Does video-assisted thoracic surgery reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after pulmonary lobectomy?
Regardless of surgical approach, atrial fibrillation after lobectomy occurred with equal frequency. This supports the theory that autonomic denervation and stress-mediated neurohumoral mechanisms are responsible for the pathogenesis of postoperative atrial fibrillation. Prophylaxis regimens against atrial fibrillation should be the same for either operative approach.
Varicocelectomy can improve the sperm DNA integrity in patients with asthenospermia, whose effect is not related to surgical approach, unilateral or bilateral varicocele or varicocele grade.