Prospective evaluation of a minimally invasive approach for treatment of bile-duct calculi in the high-risk patient

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 632-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Trias ◽  
E. M. Targarona ◽  
E. Ros ◽  
J. M. Bordas ◽  
R. M. Perez Ayuso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Bile Duct ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
High Risk Patient ◽  
Risk Patient ◽  
Prospective Evaluation ◽  
Minimally Invasive Approach ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
Bile Duct Calculi

High risk medicolegal autopsies: is a full postmortem examination necessary?

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve Patricia Fryer ◽  
Zoe C Traill ◽  
Rachel E Benamore ◽  
Ian S D Roberts
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Minimally Invasive Approach ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
External Examination ◽  
Invasive Techniques ◽  
Cocaine Toxicity ◽  
Selection Of

AimsAiming to reduce the numbers of high risk autopsies, we use a minimally invasive approach. HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive coronial referrals, mainly intravenous drug abusers, have full autopsy only if external examination, toxicology and/or postmortem CT scan do not provide the cause of death. In this study, we review and validate this protocol.Methods and results62 HIV/HCV-positive subjects were investigated. All had external examination, 59 toxicology and 24 CT. In 42/62, this minimally invasive approach provided a cause of death. Invasive autopsy was required in 20/62, CT/toxicology being inconclusive, giving a potential rather than definite cause of death. Autopsy findings provided the cause of death in 6/20; in the remainder, a negative autopsy allowed more weight to be given to toxicological results previously regarded as inconclusive. In order to validate selection of cases for invasive autopsy using history, external examination and toxicology, a separate group of 57 non-infectious full autopsies were analysed. These were consecutive cases in which there was a history that suggested drug abuse. A review pathologist, provided only with clinical summary, external findings and toxicology, formulated a cause of death. This formulation was compared with the original cause of death, based on full autopsy. The review pathologist correctly identified a drug-related death or requirement for full autopsy in 56/57 cases. In one case, diagnosed as cocaine toxicity by the review pathologist, autopsy additionally revealed subarachnoid haemorrhage and Berry aneurysm.ConclusionsThese findings support the use of minimally invasive techniques in high risk autopsies, which result in a two-thirds reduction in full postmortems.

Sutureless Aortic Valve Implantation through an Upper V-Type Ministernotomy: An Innovative Approach in High-Risk Patients

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Concistrè ◽  
Antonio Miceli ◽  
Francesca Chiaramonti ◽  
Pierandrea Farneti ◽  
Stefano Bevilacqua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Minimally Invasive Approach ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
High Risk Patients ◽  
Risk Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Valve Implantation

Objective Aortic valve replacement in minimally invasive approach has shown to improve clinical outcomes even with a prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamp (ACC) time. Sutureless aortic valve implantation may ideally shorten operative time. We describe our initial experience with the sutureless 3f Enable (Medtronic, Inc, ATS Medical, Minneapolis, MN USA) aortic bioprosthesis implanted in minimally invasive approach in high-risk patients. Methods Between May 2010 and May 2011, thirteen patients with severe aortic stenosis underwent aortic valve replacement with the 3f Enable bioprosthesis through an upper V-type ministernotomy interrupted at the second intercostal space. The mean ± SD age was 77 ± 3.9 years (range, 72–83 years), 10 patients were women, and the mean ± SD logistic EuroSCORE was 15% ± 13.5%. Echocardiography was performed preoperatively, at postoperative day 1, at discharge, and at follow-up. Clinical data, adverse events, and patient outcomes were recorded retrospectively. The median follow-up time was 4 months (interquartile range, 2–10 months). Results Most of the implanted valves were 21 mm in diameter (19–25 mm). The CPB and ACC times were 100.2 ± 25.3 and 66.4 ± 18.6 minutes. At short-term follow-up, the mean ± SD pressure gradient was 14 ± 4.9 mm Hg; one patient showed trivial paravalvular leakage. No patients died during hospital stay or at follow-up. Conclusions The 3f Enable sutureless bioprosthesis implanted in minimally invasive approach through an upper V-type ministernotomy is a feasible, safe, and reproducible procedure. Hemodynamic and clinical data are promising. This innovative approach might be considered as an alternative in high-risk patients. Reduction of CPB and ACC time is possible with increasing of experience and sutureless evolution of actual technology.

scholarly journals Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement in high risk patient groups

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1672-1696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Fudulu ◽  
Harriet Lewis ◽  
Umberto Benedetto ◽  
Massimo Caputo ◽  
Gianni Angelini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Aortic Valve Replacement ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Valve Replacement ◽  
High Risk Patient ◽  
Risk Patient ◽  
Patient Groups

Minimally invasive approach (robotic and laparoscopic) to biliary-enteric fistula secondary to cholecystectomy bile duct injury

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo Cuendis-Velázquez ◽  
Mario E. Trejo-Ávila ◽  
Andrés Rodríguez-Parra ◽  
Orlando Bada-Yllán ◽  
Carlos Morales-Chávez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bile Duct ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Bile Duct Injury ◽  
Enteric Fistula ◽  
Minimally Invasive Approach ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
Biliary Enteric Fistula

scholarly journals P1515Hybrid minimally invasive approach for transvenous lead extraction: a feasible technique in high-risk patients

EP Europace ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (suppl_3) ◽  
pp. iii311-iii311
Author(s):  
M. Nagashima ◽  
Y. Tanaka ◽  
S. Tohoku ◽  
K. Hiroshima ◽  
T. Iseda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Lead Extraction ◽  
Minimally Invasive Approach ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
High Risk Patients ◽  
Risk Patients

scholarly journals 66Hybrid minimally invasive approach for transvenous lead extraction: a feasible technique in high-risk patients

EP Europace ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (suppl_3) ◽  
pp. iii5-iii6
Author(s):  
F. Vassanelli ◽  
L. Bontempi ◽  
M. Cerini ◽  
L. Inama ◽  
F. Salghetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Lead Extraction ◽  
Minimally Invasive Approach ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
High Risk Patients ◽  
Risk Patients

Minimally invasive resection of papillary fibroelastoma in a high-risk patient

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 639-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W Kim ◽  
Maren E Jeffery ◽  
Maximilian J Smith ◽  
Robert L Wilensky ◽  
Edward Y Woo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
High Risk Patient ◽  
Papillary Fibroelastoma ◽  
Risk Patient
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