Description of areproducible surgical technique for single-bundle anterolateral reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) based on aseptum-sparing approach. This technique is less traumatic than the trans-septum approach. The article illustrates surgical steps to simplify the technical aspects of the procedure. Acomplete gradeIII symptomatic tear of the PCL associated with instability and often discomfort (deceleration, stairs) or subsequent gonalgia arising from the medial compartment or patellofemoral joint. Injury of the peripheral joint stabilizers alongside the PCL including the posterolateral corner or acomplete medial knee injury. The procedure is indicated in chronic cases, but also in acute cases of posterior instability > 10 mm, if it is an intraligamentous tear with dislocated PCL stumps. Bony avulsions of the PCL suitable for refixation, soft tissue compromise, infection, advanced osteoarthritic disease. After diagnostic arthroscopy of the knee, the ipsilateral semitendinoight degree of posterior laxity (4.1 mm) after PCL reconstruction in comparison with the contralateral knee. No patient showed signs of effusion at follow-up. Range of motion was fully restored in 19 of 21patients. One patient suffered failure due to persistent posterior instability and persistence of symptoms.Two isolated and 19 combined PCL injuries were treated. Mean patient age was 27.4 years, and the minimal follow-up was 12 months. On average, we found good clinical outcome with slight degree of posterior laxity (4.1 mm) after PCL reconstruction in comparison with the contralateral knee. No patient showed signs of effusion at follow-up. Range of motion was fully restored in 19 of 21 patients. One patient suffered failure due to persistent posterior instability and persistence of symptoms.Perimembranous ventricular septal defect closure in small infants has traditionally been a surgically treated defect, although alternative hybrid strategies are emerging. We aim to describe a novel approach to retrograde device closure of clinically relevant perimembranous ventricular septal defects in small infants via carotid cutdown. A retrospective review of all patients managed with attempted carotid cutdown for device closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect was recorded at a single tertiary cardiac centre. We summarized data on successful device deployment, conversion to open repair, complications, and length of stay. Eighteen infants with median (IQR) age of 7 months (5-9 months) and weight of 7.1 kg (6.5-7.8 kg) with clinically relevant PMVSD underwent attempted retrograde closure via carotid cutdown. Median (IQR) defect size was 8 mm (7-9 mm). Successful device deployment without significant aortic or tricuspid valve interference occurred in 15 (83%) patients. Three patients were converted to open repair, one following damage to the tricuspid valve apparatus. Median (IQR) hospital stay was 1 day (1-3 days). There were no complications related to carotid cutdown. Retrograde device closure of hemodynamically significant PMVSD is feasible and effective in small infants. Decision to convert to surgical repair should be made early if suboptimal device placement occurs. Carotid evaluation should be performed to rule out any access-related complications.While swimming represents a popular recreational activity, the immersion of the human body into the water requires a complex physiologic adaption of the whole cardiopulmonary and circulatory system. While this sport is regarded as beneficial, especially in cardiovascular patients, current guidelines hypothesized a possible hazardous effect of swimming and especially diving in patients with univentricular hearts after Fontan palliation. Yet, actual data to underline or contradict these assumptions are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct a first feasibility study for the evaluation of these effects on Fontan physiology and elucidate the gap of evidence currently preventing patients after Fontan palliation from being restricted from swimming or diving on doctoral advice. Selleck Torin 1 Patients recruited from the Heart Center Leipzig, Department of pediatric cardiology, underwent spiroergometry treadmill testing followed by a spiroergometry swimming stress test in a counter current pool. Physiologic data were recorded. A short apnea diving test was performed. The current study found similar physiologic reactions comparing treadmill and swimming exercise stress testing. Heart rate response and oxygen uptake were comparable on land and in the water. This study presents the first-in-man data on swimming and diving in Fontan patients. In this small study cohort of three Fontan patients, there were no adverse events triggered by swimming and breath-hold diving seen. Basically, the physiologic response to exercise was comparable on land and in the water. Predicting intra-abdominal infections (IAI) after colorectal surgery by means of clinical signs is challenging. A naïve logistic regression modeling approach has some limitations, for which reason we study two potential alternatives the use of Bayesian networks, and that of logistic regression model. Data from patients that had undergone colorectal procedures between 2010 and 2017 were used. The dataset was split into two subsets (i) that for training the models and (ii) that for testing them. The predictive ability of the models proposed was tested (i) by comparing the ROC curves from days 1 and 3 with all the subjects in the test set and (ii) by studying the evolution of the abovementioned predictive ability from day 1 to day 5. In day 3, the predictive ability of the logistic regression model achieved an AUC of 0.812, 95% CI = (0.746, 0.877), whereas that of the Bayesian network was 0.768, 95% CI = (0.695, 0.840), with a p-value for their comparison of 0.097. The ability of the Bayesian network model to predict IAI does present significant difference in predictive ability from days 3 to 5 AUC(Day 3) = 0.761, 95% CI = (0.680, 0.841) and AUC(Day 5) = 0.837, 95% CI = (0.769, 0.904), with a p-value for their comparison of 0.006. Whereas at postoperative day 3, a logistic regression model with imputed data should be used to predict IAI; at day 5, when the predictive ability is almost identical, the Bayesian network model should be used.Whereas at postoperative day 3, a logistic regression model with imputed data should be used to predict IAI; at day 5, when the predictive ability is almost identical, the Bayesian network model should be used.