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Title of Procedure: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the left anterior descending (LAD). Procedure in Detail: The patient was prepped and draped in the usual fashion. The left femoral artery was chosen because of recent cardiac...

Title of Procedure 1. Mitral valve replacement with size 27 CarboMedics valve. 2. Repair of left ventricular rupture, secondary to myocardial infarction. Procedure in Detail: The neck, chest, abdomen and legs were prepped with Betadine solution. Combination...

Title of Procedure 1. Left Chamberlain procedure. 2. Right video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. 3. Segmental resection of right upper lobe pulmonary nodule. Procedure in Detail: After adequate general anesthesia and double-lumen endotracheal intubation,...

Title of Procedure 1. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy. 2. Endobronchial and transbronchial biopsies with fluoroscopy. Description of Procedure: The patient was premedicated with Versed. Approximately 4 mg was given prior to introduction of the scope. A total...

Title of Procedure: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Procedure in Detail: The patient was brought to the operating room and given general endotracheal anesthesia. The pulmonary artery catheter was inserted by anesthesia under sterile technique in...

Title of Procedure 1. Left heart catheterization. 2. Coronary angiography. 3. Left ventriculography. 4. Saphenous vein graft angiography. 5. Left internal mammary graft angiography. Procedure in Detail: After informed consent was obtained and premedications...

Preoperative Diagnosis: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure. Postoperative Diagnosis: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure. Procedure Performed: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt revision and cranioplasty. Anesthesia: General endotracheal. Estimated Blood Loss:...

Preoperative Diagnosis: Cerebral edema, status post evacuation of epidural hematoma. Postoperative Diagnosis: Cerebral edema, status post evacuation of epidural hematoma. Procedure Performed: Placement of left frontal ventricular catheter, ventriculostomy...

Preoperative Diagnosis: Left trigeminal neuralgia. Postoperative Diagnosis: Left trigeminal neuralgia. Procedure Performed: Left retrosigmoid craniotomy, microvascular decompression of left trigeminal nerve and drilling of petrous bone with microscope....

Preoperative Diagnosis: Left suboccipital depressed skull fracture. Postoperative Diagnosis: Left suboccipital depressed skull fracture. Procedure Performed: Left suboccipital craniotomy for elevation of depressed skull fracture. Anesthesia: General endotracheal....