K Sudo, A Sakai, M Koide, M Abe, K Kodera, M Oosawa
{"title":"[A report of two cases of Carpentier-Edwards pericardial mitral valve malfunction due to neointimal overgrowth expanding to valve cusps].","authors":"K Sudo, A Sakai, M Koide, M Abe, K Kodera, M Oosawa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two cases of Carpentier-Edwards pericardial mitral valve malfunction due to neointimal overgrowth were reported. Case one was a 51-year-old female undergone redo mitral valve replacement at nine years after first operation. Removed valve showed remarkable overgrowth of neointima expanding to the valve cusps. Case two was a 67-year-old male. A valve removed at nine years after first operation and at 1.5 years after recovery of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Removed valve also showed neointimal overgrowth expanding to the valve cusps. Although we experienced only two cases of neointimal overgrowth, these findings were considered being important in durability of Carpentier-Edwards pericardial valve.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Kadokura, S Yamamoto, D Kataoka, M Nonaka, K Moriyasu, N Tanio, A Bitoh, J Matsuoka, K Inoue, T Takaba
{"title":"[Contralateral pneumothorax after lung resection].","authors":"M Kadokura, S Yamamoto, D Kataoka, M Nonaka, K Moriyasu, N Tanio, A Bitoh, J Matsuoka, K Inoue, T Takaba","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nine hundred and seventy-three consecutive patients were referred to our hospital for thoracotomy to treat chest diseases between January 1, 1981, and December 31, 1995. Of these patients, 20 males were readmitted within a mean of 20 months with a diagnosis of contralateral pneumothorax. Sixteen of the patients with a mean age of 28.5 years (range 16-76 years of age) had been operated on for bullous lung disease. The remaining four, with a mean age of 60.8 years (range 54-71), had been operated on for lung cancer. All of the 20 patients had received unilateral thoracotomy for lung resection. One patient had undergone pneumonectomy for lung cancer; three had undergone lobectomy; and 16 had been treated by partial lung resection. The patient who had undergone pneumonectomy was found to have contralateral pulmonary metastasis of lung cancer. In the other 19 patients, emphysematous bulla was the origin of the contralateral pneumothorax. The mean value of body mass index (BMI) of the group was 18.4 as compared to 21.7 in the patients who did not go on to develop contralateral pneumothorax, a significant difference (p < 0.05). In conclusion, postoperative contralateral pneumothorax was correlated to the existence of emphysematous changes of the lung and a significantly lower BMI. We conclude that patients with BMIs less than 20 may be at increased risk of developing postoperative contralateral pneumothorax.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N Tabayashi, S Kitamura, S Taniguchi, S Kobayashi, K Niwaya, Y Yoshikawa
{"title":"[One-stage replacement of the entire thoracic aorta with aortic valve reimplantation technique--a reoperation for a Marfan patient with annulo-aortic ectasia and chronic aortic dissection of DeBakey type I].","authors":"N Tabayashi, S Kitamura, S Taniguchi, S Kobayashi, K Niwaya, Y Yoshikawa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 23-year-old man with Marfan syndrome, who had annulo-aortic ectasia and chronic aortic dissection of type I, was successfully treated. He underwent one-stage replacement of the entire thoracic aorta using a retrograde pull-through technique with aortic valve sparing reimplantation (David procedure). The descending aorta was replaced with a Hemashield graft, and then the graft was passed through within the descending aortic aneurysm in the retrograde fashion. Thus, the graft was inserted inside the descending aortic aneurysm without ligation of some of the intercostal arteries. Postoperative MRI showed complete clotting of the space between the graft and the aneurysm. David's reimplantation procedure which spares own aortic valve, requires no anticoagulant therapy in the post operative period. Neither aortic regurgitation nor pressure gradient between the left ventricle and the aorta were observed postoperatively. We conclude that the replacement of the entire thoracic aorta using a retrograde pull-through technique with an aortic valve sparing reimplantation by the single stage is useful for the selected patients with aneurysm of the entire thoracic aorta and annulo-aortic ectasia.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Asano, H Murayama, Y Nakagawa, T Nakamura, T Sezaki
