Inci and colleagues reviewed prospectively collected data from 117 patients with end-stage emphysema undergoing lung transplantation. The authors found that short-term and long-term survival were equivalent in patients who did and did not undergo lung volume reduction surgery prior to their transplantation (107 versus 86 months, p = 0.6).
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Lung
March 9, 2018
March 8, 2018
Eric Lim of the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, UK, discusses the rise of competing technology in radiotherapy and its effect on general thoracic surgery.
March 8, 2018
A handy view from the pediatric standpoint on an expanding indication for sequential pulmonary transplanation.
March 7, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic left upper lobectomy performed at a teaching institution.
March 5, 2018
This video demonstrates a left lower lobectomy performed to address severe bronchiectasis.
March 2, 2018
Patient Care
February 28, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Shanda Blackmon, Scott Swanson, Thomas D'Amico, and Mark Onaitis discuss their approaches to multifocal lung cancer.
February 26, 2018
Weder and colleagues present a debate addressing surgery versus stereotactic body radiotherapy as the primary treatment of early-stage lung cancer. Arguments relating to outcome and the impact on further therapy are given by both surgeons and radiation oncologists.
February 23, 2018
Patient Care
February 23, 2018
A comprehensive review of pleural diseases from the internists' viewpoint. Relevant to surgeons in the sense of referrals for empyema, pleural effusions, and other traditional surgical problems that are now often dealt with revitalised internist-led options such as office pleuroscopy/pleurodesis.