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{"title":"Stripping Massage and Literature Review in Post-Thoracoscopic Chest Pain Management.","authors":"Jiun Hsu, Sheng-Pin Yu, Chien-Te Pan, Pei-Ming Huang","doi":"10.1055/a-2137-9035","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2137-9035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this randomized study was to investigate whether stripping massage (SM) of myofascial trigger points in the lower rhomboid muscle could alleviate chest pain in patients following thoracoscopic surgery. In addition, a literature review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of various pain management techniques. Sixty adult patients who reported a visual analog scale (VAS) score of 4 or higher were randomly assigned to receive conventional analgesics alone (conventional group) or combined with SM twice daily for 2 weeks (SM group). VAS scores and the use of additional analgesics were evaluated on postoperative days 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30. Using the PubMed and Cochrane Library databases, a review of current pain management techniques was carried out up to January 31, 2022. A subgroup analysis was also performed to examine the treatment effect during different surgical periods and techniques. Results showed that the SM group had significantly lower VAS scores on postoperative days 3, 7, 14, and 30 (<i>p</i> < 0.001), as well as a shorter hospitalization duration and reduced need for additional analgesics (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The literature review included a total of 20 studies (2,342 cases of chest pain relief after thoracoscopic surgery), which indicated that serratus anterior plane (SAP) blocks were commonly used as a perioperative approach to reduce pain and opioid consumption. SM and SAP can both serve as adjuvant treatments for chest pain in patients following thoracoscopic surgery, with SM being a safe and noninvasive pain control option after hospital discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10047116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comments on \"Comparison between Off-Pump and On-Pump Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting\".","authors":"Christos Voucharas, Georgios Tagarakis","doi":"10.1055/a-2267-8640","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2267-8640","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reply to Letter to the Editor.","authors":"Shiho Naito, Hermann Reichenspurner, Björn Sill","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787843","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787843","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Five-Year Survival of Patients Treated with Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) Compared with the General Swiss Population.","authors":"Oliver Reuthebuch, Alina Stein, Luca Koechlin, Brigitta Gahl, Denis Berdajs, David Santer, Friedrich Eckstein","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1768035","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1768035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> To evaluate the midterm follow-up and 5-year survival outcome of the minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) procedure compared with the survival of the general Swiss population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Retrospective study on preoperative data, intraoperative data, and postoperative outcome of patients who underwent MIDCAB surgery between June 2010 and February 2019. To assess validity of this surgical therapy, outcomes were compared with survival data of a gender- and age-matched cohort of the general Swiss population taken from the database of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> A total of 88 patients were included. Median (interquartile range [IQR[) age was 66 (56-75) years, and 27% (<i>n</i> = 24) were female. The median (IQR) length of the in-hospital stay was 7 (6-8) days. No postoperative stroke occurred. The 30-day mortality was 1.1% (<i>n</i> = 1). Reintervention for failed left internal mammary artery was needed in 1.1% (<i>n</i> = 1). The median (IQR) ejection fraction was 58% (47-60) preoperatively and remained stable during follow-up. The median (IQR) follow-up period was 3 (1.1-5.2) years. Five years postoperatively, 83% (confidence interval, 69-91) of the patients were alive, showing an overlap with the range of survival of the matched subcohort of the general Swiss population (range, 84-100%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Though suffering from coronary heart disease, patients after MIDCAB show almost equal survival rates as an equivalent subcohort corresponding to the general Swiss population matched on age and gender. Thus, our data show this treatment to be safe and beneficial.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11379533/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9295468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simultaneous Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Lung Resection.","authors":"Jiang Lianyong, Gao Pengkai, Zhang Xuefeng, Ding Fangbao, Liu Hao","doi":"10.1055/a-2184-6624","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2184-6624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> The best surgical treatment strategy for coexisting coronary artery disease (CAD) and lung cancer (LC) remains controversial. This study analyzed the safety and efficacy of a simultaneous minimally invasive procedure for patients with CAD and LC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Patients who underwent simultaneous minimally invasive off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and lung resection from January 2016 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The procedure was performed in the fourth intercostal space through a small left anterolateral minithoracotomy. Harvesting of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) and sewing of the anastomoses were performed under direct vision. Lung resections were performed with or without the assistance of a thoracoscope.