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Survival after pre-hospital emergency clamshell thoracotomy for blunt cardiac rupture by Rogerson, T, Efstratiades, T, Von Oppell, U, Davies, G, Curtin, R

“…•Cardiac rupture associated with blunt trauma is usually associated with a high mortality.•Our patient had a traumatic cardiac arrest due to blunt trauma…”
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Traumatic aortic rupture: Twenty-year metaanalysis of mortality and risk of paraplegia by Von Oppell, Ulrich O., Dunne, Timothy T., De Groot, Mark K., Zilla, Peter

“…A metaanalysis of articles concerning the surgical management of acute traumatic rupture of the descending thoracic aorta published in the English-language…”
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Mitral repair best practice: proposed standards by Bridgewater, B, Hooper, T, Munsch, C, Hunter, S, von Oppell, U, Livesey, S, Keogh, B, Wells, F, Patrick, M, Kneeshaw, J, Chambers, J, Masani, N, Ray, S

“…Objectives: To define best practice standards for mitral valve repair surgery. Design: Development of standards for process and outcome by consensus. Setting:…”
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Penetrating thoracic injuries: what we have learnt by von Oppell, U O, Bautz, P, De Groot, M

“…Thoracic injuries, especially cardiac, vascular, and transmediastinal injuries, are amongst the most lethal of penetrating injuries. Our experience at Groote…”
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Chordal replacement for both minimally invasive and conventional mitral valve surgery using premeasured Gore-Tex loops by von Oppell, Ulrich Otto, Mohr, Friedrich W

“…Part of the complexity of mitral valve chordal replacement with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) sutures is determining the correct replacement chordal…”
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Effectiveness of two radiofrequency ablation systems in atrial tissue by von Oppell, Ulrich O., Rauch, Thomas, Hindricks, Gerhard, Kottkamp, Hans, Mohr, Friedrich

“…Objective: The efficacy of the left atrial radiofrequency ablation procedure, for the curative treatment of atrial fibrillation, is dependent upon obtaining a…”
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Syphilitic aortic aneurysm eroding through the sternum by FULTON, J. O, ZILLA, P, DE GROOT, K. M, VON OPPELL, U. O

“…Syphilitic aortic aneurysms are uncommon today. A syphilitic aneurysmeroding through the anterior chest wall with successful surgical treatmentis reported. The…”
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Pulmonary artery banding: adequacy and long-term outcome by PINHO, P, VON OPPELL, U. O, BRINK, J, HEWITSON, J

“…OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary artery banding remains a palliative option forpatients with congenital heart disease and excessive pulmonary blood flow,if there is…”
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Blunt Cardiac Rupture Caused by Zip Gun Backfire by Fulton, James O, De Groot, Mark, Von Oppell, Ulrich O, Ruttman, Thomas

“…A 16-year-old boy who sustained right ventricular rupture after backfiring of a homemade zip gun is reported. The unusual nature of this case together with the…”
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Cold Feet from Adrenal Leiomyosarcoma by Wong, C, Von Oppell, U O, Scott-Coombes, D

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Tracheobronchial foreign bodies : experience at red cross children's hospital, 1985-1990 by LINEGAR, A. G, VON OPPELL, U. O, HEGEMANN, S, DE GROOT, M, ODELL, J. A

“…Ninety-six children with suspected tracheobronchial foreign bodies were referred to the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Red Cross War Memorial…”
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Splenic rupture complicating aortic valve replacement for bacterial endocarditis by Dimitrakakis, Georgios, Von Oppell, Ulrich, Zilidis, Georgios, Srivastava, Anurag

“…a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK b Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Wales,…”
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Blunt cardiac rupture by Fulton, J O, Nel, L, de Groot, K M, von Oppell, U O

“…Cardiac rupture as a result of blunt trauma is not commonly encountered. Seven patients with this injury have been treated at Groote Schuur Hospital over the…”
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St. Thomas' Hospital cardioplegic solution. Beneficial effect of glucose and multidose reinfusions of cardioplegic solution by von Oppell, U O, Du Toit, E F, King, L M, Owen, P, Dunne, T, Reichart, B, Opie, L H

“…The intention of this study was to determine whether glucose is beneficial in a cardioplegic solution when the end products of metabolism produced during the…”
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In vitro endothelialization of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts: A clinical case report after 41 months of implantation by Deutsch, Manfred, Meinhart, Johann, Vesely, Michael, Fischlein, Teddy, Groscurth, Peter, von Oppell, Ulrich, Zilla, Peter

“…Forty-one months after we performed bilateral implantation of in vitro endothelialized femoropopliteal bypass grafts in a 69-year-old patient, we obtained a…”
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Thoracofemoral Bypass Using Spliced Femoral Vein with Removal of an Infected Axillobifemoral Bypass Graft by Hughes, R., Moawad, M., Harvey, J.S., Von Oppell, U., Byrne, J.

“…A 63-year-old male underwent emergency repair of a ruptured juxtarenal aortic aneurysm via a transabdominal approach using an aorto-bi-iliac Dacron graft. This…”
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Cold feet from adrenal leiomyosarcoma by Wong, C

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Surgical cure of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome : a comparison of two techniques by VON OPPELL, U. O, MILLAR, R. N. S, MILNE, D. A

“…Curative arrhythmia surgery for patients with symptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) was first performed in South Africa in November 1987…”
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Effect of pH shifts induced by oxygenating crystalloid cardioplegic solutions by von Oppell, U.O., King, L.M., Du Toit, E.F., Owen, P., Reichart, B., Opie, L.H.

“…Oxygenation of a bicarbonate-containing crystalloid cardioplegic solution alters the partial pressure of both oxygen (O 2) and carbon dioxide (CO 2)…”
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High glutaraldehyde concentrations mitigate bioprosthetic root calcification in the sheep model by Zilla, Peter, Weissenstein, Christoph, Human, Paul, Dower, Terri, von Oppell, Ulrich Otto

“…Background. Fixation at high glutaraldehyde (GA) concentrations mitigated bioprosthetic calcification in the rat model. The present study intended to verify…”
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