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  1. Haron H, Baharudin MN, Ismail I, Zainuddin K, Abdul Rahman MR
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2014 Jun;97(6):2166-7.
    PMID: 24882295 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.129
    Unrecognized chest tube entrapment by surgical closure is a technical error. We present a rare case of chest tube entrapment that was successfully treated with a simple and safe solution in an elderly man after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We visualized the suture using a small endoscope through the chest tube and incised it with the help of thoracoscopic scissors. The tube was then removed without the need for surgical exploration.
  2. Reda Mahmoud TA, Ismail NI, Muda AS, Abdul Rahman MR
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2010 Aug;90(2):654-5.
    PMID: 20667375 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.031
    Bismuth paste injection into the pleural cavity used to be a treatment for chronic empyema thoracis. This method, however, was long forgotten and scarcely practiced due to advanced surgical techniques and antibiotic therapy. We report a 50-year-old man with chronic empyema thoracis who was successfully treated with bismuth paste injection after a failed surgical decortication and a long-term chest drainage. This case highlights a trial of a 100-year-old method of bismuth paste injection which proved effective after standard measures had failed.
  3. Haron H, Rashid NA, Dimon MZ, Azmi MH, Sumin JO, Zabir AF, et al.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2010 Jul;90(1):308-9.
    PMID: 20609810 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.075
    An injury to the left ventricle after a chest tube insertion is a rare but lethal phenomenon that is likely to occur if precautions are not seriously addressed. We present a 15-year-old girl who was diagnosed a left empyema thoracis. An attempt to place a chest drain in this young girl was almost fatal. A left ventricular repair together with thoracotomy and decortication were successful. This case emphasizes the rarity of this lethal complication and the importance of the correct technique for chest tube insertion.
  4. Leong MC, Ahmed Alhassan AA, Sivalingam S, Alwi M
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2019 09;108(3):813-819.
    PMID: 30998905 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.03.045
    BACKGROUND: Ductal stenting is performed to retrain involuted left ventricles (LVs) in patients with d-transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum (TGA-IVS). However, its efficacy is largely unknown. This study aimed to determine the safety and efficacy of ductal stenting in retraining of the involuted LV in patients with TGA-IVS.

    METHODS: This was a single-center, retrospective study. Echocardiographic assessment of the LV geometry, mass, and free wall thickness was performed before stenting and before the arterial switch operation. Patients then underwent the arterial switch operation, and the postoperative outcomes were reviewed.

    RESULTS: There were 11 consecutive patients (male, 81.8%; mean age at stenting, 43.11 ± 18.19 days) with TGA-IVS with involuted LV who underwent LV retraining by ductal stenting from July 2013 to December 2017. Retraining by ductus stenting failed in 4 patients (36.3%). Two patients required pulmonary artery banding, and another 2 had an LV mass index of less than 35 g/m2. Patients in the successful group had improved LV mass index from 45.14 ± 17.91 to 81.86 ± 33.11g/m2 (p = 0.023) compared with 34.50 ± 10.47 to 20.50 ± 9.88 g/m2 (p = 0.169) and improved LV geometry after ductal stenting. The failed group was associated with an increased need for extracorporeal support (14.5% vs 50%, p = 0.012). An atrial septal defect-to-interatrial septum length ratio of more than 0.38 was associated with failed LV retraining.

    CONCLUSIONS: Ductal stenting is an effective method to retrain the involuted LV in TGA-IVS. A large atrial septal defect (atrial septal defect-to-interatrial septum length ratio >0.38) was associated with poor response to LV retraining.

