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Development and validation of a simulator for teaching minimally invasive thora...
Martins Neto,Francisco; Moura Júnior,Luiz Gonzaga de; Rocha,Hermano Alexandre Lima; Castro Neto,Josué Viana de; Lima,Alexandre Marcelo RodriguesABSTRACT Purpose To develop and validate a chest cavity simulator for teaching video-assited thoracic surgery (VATS). Methods The first phase of the study consisted of developing a chest cavity simulator. A quasi-experimental study was performed in the second phase, and 25 surgeons and residents participated in a three-stage pulmonary suture experiment. The videos were recorded and timed. Generalized linear reg...
Anatomic pulmonary resection by video-assisted thoracoscopy: the Brazilian expe...
Terra,Ricardo Mingarini; Kazantzis,Thamara; Pinto-Filho,Darcy Ribeiro; Camargo,Spencer Marcantonio; Martins-Neto,Francisco; Guimarães,Anderson NassarABSTRACT Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the results of anatomic pulmonary resections performed by video-assisted thoracoscopy in Brazil. Methods: Thoracic surgeons (members of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery) were invited, via e-mail, to participate in the study. Eighteen surgeons participated in the project by providing us with retrospective databases containing information re...
Alterações metabólicas induzidas por isquemia hepática normotérmica experimenta...
Garcia,José Huygens Parente; Coelho,Gustavo Rego; Sousa,Ivian Teixeira de; Siqueira,Rafael Pontes de; Vasconcelos,Paulo Roberto Leitão deRACIONAL: Transplante de fígado é inevitavelmente associado com períodos de isquemia completa. No entanto, o tempo de oclusão do pedículo hepático é limitado pelas conseqüências da injúria pós-isquêmica do fígado. OBJETIVO: Determinar as principais alterações metabólicas ocasionadas pela isquemia hepática e a provável ação hepatoprotetora da ciclosporina. MÉTODOS: Isquemia hepática normotérmica por 60 minutos f...
Total agenesis of the left pericardium
Lobo Fº,J. Glauco; Oliveira,Ricardo R. Maia; Siqueira,Rafael Pontes de; Landim,Rodrigo M.; Albuquerque,João Marcelo A.C. de; Gomes,Carlos Bellini G.This is the report of a 46-year-old patient with the preoperative diagnosis of an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the ostium secudum type. After sternectomy, partial agenesis of the left pericardium was diagnosed. It is our opinion that, if the radiographic picture is suggestive of this entity, a clinical search for cardiopulmonary anomalies should be performed, because the majority of these associated anomalies ...