BACKGROUND/AIMS Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a well-known independent risk factor for the development of postoperative pulmonary and cardiac complications after thoracic or nonthoracic surgery. We aimed to determine the risk factors and complications of abdominal surgery in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-two patients diagnosed with chro...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can lead to significant cardiac dysfunction and is considered to be associated with an increased risk of perioperative cardiovascular complications. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of children with PAH who underwent anesthesia or sedation for noncardiac surgical procedures or cardiac catheterizations from 1999 to 2004. The incidence, ty...

introduction: early diagnosis and appropriate treatment is required in esophageal cancer due to its invasive nature. the aim of this study was to evaluate early post-esophagectomy complications in patients with esophageal cancer who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nacr).   materials and methods: this randomized clinical trial was carried out between 2009 and 2011. patients with lower-th...

Purpose: To determine effectiveness of lymphatic interventional procedures for treatment of chylothorax. Material and methods: Analysis of interventions performed from 2001 to 2014. Results: In 21 patients with therapy resistant chylothorax a lymphatic radiological intervention was attempted, which could be performed in 19 cases: 17 thoracic duct embolizations (15 transabdominal, one transzervi...

today, congenital heart diseases may be treated without surgery through advances in interventional cardiology. however, complications such as infection and thrombus formation may develop due to foreign materials used during these procedures. surgical intervention may be required for the removal of the device utilized for the procedure. in this case report, we present the surgical treatment of a...

TOPIC: Procedures TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Chylothorax is a well described complication after thoracic interventions. It can occur in wide variety of procedures such as brachiocephalic manipulation or lymph node dissection. Often, there be disruption the lymphatic drainage resulting chlye draining into pleural space. We discuss case where patient was found to have chylothorax int...

introduction patients with palliated congenital heart disease may present later in life for major, non-cardiac surgical procedures. although alternative surgical techniques are now available for the treatment of the transposition of the great arteries (tga), an atrial level baffle (mustard or senning procedure) was previously performed. long-term adverse effects of the atrial level switch inclu...

The management and complications of chylothorax occurring beyond the neonatal period were reviewed retrospectively. Records from 15 patients treated between 1976 and 1986 were analysed; a combination of thoracocentesis, chest drain insertion, and dietary modification were successful in abolishing chyle leakage in 10 cases. One child died from complications of cardiac surgery rather than from th...

After the introduction of endocardial radiofrequency catheter, only two arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and ischemic ventricular tachycardia require surgical procedures. In this review, we describe recent advancements and problems of surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation. On the basis of multiple-circuit re-entry theory, Cox developed the maze operation with the aim of interrupting the re...

Chylothorax is a rare entity characterised by leakage of lymphatic fluid into the pleural cavity from the thoracic duct. We present a case of traumatic chylothorax following a traumatic fracture of the L1 vertebra. An 84-year-old lady presented to the emergency department after being found collapsed at home. She gave a preceding history of one day of diarrhoea. Chest X-ray showed a rightsided e...