from march 1990 to may 1993,309 patients underwent redo cardiac surgery operation at the shahid rajai heart hospital in tehran. early mortality rates in these patients showed a significant increase in comparison to patients undergoing open heart surgery for the first time. late mortality (at least one month after surgery) in the patients was slightly increased also but less than early mortality...

From March 1990 to May 1993,309 patients underwent redo cardiac surgery operation at the Shahid Rajai Heart Hospital in Tehran. Early mortality rates in these patients showed a significant increase in comparison to patients undergoing open heart surgery for the first time. Late mortality (at least one month after surgery) in the patients was slightly increased also but less than early morta...

BACKGROUND Parathyroid reoperations are challenging and achieving a cure requires multidisciplinary treatment team cooperation. The aims of this study were to summarize our experience in revision surgery for persistent (pHPT) or recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism (rHPT) and to explore factors underlying failure to cure at initial surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS This was a retrospective cohor...

© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) DOI 10.1080/17453674.2016.1247561 Sir,—We read with interest the paper by Mukka et al. (2016) concerning periprosthetic femoral fra...

BACKGROUND The predominant complication of bioprostheses is structural valve deterioration and the consequences of reoperation. The purpose of the study was to determine the mortality and risk assessment of that mortality for mitral bioprosthetic failure. METHODS AND RESULTS From 1975 to 1999, 1 973 patients received a heterograft bioprosthesis in 2 152 operations. The procedures were perform...

Introduction. The aim of the study was to investigate associations between reoperations after contralateral risk-reducing mastectomies (CRRM) and emotional problems, body image, sexuality, and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with breast cancer and hereditary high risk. Patients and Methods. Patients scheduled for CRRM with breast reconstruction between 1998 and 2010 completed qu...

BACKGROUND Intraoperative angiography is a useful tool for predicting both tissue perfusion during postmastectomy breast reconstruction and mastectomy flap and free flap survival. OBJECTIVES The authors determine whether the routine use of laser-assisted indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography (SPY Imaging; LifeCell Corp, Branchburg, New Jersey) in breast reconstruction decreases the...

BACKGROUND Few reoperations are required in older patients undergoing multilevel lumbar laminectomy with noninstrumented fusions for spinal stenosis with/without spondylolisthesis/instability, and they rarely require instrumentation. METHODS We reviewed 336 patients averaging 66.5 years of age undergoing initial average 4.7 level lumbar laminectomies with average 1.4 level noninstrumented fus...

BACKGROUND Reoperation of femoral neck fractures in elderly patients is frequent. Our aim was to determine predictors of reoperations following primary internal fixation with 3 cannulated screws. MATERIALS AND METHODS A follow-up study included all patients aged 65+ years old patients consecutively admitted to an orthopedic ward with femoral neck fracture in the period from January 1, 2007, t...

Objectives: Congenital cardiac malformations are usually corrected in the neonatal period or in early infancy. Corrective surgery may not always be definitive, especially in complex malformations. Long-term morbidity is influenced by reoperations and their risk. Methods: This study analyzes our single-center experience over more than 20 years in a selected group of patients. Data were gathered,...