ALLMedicine™ Sternotomy Center

Feb 28th, 2021 - Commentary: Sternotomy for every cardiac surgery patient ain't the future, so let's get going.|2021|Ruel M,|

Feb 26th, 2021 - We present a case of a premature infant who had an initial diagnosis of an innominate artery compression syndrome. This was approached by a median sternotomy for an aortopexy. However, the patient was found to have a distal tracheal stenosis due t...

Feb 23rd, 2021 - The use of lateral thoracotomy (LT) for implanting left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is worldwide increasing, although the available evidence for its positive effects compared with conventional sternotomy (CS) is limited. This systematic rev...

Feb 20th, 2021 - Left ventricular assist device implantation without sternotomy (LIS) may simplify heart transplantation (HTX) by avoiding adhesions and eliminating the need for a re-sternotomy. This study investigates the impact of LIS LVAD implantation on HTX ou...

Feb 20th, 2021 - To investigate the specific clinical features of pain following cardiac surgery and evaluate the information derived from different pain measurement tools used to quantify and describe pain in this population. A prospective observational study was...

Feb 28th, 2021 - Commentary: Sternotomy for every cardiac surgery patient ain't the future, so let's get going.|2021|Ruel M,|

Feb 26th, 2021 - We present a case of a premature infant who had an initial diagnosis of an innominate artery compression syndrome. This was approached by a median sternotomy for an aortopexy. However, the patient was found to have a distal tracheal stenosis due t...

Feb 23rd, 2021 - The use of lateral thoracotomy (LT) for implanting left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is worldwide increasing, although the available evidence for its positive effects compared with conventional sternotomy (CS) is limited. This systematic rev...

Feb 20th, 2021 - Left ventricular assist device implantation without sternotomy (LIS) may simplify heart transplantation (HTX) by avoiding adhesions and eliminating the need for a re-sternotomy. This study investigates the impact of LIS LVAD implantation on HTX ou...

Feb 20th, 2021 - To investigate the specific clinical features of pain following cardiac surgery and evaluate the information derived from different pain measurement tools used to quantify and describe pain in this population. A prospective observational study was...

Feb 1st, 2019 - Figure 1. Radiography immediately after surgery showed cardiac tamponade, which led to repeat sternotomy with mediastinal washout.

Jul 10th, 2018 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Medtronic's HeartWare ventricular assist device (HVAD) for implantation via thoracotomy in patients with advanced heart failure, the company has announced. Medtronic's HVAD System is the only ...

Jun 19th, 2018 - In trying to avoid the full sternotomy of conventional mitral valve surgery, a minimally-invasive approach may be better than robot-assisted one in some respects, according to a retrospective study. While both less-invasive procedures had a 0.7% r...

Dec 1st, 2017 - After 500 cases, enough data had been collected to create an algorithm for determining which patients would be eligible for mitral valve repair via the robotic approach vs a sternotomy-based approach. Use of the algorithm ( Figure 1 ) relies on re.

Oct 1st, 2017 - Physical Examination and Workup Upon physical examination, the patient appears pale and cachetic. His oral temperature is 98.6°F. His pulse has a regular rhythm and a rate of 102 beats/min, and his blood pressure is 148/92 mm Hg. He is tachypneic,...