Lung - Basic Science
The value for the surgical team is to be found in the systematic approach and especially the candid discussion on benefits of pulmonary transplantation, with the frank statement that may not prolong life..The authors maintain...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...
This study assessed whether chest computed tomography (CT) findings improve the validated Lung Donor (LUNDON) score for predicting acceptance of brain-dead donor lungs. Among 2,454 donors who underwent CT, emphysema,...
The value for the surgical team is to be found in the systematic approach and especially the candid discussion on benefits of pulmonary transplantation, with the frank statement that may...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The patient is a 16-year-old male who was a restrained passenger in a car that collided with a guardrail at high speed. He was initially admitted to the referring hospital...
A 62-year-old Ukrainian man presented with facial swelling, chest wall varices, and a large mediastinal mass. He underwent core biopsy that demonstrated a mixed thymoma. Nine years previously, the patient...
Pulmonary sequestrations are rare congenital malformations of lung tissue that do not connect normally to the tracheobronchial tree and receive systemic blood supply … Although 10-15% of patients may remain...
Introduction Endovascular approaches are being increasingly utilized to treat a variety of thoracic aortic pathologies, including aneurysms, dissections, and transections [1-5]. Ongoing challenges to endovascular strategies for thoracic aortic pathology...







