Total Cardiac Valve Replacement Using SCDK-Cutter Prosthesis

Comparison of Titanium vs. Polycel Total Ossicular Replacement Prosthesis

Introduction: Even though modern technology progresses so rapidly, annals of otology are replete with so many challenging article, which often compare various types of prosthesis. Since there has not been a prospective randomized clinical trial study which compares the hearing result of total ossicular replacement prosthesis made of Titanium with omega connector and Polycel in the literature, w...

Malfunction of the Mitral Valve Prosthesis (Cutter-Smeloff)

Three cases of intermittent obstruction of the mitral prosthesis (Cutter-Smeloff) due to ball variance have been reported. The typical findings were marked variation in the arterial pulse and the intensity of the mitral closing sound and intermittent absence of the opening click. The phonocardiography revealed varying intervals from aortic closing sound to the opening click (A2 OC interval). He...

The St. Jude Medical cardiac valve prosthesis: a 25-year experience with single valve replacement.

BACKGROUND From October 1977 to October 2002, 4,480 patients (age range, 17 to 94 years; average, 64 +/- 13 years) underwent single valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical heart valve. Of 2,982 aortic (AVR) and 1,498 mitral valve replacements (MVR), concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting was performed on 42% and 33%, respectively. METHODS Cardiac Surgical Associates has maintained an...

A mechanical prosthesis for pulmonary valve replacement?

Results of total knee replacement using a cemented stemmed prosthesis.

OBJECTIVE To present the results of total knee replacement at the King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODS The medical records of 205 patients who received 309 prostheses was reviewed. The study took place at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, KSA between May 1989 and August 2005, where patients were either examined in the outpatient clin...