The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · May 2022
Modified frozen elephant trunk procedure as standard approach in acute type A aortic dissection: A propensity-weighted analysis.
To evaluate whether the modified frozen elephant trunk (mFET) procedure provides comparable outcome compared with the standard approach for DeBakey type I aortic dissection. ⋯ The mFET procedure as surgical treatment modality for DeBakey type I acute aortic dissection may be considered as viable alternative with beneficial mid-term outcome.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · May 2022
Randomized Controlled TrialSpontaneous versus mechanical ventilation during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: A randomized trial.
Spontaneous ventilation video-assisted thoracic surgery (SV-VATS) is reported to have superior or equal efficacy on postoperative recovery to mechanical ventilation VATS (MV-VATS). However, perioperative safety of the SV-VATS blebectomy is not entirely demonstrated. ⋯ SV-VATS was shown to be noninferior to MV-VATS in term of complication rate and in selected patients undergoing blebectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.