A 63-year-old man with protein C deficiency underwent thoracoscopic esophagectomy and digestive reconstruction using a gastric tube for thoracic esophageal cancer. On postoperative day 3, the gastric tube was removed because of anastomotic leakage and gastric tube necrosis. Digestive reconstruction …
Purpose: The conventional surgical treatment for postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is open-heart repair with cardiopulmonary bypass. However, the risk of the open-heart surgery under…
Purpose: A prolonged air leak (PAL) is one of the common postoperative complications of pulmonary resection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the…
Purpose: To present the clinical experience in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) of first rib resection for patients with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (NTOS).Methods: The files…
Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effects of initial abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diameter on aneurysmal sac expansion/shrinkage, endoleaks, and reintervention postelective simple endovascular aneurysm…
Purpose: Coronary anastomosis is the most key factor to accomplish coronary artery bypass grafting, which is one of the largest areas in cardiovascular surgery. Although…
Purpose: The distal suture line during aortic dissection repair can be performed by a closed technique or by an open technique. This study presents a…
Purpose: Reimplanting the radial artery in the left internal thoracic artery as a composite graft allows total arterial revascularization (TAR) without aortic manipulation. The limitation…
Purpose: This study aimed to elucidate the strategy of an effective Impella support for better clinical outcomes in patients with a postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCCS).Methods:…
Purpose: There have been few reports examining changes in physical activity (PA) after revascularization of lower extremities from the perspective of physical function at discharge.…
Purpose: Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) sometimes occur as vein graft stenosis or failure in coronary artery bypass grafting. The purpose of this study was to…
