Intraoperative Period

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparison of mivacurium dosage requirements during isoflurane and desflurane anesthesia. 
  • ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography: summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE Committee to Update the 1997 Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography). 
  • Accuracy of endoscopic intraoperative assessment of urologic stone size. 
  • Accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography for identifying left atrial thrombi. A prospective, intraoperative study. 
  • Acute renal failure following cardiac surgery. 
  • Adherence to physician training guidelines for pediatric transesophageal echocardiography affects the outcome of patients undergoing repair of congenital cardiac defects. 
  • An unexpected intraoperative finding. 
  • Analysis of pars plana vitrectomy for optic pit-related maculopathy with intraoperative optical coherence tomography: a possible connection with the vitreous cavity. 
  • Anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reactions during cardiac surgery. 
  • Anticoagulation management during cardiopulmonary bypass: a survey of 54 North American institutions. 
  • Arterial shunting as an adjunct to major limb revascularization. 
  • Assessing intraoperative judgment using script concordance testing through the gynecology continuum of practice. 
  • Assessment of intraoperative judgment during gynecologic surgery using the Script Concordance Test. 
  • Association of intraoperative hypotension and pulmonary hypertension with adverse outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation. 
  • Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery/cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with monocyte activation. 
  • Brief report: The declining incidence of cerebral hyperthermia during cardiac surgery: a seven-year experience in 6,334 patients. 
  • Cardiac gene delivery with cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Cardioplegia delivery: more (or less) than what you see. 
  • Clinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Clinical physics, applicator choice, technique, and equipment for electron intraoperative radiation therapy. 
  • Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery. 
  • Coagulation and fibrinolytic protein kinetics in cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Colorectal cancer pelvic recurrences: determinants of resectability. 
  • Common bile duct evaluation in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 1050 cases later. 
  • Comparison of a torsional handpiece through microincision versus standard clear corneal cataract wounds. 
  • Comparison of the use of hemodynamic support in patients ≥80 years versus patients <80 years during high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions (from the Multicenter PROTECT II Randomized Study). 
  • Complementary nature of radiotracer parathyroid imaging and intraoperative parathyroid hormone assays in the surgical management of primary hyperparathyroid disease: case report and review. 
  • Contrast echocardiography: a method to visualize changes in regional myocardial perfusion in the dog model for CABG surgery. 
  • Design and implementation of a new computerized system for intraoperative cardiac mapping. 
  • Early postoperative changes in left ventricular chamber size, architecture, and function in aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation and their relation to intraoperative changes in afterload: a prospective two-dimensional echocardiographic study. 
  • Echo rounds: Intraoperative delineation of mitral annuloplasty dehiscence using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Echocardiographic Imaging for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Echocardiography allows safer venous cannulation during excision of large right atrial masses. 
  • Electrocardiographic R-wave changes during cardiac surgery. 
  • Electronic synoptic operative reporting: assessing the reliability and completeness of synoptic reports for pancreatic resection. 
  • Estimation of left ventricular volume and ejection fraction by two-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography: comparison of short axis imaging and simultaneous radionuclide angiography. 
  • Flow reversal in the descending aorta: a guide to intraoperative assessment of aortic regurgitation with transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Fondaparinux with UnfracTionated heparin dUring Revascularization in Acute coronary syndromes (FUTURA/OASIS 8): a randomized trial of intravenous unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes initially treated with fondaparinux. 
  • Goal-directed coagulation management in the perioperative period of cardiac surgery. 
  • Goal-directed intraoperative fluid administration reduces length of hospital stay after major surgery. 
  • Gunshot-Induced Aorto-Left Atrial Fistula Diagnosed by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Hypokalemia before induction of anesthesia and prevention by beta 2 adrenoceptor antagonism. 
  • INTRAOPERATIVE SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING AFTER INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING IN IDIOPATHIC EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE WITH CONNECTING STRANDS. 
  • Imaging of patients with potentially resectable hepatic neoplasms. 
  • Impact of body habitus on perioperative morbidity associated with fusion of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine. 
  • Impact of liposomal bupivacaine administration on postoperative pain in patients undergoing total knee replacement. 
  • Influence of time of sampling onset on parameters used for activation time determination in computerized intraoperative mapping. 
  • Influence of transducer frequency and imaging modality on the intraoperative assessment of myocardial perfusion with transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Initial experience with intraoperative PTH determinations in the surgical management of 130 consecutive cases of primary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Innovations in Intraoperative Tumor Visualization. 
