scholarly journals Effect of Tourniquet Application on Postoperative Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures

Author(s):  
Hamood H.G. Zaid ◽  
Wu Di ◽  
Rufei Yang ◽  
Tianyuan Zhao ◽  
Maowei yang

Abstract Background: Tourniquets are commonly used during foot and ankle surgery to provide a bloodless operative field and for the sake of the surgeon`s comfort, despite the potential risks associated with it. This study was performed to compare postoperative outcomes of tourniquet-assisted to non-tourniquet-assisted operative fixation of calcaneal fractures.Methods: A total of 131 patients with closed calcaneal fracture who underwent minimally invasive surgery of calcaneal fractures between March 2015 and December 2018 were reviewed retrospectively. Patients for whom a tourniquet was used intraoperatively (n = 62) were compared to those without (n = 69). Operating time and visualization, blood loss, postoperative pain according to visual analogue scale (VAS), the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot score, and hospital length of stay were recorded for all the patients.Results: Statistical analysis of the results showed significant differences between tourniquet and non-tourniquet groups in the mean operation time, visibility of the surgical field, mean estimated intraoperative and postoperative blood loss, and mean VAS pain scores 24 H, 48 H, 72 H postoperatively (P < 0.05), whereas no significant difference between two groups in the mean Serum CPK levels, post-operative swelling, mean length of stay, AOFAS score, wound and fracture healing time, and the mean time for return to work.Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that tourniquet application during minimally invasive surgery of calcaneal fractures can significantly shorten the operation time, improve surgical visualization, and reduce intraoperative blood loss. However, adverse events associated with the use of tourniquet include increased postoperative pain, and more amount of postoperative bleeding. Due to higher postoperative pain and more amount of postoperative bleeding, more attention should be paid on the postoperative phase for those who tourniquet was used. The surgeon's decision to use a tourniquet during calcaneal fractures surgery should be carefully considered.

2020 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Adrian Kohut ◽  
Mary Cathryn Earnhardt ◽  
Nicholas G. Cuccolo ◽  
Chi-Son Kim ◽  
Mihae Song ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
M Casale ◽  
A Costantino ◽  
L Sabatino ◽  
A Luchena ◽  
A Moffa ◽  
...  

AbstractObjectiveThis paper aims to report our experience with a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, performed in a day-surgery setting under local anaesthesia.MethodsA retrospective study of 30 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps was conducted. Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22 and modified Lund–Kennedy scores were collected. Intra- and post-operative pain was evaluated using a 10-point visual analogue scale.ResultsThe mean Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22 score decreased from 41.8 ± 15.8 pre-operatively to 13.3 ± 9.5 post-operatively (p < 0.001). Accordingly, the mean endoscopic score decreased from 6.8 ± 1.8 to 0.2 ± 0.7 (p < 0.001). The mean intra-operative pain score was 2.9 ± 3.2, and 29 patients (96.7 per cent) reported no pain in the post-operative period (visual analogue scale score = 0).ConclusionOur study confirms that minimally invasive surgery represents a safe, repeatable procedure that results in remarkable subjective and objective improvement, without intra- and post-operative pain or discomfort.


2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. E9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Y. Wang ◽  
Praveen V. Mummaneni

