There is a rediscovered interest in use of a subxiphoid incision to perform lung surgery. This work follows a review of 105 lobectomies published in March 2016 in the Journal of Thoracic Disease from the same institution, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital.
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January 2, 2017
December 15, 2016
Paul Van Schil of the Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium, discusses the evidence for pulmonary metastasectomy and methods for improving local control.
December 8, 2016
This essay is a historical review of the development of pulmonary lobectomy.
November 23, 2016
This video shows a robotic left lower lobectomy with the incidental discovery of the superior pulmonary vein coming from a strange anatomical location.
November 23, 2016
This retrospective single institution study evaluated the relationship between radiation dose to the gastric fundus and the incidence of esophageal anastomotic leak after esophagectomy for cancer. The leak rate was 26%. Pts with a leak had a significantly higher RT dose to the gastric fundus. Using a cut point of 31.4 Gy, leak rates were 43% vs 15
November 23, 2016
The authors queried the NCDB to compare outcomes for patients undergoing induction chemotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy followed by resection for esophageal cancer. The vast majority received chemoradiotherapy (87.5%), which was associated with a better pCR rate and a lower positive margin rate than chemotherapy. 30 and 90-day mortality rates were si
November 17, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Daniela Molena discusses her approach to minimally invasive and robotic esophageal surgery.
November 15, 2016
This is a video of a robotic left lower lobe sleeve lobectomy.
November 1, 2016
An interesting case series of cardiotoxicity of modern chemotherapy attempting to elucidate mechanisms of heart failure.
October 31, 2016
The authors examined the concordance of clinical and pathological staging using prospectively collected data from the Dutch Lung Surgery Audit, examining patients with clinical stage I disease. Among 1,555 patients, the concordance of cTNM and pTNM was 60%. 22.6% of patients were upstaged after resection, . The difference was more evident in patie