  • Intracardiac acoustic radiation force impulse imaging: a novel imaging method for intraprocedural evaluation of radiofrequency ablation lesions. 
  • Intraoperatic electron beam irradiation in pancreatic cancer. 
  • Intraoperative Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Intraoperative MR imaging guidance for intracranial neurosurgery: experience with the first 200 cases. 
  • Intraoperative Methadone for the Prevention of Postoperative Pain: A Randomized, Double-blinded Clinical Trial in Cardiac Surgical Patients. 
  • Intraoperative Methadone in Same-Day Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Dose-Finding Pilot Study. 
  • Intraoperative apnea: medication error with disclosure (simulation case scenario). 
  • Intraoperative autotransfusion in aortic surgery. 
  • Intraoperative brainstem auditory evoked potentials: significant decrease in postoperative morbidity. 
  • Intraoperative bupivacaine for reduction of post-tonsillectomy pain: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of 26 patients. 
  • Intraoperative contrast echocardiography: a direct approach to measure regional myocardial perfusion. 
  • Intraoperative detection and removal of microscopic residual sarcoma using wide-field imaging. 
  • Intraoperative device closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defects. 
  • Intraoperative diagnosis and management of patent foramen ovale. 
  • Intraoperative echocardiography during congenital heart operations: experience from 1,000 cases. 
  • Intraoperative echocardiography in congenital heart disease surgery: preliminary report on a current study. 
  • Intraoperative echocardiography is indicated in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy for recurrent locally advanced rectal or rectosigmoid carcinoma. 
  • Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy for retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma. 
  • Intraoperative frozen section analysis of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients: a meta-analysis and single-institution experience. 
  • Intraoperative irradiation: current and future status. 
  • Intraoperative mapping during repeat awake craniotomy reveals the functional plasticity of adult cortex. 
  • Intraoperative modifications required during femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery for lamellar cataracts. 
  • Intraoperative optical imaging of epileptiform and functional activity. 
  • Intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring during parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Intraoperative physiologic variables and outcome in cardiac surgery: Part I. In-hospital mortality. 
  • Intraoperative physiologic variables and outcome in cardiac surgery: Part II. Neurologic outcome. 
  • Intraoperative prebypass and postbypass epicardial color flow imaging in the repair of atrioventricular septal defects. 
  • Intraoperative radiation therapy in resected bile duct cancer. 
  • Intraoperative radiation therapy in the management of gynecologic and genitourinary malignancies. 
  • Intraoperative radiation therapy. 
  • Intraoperative radioisotope sentinel lymph node mapping in non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Intraoperative transesophageal Doppler color flow imaging used to guide patient selection and operative treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation. 
  • Intraoperative ultrasound-guided retrieval of an extraluminal pharyngoesophageal foreign body. 
  • Intraoperative use of a 2-mm choledochoscope for the exploration of small bile ducts and the pancreatic duct. 
  • Intraoperative use of handheld spectral domain optical coherence tomography imaging in macular surgery. 
  • Intraoperative use of inhaled PGI(2) for acute pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure. 
  • Intraoperative use of low-dose recombinant activated factor VII during thoracic aortic operations. 
  • Is intraoperative lymph node mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy for colorectal carcinoma necessary? 
  • Is there a long-term predictive value of intraoperative low-dose dobutamine echocardiography in patients who have coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass? 
  • It's the colloid, not the esophageal Doppler monitor. 
  • Long-term results of intraoperative electron beam irradiation (IOERT) for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. 
  • Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in the patient with breast cancer. 
  • Management of incidental ovarian tumors in patients undergoing gastric bypass. 
  • Metoprolol and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: does intraoperative metoprolol attenuate acute beta-adrenergic receptor desensitization during cardiac surgery? 
  • Operative cholangiography in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: unique radiographic findings. 
  • Outcomes in a series of 103 retroperitoneal sarcomas. 
  • Parathyroid histopathology: is it of any value today? 
  • Pathological downstaging does not guide the need for IORT in primary locally advanced rectal cancer. 
  • Perioperative management of drug therapy, clinical considerations. 
  • Perioperative pulmonary function in acute respiratory failure: effect of ventilator type and gas mixture. 
  • Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: the anesthesiologist as cardiac diagnostician. 
  • Persistent left superior vena cava and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: incidental diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography during coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Pharmacodynamics of chimeric glycoprotein IIb/IIIa integrin antiplatelet antibody Fab 7E3 in high-risk coronary angioplasty. 
