Robotic mitral valve surgery
Pulmonary metastasectomy
Cardiac aging – a review
Life-threatening gastric dilata ...
Background: Gastric dilatation can turn into a life-threatening condition including bleeding, necrotic intestinal wall, intra-abdominal rupture and ...
Does gentamycin affect long ter ...
Background: The influence of topical intraoperative gentamycin on long term recurrence rate in primary pilonidal sinus surgery has not yet been inv ...
Pelvic packing: a rescue treatm ...
Background: Management of presacral hemorrhage has always been a challenge for surgeons because such bleeding can rapidly destabilize the patient. T ...
Loop retraction of the gallblad ...
Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is a modified laparoscopic technique with only one access through the umbilicus to avoid vis ...
Urgent coronary artery bypass g ...
Background: Coronary artery fistulas are rare congenital or acquired coronary artery anomalies that can originate from any of the three major corona ...
Robotic mitral valve surgery
Background: Robotic mitral valve surgery has evolved and matured into a safe and reproducible procedure at multiple worldwide centers of excellence. ...
A meta-analysis of outcomes aft ...
Background: A meta-analysis of published literature comparing peri-operative, short-term and longterm outcomes after open Nissen’s fundoplication (O ...
Unusual cranial reconstruction ...
Background: Large cranial vault reconstruction is a major challenge particularly in younger patients to achieve the goals of plastic surgery and imp ...
Pulmonary metastasectomy
Background: The major obstacle in curing cancer is the limited ability to prevent and treat metastatic disease. Pulmonary metastasectomy is now a st ...
One-stage surgical management f ...
Background: Hydatid disease remains a serious health problem in Mediterranean areas. We reviewed the efficacy of a single-stage operation in coexist ...
Prevalence of obesity and overw ...
Background: Obesity is one of the most important health-related problems in the 21st century. Data on its respective prevalence in Austria remain sc ...
Neointimal hyperplasia in a por ...
Background: Neointima formation is a crucial problem in the early phase after coronary artery bypass grafting which may result in vein graft stenosi ...
Gene expression profiles charac ...
Background: Preoperative ejection fraction (EF) is predictive for long-term survival in patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS). To gain insight in ...
Esophageal smooth muscle cells ...
Background: Esophagus tissue engineering using the hybrid-construct approach involves assembly of the esophageal components to engineer the organ. T ...
Off-pump multi-vessel revascula ...
Background: The subset of patients that benefit most from off-pump CABG remains controversial. This study randomly compared off- with on-pump CABG ...
Transcatheter aortic valve impl ...
Background: Report of our single centre experiences with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a group of high-risk patients without ext ...
Her-2 in gastroesophageal cance ...
Background: The human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her-2) is a membrane-bound tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in about 15% of gastroeso ...
Minimally invasive mitral valve ...
Background: Minimally invasive (MICS) mitral valve surgery has become a valid alternative to the conventional approach by full median sternotomy; ne ...
Natural orifice translumenal en ...
Background: NOTES is advancing at a rapid pace with large registries of human applications and increasing evidence to support safety and efficacy. W ...
Urgent cardiac surgery in octog ...
Background: Urgent or emergent cardiac surgery in the elderly is burdened by high operative mortality and unacceptable postoperative quality of life ...
Natural orifice translumenal en ...
Background: As an emerging surgical paradigm, NOTES is currently performed using conventional flexible endoscopes. Gastroenterologists are experts i ...
NOTES transanal rectal cancer r ...
Background: With a rapidly expanding international registry of cases, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) continues to be held a ...
Cardiac aging – a review
Background: Physiology of aging includes numerous modifications at different levels of the cardiovascular system, resulting in adverse remodeling of ...
Development and technique of pe ...
Background: Achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder involving the absence of esophageal body peristalsis and defective relaxation of the lo ...
Transvaginal cholecystectomy is ...
Background: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is regarded as less invasive than laparoscopic surgery. However, the assumed adv ...