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Sixteen patients were included with a mean age of 67.13 ± 10.61 years. Procedural success occurred in all patients with a mean operative time of 366.88 ± 94.48 minutes. All patients received at least one coronary artery bypass LIMA graft. Pneumonectomy, lobectomy, segment resection, and wedge resection were performed in one (6.25%), eight (50%), two (12.5%), and five (31.25%) patients, respectively. There were no perioperative deaths or new myocardial infarctions. Complications included one case of postoperative bleeding, two lung infections, two cases of atelectasis, one case of pleural effusion, and one case of cardiac arrhythmia. All the patients were followed up for 1 to 57 months, cancer recurrence occurred in two patients, and one patient died. The remaining patients showed no evidence of tumor recurrence or myocardial infarction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> This simultaneous minimally invasive procedure is safe and effective for selected patients with CAD and LC.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41149190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Surgical Myocardial Revascularization with a Composite T-graft from the Left Internal Mammary Artery-Comparison of the Great Saphenous Vein with the Radial Artery.","authors":"Arne Eide, Jill Jussli-Melchers, Christine Friedrich, Assad Haneya, Georg Lutter, Jochen Cremer, Jan Schoettler","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1771358","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0043-1771358","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background: &lt;/strong&gt; Composite T-grafts between left internal mammary artery (LIMA) and radial artery (RA) are a common concept in complete arterial myocardial revascularization. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the use of the great saphenous vein (SV) instead of RA leads to comparably good results in terms of outcome in this context.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt; Patients who underwent myocardial revascularization with a T-graft using RA or a segment of SV to the right coronary artery or circumflex artery between the beginning of 2014 and the end of 2019 at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel were included. To minimize surgical variation, only patients were observed by a single senior surgeon in the department. Exclusion criteria were previous cardiac surgery, preoperative extracorporeal circulatory support, off-pump surgery, additional aortocoronary bypasses, and cardiac combination procedures.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt; A total of 115 patients were studied. In 55 patients, the T-graft was placed between the LIMA and SV, and in 60 patients, the T-graft was placed between the LIMA and RA. Patients in the SV group were older (70.6 ± 7.8 vs. 58.5 ± 10.0 years; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; &lt; 0.001), suffered more frequently from non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (12.7 vs. 1.7%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.027), arterial hypertension (83.6 vs. 61.7%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.009), and atrial fibrillation (18.2 vs. 1.7%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.003). They were less likely to be active smokers (16.4 vs. 38.3%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.009) and less likely to have a history of variceal surgery (0 vs. 15.0%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.003). Calcification of the ascending aorta was also found more frequently in the saphenous group (18.2 vs. 3.3%, &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.009). Operative times and number of distal anastomoses did not differ significantly between the two groups. Postoperative deliriums (16.7 vs. 5.0%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.043) were observed more frequently in venous patients. Wound healing disorders of the leg (11.1 vs. 0%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.011) did only occur in SV group and wound infections of the arm only in the RA group. Complete follow-up was achieved in 74.8% of cases. Median follow-up was 60.3 (39.6; 73.2) months. Serious adverse cardiac-cerebral events (19.0 vs. 22.7%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.675) and mortality (14.5 vs. 6.7%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.167) did not differ significantly between the groups at follow-up. Myocardial infarction (0 vs. 2.5%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 1.000) and stroke (0 vs. 7.5%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.245) were observed exclusively in RA group. Percutaneous coronary intervention was required in single patients of RA group (0 vs. 15.0%; &lt;i&gt;p&lt;/i&gt; = 0.028). No patient from either group underwent repeat coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The patients of SV group had angiographically competent grafts and open anastomoses. Graft failure was noted in a single patient in RA group, in which case both grafts and native coronary vessels were stented. Kaplan","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10246332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comments on \"Is Single LIMA-LAD Bypass Appropriate for OPCAB Training?\"","authors":"Christos Voucharas, Georgios Tagarakis","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787842","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787842","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Continuous Analgesia with Intercostal Catheterization after Thoracoscopy.","authors":"Yifei Wang, Qi Sun, Yiling Huang, Qinghua Yang, Rong Chen, Xianwei Zhang, Xuewei Zhao, Mingdong Wang","doi":"10.1055/a-2168-9081","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2168-9081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> There are few studies on continuous intercostal nerve block after single operation hole thoracoscopic surgery, that is, two-port thoracoscopic surgery.