{"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":" ","pages":"464"},"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}
Jiang Lianyong, Gao Pengkai, Zhang Xuefeng, Ding Fangbao, Liu Hao
{"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":" ","pages":"435-440"},"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}
Yifei Wang, Qi Sun, Yiling Huang, Qinghua Yang, Rong Chen, Xianwei Zhang, Xuewei Zhao, Mingdong Wang
{"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":" ","pages":"476-482"},"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}
Arne Eide, Jill Jussli-Melchers, Christine Friedrich, Assad Haneya, Georg Lutter, Jochen Cremer, Jan Schoettler
{"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":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> 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.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> 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.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> 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; <i>p</i> < 0.001), suffered more frequently from non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (12.7 vs. 1.7%; <i>p</i> = 0.027), arterial hypertension (83.6 vs. 61.7%; <i>p</i> = 0.009), and atrial fibrillation (18.2 vs. 1.7%; <i>p</i> = 0.003). They were less likely to be active smokers (16.4 vs. 38.3%; <i>p</i> = 0.009) and less likely to have a history of variceal surgery (0 vs. 15.0%; <i>p</i> = 0.003). Calcification of the ascending aorta was also found more frequently in the saphenous group (18.2 vs. 3.3%, <i>p</i> = 0.009). Operative times and number of distal anastomoses did not differ significantly between the two groups. Postoperative deliriums (16.7 vs. 5.0%; <i>p</i> = 0.043) were observed more frequently in venous patients. Wound healing disorders of the leg (11.1 vs. 0%; <i>p</i> = 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%; <i>p</i> = 0.675) and mortality (14.5 vs. 6.7%; <i>p</i> = 0.167) did not differ significantly between the groups at follow-up. Myocardial infarction (0 vs. 2.5%; <i>p</i> = 1.000) and stroke (0 vs. 7.5%; <i>p</i> = 0.245) were observed exclusively in RA group. Percutaneous coronary intervention was required in single patients of RA group (0 vs. 15.0%; <i>p</i> = 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":" ","pages":"413-422"},"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":" ","pages":"463"},"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}
Suk Ho Sohn, Yoonjin Kang, Ji Seong Kim, Eun-Ah Park, Whal Lee, Ho Young Hwang
{"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":" ","pages":"441-448"},"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":" ","pages":"449-455"},"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}
{"title":"Evaluation of Risk Factors for Early Insufficiency after Bronchial Sleeve Resections.","authors":"Evgeny Levchenko, Viktoriia Shabinskaya, Nikita Levchenko, Alexander Mikhnin, Oleg Mamontov, Stepan Ergnyan","doi":"10.1055/a-2382-8087","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2382-8087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Bronchoplastic resections are now widely used as a surgical treatment for resectable central lung cancer. However, bronchial dehiscence is one of the most life-threatening complications, making it important to identify its risk factors to separate patients who require more attention during the postoperative period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> The data of 285 patients who underwent bronchoplasty from 2006 to 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. We collected demographic characteristics, history of neoadjuvant therapy, preoperative assessment, perioperative outcomes, and postoperative complications to investigate different variables as risk factors for bronchial dehiscence by univariate and multivariate analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Bronchial dehiscence was diagnosed in 12 patients (4.2%) with a mean presentation on postoperative day 10 (range: 1-24 days). By multivariate analysis, current smoking (odds ratio [OR]: 4.8, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1-20.1, <i>p</i> = 0.032), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; OR: 6.5, 95% CI: 1.2-33.8, <i>p</i> = 0.027), bronchoplastic right lower lobectomy (OR: 12.9, 95% CI: 2.4-69.7, <i>p</i> = 0.003), and upper sleeve bilobectomy with segmentectomy S6 by performing an anastomosis between right main bronchus (RMB) and bronchus of basal pyramid (BP) (OR: 30.4, 95% CI: 3.4-268.1, <i>p</i> = 0.002) were confirmed as relevant risk factors for developing bronchial dehiscence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Current smoking, COPD, bronchoplastic right lower lobe, and upper l with segmentectomy S6 by performing an anastomosis between RMB and bronchus of BP were identified with the occurrence of bronchial dehiscence after sleeve resection.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141907772","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}
Christian Sellin, Ulrike Sand, Volodymyr Demianenko, Christoph Schmitt, Benedikt Schäfer, Robert Schier, Hilmar Doerge
{"title":"Comparison of Pulmonary Outcome in Minimally Invasive (TCRAT) and Full Sternotomy CABG.","authors":"Christian Sellin, Ulrike Sand, Volodymyr Demianenko, Christoph Schmitt, Benedikt Schäfer, Robert Schier, Hilmar Doerge","doi":"10.1055/a-2378-8459","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2378-8459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Pulmonary complications are among the main causes of increased mortality, and morbidity, as well as prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stay after cardiac surgery. Recently, a sternum-sparing concept of minimally invasive total coronary revascularization via anterior minithoracotomy (TCRAT) was introduced. A higher risk of pulmonary injury could be anticipated due to the thoracic incision and the longer duration of surgery. Pulmonary complications in TCRAT were compared to standard coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) via full median sternotomy (FS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong> Records of 151 consecutive TCRAT (from September 2021 to November 2022) and 229 consecutive FS patients (from January 2017 to December 2018) patients, who underwent elective or urgent CABG, were analyzed. Preoperative baseline characteristics (age, sex, body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smoking status, left ventricular ejection fraction, pulmonary hypertonus, and EuroScore II) were comparable between groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Differences between examined groups examined were found for the pulmonary parameters: Horowitz index 6 hours after operation (TCRAT 270 ± 72 vs. FS 293 ± 73, <i>p</i> < 0.05), pneumothorax (TCRAT 0% vs. FS 2.6%, <i>p</i> < 0.05), bronchoscopies (TCRAT 5.9% vs. FS 1.7%, <i>p</i> < 0.05), and pleural effusion (TCRAT 8.6% vs. FS 3.5%, <i>p</i> < 0.05). Moreover, there were differences between groups with regard to mean ICU stay (TCRAT 2.4 ± 3.0 days vs. FS 1.8 ± 1.8 days, <i>p</i> < 0.05), stroke (TCRAT 0% vs. FS 1.3%, <i>p</i> < 0.05), and hospital stay (TCRAT 10.9 ± 8.5 days vs. FS 13.2 ± 9.3 days, <i>p</i> < 0.05). There were no differences regarding atelectasis, reintubations, tracheostomies, ventilation time, and mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Pulmonary complications in terms of pleural effusions were more common with TCRAT, however, without substantial impact on clinical outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":23057,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141879462","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}