Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2023

Assessing the risk of congenital heart surgery has evolved in recent years from being purely consensus-derived [1, 2] to being based on empirical tools such as the Society of Thoracic Surgeons–European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (STAT) congenital heart surgery mortality categories [3].

Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) often require heart surgery at a young age.

In 2016, nearly 2 billion adults were overweight, of whom over 650 million were obese [1].

Segmentectomy is associated with significant preservation of pulmonary function.

Enteral nutrition is essential in the care of critically ill patients, including lung transplant patients [1].

Pulmonary artery clamping using a vascular clamp on an extended incision or an open conversion has traditionally been the gold standard for patients with intraoperative bleeding or severe adhesions during thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection (ALR) [1, 2].

Lung cancer has become the second most commonly diagnosed type of cancer after female breast cancer but remains the leading cause of cancer deaths [1].

Lobectomy has been the recommended surgical procedure for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for a long time after a randomized trial was published by the Lung Cancer Study Group [1].

In young women, mitral valve repair (MVr) over replacement is particularly preferable.

Recent evidence has shown an association between cardiovascular function and circadian rhythms [1, 2].

Perigraft seromas (PGSs) are associated with various vascular procedures, including peripheral bypass grafting, conventional and endovascular aortic repair.

New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication following cardiac surgery.

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited disease characterized by an increased risk of sudden cardiac death in the absence of structural heart anomalies.

A 74-year-old woman, with end-stage renal failure caused by IgA nephropathy, underwent haemodialysis for 2 years.