The authors present the case of a 36-year-old female with a past medical history of myasthenia gravis not responding to medication. A thymectomy was planned via a left mini-thoracotomy approach.
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Thoracic
April 13, 2015
This video demonstrates a single-incision VATS (SIVATS) superior segmentectomy of the left lower lobe in a 49-year-old male patient.
April 10, 2015
The authors analysed 621 reliefs, sculptures and paintings from Ancient Egypt looking for anatomical defects of the chest. They found a relief dated back to 2400 BC, depicting a man with an abnormal shape of the chest similar to a pectus excavatum. The authors opened the debate on the occurrence of this deformity in ancient times.
April 10, 2015
False-negative results of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in non-small-cell lung cancer staging were identified in 14% of 165 patients. Prevalence of false-negative results was low, when three satisfactory samples from mediastinal stations could be obtained and rose, when fewer adequate samples were available.
April 9, 2015
This article offers an overview of the evolution of thoracic drainage and development of the modern chest tube from ancient Greece to the present time.
April 7, 2015
In this interview, filmed at the 2015 STS Annual meeting, Joel Dunning and Shanda Blackmon discuss a variety of thoracic surgery topics.
April 6, 2015
This video demonstrates a subxiphoid single incision VATS resection of a non-MG B2 thymoma.
April 2, 2015
250 children with tuberculosis causing central airway narrowing were evaluated. 34% needed transthoracic nodal dissection for relief of obstruction, nearely one-third of those as an urgent procedure. Success was more common in those with bronchus intermedius or left main bronchial obstruction. The success rate was 98%.
April 2, 2015
The authors retrospectively reviewed their institutional database to assess outcomes for VATS lobectomy vs SBRT for stage I NSCLC, comparing propensity score-matched groups (41 pairs). Survival, cancer-specific survival, local recurrence, and distant recurrence were significantly better in the surgical group.
April 2, 2015
This article takes an in-depth look at robotic-assisted thymectomy. The technique is described and data from over 100 centers is analyzed.