cardiothoracic and vascular surgery in sulaimani the begining
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This presentation is hoped to have both scientific and historical values as it throws light on the beginning of our unit of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery which was established in Sulaimani city in October 2003 as the first such unit in Kurdistan, Iraq.TRANSCRIPT
CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR
SURGERY IN SULAIMANI
THE BEGINNING
PROF. ABDULSALAM Y TAHASchool of Medicine/ University of Sulaimani/ Iraq
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INTRODUCTIONIn October 2003, I moved from Basra, south of Iraq to Sulaimani, Region of Kurdistan following an invitation from the minister of health in Kurdistan and began to
establish a unit of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery; the first in Kurdistan, Iraq.
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BASRA SULAIMANI
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INTRODUCTION
• No thoracic surgeon worked in this city before.
• We searched for the necessary equipments andinstruments in Sulaimani Teaching Hospital itselfas well as in other places in Sulaimani.
• We could obtain most of the necessaryequipments, although more was needed.
• This presentation was made 3 months after ourstart.
• The aim was to demonstrate some of the casesoperated upon in our unit soon following itsestablishment.
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• We could arrange a bronchoscopy unit forboth flexible and rigid types.
• In the first 3 months of our work, 43patients have been examined by flexiblebronchoscopy.
• In April 2004, we have got paediatric rigidbronchoscopes; thus we took theresponsibility of doing bronchoscopy forchildren for all age groups for bothdiagnostic and therapeutic indicationsespecially the removal of aspiratedtracheobronchial foreign bodies as this isone of the most common emergencies inour specialty.
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Indications for FOB Number of Patients Comments
Bronchogenic carcinoma 24 Forty three patients (29 males and 14 females) underwent 45 fiberoptic bronchoscopies.
The first fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed on 31st
December 2003.
Pulmonary metastases 2
Bilateral vocal cord paralysis 1
Normal bronchoscopy 3
Chest infection 5
Bronchiectasis 1
Pleural plaques 1
Bronchorrhoea 1
Interstitial lung disease 2
Bronchopulmonary toilet 1
Ruptured PHC 1
Encysted empyaema 1
Idiopathic haemoptysis 1
Total 43
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Right upper lobe bronchogenic carcinoma
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Digital Photography and Flexible Bronchoscopy
• An increasing number of patients with differentthoracic lesions were bronchoscoped using aflexible bronchoscope (Olympus BF Type 20). AKodak digital zoom 6440 camera held by anassistant was brought into contact with theproximal end of the bronchoscope whenever aninteresting abnormality was seen and a stillphotograph and sometimes a video record wasobtained. The photos were saved in the computerand edited if necessary and used fordocumentation, research and teaching.
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RIGHT-SIDED BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA
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MEDIASTINAL WIDENING WITHNORMAL BRONCHOSCOPY
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RUPTURED PHC IN LUL
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LONG-STANDING FOREIGN BODY
ASPIRATION IN LLLRETRIEVED BY
RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY
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METALIC FB IN HYPOPHARYNX
REMOVED BYRIGID
OESOPHAGOSCOPY
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FB IN OESOPHAGUSREMOVED BY RIGIDOESOPHAGOSCOPY
We could arrange sets of surgical instruments specific for vascular and thoracic operations. We are in need of Fogarty embolectomy catheters. In cooperation with the administration of the Teaching Hospital, we had a theatre for elective cases together with the neurosurgical department. We had 2 operating days per week beside extra days in Shorish Hospital.
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Resident doctors experienced the attractiveness of our specialty; thus many of them declared their will to join us. We had three permanent and one rotator doctors beside 4 nurses. We started to create an ICU for thoracic surgery in the Teaching Hospital, although small to start with, I am sure it will get bigger with time.
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SENIOR HOUSE OFFICERS
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OUR INITIAL TEAM
We aim to have a centre of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Suliemanya in a short time capable of dealing with emergent and non-emergent conditions. We wish to have a cardiac cath.lab or at least a facility of peripheral angiography soon. We plan to contact the Iraqi scientific council of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery once we complete the requirements of our centre so that students of this council
will be trained in our centre .
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Endoscopic Procedures
Procedure Number of Patients
comments
FOB 45
Rigidbronchoscopy
10
Rigid oesophagoscopy
7
Diagnostic thoracoscopy
1
Total 63
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Details of Surgical Procedures
Procedure Number of Patients
1 Posterolateral thoracotomy 13
2 Anterior mediastinotomy 1
3 Exploration & resection of a huge
AVM of the face
1
4 Oesophageal substitution by
colon
1
5 Surgery for lower limb varicose
veins
5
6 Resection of haemangioma of the
thigh
1
7 Resection of malignant soft tissue
mass from lower limb
1
8 Repair of femoral artery & vein
injury
1
9 Exploration and ligation of injured
femoral vessels in irreversibly
ischemic limb
2
10 Repair of popliteal artery injury 1
11 Exploration & repair of brachial
artery injury
2
12 Embolectomy 2
13 Exploration of bleeding wounds 3
14 Feeding gastrostomy 5
15 Lumbar sympathectomy 2
16 Wound debridement 3
17 Tracheostomy 1
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Details of Elective Thoracotomies
