Surgical closure of nasal septal perforation. Early and long term observations

Background: Results of surgical treatment of nasal septal perforation are usually evaluated using closure of the perforation as criterion of success. Patients, however, may still have symptoms. Aim: To assess the long-term results of surgical treatment of nasal septal perforation with bilateral, posterior based mucoperichondrial septal flaps using a four-point symptom score to ultimately improve treatment and selection criteria. Methodology: Patients were seen 6 months postoperatively. Questionnaires were sent to 116 surviving patients in 2008-2009. The response was 104. Patients reporting moderate or severe symptoms were seen as outpatients. Results: Between 1987 and 2004, 126 patients were surgically treated using posterior based bilateral mucoperichondrial septal flaps. Sixteen patients had a reperforation during the first 3 months, and another 3 several years later. There was no correlation between early outcome and diagnosis, preoperative size of the perforation, gender or severity of preoperative crusting. There was an increased rate of reperforation with increasing age. Complications seen at the 6 months` follow-up of patients with closed perforations were lachrymal duct stenosis, partial vestibular stenosis, hypoesthesia, crusting and septal deviation, most of which were treatable. Long-term observation mean 10 years) of the same patients showed the following moderate or severe symptoms: crusting, obstruction and bleeding, mainly in men. Obstruction was often due to various forms of perennial rhinitis, sometimes to crusting and more rarely to septal deviation. Crusting was the only independent symptom. There was no correlation between crusting and diagnosis, preoperative size of the perforation, age or severity of preoperative crusting. Conclusions: Results of the surgical technique using posterior based bilateral mucoperichondrial septal flaps for treatment of nasal septal perforations were good, but depend on surgical expertise and age of the patient. Long-term results from other studies will be a guide to choose the proper surgical procedure to minimize the number of late symptoms. Prosthetic treatment cans be an alternative. Patients with return of symptoms should seek further advice.

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Surgical closure of nasal septal perforation. Early and long term observations

Rhinology Journal ◽

10.4193/rhino10.236 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 486-491

Author(s):

L.K. Dosen ◽

R. Haye

Keyword(s):

Surgical Treatment ◽

Septal Deviation ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Septal Perforation ◽

Surgical Closure ◽

Nasal Septal Perforation ◽

Perennial Rhinitis ◽

Long Term Observation ◽

Duct Stenosis

BACKGROUND: Results of surgical treatment of nasal septal perforation are usually evaluated using closure of the perforation as criterion of success. Patients, however, may still have symptoms. AIM: To assess the long-term results of surgical treatment of nasal septal perforation with bilateral, posterior based mucoperichondrial septal flaps using a four-point symptom score to ultimately improve treatment and selection criteria. METHODOLOGY: Patients were seen 6 months postoperatively. Questionnaires were sent to 116 surviving patients in 2008-2009. The response was 104. Patients reporting moderate or severe symptoms were seen as outpatients. RESULTS: Between 1987 and 2004, 126 patients were surgically treated using posterior based bilateral mucoperichondrial septal flaps. Sixteen patients had a reperforation during the first 3 months, and another 3 several years later. There was no correlation between early outcome and diagnosis, preoperative size of the perforation, gender or severity of preoperative crusting. There was an increased rate of reperforation with increasing age. Complications seen at the 6 months` follow-up of patients with closed perforations were lachrymal duct stenosis, partial vestibular stenosis, hypoesthesia, crusting and septal deviation, most of which were treatable. Long-term observation mean 10 years) of the same patients showed the following moderate or severe symptoms: crusting, obstruction and bleeding, mainly in men. Obstruction was often due to various forms of perennial rhinitis, sometimes to crusting and more rarely to septal deviation. Crusting was the only independent symptom. There was no correlation between crusting and diagnosis, preoperative size of the perforation, age or severity of preoperative crusting. CONCLUSIONS: Results of the surgical technique using posterior based bilateral mucoperichondrial septal flaps for treatment of nasal septal perforations were good, but depend on surgical expertise and age of the patient. Long-term results from other studies will be a guide to choose the proper surgical procedure to minimize the number of late symptoms. Prosthetic treatment cans be an alternative. Patients with return of symptoms should seek further advice.

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Marfan syndrome: diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular lesions

Paediatric Surgery Ukraine ◽

10.15574/ps.2021.70.63 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 63-67

Author(s):

V.I. Kravchenko ◽

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I.M. Kravchenko ◽

I.A. Osadovska ◽

V.D. Lybavka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Surgical Treatment ◽

Aortic Aneurysm ◽

Marfan Syndrome ◽

Mitral Valve Insufficiency ◽

Aortic Aneurysms ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Key Words Marfan Syndrome ◽