  5. Kuan YC, How SH, Yeen WC, Ng TH, Fauzi AR
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2011 Jun;91(6):1969-71.
    PMID: 21619994 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.075
    We describe a patient with empyema thoracis that had eroded through the apical chest wall to the supraclavicular fossa and lung parenchyma, ultimately leading to a bronchopleural fistula manifesting as lobulated, localized subcutaneous emphysematous swellings over the chest wall and supraclavicular fossa. This is a rarely reported phenomenon and the reason why the lobulated subcutaneous emphysematous swellings remained localized is unknown.
  6. Abdul Rahman MR, Yaman MN, Dimon MZ, Zabir AF, Min JO, Hamid HA
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2011 Aug;92(2):714-5.
    PMID: 21801925 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.028
    We present a 35-year-old man with a preoperative diagnosis of a right lower lobe cystic mass. Misled by a radiological suggestion of an intraparenchymal lesion, he had a thoracotomy and right lower lobectomy. An intraoperative finding of a pedunculated cyst arising from the parietal pleural with subsequent histopathology confirmation of a benign bronchogenic cyst, however, would have made a less invasive surgical excision more appropriate.
  7. Kareem BA, Kamarulzaman H, Koh GT
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2010 Nov;90(5):1703-5.
    PMID: 20971300 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.04.105
    A 9-year-old boy with patent ductus arteriosus complicated by infective endocarditis had not responded to antibiotic therapy and was referred to our institution. He had persistent fever and a chest roentgenogram demonstrated the presence of left lung pneumonic consolidation. An echocardiogram showed the presence of large vegetation in the pulmonary artery at the ductal opening. We successfully performed an open ductal ligation with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass through a sternotomy and proceeded to resect the vegetation. We completed the procedure with reconstruction of the pulmonary artery. The postoperative course was uneventful. The patient was discharged after a week.
  8. Sivalingam S, Qureshi AU, Chern LM, Latiff HA
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2014 Apr;97(4):e93-5.
    PMID: 24694456 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.060
    Enteric cysts are uncommon posterior mediastinal cysts, usually presenting with respiratory symptoms in infancy. We present a rare case of posterior mediastinal enteric cyst extending from below the diaphragm and perforating into the left atrium, causing a thromboembolic cerebral infarct in a 5-year-old boy.
  9. Yakub MA, Sivalingam S, Dillon J, Matsuhama M, Latiff HA, Ramli MF
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2015 Mar;99(3):884-90; discussion 890.
    PMID: 25579160 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.016
    This study compares the midterm results of mitral valve repair using the biodegradable ring versus repair with non-ring annuloplasty techniques for congenital mitral valve disease in young children where it was not possible to use standard commercial rings.
  10. Haranal M, Leong MC, Muniandy SR, Khalid KF, Sivalingam S
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2020 10;110(4):e327-e329.
    PMID: 32224240 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.039
    Conjoined twins are rare congenital malformations known to be associated with cardiac abnormalities. Management of transposition of the great arteries with an intact ventricular septum in this subgroup of patients is challenging, especially in the presence of multiple comorbidities. Prevention of left ventricular involution until the patient is stable for an arterial switch operation is a real challenge. We report a case of early ductal stenting to keep the left ventricle well trained in a separated conjoined twin who eventually underwent an arterial switch operation.
  11. Tata MD, Kwan KC, Abdul-Razak MR, Paramalingam S, Yeen WC
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2009 May;87(5):1613-4.
    PMID: 19379926 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.019
    A 39-year-old Indian man presented with necrotizing soft tissue infection of his right forearm and previously undiagnosed diabetes mellitus. The infection progressively worsened to involve his right lateral chest wall despite multiple debridements and systemic antibiotics. His right arm was eventually disarticulated along with wide debridement of the surrounding tissue. Aggressive wound debridement, mechanical scrubbing, and irrigation were then initiated every 8 hours. A superoxidized solution was later introduced as a wound irrigant and dressing agent. The large defect was suitable for split-thickness skin grafting after 16 days of a strict wound management routine with the superoxidized solution.
  12. Latiff HA, Alwi M, Kandhavel G, Samion H, Zambahari R
    Ann Thorac Surg, 1999 Oct;68(4):1400-1.
    PMID: 10543517
    A 10-month-old boy underwent operation to close a large secundum atrial septal defect and multiple muscular ventricular septal defects. Closure of the ventricular septal defects was unsuccessful and led to worsening cardiac failure and inability to wean the patient from mechanical ventilation. Transcatheter closure of the ventricular septal defects using Gianturco coils was undertaken. This technique is an effective alternative for closure of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects in infants and small children.
  13. Abdul Rahman MR, Min Joanna OS, Fikri AM, Adeeb SM, Zamrin DM
    Ann Thorac Surg, 2009 Sep;88(3):979-81.
    PMID: 19699932 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.065
    This study was conducted to evaluate the practicability, effectiveness, and potential complications of a newly improvised pocket-sized Heimlich valve named the Pneumostat (Atrium Medical Corp, Hudson, NH).
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