Sameh M. Said^1,2,*, Yasin Essa¹

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 407-417, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.055636 - 31 October 2024

Abstract Minimally invasive approaches for cardiac surgery in children have been lagging in comparison to the adult world. A wide range of the most common congenital heart defects in infants and children can be repaired successfully through a variety of non-sternotomy incisions. This has been shown to be associated with superior cosmetic results, shorter hospital stays, and rapid return to full activity compared to sternotomy. These approaches have been around for decades, but they have not been widely adopted for a variety of reasons. Right axillary thoracotomy is one of these approaches that we believe should More >

Hatim Thaker, Saum Ghodoussipour, Mateen Saffarian, Akbar Ashrafi, Gus Miranda, Jie Cai, Anne K. Schuckman, Monish Aron, Mihir Desai, Inderbir S. Gill, Siamak Daneshmand, Hooman Djaladat

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.26, No.1, pp. 9654-9659, 2019

Abstract Introduction: To evaluate the reasons leading to an extended hospital stay (EHS) in patients undergoing radical cystectomy (RC) with postoperative enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol.
Materials and methods: A total of 509 patients underwent RC and urinary diversion with ERAS between May 2012 and March 2017. The protocol includes no bowel preparation, early feeding, predominantly non-narcotic pain control, and μ opioid antagonists. Non-consenting/lost to follow-up patients, and those with non-urothelial carcinoma were excluded. We defined EHS as ≥ 5 postoperative days and compared the cohort to those with a length of stay (LOS) of ≤ 4… More >

Domenic Di Rollo¹, Aza Mohammed², Alexander Rawlinson¹, Jayne Douglas-Moore³, John Beatty³

Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.22, No.3, pp. 7817-7823, 2015

Abstract Introduction: The principles of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been developed to optimize care and facilitate recovery after major surgery. The purpose of this systematic review is to present an upto-date assessment of the perioperative cares in complex urological surgery from the available evidence and ERAS group recommendations.
Materials and methods: Systematic searches of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library and conference abstracts and bibliographies databases.
Results: A total of six studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. Two examined the role of ERAS in radical cystectomy, and the rest examined its role in renal surgery More >