The posterior segment of the right upper lobe lends itself to a straightforward anatomic resection. Understanding the anatomy is key, and the authors present two cases that illustrate a stepwise approach.
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Lung
September 15, 2017
Patient Care
September 14, 2017
Minimally Invasive Lobectomy for Lung Cancer is the latest installment in the Society’s webinar series on quality initiatives. The webinar features Drs Bill R. Burfeind Jr (moderator), Thomas A. D’Amico, Todd L. Demmy, Mark W. Onaitis, and Shari L. Meyerson.
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September 11, 2017
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS right lower lobe lobectomy for adenocarcinoma, using advanced instrumentation to decrease the number of instruments used and to achieve the best exposure inside the chest.
September 8, 2017
Patient Care
Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes, disrupt many aspects of daily life. How do medical teams respond to the disruption of cardiac care?
September 8, 2017
The authors describe a new technique for localization of very small, non-visible, and non-palpable pulmonary lesions for video-assisted thoracoscopic sublobular resection.
September 5, 2017
The last four days matter: larger changes in atmospheric pressure correlate with primary spontaneous pneumothorax. This paper matches two hospital databases with meteorologic data of a geographic area in Japan over more than five years.
September 4, 2017
A wide experience, from the Euorpean Institute of Oncology, on Pancoast tumors' treatment confirms that surgery is still the most important step of the multimodality approach for the patients affected by this condition.
August 22, 2017
This video demonstrates a pericardial patch repair of the right main bronchus intermedius following removal of a subcarinal bronchogenic cyst.
August 18, 2017
Patient Care
Several private hospitals in Kolkata, India, have applied for licenses to perform heart and lung transplants in a region underserved for transplant of these organs.