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Extended Sleeve Lobectomy After Neoadjuvant Immunochemotherapy for Centrally Located Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

May 1, 2025 | Jade QuSilver Contributor

Extended sleeve lobectomy (ESL) is considered a lung-sparing alternative to pneumonectomy (PN) for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when standard sleeve lobectomy (SSL) is not feasible. This retrospective study analyzed 94 patients who...

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Right Basilar Segmental Autologous Lung Transplantation With Carinal Reconstruction for Central Lung SCC

September 24, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending from the carina to the right intermediate bronchus and the superior segment of the lower...

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An STS General Thoracic Surgery Database Analysis of the Association Between LN Dissection and Chylothorax

September 24, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis found that postoperative chylothorax risk increases with the extent of lymph-node dissection during pulmonary resection. Although uncommon, chylothorax was associated...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

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Tumor Mutational Burden as a Predictor of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Brief Report

September 3, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

High tumor mutational burden (TMB) predicts not only response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but also immune-related toxicity. In this single-center cohort of...

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Biportal VATS Right Pneumonectomy

August 22, 2018 | Andrea Dell'Amore…

A 53-year-old man with no comorbidity was referred to the authors’ unit because of a multifocal wild-type adenocarcinoma of the right lung. A positron emission tomography scan was negative for...

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Robotic-Assisted Versus Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Outcomes From High-Volume Thoracic Surgeons

August 21, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

For high volume surgeons (defined as 20 or more annual lobectomies), the use of a robotic approach had a lower conversion to open rate and a lower complication rate, while...

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PACIFIC: Time for a Surgical IIIA Uprising

August 20, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This provocative editorial outlines concepts that thoracic surgeons should understand in the era of immunotherapy for potentially resectable N2 disease.

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Prognostic Value of Twist, Snail and E-cadherin Expression in Pathological N0 Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study

August 13, 2018 | Claire Vernon

The 5-year survival rate in patients after curative surgery for N0 nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is reduced by recurrence and metastasis, and there is evidence that the epithelial–mesenchymal transition...

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In Global News: Subspecializing for CABG, the Australian Transplant Games, and CHD Screening in China

August 10, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A New Zealand woman with cystic fibrosis who is a lung transplant recipient prepares to compete in swimming, biking, and running events in the Australian...

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In Global News: Engineering Lungs, New Australian AFib Guidelines, and Considering Race in Lung Cancer Screening

August 3, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Renowned former Formula 1 racing champion Niki Lauda recently underwent a lung transplant. The president of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) urged the...

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In Global News: World Lung Cancer Day, Percutaneous Tricuspid Repairs, and a Notebook for Cancer Treatment Management

July 27, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A woman developed a combination planner, record-keeping notebook, and journal to help her husband through his treatment for esophageal cancer, and other patients now use...

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In Global News: To Operate or Not To Operate, Lung Cancer Trial Eligibility, and Hemodynamic Valve Deterioration

July 20, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Cardiac surgical and cardiology societies weigh in as an advisory committee revisits the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services procedure volume requirements for transcatheter...

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