Research Publications
Our primary focus at The Baird Institute is to encourage and fund research to improve the surgical outcomes and quality of life for patients facing heart or lung surgery. The funds we raise go directly to research that improves the surgical procedures associated with heart and lung surgery. Improvements can include less intrusive procedures as well as techniques that improve survival rates.
Below you will find a list of publications that our surgeons and research fellows have been involved in writing.
Outcomes after surgical revascularization in diabetic patients
Objectives: Patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) have been repeatedly suggested to have worse clinical outcomes compared to patients without DM. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of diabetes mellitus on 1-year clinical outcomes after isolated CABG. Methods: The European DuraGraft registry included 1130 patients (44.6%) with and 1402 (55.4%)…
Left internal mammary grafts: No patency difference to the left anterior descending artery
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Aortic arch redo surgery: early and mid-term outcomes in 120 patients
Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the indications, surgical extent and results of treatment, as well as determine the risk factors for adverse outcomes after redo arch surgery. Methods: Between January 1996 and December 2022, 120 patients underwent aortic arch reoperations after primary proximal aortic surgery. We retrospectively analysed perioperative data, as well as…
Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in the United States: Outcomes after resection for first primary lung cancer and treatment patterns for second primary lung cancers
Objective: The study objective was to identify whether the results of JCOG0802 could be generalized to US clinical settings. Methods: Patients diagnosed with clinical stage IA (≤2 cm) non-small cell lung cancer who underwent segmentectomy versus lobectomy (2004-2017) in the National Cancer Database were identified. Overall survival of patients in the National Cancer Database was assessed using…
Robotic Anatomical Pulmonary Resections: An Australian Experience
Background: Robotic thoracic surgery is a minimally invasive technique that allows the surgeon to perform delicate, accurate surgical manoeuvres within the chest cavity without rib spreading. Previous studies have suggested potential benefits of the robotic platform in nodal upstaging due to its versatility, seven degrees of freedom of movement, and superior vision. However, there is currently…
Neurological outcomes in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: risk factors analysis from the Mini-Mitral International Registry
Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and predictors of stroke after minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (mini-MVS) and to assess the role of preoperative CT scan on surgical management and neurological outcomes in the large cohort of Mini-Mitral International Registry. Methods: Clinical, operative and in-hospital outcomes in patients undergoing mini-MVS between 2015…
Open, closed or a bit of both: a systematic review and meta-analysis of staged thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Background: Staged procedures are one strategy found to be beneficial for medium- to high-risk Crawford extent I-III thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair patients and may be performed through a variety of techniques. This review sought to compare the primary outcomes of spinal cord ischemia (SCI) and long-term mortality between three cohorts grouped by approach: open, endovascular,…
