The "Spider Web" Technique in Difficult Chest Wall Reconstructions: A 5-Year Experience.

: Primary chest wall tumors or malignancies of adjacent organs with chest wall infiltration present a significant challenge for surgical resection and reconstruction. Larger defects involving the sternum, resections in the area of the thoracic apertures, or those near the spine are difficult to reconstruct. The reconstruction has to ensure stability, to prevent paradoxical movements and lung herniation, while also achieving a satisfactory cosmetic result.

Tunnelled catheters for palliative care outcomes: study protocol for a prospective, multicentre observational study (PRO ASEPT).

Background: Managing pleural effusion and symptomatic ascites in palliative care is crucial for alleviating symptoms and significantly enhancing the quality of life (QoL) for affected patients. Choosing the appropriate treatment modality requires careful consideration of potential risks and benefits, as well as the patient's life expectancy. Tunnelled catheters offer a distinct advantage by allowing insertion in an outpatient setting, thereby reducing or avoiding hospitalization, maximizing time spent at home given the limited life expectancy, and necessitating fewer subsequent pleural procedures for symptom relief.

Evaluation of a Wearable in-Ear Sensor for Temperature and Heart Rate Monitoring: A Pilot Study.

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, wearable sensors are important for early detection of critical illness especially in COVID-19 outpatients. We sought to determine in this pilot study whether a wearable in-ear sensor for continuous body temperature and heart rate monitoring (Cosinuss company, Munich) is sufficiently accurate for body temperature and heart rate monitoring. Comparing with several anesthesiologic standard of care monitoring devices (urinary bladder and zero-heat flux thermometer and ECG), we evaluated the in-ear sensor during non-cardiac surgery (German Clinical Trials Register Reg.

Endoscopic confocal laser-microscopy for the intraoperative nerve recognition: is it feasible?

Surgeons lose most of their tactile tissue information during minimal invasive surgery and need an additional tool of intraoperative tissue recognition. Confocal laser microscopy (CLM) is a well-established method of tissue investigation. The objective of this study was to analyze the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of CLM nervous tissue recognition.

Confocal laser microscopy without fluorescent dye in minimal-invasive thoracic surgery: an pilot study in lung cancer.

Cancer will be the leading cause of death in a few decades. In line with minimal invasive lung cancer surgery, surgeons loose most of their tactile tissue information and need an additional tool of intraoperative tissue navigation during surgery. Confocal laser microscopy is a well-established method of tissue investigation.

Towards an Optical Biopsy during Visceral Surgical Interventions.

Background: Cancer will replace cardiovascular diseases as the most frequent cause of death. Therefore, the goals of cancer treatment are prevention strategies and early detection by cancer screening and ideal stage therapy. From an oncological point of view, complete tumor resection is a significant prognostic factor.

[Quantitative Intraoperative Measurement of Tissue Perfusion of Transplanted Kidneys by Indocyanine Green Angiography].

Postoperative delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation is a risk factor for kidney failure and reduced kidney allograft survival after transplantation. The aim of this study was to measure the quantitative perfusion of kidney transplants during kidney transplantation and to investigate whether differences in perfusion predict the development of DGF. Over a period of one year, intraoperative quantitative ICG perfusion measurements were performed with the IC-View camera (Pulsion) in 36 patients for whom informed consent for ICG perfusion measurement had been obtained.

[Laparoscopic Treatment of Splenic Artery Aneurysm].

Objective: Visceral artery aneurysms are a rare but dangerous vascular pathology. The branches of the coeliac trunc are most frequently affected, especially the splenic artery. A visceral aneurysm is usually diagnosed only when a bleeding complication occurs due to rupture.

Confocal laser microscopy as novel approach for real-time and in-vivo tissue examination during minimal-invasive surgery in colon cancer.

Background: Histological analysis of surgical specimen is the gold standard for cancer classification. In particular, frozen histological diagnosis of vague peritoneal spots or uncertain excision of tumors plays a crucial role in the decision to proceed with or abandon an operation. Confocal laser microscopy (CLM) enables in-vivo and real-time high-resolution tissue analysis.

Analysis of laparoscopic laser liver resection in standardized porcine model.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is a highly prevalent and lethal primary neoplasia of the liver and metastases of other malignancies affect most frequently the liver. Minimally invasive surgical approach for liver resections is advancing. Dissection of liver parenchyma by laparoscopic technique remains challenging and new technologies are in need.