Perigraft seromas (PGS) are a rare but important complication following aortic surgery. This study presents experience of proximal PGS in young male fourth redo cardiac surgery, and reviewed the published literature on management PGS. A case report review all cases 25-year-old with Marfan syndrome underwent surgery for completion total arch replacement via clamshell thoracotomy. mediastinal flu...

Background and Aim: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) provides for enteral nutrition in children with feeding problems. PEG, however, is not without complications. The present study has the aim to identify the incidence of major and minor complications after PEG placement. Methods: All patients receiving a PEG in the period 2008-2011 were reviewed. In a 4 years period we positioned 41 P...

Introduction: There is a strong suggestion that an impairment of vascular supply the sternum may be one most important factors influencing incidence deep sternal wound infection (DSWI). Several studies have studied risk for SSIs including DSWI in cardiac surgery. Methods: All patients who are presented to Assiut University Heart Hospital need Coronary artery Bypass Grafting from 1st January, 20...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to analyze the causes, timing, and results of reoperation after primary repair for acute type A dissection. METHODS One hundred and four consecutive patients underwent a reoperation after previous type A aortic dissection repair (1972 to 2008). Supracoronary ascending aorta replacement (SCAR) was commonly performed during primary repair and it was associated with ...

introduction: post cardiac surgery hemorrhagic syndromes, potentialized by implementing   cardiopulmonary bypass, leads to increased hazards of blood products transfusion and          pertains serious impacts on immediate patients outcome. the objective of this clinical trial was to investigate the efficiency of exogenous fibrinogen to control hemorrhagic syndromes following cardiac surgery in ...

BACKGROUND In this study, we retrospectively reviewed our experience in a meticulously selected group of patients undergoing redo off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery from the descending aorta to the circumflex artery (Cx) and its branches. METHODS Between January 2001 and October 2013, 32 patients at our hospital underwent redo off-pump CABG from the descending aorta to the C...

Primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is treated by parathyroidectomy. Excision of abnormal parathyroid tissue is curative in the majority of cases. Postoperative persistent or recurrent HPT has been reported up to 30%. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of imaging techniques and determine the efficacy of reexplorative surgery. A total of 306 patients underwent parathyroidectomy bet...

OBJECTIVES This study presents the first report on short- and long-term outcomes in redo-port access surgery after previous port access surgery (redo-PAS-PAS) for new or recurrent mitral valve (MV) and tricuspid valve (TV) disease. METHODS Our current surgical team performed redo-PAS-PAS in 26 consecutive patients who had previous port access surgery (mean age 65.8 ± 13.3 years, 46.2% female,...