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Global Thoracic Surgery

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The delivery of thoracic surgical care in less-resourced areas is explored in this landmark series of articles, hoping to engage the thoracic surgeon in global health equity. There is a notable diversity across the settings...

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A Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Parietal Pleurectomy Versus Pleural Abrasion in Treating Spontaneous Pneumothorax

December 11, 2025 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This meta-analysis examined 2,732 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax undergoing bullectomy combined with either parietal pleurectomy (PP) or pleural abrasion (PA). Compared with pleural abrasion, parietal pleurectomy was associated with a...

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Global Thoracic Surgery

August 27, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

The delivery of thoracic surgical care in less-resourced areas is explored in this landmark series of articles, hoping to engage the thoracic surgeon in global health equity. There is a...

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Minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery with bilateral internal thoracic arteries: Early outcomes and angiographic patency

November 15, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting in its candour mini-series of partial arterial revascularisation by left thoracotomy. The perioperative graft failure is delt in some detail.

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Robot-Assisted Evacuation of Hemothorax

April 1, 2019 | G. Jett

Hemothorax is second only to rib fractures as the most common complication in patients with chest trauma (1). Hemothorax following valve replacement utilizing a minithoracotomy approach on the opposite side...

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Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus pleural drainage in the management of the first episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

June 11, 2015 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors evaluated VATS vs pleural drainage for initial primary spontaneous pneumothorax in 122 pts, evaluating costs and QOL. Costs for VATS were half of those for pleural drainage. Quality...

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Clinical Presentation of Patients With Tension Pneumothorax: A Systematic Review

May 19, 2015 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The question in this review was whether patients who experience tension pneumothorax differ in presentation depending on whether they are breathing spontaneously or are on positive pressure ventilation. Assisted ventilation...

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A History of Thoracic Drainage: From Ancient Greeks to Wound Sucking Drummers to Digital Monitoring

April 9, 2015 | Sarah Walcott-Sapp…

Tube thoracostomy is often the first step in the treatment of pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemopneumothorax, empyema, and pleural effusion. Although tube thoracostomy was not accepted as the standard of care for...

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A new instrument to assess physician skill at chest tube insertion: the TUBE-iCOMPT

January 14, 2015 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

A tool for assessing competency in chest tube insertion was developed and validated using mannequins and patients. Scores varied according to participant experience, and interrater consistency in evaluations was high....

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Mesothelioma risk after 40 years since first exposure to asbestos: a pooled analysis

August 11, 2014 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Data from 6 cohort studies were evaluated to assess the ongoing risk of mesothelioma more than 40 years after initial environmental exposure to asbestos. Among over 22,000 of those exposed,...

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Role of CT in assessing pleural malignancy prior to thoracoscopy

July 31, 2014 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using a retrospective analysis of pts undergoing VATS for suspected pleural malignancy, the authors assessed the utility of CT in diagnosing pleural malignancy. Of 370 pts studied, 211 had a...

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Percutaneous Catheter for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

July 16, 2014 | Tara McKay…

Figure 1. Spontaneous pneumothorax is defined as a pneumothorax without preceding trauma or iatrogenic causes. Primary or secondary spontaneous pneumothoraces are based on the absence or presence of underlying pulmonary...

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Does Surgery Improve Survival of Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma?: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis of 1365 Consecutive Patients

February 24, 2014 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

A group of 1365 pts from 6 institutions was retrospectively reviewed for outcomes after palliative treatment, chemotherapy alone, pleurectomy/decortication (P/D), or extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). Multivariable analysis identified age

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