Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Division of Infectious Diseases, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut; Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Cardiac Vascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Cincinnati, Ohio; De...

Victor A. TARASOV, Professor, Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, St.Petersburg, Russia Evgeny S. POBEGALOV, Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, St.Petersburg, Russia Vladimir V. STAVROVIETSKIY, Chief of the Thoracic Surgery Unit, Municipal Hospital No. 26, St.Petersburg, Russia Yuriy ...

Currently, cosmetic surgery is spread around the world. Several factors are involved in this rapidly evolving field such as socio-economic development, changes in cultural norms, globalization and the effects of Western culture, advertising, media, and mental disorders. Nowadays the cosmetic surgery is becoming a profitable business, which deals exclusively with human appearance and less from t...

1General Thoracic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Osaka 873-8511, Japan. 2First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical University School of Medicine, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan. 3Department of Respiratory Surgery Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Saitama 360-0105, Japan. 4Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara 634-8522, Japan. 5Departme...

Clinic of Upper Gastrointestinal Oncology, M. Skłodowska-Curie Center of Oncology-Institute in Warsaw1 Clinic of General Surgery and Clinical Nutrition, Medical University in Warsaw2 Chair and Clinic of Surgery, Poznań University of Medical Sciences3 Clinic of General and Colorectal Surgery, University Clinical Hospital in Łódź4 Chair and Clinic of General, Gastroenterological Surgery and Nutri...

introduction: hepatic hydatid cyst is caused by echinococcosis granulosis. it is a major health problem in endemic areas. the modern treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver varies from surgical intervention to percutaneous drainage or medical therapy. a high rate of complications following percutaneous drainage, and ineffectiveness of medical therapy have shown not to be the definitive treatmen...

introduction: feedback is very important in education and can help quality in the training process and orient the trainees in clinical contexts. this study aimed to assess the residents’ points of view about feedback in clinical education at shiraz university of medical sciences. methods: the sample of this study included 170 medical residents attending medical workshops in shiraz university of...

The growth of medical robotics since the mid1980s has been striking. From a few initial efforts in stereotactic brain surgery, orthopaedics, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, and other areas, the field has expanded to include commercially marketed, clinically deployed systems, and a robust and exponentially expanding research community. This chapter will discuss some major themes and illustrate...

the effect of applying cold gel pack on the anxiety of sternal incision associated with deep breathing and coughing in cardiac surgery patients    khalkhali hr [1] , ebrahimi rigi z [2] , feizi a * [3] , salehi sh [4] , salmanzadeh hr [5] , bazdar p [6]     received: 26 feb, 2013 accepted: 13 may, 2013    abstract  background & aims : coughing & deep breathing after sternotomy is along with hig...

Background: The routine use of preoperative appropriate paraclinic testing is useful in patients scheduled to undergo elective surgery. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of unnecessary preoperative evaluation performed for patients undergoing elective surgeries.Methods: This descriptive analytic study was performed to assess the patterns of preoperative evaluation tests on ...