This large-scale review of the Dutch Lung Cancer Audit for Surgery Database summarizes the variability in the current practice in surgical care for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A total of 1,851 patients were reviewed. The most performed surgical procedure across the country was a bullectomy with pleurodesis (83 percent).
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Cancer
April 18, 2024
This study reviews 44 patients with stage IB (larger than 4 cm) to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer who were treated on sequential platform arms of the NEOSTAR trial. Twenty-two patients were treated with nivolumab and chemotherapy and 22 patients were treated with ipilimumab, nivolumab, and chemotherapy.
April 10, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate the percentage of solitary fibrous pleural tumors presenting unfavorable clinical behavior as to predict negative long-term outcomes.
April 10, 2024
The authors of this paper explored early postoperative outcomes in all patients (n= 833) undergoing uniportal segmentectomy and lobectomy in their unit between 2017 and 2022. During this study period, the utilization of uniportal access operations increased.
April 9, 2024
This video shows a robotic assisted right apical S1 lung anatomical segmentectomy for NSCLC guided by the 3D reconstruction model.
April 4, 2024
This video presents a complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a thirty-three-year-old woman with lung metastases from colon cancer.
April 3, 2024
EIC Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Raja Flores about how he juggles the influx of new lung cancer surgical trials and their varying recommendations.
March 29, 2024
EIC Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Alan Sihoe on innovations in minimally invasive segmentectomy and changing global views on the procedure.
March 27, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate the percentage of solitary fibrous pleural tumors presenting unfavorable clinical behavior to predict negative long-term outcomes.
March 26, 2024
This video demonstrates surgeon-powered robotics for anatomical lung resection.