Surgery for complex pulmonary aspergilloma is known to be technically challenging, often for indurated hilar structures and obliterated pleural space. We report a case of left pneumonectomy for pulmonary aspergilloma with a history of patent ductus arteriosus ligation via anterolateral thoracotomy and aortopexy via median sternotomy and pericardiotomy. Left pneumonectomy was successfully accomp...

objective : the aim of this study was to assess the amount of interdental bone in posterior areas of the mandible for placing orthodontic mini-implants to provide and control anchorage in orthodontic treatment. materials and methods : the amount of interdental bone in areas between the second premolars and first molars, first and second molars on the right and left sides of the mandible were de...

Primary cardiac lymphoma, defined as a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving only the heart and pericardium, is an extremely rare malignancy. It should be suspected in patients with a heart mass and heart failure, unexplained refractory pericardial effusion or rhythm disturbances. Transvenous intracardiac tumor biopsy under fluoroscopic or transesophageal echocardiographic guidance, is a minimally i...

Advanced malignant disease frequently involves the heart and pericardium, and pericardial effusion is a common postmortem finding in such patients. Identification of pericardial effusions in life is uncommon, however, even when symptomatic. Cardiac tamponade occurring as the first presentation of malignancy appears to be uncommon. We present five cases of cardiac tamponade due to undiagnosed ma...

abstract background: correction of severe kyphosis is a challenging operation in spinal surgery. a two stage operation has been commonly used: anterior release and decompression followed by posterior correction and fusion. we describe the posterior vertebral osteotomy technique for correction of severe and rigid kyphosis through posterior-only approach. methods: twelve patients (six male and si...

The coronary artery fistulas (FAC) are rare and often found occasionally. The conventional treatment can be made by surgical closure with median thoracotomy or with embolization by catheterization. We describe an innovative technique to ligature of FAC, on a full endoscopy. Women, 45 years with symptomatic fistula between coronary artery anterior descending and trunk artery pulmonary, which too...

An 81-year-old man with congestive heart failure was admitted to our hospital. Computed tomography of the chest revealed pericardial thickening without calcification. Ultrasonic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated diastolic dysfunction. Cardiac catheterization showed bilateral elevation of ventricular end-diastolic pressure with a square root sign. The preoperat...