Intraoperative graft flow profiles in coronary artery bypass surgery: A meta‐analysis
Silva M, Rong LQ, Naik A, Rahouma M, Hameed I, Robinson B, Ruan Y, Jiang Y, Abed AW, Girardi LN, Gaudino M. Intraoperative graft flow profiles in coronary artery bypass surgery: A meta‐analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 35: 279-285. PMID: 31730721, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean graft flowPulsatility indexVenous graftsIMA graftsVenous conduitsGraft flowArterial graftsPedicled internal mammary artery graftsInternal mammary artery graftCoronary artery bypass surgeryMammary artery graftsPump CABG proceduresArtery bypass surgerySystematic literature searchIMA conduitsOPCABG surgeryArtery graftPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsBypass surgeryCABG proceduresIntraoperative flowONCABGOPCABGGraftPredictors of ileus following colorectal resections
Sapci I, Hameed I, Ceylan A, Oktem A, Rencuzogullari A, Hull TL, Liska D, Delaney CP, Gorgun E. Predictors of ileus following colorectal resections. The American Journal Of Surgery 2019, 219: 527-529. PMID: 31604485, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.10.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative ileusColorectal resectionColorectal surgeryPre-operative comorbiditiesInflammatory bowel diseaseUlcerative colitis diagnosisOperation-related variablesDiagnosis of cancerDiverticular diseaseProphylactic therapyPatient demographicsBowel diseaseCrohn's diseaseColorectal cancerMean ageInstitutional databaseMale genderRisk factorsLaparoscopic surgeryColitis diagnosisIleusEarly diagnosisPatientsSignificant burdenSurgery