The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Oct 2019
Early Clinical Experience with Double Ring Implantation for Aortic and Mitral Valve Repair.
Reconstruction of cardiac valves is associated with reduced mortality, including in multiple valve surgery. However, multiple valve repair is still considered a challenge, even with established techniques. Recently, internal aortic ring annuloplasty has been introduced and could simplify multiple valve reconstruction. ⋯ This initial series demonstrated the feasibility and safety of combined aortic and mitral repair with double rings. Clinical and hemodynamic results were promising. Increasing application and more clinical experience with combined aortic and mitral double ring repair seems indicated.
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Oct 2019
Ten Years' Experience in Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer.
This study analyzed the short- and long-term outcomes of robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ Besides the well-known short-term outcomes showing very low morbidity and mortality rates, mediastinal lymph node dissection during RATS adequately assesses lymph node stations detecting occult lymph node metastasis and leading to excellent oncologic results. However, these results await longer follow-up studies.