Kasturi, Srikanth Muthirevula, Arvind Chinthareddy, Rohan Reddy Lingaraju, Vijay Cholenahalli
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Pneumothorax, as a consequence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, has become an established entity but the delayed occurrence of pneumothorax, after recovery from the illness, is less commonly reported. We present a case of delayed recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, presenting 4 weeks after recovery from COVID-19 in a previously hea...
Mishra, Amit
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Background Anomalous origin of coronary artery from pulmonary artery (AOCAPA), as is evident from the name, is defined as abnormal origin of either coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. The consequences vary in most cases and these anomalies lead to severe coronary hypo-perfusion and ventricular dysfunction. The common variants of this cardiac...
Yadav, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Mohit Puj, Ketul
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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Soft tissue aneurysmal bone cysts (STABCs) are extremely rare extraosseous counterpart of aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), with close resemblance to histo-morphologic characteristics of ABC. Here we would like to report a 13-year-old female patient, who presented with a large mass, occupying the entire left hemithorax. Patient underwent resection of the...
Van Der Rijst, Nathalie Mangukia, Chirantan Muhammad, Nadeem Sunagawa, Gengo Brann, Stacey Toyoda, Yoshiya
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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is being increasingly used in patients having sepsis-induced cardiovascular dysfunction. We report successful use of venovenous ECMO in septic shock secondary to pneumonia in the presence of severe left ventricular dysfunction. We also discuss the quantitative evaluation of cardiovascular dysfunction, whic...
Sunder, Thirugnanasambandan
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has had a positive impact on the outcomes after lung transplantation. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has a role in all phases of lung transplantation—preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods. It serves as a bridge to transplantation in appropriate patients awaiting lung transplantat...
Haji, Jumana Yusuf Mehra, Sanyam Doraiswamy, Prakash
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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a lifesaving technology in critically ill patients who present with cardiac/pulmonary/combined cardiopulmonary failure. These patients are the sickest of all patients in any critical care unit and will invariably have a prolonged course and rehabilitation. Spontaneous breathing and early mobilization ca...
Kumar, Kuppuswamy Madhan
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is a salvage procedure in which extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is initiated emergently on patients who have had cardiac arrest (CA) and on whom the conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CCPR) has failed. Awareness and usage of ECPR are increasing all over the world. Significant a...
Parage, Frankleena Vashisht, Aarushi Sisodia, Varun Sanyal, Aparesh Singh, Sandeep Kamal, Kirti Lohchab, Shamsher Singh
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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
A 22-year-old male had complete tracheal transection 2.5 cm above the carina with distal end retracted into the mediastinum. This was accidental bullhorn injury to the trachea in the lower cervical region, which posed arduous challenge of “cannot intubate” situation, necessitating percutaneous femoro-femoral cardiopulmonary bypass for surgical reco...
Raja, Javid Menon, Sabarinath Mohammed, Sameer Ramanan, Sowmya Baruah, Sudip Dutta Gopalakrishnan, Arun Dharan, Baiju Sasi
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Gedik, İsmail Ertuğrul Alar, Timuçin
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly emerging infectious disease that was first reported in China and has become a worldwide pandemic. Many surgical procedures are continuing to be performed during this state of pandemic as is thoracic surgery. We present six cases of tube thoracostomy in COVID-19 patients and the modifications...