Object Adult degenerative scoliosis can be a cause of intractable pain, decreased mobility, and reduced quality of life. Surgical correction of this problem frequently leads to substantial clinical improvement, but advanced age, medical comorbidities, osteoporosis, and the rigidity of the spine result in high surgical complication rates. Minimally invasive surgery is being applied to this patient population in an effort to reduce the high complication rates associated with adult deformity surgery. Methods A retrospective study of 23 patients was undertaken to assess the clinical and radiographic results with minimally invasive surgery for adult thoracolumbar deformity surgery. All patients underwent a lateral interbody fusion followed by posterior percutaneous screw fixation and possible minimally invasive surgical transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion if fusion near the lumbosacral junction was necessary. A mean of 3.7 intersegmental levels were treated (range 2–7 levels). The mean follow-up was 13.4 months. Results The mean preoperative Cobb angle was 31.4°, and it was corrected to 11.5° at follow-up. The mean blood loss was 477 ml, and the operative time was 401 minutes. The mean visual analog scale score improvement for axial pain was 3.96. Clear evidence of fusion was seen on radiographs at 84 of 86 treated levels, with no interbody pseudarthroses. Complications included 2 returns to the operating room, one for CSF leakage and the other for hardware pullout. There were no wound infections, pneumonia, deep venous thrombosis, or new neurological deficits. However, of all patients, 30.4% experienced new thigh numbness, dysesthesias, pain, or weakness, and in one patient these new symptoms were persistent. Conclusions The minimally invasive surgical treatment of adult deformities is a promising method for reducing surgical morbidity. Numerous challenges exist, as the surgical technique does not yet allow for all correction maneuvers used in open surgery. However, as the techniques are advanced, the applicability of minimally invasive surgery for this population will likely be expanded and will afford the opportunity for reduced complications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 2473011419S0001
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Chin ◽  
Nicholas S. Richardson ◽  
John T. Campbell ◽  
Clifford L. Jeng ◽  
Matthew W. Christian ◽  
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Category: Bunion Introduction/Purpose: Minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of hallux valgus deformities has become increasingly popular. Knowledge of the location of the hallux MTP proximal capsular origin on the metatarsal neck is critical for surgeons in planning and executing extra-capsular corrective osteotomies. A cadaveric study was undertaken to further study this anatomic relationship. Methods: Ten nonpaired fresh-frozen frozen cadaveric specimens were used for this study. Careful dissection was performed, and the capsular origin of the hallux MTP joint was measured from the central portion of the metatarsal head in the medial, lateral, dorsal, plantarmedial, and plantarlateral dimensions. Results: The ten specimens had a mean age of 77 years, five female and five male. The mean distances from the central hallux metatarsal head to the MTP capsular origin was 15.2 mm dorsally, 8.4 mm medially, 9.6 mm laterally, 19.3 mm plantarmedially, and 21.0 mm plantarlaterally. Conclusion: The MTP capsular origin at the hallux metatarsal varies at different anatomic positions. Knowledge of this capsular anatomy is critical for orthopaedic surgeons when planning and performing minimally invasive distal metatarsal osteotomies for the correction of hallux valgus.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 916-920
Author(s):  
Mona Priyadarshini ◽  
Rani Akhil Bhat

Introduction: Endometrial carcinoma is one of the commonest gynaecological cancer in developed countries as well as developing countries. The mainstay of initial treatment of endometrial carcinoma is surgical staging which may be performed by either the conventional abdominal approach or by minimally invasive route i.e. laparoscopic or robotic. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate the surgical staging, safety and clinical benefits of minimally invasive surgeries versus. laparotomy in patients with endometrial cancer. Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed 105 patients with endometrial cancer over a period of five years and compared the outcome of total hysterectomy with pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy by abdominal, laparoscopic approach or robotic-assisted surgery. Comparison was done with respect to operative time, blood loss, number of lymph nodes retrieved, length of hospital stay, intraoperative and postoperative complications. The data were analyzed using paired “t”- test / Wilcoxon signed rank test ,χ2 - test, Pearson correlation coefficient “r” whenever found suitable. P value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Result: There was no statistically significant difference seen in the baseline characteristics like age and BMI between the two groups. The laparotomies were done in a shorter time than the minimally invasive approach (p<0.001). The amount of blood loss (p=0.002), and the duration of hospital stay (p<0.001) was significantly less in the minimally invasive surgery group than the laparotomies. Not much difference in the lymph node retrieval was observed between the two arms (p=0.614). The number of complications were almost similar in both the groups. Conclusion: Minimally invasive surgery for surgical staging of endometrial carcinoma is feasible and effective than laparotomy. The amount of blood loss and duration of hospital stay is seen much lesser with MIS than laparotomy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 6129-6138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Sun ◽  
Zhigang Kong ◽  
Ming Xu

Objective This study was performed to introduce a new method of minimally invasive subtalar arthrodesis (MISA) and assess its clinical effects on traumatic subtalar arthritis (TSA). Methods Fifteen patients (8 male and 7 female; age range, 36–56 years; mean age, 48.67 years) with TSA who underwent MISA were included. All patients were treated using a series instrument. The intraoperative and postoperative indexes were recorded. Results Among all patients, the mean operation time was 59.67 ± 16.31 minutes and the mean intraoperative blood loss was 43.33 ± 52.87 mL. Four patients underwent iliac crest bone graft surgery, and one patient developed a complication involving fat liquefaction of the iliac crest wound. The mean bony fusion time among all patients was 3.5 months. According to the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society standard, an excellent outcome was obtained in eight patients and a good outcome was obtained in seven patients. The operation time and intraoperative blood loss were significantly different between patients who did and did not undergo iliac crest bone graft surgery. Conclusion MISA is a simple and effective method for the treatment of TSA.


