This study indicated that ESCC is associated with increased oxidative stress and decreased antioxidant enzyme activities. Decreased serum PON1 enzyme activities may play a role in the progression and/or development of ESCC. Further studies are required to clarify these results.
BackgroundAlthough the prevalence of bronchiectasis decreased significantly in developed countries, in less developed and in developing countries, it still represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this retrospective study is to present our surgical experiences, the morbidity and mortality rates and outcome of surgical treatment for bronchiectasis.MethodsWe reviewed the medical records of 129 patients who underwent surgical resection for bronchiectasis between April 2002 and April 2010, at Van Training and Research Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Department. Variables of age, sex, symptoms, etiology, and surgical procedures, mortality, morbidity and the result of surgical therapy were analyzed retrospectively.ResultsMean age was 21.8 year (the eldest was 67 year, the youngest was 4 years-old). Male/female ratio was 1.86 and 75% of all patients were young population under the age of 40. Bilateral involvement was 14.7%, left/right side ratio according to localization was 2.1/1. The most common reason for bronchiectasis was recurrent infection. Surgical indications were as follows: recurrent infection (54%), hemoptysis (35%), empyema (6%), and lung abscess (5%). There was no operative mortality. Complications occurred in 29 patients and the morbidity rate was 22.4%. Complete resection was achieved in 110 (85.2%) patients. Follow-up data were obtained for 123 (95%) of the patients. One patient died during follow-up. The mean follow-up of this patient was 9 months. Mean postoperative hospitalization time was 9.15 ± 6.25 days. Significantly better results were obtained in patients who had undergone a complete resection.ConclusionsSurgical treatment of bronchiectasis can be performed with acceptable morbidity and mortality at any age. The involved bronchiectatic sites should be resected completely for the optimum control of symptoms.
Introduction: Invasive methods currently applied to the respiratory tract may result in impaired movement of the cricoarytenoid joint with hoarseness and immobility of the vocal ligament. Hoarseness after tracheal intubation is reported as a high incidence in patients who receive general anaesthesia. In most cases, the symptoms are temporary and improve within several days. We report this case for emphasizing that early diagnosis of arytenoid cartilage dislocation is important even in nontraumatic cases.
The 7.2 and 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey on October 23 and November 9, 2011, was Van, Turkey Received: 10.04.2012, Accepted: 11.10.2012
70agnosing the thoraks and lung injuries. Because of the limited capacity of the hospital and intensive care unit, some patients were transferred to reference hospitals during the hospitalization period. To avoid repetition in the census data, duplicate records were counted only in one hospital after matching the records.
RESULTSThe mean age of the patients was 39.7 (2-83) years, and the mean time from rescue to first intervention was 14.5 (0.3-108) hours. Twenty one patients (53.8%) were female and 18 (46.2%) were male. Twenty percent (n:8) (5 females and 3 males) were over the age of 60. Of the 39 patients, bone fractures were detected in 29 (76.9%) patients. Pulmonary parenchymal injuries, pleural injuries, and soft-tissue changes were detected in 36 (92.3%), 31 (79.4%), and 29 (74.3%) patients, respectively. The distribution of the thorax injuries is summarized in Table 1. Pulmonary parenchymal injuries was the most frequent pathology Of the 39 patients, 36(92.3%) has had pulmonary injury. The distrubution was 19 (52.7%) had a hemopneumothorax, 8 (20.5%) had unilateral pneumothorax, 3 (7.6%) patients had hemothorax, one patient (2.5%) had a bilateral pneumothorax. 2 (5.1%) patients were followed up in the clinic that had sternal fractures. Twenty seven (69.2%) patients had rib fractures and among them eightteen had multiple rib fractures (Figure 4).
How to cite: Tural K, Kahraman AA. Effects of preoperative and postoperative albumin levels on postoperative arrhythmias after open heart surgeries with cardiopulmonary bypass.
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