This video demonstrates a case of pneumothorax due to diaphragmatic endometriosis, which should always be suspected in reproductive-age women with history of catamenial pneumothorax, especially those who have proven pelvic endometriosis.
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Lung
May 2, 2024
Of 57,531 patients who underwent lung cancer resection identified from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database, 758 (1.3 percent) were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, which was most likely in patients with locally advanced disease who underwent bilobectomy (6 percent versus 4 percent, P < .001) or pneumonectomy (8 per
April 22, 2024
Editor in Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Bernard Park, a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, about his pioneering work in robotic thoracic surgery and how the landscape has changed.
April 18, 2024
This large-scale review of the Dutch Lung Cancer Audit for Surgery Database summarizes the variability in the current practice in surgical care for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A total of 1,851 patients were reviewed. The most performed surgical procedure across the country was a bullectomy with pleurodesis (83 percent).
April 18, 2024
This study reviews 44 patients with stage IB (larger than 4 cm) to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer who were treated on sequential platform arms of the NEOSTAR trial. Twenty-two patients were treated with nivolumab and chemotherapy and 22 patients were treated with ipilimumab, nivolumab, and chemotherapy.
April 10, 2024
The authors of this paper explored early postoperative outcomes in all patients (n= 833) undergoing uniportal segmentectomy and lobectomy in their unit between 2017 and 2022. During this study period, the utilization of uniportal access operations increased.
April 9, 2024
This video shows a robotic assisted right apical S1 lung anatomical segmentectomy for NSCLC guided by the 3D reconstruction model.
April 4, 2024
This video presents a complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a thirty-three-year-old woman with lung metastases from colon cancer.
April 3, 2024
EIC Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Raja Flores about how he juggles the influx of new lung cancer surgical trials and their varying recommendations.
March 29, 2024
EIC Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Alan Sihoe on innovations in minimally invasive segmentectomy and changing global views on the procedure.