Biomedical subjects

B Feito

Publications and source records attributed to B Feito.

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PubMed2004

[Pneumothorax surgery].

Surgery remains the mainstay treatment of recurrent pneumothorax. We recall the therapeutic modalities and indications of surgery in case of pneumothorax. We then compare postoperative outcome, recurrence rate and chronic pain with regard to techniques and surgical approach. Current video-thoracoscopic or axillary thoracotomy procedures for bullous disease with pleurodesis allow a low rate of morbidity and recurrence after primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.

Humans↗

PubMed1997

Radiation-induced arterial disease of the lower limb.

We describe a case of radiation injury to the superficial femoral and upper popliteal arteries in a 39-year-old man treated 13 years earlier for an osteosarcoma of the right femur. Following two failed attempts at transluminal angioplasty, a saphenous vein femoropopliteal bypass graft was performed successfully. A comprehensive review of the literature on radiation-induced arterial injury to the limbs is presented with a discussion of the different management options. Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty seems to have no place in the treatment of such lesions.

Adult↗

PubMed1992

[Distal arterial bypass surgery for lower limb salvage].

From 1988 to 1990, 34 operations for distal arterial revascularization aimed at lower limb salvage were carried out in 29 patients with arteritis lesions at stage IV with distal necrosis (52%), severe stage III arteritis (10%), severe acute or subacute ischemia (38%). The indications and therapeutic modalities are described and discussed. The results are compared with the data found in the literature. This is an availability and emergency surgery, the last means to avoid life-saving amputation. The rate of patent revascularization after one year can be as high as 85 to 90%. Almost 9 extremities out of 10 can be saved.

Adult↗

PubMed1992

[Treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax under videosurgery, 32 cases (with videofilm presentation)].

From September, 1991, to June, 1992, 32 cases of pneumothorax were operated with thoracoscopy (video surgery). The indication was established for second recurrence in 6 cases, first recurrence in 14 cases, a persistent bulla or a lung failing to return to the wall after a first pneumothorax in 5 cases, and in the presence of a large pulmonary bulla on radiographs or CT scans during an initial episode in the last 7 cases. Thoracic CT was performed in 18 cases and demonstrated a system of bullae in 14 (13 in the apical segment and 1 in the segmentum apicale). The procedure included exeresis of the bullae on endo-GIA with apical and posterolateral parietal pleurectomy. In two cases, conversion into axillary thoracotomy was required because of extensive pleural adhesion in one case and of a technical problem in the other. The average duration of surgery was 72 mn. The thoracic drains were removed on the 2nd and 3rd postoperative days. Partial pleural detachment occurred in two cases, one on the 4th day and the other on the 5th day after surgery, with spontaneous return to the wall on the 8th day in both cases. The average stay in hospital was of 6 days. All patients were examined 15 days after discharge with a control radiograph, which was normal in all cases. No patient complained of parietal pain when no conversion into thoracotomy was made.

Adolescent↗