Background: Liver dysfunction during on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is a rare complication but is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The ability to identify high-risk patients may be helpful in planning appropriate management strategies. We aimed to evaluate the factors influencing liver function tests during on-pump CABG.Methods: In 146 patients scheduled...

Preoperative assessment of an echinococcal liver cyst with surrounding tissue structures is extremely important for planning the course surgical intervention. The paper presents first experience treating a patient parasitic using three-dimensional reconstruction affected by echinococcus at preoperative stage. use this approach made it possible to avoid development intraoperative complications a...

Over the recent years, retina specialists have enjoyed significant improvements in the surgical management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy including improved preoperative planning, vitreoretinal instrumentation and new surgical maneuvers. In this review, we present new tips and tricks such as preoperative pharmacotherapy approaches including pegaptanib injection and biodegradable dexameth...

A successful robotically assisted minimally invasive intervention necessitates preoperative planning which is done by the surgeon to prepare the intervention and to decide about the best access to the surgical site. In the context of robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, this requires to optimally place ports and robots such that important conditions and requirements like sufficient ...