{"title":"[A case report of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with tubular hypoplasia].","authors":"S Asano, H Murayama, Y Nakagawa, T Nakamura, T Sezaki","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 55-year-old female was diagnosed as thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with tubular hypoplasia. A saccular aneurysm occupied the aortic arch between left common carotid and left subclavian arteries, arising from the cranial wall of the tubular hypoplasia. The aneurysmectomy was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass with selective cerebral perfusion and woven Dacron graft was implanted. The post-operative course was uneventful and she was discharged 32 days after the operation. Aneurysm associated with coarctation usually is thin walled, therefore an early surgical treatment should be urged.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Significance of arterial ketone body ratio as a parameter of oxygen metabolism in cardiac surgery].","authors":"H Kiyama","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Postoperative course after cardiac surgery is characterized by a progressive increased cellular oxygen demand and limited oxygen supply. It is mandatory to assess the adequacy of tissue oxygenation and to correct inadequate oxygenation rapidly in cardiac surgery. The present study was designed to evaluate the relationship between the arterial ketone body ratio (AKBR) and the status of oxygen demand and supply relationship in cardiac surgery. We measured oxygen consumption, oxygen delivery, oxygen extraction, mixed venous oxygen saturation, lactate, lactate/pyruvate (L/P) and AKBR in 43 patients undergoing open heart surgery at selected 10 periods before, during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). AKBR significantly decreased immediately after the beginning of CPB and returned to pre-CPB level more quickly than lactate and L/P did. AKBR at several periods a significant correlation with lactate and L/P at delayed periods. There was a significant correlation between AKBR and L/P during and after CPB. Furthermore, oxygen consumption, oxygen extraction, mixed venous oxygen saturation, and lactate were correlated with AKBR significantly. But there was no correlation between the parameter of oxygen metabolism and both lactate and L/P. In conclusion, it appears from these data that AKBR in cardiac surgery may be helpful as a rapid guide for estimating the degree of anaerobiosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Analysis of small lung nodules diagnosed by open lung or thoracoscopic biopsy].","authors":"H Nomori, H Horio, K Suemasu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined clinicopathologic findings in 86 cases with peripheral lung nodules less than 30 mm in size diagnosed by open lung or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) biopsy. Biopsies were conducted because of the new appearance or enlargement of nodules as evidenced in a comparison with retrospective chest films in 47 patients, X-ray findings of malignancy suspicion without retrospective films in 13, enlargement of nodules after the administration of antituberculosis agents in 9, and a past history of malignancy in 17. Mean tumor size was 18.1 mm in primary lung cancer (n = 29), 16.2 mm in metastatic lung cancer (n = 13), 16.3 mm in tuberculosis (n = 18), 15.3 mm in nonspecific inflammation (n = 12), 16.7 mm in benign lung tumors (n = 7), 7.5 mm in intrapulmonary lymph node (n = 2), and 19.4 mm in others (n = 5). Among primary lung cancers with a clear N-factor, the percentage of T1N0M0 cancers was up to 72%. No significant difference was observed in either of the reasons for these biopsies and the size of nodules among diseases. To detect early lung cancer and increase the rate of cure, small pulmonary nodules that could be hardly diagnosed using bronchoscopic or needle aspiration biopsy should be diagnosed positively using VATS biopsy.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[A case of CABG under the cardiac arrest induced by a short acting beta-blocker without clamping the aorta].","authors":"M Fukata, T Konishi, K Higuchi, S Akishima","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A seventy one year old woman had a coronary artery bypass grafting. No touch technique to her ascending aorta was applied due to the severely atherosclerotic aorta. Cardiac arrest was induced by a large dose of short acting beta-blocker (Esmolol) without cross-clamping the aorta under the normothermic cardio-pulmonary bypass. The heart was flaccid and rotated easily while the coronary anastomoses were performed. Both of the internal thoracic arteries were grafted individually to the anterior descending artery and to the circumflex artery. The cardiac beats were resumed with the ordinary inotropic support and then the cardio-pulmonary bypass was weaned off. Her postoperative course was uneventful and the cardiac enzyme level was not elevated. Both of the grafts were revealed patent by the postoperative angiography. Esmolol had played an important roll to perform excellent anastomoses and to protect the myocardium. It was concluded that this technique could be one of the suitable modality for patients with diseased aorta and further studies should be pursued concerning Esmolol as an alternative to the conventional cardioplegia.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20274167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T Kanaoka, T Murashita, K Takigami, T Kubota, K Yasuda