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong> To evaluate the analgesic effect of continuous intercostal nerve block after thoracoscopic surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> A total of 80 patients who underwent single operation hole thoracoscopic surgery in our hospital between September 2020 and June 2021 were enrolled and divided into two groups. Based on basic analgesia, an intercostal catheter was placed during the operation for continuous intercostal block analgesia after the operation in the experimental group (group A, <i>n</i> = 40). The control group (group B, <i>n</i> = 40) was treated with sufentanil intravenous analgesia after surgery, which is namely \"basic analgesia.\" The postoperative pain scores, restlessness during the recovery period, effect on reducing opioid use, postoperative chest complications, patient satisfaction, etc., were compared between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> The pain scores of patients in group A were significantly lower compared with those in group B at 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours after surgery (3.325 ± 1.163 vs. 4.550 ± 1.176, 2.650 ± 1.001 vs. 4.000 ± 1.038, 2.325 ± 0.917 vs. 3.700 ± 0.966, and 1.775 ± 1.050 vs. 3.150 ± 1.075, <i>p</i> < 0.001, respectively). Sufentanil consumption in group A was significantly lower than in group B at 48 hours after surgery (98.625 ± 4.158 vs. 106.000 ± 7.228, <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Multimodal analgesia is ideal for early pain control after thoracotomy. A continuous intercostal nerve block can effectively reduce postoperative pain in patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10169386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of Myocardial Viability on Long-term Outcomes after Surgical Revascularization.","authors":"Suk Ho Sohn, Yoonjin Kang, Ji Seong Kim, Eun-Ah Park, Whal Lee, Ho Young Hwang","doi":"10.1055/a-2228-7104","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2228-7104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> This study was conducted to evaluate whether myocardial viability assessed with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) affected long-term clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICMP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Preoperative CMR with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was performed in 103 patients (64.9 ± 10.1 years, male:female = 82:21) with 3-vessel disease and left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction ≤ 0.35). Transmural extent of LGE was evaluated on a 16-segment model, and transmurality was graded on a 5-point scale: grades-0, absence; 1, 1 to 25%; 2, 26 to 50%; 3, 51 to 75%; 4, 76 to 100%. Median follow-up duration was 65.5 months (interquartile range = 27.5-95.3 months). Primary endpoint was the composite of all-cause mortality or hospitalization for congestive heart failure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Operative mortality was 1.9%. During the follow-up, all-cause mortality and readmission for congestive heart failure occurred in 29 and 8 patients, respectively. The cumulative incidence of the primary endpoint was 31.3 and 46.8% at 5 and 10 years, respectively. Multivariable analysis demonstrated that the number of segments with LGE grade 4 was a significant risk factor (hazard ratio 1.42, 95% confidence interval 1.10-1.83, <i>p</i> = 0.007) for the primary endpoint among the variables assessed by CMR. Other risk factors included age, dialysis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and EuroSCORE II.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> The number of myocardial segments with transmurality of LGE >75% might be a prognostic factor associated with the composite of all-cause mortality or hospitalization for congestive heart failure after CABG in patients with 3-vessel disease and ICMP.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138802301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison between Off-Pump and On-Pump Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.","authors":"Kazuki Matsuhashi, Yoshiyuki Takami, Atsuo Maekawa, Koji Yamana, Kiyotoshi Akita, Kentaro Amano, Yasushi Takagi","doi":"10.1055/a-2239-1810","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2239-1810","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Although coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed via three different techniques, conventional, on-pump beating heart CABG (ONBHCAB), or off-pump CABG (OPCAB), data are limited to compare ONBHCAB with OPCAB.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> We retrospectively investigated the postoperative cardiac biomarkers, creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB), and troponin I (cTnI), and early and late outcomes in 806 patients undergoing isolated ONBHCAB or OPCAB between February 2008 and September 2022. To eliminate the bias between different groups, propensity score matching was conducted to validate the findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> After matching, the number of each study group totaled 270 patients. In both complete and matched cohorts, early outcomes, including morbidities and mortalities, were similar. However, cTnI and CK-MB levels were significantly higher after ONBHCAB than after OPCAB with median peak cTnI of 9.85 versus 4.60 ng/mL and median peak CK-MB of 48.45 versus 17.10 ng/mL in the matched cohort, which were quite low, below the threshold for values defining perioperative myocardial infarction. At follow-up of 73 ± 45 months, the overall actuarial survival rates were similar between the ONBHCAB and OPCAB patients (86 vs. 87% at 5 years and 64 vs. 68% at 10 years, respectively, in the matched cohort).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> ONBHCAB may be a comparable alternative to OPCAB with similar early and late outcomes, despite higher elevation of postoperative cardiac biomarkers. ONBHCAB provides more efficient hemodynamic support, providing a better surgical visual field, than OPCAB while reducing the risk of incomplete revascularization.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139106711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}