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{"title":"Should varicocele screening be conducted in men diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency? A prospective study.","authors":"Ferit Çetinkaya, Kamil Doğan, Ayşe Taş","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2024.138486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.138486","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>It has been previously proposed in numerous studies that chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) has similar pathogenesis to varicocele in males. Varicocele has been identified as the most common cause of infertility in men, accounting for 40% of cases.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study investigates whether varicocele screening should be conducted in patients with CVI and, if so, which patients should undergo such screening.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The study included 102 adult male patients with venous insufficiency complaints who presented to the cardiovascular surgery clinic between January 2023 and June 2023. Data were prospectively collected through medical history interviews and Doppler ultrasound measurements performed by a single radiologist. The relationship between non-normally distributed measurement data of the two groups was evaluated using the Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> test, while the association between categorical variables was assessed using the χ² test. ROC analysis was employed for determining predictive value. A type 1 error level of α = 0.05 was adopted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean left great saphenous vein (GSV) diameter of those with varicocele (6.6 ±2.3) was significantly larger compared to the mean left GSV diameter of those without varicocele (5.3 ±2.6) (<i>p</i> = 0.004). The area under the ROC curve for left GSV diameter was 67% (<i>p</i> = 0.005). When varicocele screening is performed in patients with a left GSV diameter of 5.35 cm and above, sensitivity is 71.4% and specificity is 61.2%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is a significant association between left GSV diameter and varicocele (<i>p</i> = 0.004). Varicocele screening can be carried out with 71.4% sensitivity in adult male patients with a left GSV diameter of 5.35 cm and above. Both cardiovascular surgeons and radiologists can conduct varicocele screening by measuring pampiniform veins in patients with a left GSV diameter of 5.35 cm and above. This approach has the potential to reduce the incidence of varicocele and associated infertility.</p>","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"21 1","pages":"35-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11059024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140870663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The importance of the development of extracorporeal life support simulation centres for improving skills and knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Piotr Ziemak, Marek Dąbrowski, Mateusz Puślecki, Agata Dąbrowska, Marcin Ligowski, Sebastian Stefaniak, Marek Jemielity, Bartłomiej Perek, Ryszard Marciniak","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2024.138522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.138522","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Despite increasing implementation of sophisticated and logistically challenging techniques to support patients in life-threatening conditions in the last years, there were no devoted education centres, especially in coronavirus pandemic.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the value of gaining evidence-based knowledge and improving the skills of physicians by means of simulation techniques in the safe use of extracorporeal technologies to support patients in the life-threatening conditions.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In 2019, the National Education Centre for Artificial Life Support and Patient Safety and the frame program of the course of \"Artificial Life Support with ECMO\". was created. In years 2019-2023, we managed to organise 34 such courses for 405 physicians, which were additionally endorsed by ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation). The physicians' cognitive, behavioural, and technical skills were evaluated before and after the courses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The participants' gender was well balanced (54% men and 46% women). Most of them (mainly at the age between 31-40 years) presented more than 5 years of clinical experience, predominantly in anaesthesiology and intensive care (63%). Of note, 54% of them had no experience with ECMO application. In all detailed aspects of cognitive, behavioural, and technical assessment and knowledge scores, significant improvement was observed after the course.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The development of a simulation-based education centre was found to be an invaluable achievement that enabled not only successful standardised training and testing of novel or previously accepted procedures, but also the upgrading of technical skills, even in the challenging COVID-19 pandemic period.</p>","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"21 1","pages":"23-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11059022/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Image-guided techniques for localization of pulmonary nodules during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy.","authors":"Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza, Sebastiano Angelo Bastone, Massimo Giuseppe Viola, Vincenzo Ambrogi","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134162","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the modern era when screening and early surveillance of pulmonary nodules are increasing in importance, the management of the pulmonary nodule represents a different challenge to thoracic surgeons. The difficulty lies in the merging of sound surgical and oncological principles with more minimally invasive and appropriate lung-sparing surgery. The success rates of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection for smaller as well as subsolid nodules have increased as a result of radiologists' preoperative localization tools. Fast tracking in thoracic surgery is promoted by proper postoperative care for patients having lobectomies in combination with the VATS technique. Image-guided surgery refers to the application of a real-time correlation of the surgical field to preoperative imaging data collection that reflects the precise placement of a chosen surgical instrument in the adjacent anatomic structures. Among the cross-sectional digital imaging techniques the most widely utilized imaging modalities for image-guided therapy are computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Additionally, surgical navigation devices, tracking tools, integration software, ultrasound, and angiography are used to support these procedures. For people who are thinking about implementing or optimizing a nodule localization program in view of workflow patterns, surgeon preferences, and institutional resources in a certain facility, this review provides in-depth, unbiased evaluation and offers useful information.</p>","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"251-254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139571135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Successful conservative management of iatrogenic coronary artery dissection proceeding into the ascending aorta.","authors":"Anna Maria Witkowska, Bart Omiej Perek, Anna Olasiñska-Wiœniewska, Sebastian Stefaniak, Marek Jemielity","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134133","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"266-267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809809/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139571222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of different regional analgesia methods on chronic pain after thoracic surgery.","authors":"Korgün Ökmen, Şule Balk, Gamze Gözen Güvenç","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134175","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is defined as pain persisting for ≥ 3 months after surgery, severely impairing patients' long-term daily activities and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the effects of various regional analgesia methods, including thoracic epidural (TE), serratus anterior plane (SAP) block, rhomboid intercostal block (RIB) and paravertebral block (PVB), on the incidence of chronic post-thoracic surgery pain.