  • Predicting the effect of temporal variations in PO2 on tumor radiosensitivity. 
  • Prevalence and repair of intraoperatively diagnosed patent foramen ovale and association with perioperative outcomes and long-term survival. 
  • Progress in the operative management of sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism over 34 years. 
  • Proton-beam, intensity-modulated, and/or intraoperative electron radiation therapy combined with aggressive anterior surgical resection for retroperitoneal sarcomas. 
  • Pupillary Reflex Dilation to Predict Movement: A Step Forward Toward Real-time Individualized Intravenous Anesthetics. 
  • QRS changes during acute ischemia induced by balloon occlusion of the LAD artery. 
  • Quantitative and qualitative ST segment monitoring during and after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Recovery of myocardial function during coronary artery bypass grafting. Intraoperative assessment by pressure-volume loops. 
  • Relationship between intraoperative fluid administration and perioperative outcome after pancreaticoduodenectomy: results of a prospective randomized trial of acute normovolemic hemodilution compared with standard intraoperative management. 
  • Results of trabeculectomy with 0.3 mg/ml mitomycin C titrating exposure times based on risk factors for failure. 
  • Role of flow cytometry to define unacceptable HLA antigens in lung transplant recipients with HLA-specific antibodies. 
  • Simultaneous Intraoperative Measurement of Cadaver Ankle and Subtalar Joint Compression During Arthrodesis With Intramedullary Nail, Screws, and Tibiotalocalcaneal Plate. 
  • Stress echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, and tissue characterization: applications for the future. 
  • Technique of intraluminal biliary ultrasonography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
  • Temporal excitation properties of paresthesias evoked by thalamic microstimulation. 
  • Temporary iris fixation with a micro-iris retractor. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk model for operative mortality after multiple valve surgery. 
  • The derotation sign for perioperative diagnosis of significant partial-thickness rotator cuff tears. 
  • The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass and inspired oxygen concentration on left ventricular contrast opacification with optison, a second-generation ultrasound contrast agent. 
  • The incidence of unacceptable movement with motor evoked potentials during craniotomy for aneurysm clipping. 
  • The orderly progression of melanoma nodal metastases. 
  • The relationship between immediate outcome after cardiac surgery, homogeneous cardioplegia delivery, and ejection fraction. 
  • The sentinel node in colorectal carcinoma. Mapping technique, pathologic assessment, and clinical relevance. 
  • The tumor biology of melanoma nodal metastases. 
  • The use of bovine hemoglobin glutamer-250 (Hemopure) in surgical patients: results of a multicenter, randomized, single-blinded trial. 
  • The use of intraoperative echo with Doppler color flow imaging to predict outcome after repair of congenital cardiac defects. 
  • The utility of transesophageal echocardiography and Doppler color flow imaging in patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery. 
  • Thromboelastography as a perioperative measure of anticoagulation resulting from low molecular weight heparin: a comparison with anti-Xa concentrations. 
  • Timing of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in head and neck cancer patients. 
  • Trabeculectomy with intraoperative 5-fluorouracil. 
  • Tranexamic acid or epsilon-aminocaproic acid in total joint arthroplasty? A randomized controlled trial. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography and evaluation of valvular heart disease. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography interpretation: a comparative analysis between cardiac anesthesiologists and primary echocardiographers. 
  • Transmyocardial laser revascularization: experimental and clinical results. 
  • Treatment of spasmodic torticollis with intradural selective rhizotomies. 
  • Tumor location does not affect long-term renal function after partial nephrectomy. 
  • Two-day lymphoscintigraphic imaging for melanoma. 
  • Updated long-term outcomes and prognostic factors for patients with unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with intraoperative radiotherapy at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1978 to 2010. 
  • Use of electrocardiogram to position right atrial catheters during surgery. 
  • Use of intraoperative ablation as an adjunct to surgical resection in the treatment of recurrent colorectal liver metastases. 
  • VISUALIZATION FROM INTRAOPERATIVE SWEPT-SOURCE MICROSCOPE-INTEGRATED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IN VITRECTOMY FOR COMPLICATIONS OF PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY. 
  • Ventricular pacing can induce hemodynamically significant mitral valve regurgitation. 
  • Verification of supraselective drug delivery for retinoblastoma using intra-arterial gadolinium. 
  • Visualization of real-time intraoperative maneuvers with a microscope-mounted spectral domain optical coherence tomography system. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Attarian, David Edward, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Farsiu, Sina, Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic
  • Toth, Cynthia Ann, Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering