The White Coat Ceremony at Mie University / 医学教育

1) By participating in the white coat ceremony, 60% percent of students felt that they had been accepted as fledgling medical professionals and become members of the medical community, and 86% began to think that they must take care of patients sincerely in the near future.2) The white coat ceremony made students aware that they would become physicians and gave them an opportunity to renew their enthusiasm for starting clinical clerkships. The distance between students and teachers was reduced.3) We will continue to hold the white coat ceremony, because it is an effective way of teaching professionalism to students.

A Case of Aortoduodenal Fistula Presenting Six Years after an Operation for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

A 74-year-old man who had received graft replacement of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm 6 years previously was admitted to our hospital because of hematemesis. Gastroduodenoscopy revealed no bleeding site in the stomach or the first and second portions of the duodenum. Preoperative CT scan demonstrated an adhesion of the aorta-duodenum at the proximal anastomosis of the prosthetic graft. Preoperative angiography demonstrated no leak of contrast material at the proximal anastomosis of the prosthetic graft. Therefore, we performed an emergency operation under a diagnosis of an aortoduodenal fistula. Operative reconstruction was performed with <i>in situ</i> grafting using a new prosthetic graft, and the greater omentum was used to fill defects surrounding the anastomotic site. We report a case of surgical treatment for an anastomotic aneurysm associated with a graft-duodenal fistula after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

The Early Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Perforation Performed with Normothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass during Beating. A Case Report / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌

A 60-year-old woman underwent surgical treatment of postinfarction ventricular septal perforation (VSP) in the early phase after receiving total cardiopulmonary bypass without aortic occlusion. VSP developed four days after anterior myocardial infarction. On admission, inraaortic balloon pumping was used to obtain hemodynamic stabilization. On the day of admission, emergency total cardiopulmonary bypass was performed. VSP was closed with a Dacron felt patch positioned on the left side of the septum. The anterior wall of the left ventricle was closed with Dacron felt strips and reinforced using a Gore-Tex sheet. Postoperative hemodynamics improved significantly. Although the operation while the heart was beating was difficult technically, the total cardiopulmonary bypass time of this method was not longer than that of operations under cardioplegic arrest. Further more, the area of infarction was easily distinguished by color and bleeding. The surgery during normothermic heart beat was effective in preventing further ischemia of the myocardium. The surgical treatment of VSP in the early phase during normothermic heart beat under total cardiopulmonary bypass was considered to be more effective and safer than operations under cardioplegic arrest.