Valve Insufficiency ◽

Long Term Observation

Purpose – to analise of results, long-term experience of surgical treatment of cardiovascular diseases in patients with Marfan syndrome to improve quality and prolong life. Materials and methods. A conducted prospective analysis of consecutive patients (292) with Marfan syndrome treated at the institute during 1980–2018. The age of patients was 7–57 years, mean 31.6±9.4 years. Among them, men – 220 (75.3%), women – 72 (24.7%). Marfan syndrome was diagnosed according to the criteria of Gent Nosology (2010). 24 (8.2%) patients were not operated on for various reasons. The remaining 268 (91.8%) were managed surgicaly: 257 – ascending aortic aneurysm; 4 – abdominal; 7 patients – only mitral valve insufficiency. Results. Hospital mortality was 9.3% (25 patients). Long-term results were studied in 224 (92.2%) patients from all who had been discharged from the clinic within 6 months – 20 years on average 63 months. Good long-term results were admitted in 145 (64.7%), satisfactory in 41 (18.3%), unsatisfactory in 14 (6.3%) patients. 24 (9.9%) patients died in the long term observation. Conclusions. Aortic aneurysms in patients with Marfan syndrome are formed at a young age. The most common cause sof death in the unoperated cases are rupture of aneurism or heart failure. The «gold-standarg» remains the Bentall De Bono operation. The patients who underwent surgical treatment requires observation during all-life period. The research was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of these Institutes. The informed consent of the patient was obtained for conducting the studies. The authors declare no conflicts of interests. Key words: Marfan syndrome, aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection.

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Surgical treatment of trigonocephaly: technique and long-term results in 48 cases

Yearbook of Neurology and Neurosurgery ◽

10.1016/j.yneu.2011.05.060 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 282

Author(s):

P. Klimo

Keyword(s):

Surgical Treatment ◽

Long Term Results

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Long-term results of radiofrequency ablation used for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon ◽

10.1055/s-0029-1191713 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 56 (S 01) ◽

Author(s):

I Tzanavaros ◽

I Bergfeld ◽

A Rajca ◽

V Herwig ◽

A Heyde ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Surgical Treatment ◽

Radiofrequency Ablation ◽

Mitral Valve ◽

Mitral Valve Disease ◽

Valve Disease ◽

Long Term Results

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Temporary “liquid” Implant for Congenital Glaucoma (long-term results)

International scientific-practical journal Ophthalmology ◽

10.30702/ophthalmology30092020-11.1.2049-65 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 49-65

Author(s):

N Bobrova ◽

N Trofimova

Keyword(s):

Surgical Treatment ◽

Postoperative Complications ◽

Hypotensive Effect ◽

Congenital Glaucoma ◽

Long Term Results ◽

General Will ◽

Visual Functions ◽

Advanced Stages ◽

Intraocular Fluid

The aim of the work was to analyze the long-term results of using a temporary “liquid” implant in the surgery of congenital glaucoma in children. The basis of the developed method of filtrative antiglaucomatous surgery (Patent of Ukraine No. 45099 of 2009) – viscosinusotrabeculotomy – has been set the task of reducing the risk of developing intra- and postoperative complications, reducing the scarring rate and maintaining the newly created ways of the intraocular ﬂuid outﬂow, which in general will increase the effectiveness of surgical treatment of congenital glaucoma in children. 54 children (91 eyes) with simple congenital glaucoma at the age of 1 to 36 months were operated on average (8.7 ± 8.2) months. The persistent and long-lasting hypotensive effect achieved due to viscosinusotrabeculotomy in children with developed and far-advanced stages of congenital glaucoma stops the processes of stretching of the membranes of the eye and stabilizes their size, which in general allows preserving and visual functions improving, in infancy – creating conditions for their formation.

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SIMULTANEOUS ESOPHAGO-GASTRECTOMY WITH COLONIC INTERPOSITION AS A METHOD OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL CANCER WITH HIGH INVOLVEMENT OF THE ESOPHAGUS

Problems in oncology ◽

10.37469/0507-3758-2017-63-1-146-152 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 146-152

Author(s):

Mikhail Ter-ovanesov ◽

Aleksandr Levitskiy ◽

E. Lesnidze ◽

Aram Gaboyan ◽

Mariya Kukosh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Surgical Treatment ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Esophageal Reconstruction ◽

Gastroesophageal Cancer ◽

Colonic Interposition ◽

Simultaneous Application ◽

High Involvement ◽

Surgical Access ◽

Critical Overview

In the current oncological practice surgical treatment of gastroesophageal cancer with high involvement of the esophagus can extend to total esophago-gastrectomy with colonic interposition as the main method of radical treatment. However the technical complexity and high risk of the intervention are factors in determining the divergent views on the operation itself, testimony for the criteria of patient’s selection, choice of surgical access and the formation of a colonic graft in conjunction with method of esophageal reconstruction. The long-term results of operative intervention depend primarily on the extent of tumor process but obviously higher than after conservative treatment. This article presents a brief critical overview of the main aspects of the simultaneous application of esophago-gastrectomy in surgery of gastroesophageal cancer with high esophageal involvement and our clinical case of successful surgical treatment of a woman with pregnancy-associated gastroesophageal cancer.

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