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.
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,…
Recurrent pulmonary emboli with aneurysms: think vasculitis and Hughes Stovin syndrome
No abstract available
Minimally invasive staged segmental artery coil embolization (MIS2ACE) for spinal cord protection
Minimally invasive staged segmental artery coil embolization (MIS2ACE) is an emerging technology for priming of the paraspinous collateral network prior to open or endovascular thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair. Its safety and efficacy have been previously proven in various experimental settings and confirmed in numerous multicentric pilot studies for open and endovascular repair. MIS2ACE is…
Mini-access David Procedure with endoscopic assessment of aortic valve competency: the “Snorkelling” technique
No abstract available
Segmentectomy versus Lobectomy in the United States
Objective: To identify whether the results of JCOG0802 could be generalized to U.S. Methods: Patients diagnosed with clinical stage IA (< 2 cm) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who underwent segmentectomy vs. lobectomy (2004-2017) in the National Cancer Database (NCDB) were identified. Overall survival (OS) of patients in the NCDB was assessed using propensity score-matched analysis. A separate…
del Nido versus blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
Aims: Initially developed for myocardial protection in immature cardiomyocytes, del Nido cardioplegia has been increasingly used over the past decade in adult patients. Our aim is to analyse the results from randomized controlled trials and observational studies comparing early mortality and postoperative troponin release in patients who underwent cardiac surgery using del Nido solution and blood…
Defining the Role of Anaortic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
As the population ages and co-morbidities become more prevalent, the complexity of patients presenting for coronary artery bypass surgery is increasing. Cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamping in these patients carry increased risk and, indeed, in some patients, with ascending aortic disease, the risks are prohibitive. Total-arterial anaortic coronary artery surgery is a technique that provides…
Surgical outcomes and cost analysis of a multi-specialty robotic-assisted surgery caseload in the Australian public health system
This study aims to compare surgical outcomes and in-hospital cost between robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), laparoscopic and open approaches for benign gynaecology, colorectal and urological patients and to explore the association between cost and surgical complexity. This retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients undergoing RAS, laparoscopic or open surgery for benign gynaecology, colorectal or urological conditions…
