Double purse-string telescoped pancreaticogastrostomy using an atraumatic self-retaining ring retractor following pancreaticoduodenectomy – Details of surgical procedure and early postoperative outcome

Comparison of early postoperative rehabilitation outcome following total knee arthroplasty using different surgical approaches and instrumentation.

PURPOSE To assess early postoperative rehabilitation outcome following computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or standard instrumentation TKA using a medial parapatellar or subvastus approach. METHODS A prospective controlled trial of 70 consecutive patients undergoing TKA with a low contact stress rotating platform prosthesis was conducted. Patients were randomised to receive surger...

Improving surgical outcome following the Norwood procedure

BACKGROUND The Norwood procedure consists of three palliative operations, performed in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Especially the first stage (Norwood I) is associated with the highest mortality rates in paediatric cardiac surgery (up to 25%). During surgery, the aorta is reconstructed and a systemic-to-pulmonary shunt is applied. Originally the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt...

New Rhinoplasty Instruments: Columella Scissors and Self-retaining Aufricht Retractor

1 BackGROund Surgical instruments are essential helpers on the way to better results. As in the surgical procedure itself, also with the equipment, even small changes in details may make a big difference concerning handling, potentially affecting the outcome. Over many years of practicing rhinoplasty, the author has repeatedly asked the manufacturer to optimize the design of instruments, leadin...

Surgical treatment of mitral insufficiency by total circumferential purse-string suture of the mitral ring.

A simple home-made self-retaining retractor for thyroidectomy.

Can J Surg, Vol. 52, No. 6, December 2009 523 S urgical assistance is imperative for the smooth conduct of various types of surgery that require steady retraction throughout the procedure. However, prolonged surgery will cause fatigue among the assistant surgeons who might not be able to sustain the optimal retraction for the chief surgeon. To overcome this problem, different types of self-reta...