1. R posterolateral thoracotomy for resection of neurofibroma.
2. L posterolateral thoracotomy for removal of huge intact PHC from LLL.
3. L posterolateral thoracotomy for removal of ruptured PHC
4. L posterolateral thoracotomy for repair of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia.
5. Repair of left-sided diaphragmatic eventration.
6. R thoracotomy for drainage of encysted empyaema.
7. Trans-sternal thymectomy for MG.
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Details of Thoracotomies
Emergency thoracotomy 2
1. Left posterolateral thoracotomy for continuing bleeding (repair of lacerated left main PA)
2. Exploratory median sternotomy for suspected cardiac tamponade ( the case proved to be traumatic asphyxia).
Semi-urgent thoracotomy 4
1. Thoracotomy for lung decortication
1
2. Thoracotomy for clotted haemothorax
2
3. Thoracotomy for congenital TOF
1
Total 6
It was the midnight of 18th January 2004 when I was phoned to see a young chap with life- threatening bleeding from left- sided chest tube after being shouted with a bullet. The entrance was over the manubrium sterni while the exit was from left back near left scapula. The patient was extremely pale and shocked. More than 3 liters of blood were drained via the chest tube; still the bleeding was brisk once the clamp on the tube was removed. Clinically and radiologically, there was massive haemothorax with great mediastinal shift. Emergency thoracotomy was done in minutes. Using the available surgical instruments, we could find a big laceration in left main pulmonary artery beside laceration of LUL. The lacerated LMPA was repaired by 3-0 silk suture. The patient had an uneventful recovery.
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BULLET INJURY TO LEFT CHEST: LMPA InjuryPostoperative CXR
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AN 8 YEAR OLD BOY WITH DRY COUGH FOR 3 MONTHS
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To summarize the case:
The diagnosis of intact PHC in an endemic area is not difficult. Plain radiographic appearance of (full moon against the dark sky) is characteristic. The main concern is the surgical removal of the cyst and its contents safely, without spilling the scolices-rich fluid into the surgical field and thus avoiding recurrence and surgical closure of the bronchial fistulae to achieve early and full lung expansion postoperatively. Safe removal requires protection of the airways from fluid spillage and drowning during surgery. This is the combined responsibility of the surgeon and anaesthesiologist. No double-lumen endotracheal tubes are designed for children due to their small airways.
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Careful entry into the pleural space, avoidance of sudden rupture of the cyst, walling off the cyst with packs soaked in scolicidal agent, controlled evacuation of the cyst contents, keeping one or two good suckers ready to use and the frequent aspiration of the secretions from the airways by the anaesthesiologist are all necessary measures. Needless to say, very good chest physiotherapy is essential to get the goal of lung expansion. A plug of viscid sputum blocking a bronchus can spoil the most meticulous pulmonary operation.
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SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL WITH GENERALIZED MG
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Biopsy result: Follicular thymic hyperplasia
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Preop.photograph Postoperative photo
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POSTOPERATIVE CXR
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A 29 year old female patient discovered to haveright- sided intra-thoracic mass by plain chest radiograph done
prior to emergency appendectomy 2 months earlier
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NEUROFIBROMA
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POSTOPERATIVE CXR
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CHRONIC RUPTURE OF L HEMIDIAPHRAGM
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CHRONIC RUPTURE OF L HEMIDIAPHRAGM
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POST REPAIR
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POSTOPERATIVE CXR
EVENTRATION OF L HEMIDIAPHRAGM IN AN ADULT
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REPAIR COMPLETED
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POSTOPERATIVE CXR
Biopsy: Alveolar soft
tissue sarcomain a young adult man
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REPAIR (END TO END ANASTOMOSIS) OF SFA INJURY DUE TO STAB WOUND
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A 26 yr. old man sustained a crush injury to his right knee,presented with a wound in popliteal fossa with signs & symptomsof leg ischemia. He had been explored 7 hours after the accident because of his family initial refusal to have surgery. Contusion of
artery and crushed muscles were found. Fasciotomy, thorough wound debridement and repair of artery by resection of damaged segment
and end to end anastomosis were done.
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Exploration and repair of brachial artery injury following a road traffic accident.
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R LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA
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EXTENSIVE CONGENITAL AVM OF FACE
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EXTENSIVE CONGENITAL AVM OF FACE
• The successful management of this challengingcase of AVM was due to the team work of general,plastic and vascular surgeons as well as theanaesthesiologist. The team strongly believed infeasibility of surgery for this patient who lived amiserable life for 3 decades and thus accepted allrisks.
• Extensive stage IV AVM of the head and neck areused to be considered either incurable, or theyare managed by therapeutic embolizationfollowed by surgery in 24 to 48 hours.
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Diagnostic AnteriorMediastinotomy
Large cell Lymphoma
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A middle aged lady with encystedthick paste-like material in right
pleural space managed bythoracotomy
and drainage.
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TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIA DUE TO SEVERE COMPRESSION OF THE CHEST FOLLOWING A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
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NEGATIVE SURGICAL EXPLORATION FOR SUSPECTED CARDIAC TAMPONADE Prof. Abdulsalam Y Taha/ CTV Surgery in Sulaimani, the beginning
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GRADUALLY RECOVERED!
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Traumatic asphyxia occasionally complicates compression injuries of the thorax. Petechial haemorrhages due to extravasation of blood from compressed venules, are seen in the skin, confined mainly to the face and neck, although they may be seen to a lesser extent on the thorax. The conjunctivae are bright red from conjuctival haemorrhages. In rare severe instances, the face is purple.
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DIAGNOSTIC THORACOSCOPY FOR A LADY WITH TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION
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The endless support of the higher authorities in Kurdustan and in particular, his excellency the Minister of health Dr. Muhammad K. Khoshnaw played a major role in our success now and in the future. All the hospital staff gave us a good support also. I have a word to my colleagues, the
physicians and surgeons in Kurdustan: I came here to share you the honor of serving the kind people
of Kurdustan.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم:105]التوبة [( و قل اعملوا فسيرى الله عملكم و رسوله و المؤمنون(
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful(And say {unto them}: Act! Allah will behold
your actions, and {so will} His messenger and the believers) [Quran Chapter Al-Tawba (9), Verse No. (105)