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A total of 489 patients (240 thoracotomy, 249 VATS) were included in the analysis. The primary outcome measure was the VAS score (postoperative 6^th month), while the secondary outcome measures were the LANSS score (postoperative 6^th month), the use of analgesic medication and descriptive information.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In thoracotomy patients, VAS scores were statistically significantly lower in patients who underwent RIB and SAP block compared to those who underwent TE and patient-controlled anesthesia (PCA). LANSS scores did not differ between the RIB, SAP and TE groups, while higher scores were found in the PCA group. After VATS, VAS scores were statistically significantly lower in patients who underwent RIB, SAP and PVB block compared to the PCA group. LANSS scores were statistically significantly lower in the RIB and SAP block groups than in the PVB and PCA groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found that patients who received regional anesthesia had lower LANSS scores and VAS values, indicative of neuropathic pain reduction, following thoracotomy and VATS procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"233-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139571226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An unusual combination of aspergillosis in multiple hydatid cysts in an immuno-competent patient.","authors":"Anshuman Darbari, Sawan Dalal, Abisho S Russel, B Bhartendu","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134137","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"277-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139570357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of perioperative risk factors in pediatric patients with left ventricle outflow tract obstruction.","authors":"Canan Salman Önemli, Kübra Evren Şahin, Mustafa Karaçelik, Çagatay Bilen","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134161","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Left ventricular outflow tract obstructions (LVOTO) presents as complex cardiac diseases accompanied by other cardiac anomalies in the pediatric age group. Postoperative complications, especially cardiac, pulmonary, and renal complications, that may develop after pediatric cardiac surgery can become life-threatening. If the perioperative risk factors for these complications are known in pediatric patients with LVOTO, anesthesiologists and surgeons may take precautions to eliminate undesirable outcomes.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the perioperative risk factors that may contribute to the development of postoperative complications in pediatric patients operated on for LVOTO in a pediatric cardiac surgery clinic.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The study retrospectively investigated 58 patients who were operated on for LVOTO in a pediatric cardiac surgery clinic. The patients were divided into two groups, those with and without postoperative complications. Preoperative laboratory test results, anesthesia time, operation time, aortic cross-clamp time, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time, postoperative inotropes, first postoperative laboratory tests, intraoperative and postoperative complications, mechanical ventilation time, intensive care unit stay, and hospital stay were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most common postoperative complications were endocrine complications, followed by hepatic complications. The preoperative lymphocyte count was significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was significantly lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the group with postoperative complications. The postoperative pH, glucose, creatinine, and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels were significantly lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and the postoperative calcium level was significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the group without postoperative complications. Intraoperative platelet transfusion rate was found to be significantly lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05) in the group with postoperative complications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is critical to identify predictive factors to prevent postoperative complications in pediatric patients undergoing surgery for LVOTO. Preoperative NLR, intraoperative platelet transfusion, and postoperative calcium, glucose, pH and AST levels may help in the prediction of complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"220-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809815/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139570897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A decade later: long-term results of the first percutaneous epicardial closure of the left atrial appendage using the LARIAT device.","authors":"Marian Burysz, Michalina Malec-Litwinowicz, Jakub Batko, Radoslaw Litwinowicz, Mariusz Kowalewski, Bogus Aw Kapelak, Krzysztof Bartus","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134176","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Over the past decade, left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) has emerged as an established alternative to oral anticoagulation for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF). The LARIAT device stands as the sole available epicardial system for complete percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To present the extended outcomes (spanning over 9 years of observation) in patients with AF who underwent epicardial LAAO. The presented results constitute the longest observation in world literature.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A prospective, single-center study was conducted on 121 patients undergoing LAAO with the LARIAT system. Incidence of thromboembolic events and severe bleeding and mortality rates were documented. The reduction in the risk of thromboembolism and bleeding after LAAO was quantified.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean follow-up duration was 74.18 months. The average CHADS₂ score was 1.9 ±1.0, CHA₂DS₂-VAS score was 2.8 ±1.5, and HAS-BLED score was 2.7 ±1.0. The mean annual thromboembolic event rate was 0.7%, resulting in a 75% reduction in estimated thromboembolic risk. The annual occurrence of major bleeding complications was 0.8%, leading to a 67.9% reduction in estimated bleeding risk. The overall annual mortality rate was 1.2%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Epicardial LAAO employing the LARIAT device yields commendable long-term outcomes by reducing stroke and bleeding risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"215-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809813/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139569749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A huge thymoma accidentally discovered during minimally invasive aortic valve surgery.","authors":"Zoran Saša Tabakoviæ, Milan Æirkoviæ, Petar Milačiæ, Marko Anđelkoviæ, Igor Živkoviæ","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134160","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"268-269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809808/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139570165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Various uses of the thermal camera in some thoracic surgical procedures.","authors":"Muhammet Sayan, Aykut Kankoc, Elgun Valiyev, Ali Celik","doi":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134135","DOIUrl":"10.5114/kitp.2023.134135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49945,"journal":{"name":"Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska","volume":"20 4","pages":"270-273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10809810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139571367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}