Stroke ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Andrew Mould ◽  
John Muschelli ◽  
Nichol McBee ◽  
Karen Lane ◽  
Mario Zuccarello ◽  
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Introduction: Minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase has been shown to effectively reduce the volume of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with supratentorial bleeds. Removal of these catheters is a unique timepoint when bleeding may restart due to mechanical forces and/or the presence of alteplase/plasmin in the brain. We hypothesized that surgically-treated patients in the MISTIE III trial who had increased bleeding post catheter removal would have shorter periods of time between last dose and catheter removal and be less likely to have lobar ICH. Methods: MISTIE III is a prospective, randomized trial testing the efficacy of minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase for hematoma removal compared to medical management. We analyzed 107 surgically-treated patients. Semi-automated threshold based segmentation of the ICH volumes for all time points were performed using OsiriX. Results: Of the 107 surgical patients, 16 experienced an increase in ICH volume >10% between T1, the scan taken 24 hours prior to cath removal, and T2, the scan taken 24 hours post catheter removal. Mean percent difference between T1 and T2 was 37.5% for those that expanded versus those that did not, -17.4% (p<0.001) with an absolute difference in ICH volume of 3.0 cc and -2.2 cc (p<0.001). The mean residual volume at T2 for both groups was similar at 12.84 cc and 12.71 cc, respectively (p=0.96). Time from last dose to catheter removal in days was 1.27 for those that expanded and 1.44 for those that did not (p=0.09). Furthermore, 14/16 (87.5%) patients with expansion had ICH’s located in deep structures compared to 55/91 (60.4%) of patients that did not expand (p<0.01). Conclusion: Overall, incidence of bleeding following ICH catheter removal in MISTIE III was low. When bleeding was seen, it was more often found in patients with deep ICH locations and whose catheters were removed sooner after the last dose of alteplase.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustav Linder ◽  
Mats Lindblad

Abstract   The operating surgeon’s assessment of surgical radicality following esophagectomy is reported to the Swedish National Registry for Esophageal and Gastric cancer(NREV). The variable provides means to identify risk factors for non-curative resections and study whether the surgeon’s assessment independently prognosticates survival. Methods All patients in NREV undergoing esophagectomy between 2006–2018 was grouped according to the surgeon’s assessment of radicality: Curative-, Borderline-curative- and Palliative resection. The cohort was followed until death, emigration or end of follow-up. Factors affecting group allocation was studied with multivariable logistic regression and survival with cox-regression and the Kaplan–Meier method. Results Of 1860 resected patients, esophagectomy was deemed curative in 1515(81%), borderline-curative in 179(10%), palliative in 63(3%) and missing in 103(6%). Median survival was 44.6, 20.0, 11.5 and 29.6 months respectively. Advanced stage (e.g., stage IVa), OR 7,37 (1,93–28,1 95%CI) and blood-loss &gt;1000 mL, OR 1.90 (1,17-3,08), increased the risk of borderline-curative resection. Minimally invasive surgery and multidisciplinary treatment decision (MDT) decreased the risk of borderline-curative resection, OR 0.42 (0,23-0,77) and OR 0.41 (0,22-0,77). Adjusted for well-established prognostic factors, e.g. age, p-TNM and R1-resection, the surgeon’s assessment was an independent variable for survival; borderline-curative HR 1,38 (1,11-1,72), palliative HR 1,91 (1,38-2,63). Conclusion The surgeon’s operative assessment of radicality following esophagectomy appears to independently prognosticate survival. Advanced stage and large-volume intraoperative blood loss increases the risk while minimally invasive surgery and MDT decreases the risk for borderline-curative resection.


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