting resulted in variable thicknesses PMMA Ti Hot-pres...

Objective: The purpose of our study is to describe experience with the non-vascularised fibular autogenous grafts that was used for treatment nonunion long bones including tibia, femur & humerus and analyse compare results in terms postoperative wound infection, radiographic evidence union, pain functional disability, success rate procedure etc. conventional iliac crest bone grafting plating, a...

Autologous bone grafting remains the gold standard for bone grafting in clinical practice. Although it has withstood the test of time, it remains associated with multiple comorbidities. The search for an alternative bone graft substitute harnessing bone's osteoconductive, osteoinductive, and osteogenic properties remains a challenge. This article examines the various bone grafting materials cur...

Grafting is a widely used technique in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) production. However, cost of grafted seedlings generally high as result intensive labor inputs for propagation using traditional grafting methods such the manual removal rootstock regrowth. This study developed new tool to physically remove epidermis pumpkin (C. maxima × C. moschata) and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) cot...