{"title":"[A case report of correction for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in adult--usefulness of the superior approach].","authors":"T Kanaoka, T Murashita, K Takigami, T Kubota, K Yasuda","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), some reports suggest that atrial arrhythmia was occurred as a late post-operative complication when the extended incision over the both atria was made by lateral approach, while the posterior approach in adult case often is difficult to expose operative field. A 42-year-old female patient with supracardiac type of TAPVC, Darling Ia type, was successfully corrected using superior approach. During procedure, the excellent operative field was obtained and large size of anastomosis between the posterior wall of left atrium and the common pulmonary vein could be carried out without lifting up the apex of the heart or the extensive incision of the both atria. The post-operative angiogram revealed no stenosis or distortion at the anastomotic site. We reviewed the 17 adult cases of supracardiac type of TAPVC repair in Japan, however, the superior approach was not reported. Our experience would suggest the superior approach is useful in the adult patient to repair supracardiac type of TAPVC. In addition to surgical approach, the pitfall of the post-operative hemodynamic changes in adult case of TAPVC repair was discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20240739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Three-stage operation for multifocal aortic aneurysms--a case report].","authors":"S Sugimoto, M Inaoka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 72-year-old man underwent a three-stage operation for aneurysms of the distal aortic arch, descending thoracic aorta, and infrarenal abdominal aorta. Graft replacement of the abdominal aortic aneurysm was performed as an emergency because of suspicion of impending rupture. Operations for the aneurysms of the thoracic descending aorta and distal aortic arch were performed 2 months and 4 months later, respectively. The patient was well 16 months after discharge from the hospital. This is the first report of the successful three-stage surgical treatment of three isolated aortic aneurysms. The therapeutic principles for multifocal aortic aneurysms remain controversial. The strategy of surgical treatment for multifocal aortic aneurysms is discussed and previous literature is reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20240744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Nagai, Y Okamura, H Ishihama, M Chimoto, Y Ikeda, K Shimada
{"title":"[A case of thymic epidermoid carcinoma recurred in the pericardial cavity].","authors":"S Nagai, Y Okamura, H Ishihama, M Chimoto, Y Ikeda, K Shimada","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 61-year-old woman with cough and sputum and right scapular pain was referred to our hospital with a suspected anterior mediastinal tumor by Chest X-rays and CT-scan. The tumor was diagnosed as thymic cancer cytologically by fine needle biopsy. At the the thoracotomy via median sternotomy, the tumor adhered to left brachial vein, superior vena cava and pericardium and it was dissected by maneuver. It was diagnosed as moderately differentiated epidermoid carcinoma by histology of the surgical specimen and involvement of the pericardium was histologically presumed. The patient received postoperative radiation therapy. A year after operation, the tumor recurred in the pericardial cavity. Inspite of resection of the recurred tumor and an anticancer chemotherapy, the patient died of cardiac failure due to the proliferated tumor around the heart. There are some reports that epidermoid carcinoma of the thymus may have different responses to radiation therapy according to histologic tumor differentiations. At resection of epidermoid carcinoma of thymus, therefore, intraoperative pathologic examination of the adhesive part of excised specimen and additional resection were essential to resect thymic cancer radically.</p>","PeriodicalId":6434,"journal":{"name":"[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20242702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}