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2021 DEC 9 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Women's Health Weekly -- Investigators publish new report on cervical cancer. According to news originating from the Department [...]

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.057 Byline: Cliff K. Choong (a), Loc Phan (b), Patrick Massetti (b), Fabio J. Haddad (a), Carlo Martinez (a), Edmund Roschak (b), Joel D. Cooper (a) Abstract: Airway bypass by transbronchial fenestration has been shown to improve forced expiratory volume and flow in explanted emphysematous human lungs. We previously demonstrated the feasibility and safety of airway bypass stent placement in a canine model, but we found that most stents occluded within 1 week. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of controlled-release paclitaxel-eluting stents on prolongation of patency. Author Affiliation: (a) Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Mo (b) Broncus Technologies Inc, Mountain View, Calif. Article History: Received 11 April 2005; Revised 7 July 2005; Accepted 11 July 2005 Article Note: (footnote) Supported in part by NIH grant RO1 HL 62194-04, the Jacqueline Mariitz Lung Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Mo, and Broncus Technologies Inc, Mountain View, Calif. J.D.C. acts as a consultant for Broncus Technologies.

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.12.023 Byline: H. Rousseau (a), C. Dambrin (b), B. Marcheix (b), L. Richeux (b), M. Mazerolles (b), C. Cron (b), A. Watkinson (b), A. Mugniot (b), P. Soula (b), V. Chabbert (a), G. Canevet (a), D. Roux (b), P. Massabuau (c), G. Meites (a), T. Tran Van (a), P. Otal (a) Abstract: The study's objective was to comparatively evaluate surgery and stent-graft repair of acute or subacute traumatic aortic rupture. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rangueil, Toulouse, France (b) Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Rangueil, Toulouse, France (c) Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rangueil, Toulouse, France Article History: Received 26 October 2004; Revised 13 December 2004; Accepted 20 December 2004

Byline: Klaus Wassermann, Hans-Edmund Eckel, Olaf Michel, Rolf-Peter Muller Abstract: Objective: We evaluated the long-term prognosis of stents placed on an emergency basis in the trachea and its bifurcation for malignant stenosis. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all bronchologic treatments of obstructing airway lesions from January 1993 to December 1995. Results: We report on 10 patients with severe malignant 'mixed-type' obstruction of the proximal trachea or distal trachea plus both main-stem bronchi. They had far-advanced inoperable tumor (esophageal cancer: n = 4; lung cancer: n = 3; recurrent laryngeal, uvula, and thyroid cancer: n = 1 each). Emergency treatment consisted of a dilating bougie maneuver followed by the insertion of a large one-way (n = 4) or Y-shaped silicone prosthesis (n = 6). After the intervention, there was a long-lasting clinical improvement. Median survival from stent insertion was 8 months for all patients irrespective of tumor type; it was 5 months for patients with lung carcinoma and 8 months for those with esophageal cancer. The results are in accordance with other studies using different therapeutic modalities. Stent exchange was necessary in five patients. Main reasons were continuing tumor growth beyond the proximal and distal boundaries and recurrent productive bronchial infection. Patients died of pneumonia (n = 4), pulmonary lymphatic spread (n = 1), cardiac failure (n = 2), and fatal hemorrhage (n = 1). As of December 1995, three patients were still alive 2, 5, and 8 months after implantation. Conclusions: As evidenced by clinical efficiency and length of palliation, endoscopic placement of silicone-based one-way and bifurcational prostheses in far-advanced tumor of the central airways is technically feasible and ethically justifiable. (J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG 1996;112:859-66) Article History: Received 5 February 1996; Revised 12 March 1996; Revised 9 April 1996; Accepted 11 April 1996 Article Note: (footnote) [star] From the Third Department of Internal Medicine,a Department of Otolaryngology,b and Department of Radiotherapy,c University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany., [star][star] Address for reprints: Klaus Wassermann, MD, Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Building D/O, Room 409, Josef-Stelzmann-Stra[beta]e 9, 50924 Koln, Germany., a *Dynamic Stent, produced by Willy Rusch AG, 71385 Kernen, Germany. Dumon Stent Endoxane, distributed by Bess Medizintechnik GmbH 14169 Berlin, Germany., aa 0022-5223/96 $5.00 + 0, acents 12/1/74184

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.01.024 Byline: Hisato Takagi, Masafumi Matsui, Takuya Umemoto Author Affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan Article History: Received 9 January 2010; Accepted 15 January 2010 Article Note: (footnote) Disclosures: None.

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.005 Byline: Jiang Xiong (a), Bo Jiang (b), Wei Guo (a), Shen-Ming Wang (c), Xin-Yuan Tong (d) Abbreviations: AD, aortic dissection Abstract: We summarized all published studies for endovascular stent graft placement among patients with type B aortic dissection in China with respect to clinical success, complications, and outcomes. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Vascular Surgery, Clinical Division of Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China (b) Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash (c) Department of Vascular Surgery, Institute of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou, China (d) Department of Statistics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China Article History: Received 3 June 2008; Revised 23 December 2008; Accepted 2 February 2009

Specially designed stents may make heart valve replacement more widely available A NEW METHOD of individually tailoring heart valves could lead to more treatments without the need for invasive surgery. [...]

* Stent slowdown: Even though FDA's MedWatch program has warned that the Cypher Coronary Stent (Cordis/Johnson & Johnson) has been associated with 290 reports of deaths or injury as of [...]

The use of custom-designed stent grafts for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms--a potentially deadly enlargement of the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the body and vital [...]

Stents--tiny metal scaffolds that hold arteries open--can reduce the risk of stroke in people with clogged carotid (neck) arteries. Now a new type of suture made from an absorbable material [...]