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Mark K. Ferguson, MD, Editor
Articles published 10/1/07 – 12/31/07
Below you will find pertinent articles on thoracic topics appearing in medical and surgical journals other then those found on CTSNet. Each cited article is linked to the PubMed abstract of that article.
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Ultrasound
vs. computed tomography in detecting chest wall Invasion by tumor:
A prospective study. |
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The
value of multiple tests of respiratory muscle strength. |
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Laparoscopic
transhiatal resection for malignancies of the distal esophagus:
outcome of the first 50 resected patients. Prognostic
factors after combined modality treatment of squamous cell carcinoma
of the esophagus. Incidence
of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with Barrett's esophagus
and high-grade dysplasia: a meta-analysis. Extended
transthoracic resection compared with limited transhiatal resection
for adenocarcinoma of the mid/distal esophagus: five-year survival
of a randomized clinical trial. Evaluation
of O-POSSUM in predicting in-hospital mortality after resection
for oesophageal cancer. |
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Randomized
trial of argon plasma coagulation versus endoscopic surveillance
for barrett esophagus after antireflux surgery: late results. A
systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk of increasing adiposity
on Barrett's esophagus. Vagal-sparing
esophagectomy: the ideal operation for intramucosal adenocarcinoma
and Barrett with high-grade dysplasia. |
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Diagnosis
and management of primary aortoenteric fistulas--experience learned
from eighteen patients. Colopharyngoplasty
for the treatment of severe pharyngoesophageal caustic injuries:
an audit of 58 patients. |
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Clinicopathological
factors associated with unexpected N3 in patients with mediastinal
lymph node involvement. Frequency
and prognostic significance of preoperatively detected enlarged
regional lymph nodes in patients with pathological stage I non-small
cell lung cancer following resection. Comparison
of limited surgery and three-dimensional conformal radiation in
high-risk patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Video-assisted
thoracic surgery lobectomy: report of CALGB 39802--a prospective,
multi-institution feasibility study. Endoscopic
ultrasound reduces surgical mediastinal staging in lung cancer:
A randomized trial. Long-term
survival associated with complete resection after induction chemotherapy
in stage IIIA (N2) and IIIB (T4N0-1) non small-cell lung cancer
patients: the Spanish Lung Cancer Group Trial 9901. |
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Lung
allocation score for lung transplantation: impact on disease severity
and survival. Lung
transplantation and survival in children with cystic fibrosis. |
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Computed
tomographic pulmonary angiography vs ventilation-perfusion lung
scanning in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: a randomized
controlled trial. The
effect of lung volume reduction surgery on chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease exacerbations. Catamenial
and noncatamenial, endometriosis-related or nonendometriosis-related
pneumothorax referred for surgery. |
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Restaging
of mediastinal nodes with transbronchial needle aspiration after
induction chemoradiation for locally advanced non-small cell lung
cancer. |
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Endobronchial
ultrasonography: current status and future directions. |
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Prognostic
factors in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma at a
large tertiary referral center. Accuracy
of pleural biopsy using thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of histologic
subtype in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. |
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