A 63-year-old man presented with symptomatic severe mitral regurgitat ion. Both trans-esophageal 3-D echocardiography and operative linear measurements showed a 25 mm long A2 anterior leaflet with a very wide (23 mm) prolapsing 30 mm long P2 posterior mid-scallop (Figure 1A,B). P1 and P3 were diminutive in height and width (Figure 2). A ‘haircut’ posterior leaflet-plasty was done to maintain le...

Considering the psychosocial benefits obtained with immediate breast reconstruction (IBR)1, this procedure has been increasingly applied in Brazil, mainly in the immediate surgical context. The two main modalities of IBR used are the ones that employ autogenous tissue or artificial breast implants or expanders. There is no consensus regarding the ideal time to carry out the IBR within the multi...

The article presents a clinical observation of first appeared non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in 43-year-old young woman with three risk factors: chronic stress, smoking, dyslipidemia. Significant stenosis the LAD (left anterior descending artery) was diagnosed and surgical intervention performed: plasty stenting LAD.

Endoscopic Z-plasty for Treatment of Supraglottic Stenosis: A New Technique Otolaryngology– Head and Neck Surgery 2015, Vol. 153(6) 1064–1066 American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation 2015 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0194599815607201 http://otojournal.org Taner Yılmaz, MD, Shamkhal Jafarov, MD, Oğuz Kus xcxu, MD, Tevfik Söz...

Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the anterior aortic sinus is a rare but potentially lethal congenital disease. We report two adolescent patients with this anomaly who underwent surgical plasty using a saphenous vein patch, rather than unroofing or fenestration technique, as was typically done. This report suggests that surgical angioplasty can be performed safely and effe...

W ITH the introduction of ventriculo11 plasty the importance of diagnosis of ventricular aneurysm has increased.1' 2 Prior to operation the subject of the following case report had episodes of ventricular tachycardia controlled with difficulty by continuous quinidine administration. Following excision of the ventricular aneurysm there were no further episodes despite the omission of quinidine. ...

Introduction. Urethral stricture disease is one of the most actual problems modern urology, and number this pathology in population increases year to year. To date, a large surgical methods for treating urethral strictures have been proposed. This study represents our experience treatment short-length bulbous strictures. Purpose study. analyze results patients with Materials methods. A retrospe...