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.
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Lung
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 15, 2016
This is a video of a robotic left lower lobe sleeve lobectomy.
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
October 17, 2016
This video shows a uniportal lobectomy in a 14-month-old patient with a left side congenital pulmonary airway malformation.
October 10, 2016
In this video, the authors present a robot-assisted lingula-sparing left upper lobectomy, using segmental plane identification with near-infrared fluorescence imaging.
September 27, 2016
The success of training techniques including dividing robotic lobectomy into graduated steps, reviewing video peformances of trainees, and coaching through challenging technical maneuvers were tracked during a 5-year experience.
September 27, 2016
The authors assessed the relationship between second hand smoke exposure in non-smokers and mortality related to lung cancer using serum cotinine levels. Cotinine levels were associated with survival, death from lung cancer, and death from all cancers after adjustment. Such levels identify second hand smoke effects.
September 26, 2016
The authors present the case of a complex mediastinal bronchogenic cyst that was excised through a right VATS approach.