Lung - Basic Science

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The Right Ventricle During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Can We Protect the Injured Ventricle?

January 21, 2022 | Aristotle Protopapas

An editorial with some interest for the cardiothoracic surgeon, in particular the awareness of changes in the right vantricle during ECMO support , mostly drawn from the recent Covid experiences, and with a useful paragraph...

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Osimertinib with or without Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC

November 10, 2023 | Aristotle Protopapas

A manuscript that wil certainly be discussed in lung MDT! The thought of a RCT in these earlier stages may be already in the mind of the sponsors… The authors...

JANS Article

The Right Ventricle During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Can We Protect the Injured Ventricle?

January 21, 2022 | Aristotle Protopapas

An editorial with some interest for the cardiothoracic surgeon, in particular the awareness of changes in the right vantricle during ECMO support , mostly drawn from the recent Covid experiences,...

JANS Article

Tobacco Smoking and Somatic Mutations in Human Bronchial Epithelium

February 3, 2020 | Mark Ferguson

This interesting study compared bronchial epithelial mutation burden, the primary source of new lung cancers, among nonsmokers, former smokers, and current smokers. Smoking typically adds 1,000 to 10,000 mutations per...

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Ground-Glass Nodules After 5 Years of Stability

August 20, 2019 | Aristotle Protopapas

Interesting follow-up study of 208 pulmonary ground -glass opacities in 160 subjects, with a yield of three adenocardinomas.

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The Novalung(R) iLA membrane ventilator: technical aspects

July 19, 2012 | Stefan Fischer…

Introduction The Novalung Interventional Lung Assist (iLA) device is a membrane ventilator that allows for oxygen and carbon dioxide gas exchange to occur by simple diffusion. It has been used...

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Wedge Resection of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules Through Uniportal VATS

February 8, 2012 | Gaetano Rocco

Patient Selection Patients with lung lesions located in the outer third of the lung are suitable candidates for uniportal VATS resection. When used for the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases...

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Chest Wall Invasion from Metastatic Chordoma

April 10, 2011 | Christopher Komanapalli…

Introduction Chordomas are rare, slow-growing neoplasms derived from notochord remnants which form the early spine in fetal development. Most of the notochord is replaced by spine during the first six...

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Postero-Lateral (Shaw-Paulson) Approach to Pancoast Tumor

January 17, 2011 | Federico Rea…

In 1932, the radiologist Henry Pancoast first described a superior pulmonary sulcus tumor (SST) as a carcinoma (of uncertain origin) developing in the apex of the chest. Patient Selection In...

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Pericardial Cyst

August 30, 2010 | Christopher Komanapalli…

Introduction Pericardial cysts are an uncommon benign congenital anomaly in the middle mediastinum. They represent 6% of mediastinal masses, and 33% of mediastinal cysts. Other cysts in the mediastinum are...

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Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window

August 30, 2010 | Christopher Komanapalli…

Hemodynamically stable patients with an undiagnosed pericardial effusion are well suited for a thoracoscopic window. When pericardial, pleural, or pulmonary pathology co-exist and require diagnosis or therapy, a thoracoscopic approach...

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Bullous Lung Disease

August 30, 2010 | Grayson Wheatley III…

A 42-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of worsening shortness of breath and respiratory distress. His home oxygen requirement was 2...

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Thoracoscopic Ligation of the Thoracic Duct

October 6, 2009 | Mithran Sukumar

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Ligation of the thoracic duct is indicated in any patient with a traumatic or iatrogenic chylothorax who has not responded to a brief trial of conservative management such as a...