Does tricuspid valve repair with an annuloplasty ring result in improved long-term outcomes?
Placement of an annuloplasty ring in patients undergoing tricuspid valve repair is associated with improved survival and event-free survival.
In our current model we demonstrate that transient perioperative pharmacologic and genetic muscularis macrophage inhibition does not affect intestinal anastomotic healing. These results call for further investigations to establish a pharmacologic prophylaxis for the prevention of postoperative ileus.