Open surgical repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms has evolved significantly over the last decades thanks to technical improvements, especially in the area of organ protection. However, despite adjunctive strategies, morbidity and mortality rates are still not negligible. Repair of the thoracoabdominal aorta represents a formidable challenge for surgeons, anesthesiologists and patients a...

The anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare malformation that represents less than 0.5% of the congenital heart diseases. The common clinical feature is congestive heart failure. The treatment is strictly a surgical repair. The authors report the first 3 cases of ALCAPA diagnosed in Senegal in infants under the age of 1 year old. Two were succes...

erties of the right cervical vagus nerve in adult dogs. Exp Neurol 2011;227:62–68. 19. Yoo PB, Lubock NB, Hincapie JG, Ruble SB, Hamann JJ, Grill WM. High-resolution measurement of electrically-evoked vagus nerve activity in the anesthetized dog. J Neural Eng 2013;10:026003. 20. Sabbah HN, Stein PD, Kono T, Gheorghiade M, Levine TB, Jafri S et al. A canine model of chronic heart failure produce...

although the increase in the number of core sutures during flexor tendon repair increases the tensile strength of the repair, both increased handling at the time of repair and increased bulk at the repair site have been hypothesized as affecting clinical outcomes by increasing gliding resistance. the purpose of our study was to assess whether increasing the number of core sutures from two stran...

PURPOSE Debate exists over optimal treatment for acute Achilles tendon ruptures. Recent literature suggests the mini-open technique may provide the reliability of the open repair with the decreased complication rate of non-operative treatment. This retrospective review compares acute tendon ruptures treated with one of two techniques: open repair (TO) or mini-open repair (MOA). METHODS & RESU...

Background Data: Spondylolysis is a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis that occurs in 2–5% population. Surgical techniques spondylolysis repair have been challenging last decades.

Background Patients who undergo surgical repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) often experience abnormal remodeling of the right ventricle (RV), notably with chamber dilatation and associated dysfunction. The ideal surgical technique is controversial, but RV outflow tract repair utilizing a transannular patch (TAP) is employed to overcome the RV outflow tract obstruction in many patients with TOF...

Distal biceps tendon ruptures are a result of an eccentric load onto a flexed elbow and can lead to loss of flexion and supination strength. Surgical treatment is a well-accepted treatment that can improve flexion and supination strength, however, can be associated with a number of surgical complications. The case presented here describes a vascular injury sustained during a distal biceps tendo...