Thursday, October 15, 2015

Newly Published Articles on the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon




Perioperative Outcomes after Lung Resection in Obese Patients (FREE ACCESS)
Subroto Paul, Weston Andrews, Nonso C. Osakwe, Jeffrey L. Port, Paul C. Lee, Brendon M. Stiles, Nasser K. Altorki





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Analyzing a national US-American database registering over 5000 lung resections, Paul and co-workers could show that obesity, defined as a BMI >30, was not necessarily a risk factor for this kind of surgery. Read more







Use of del Nido Cardioplegia in Adult Cardiac Surgery (FREE ACCESS)
Rajesh Ramanathan, Dan W. Parrish, Trygve K. Armour, Derek R. Brinster





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Although it is rarely true that what is good for adults is also good for children, it may well be the other way around. This study compared the "pediatric" cardioplegic solution by Boston’s Pedro del Nido to the good old Buckberg blood concoction in 142 patients - with the former showing some advantages. Read more






  Editorial
Double Trouble
Markus K. Heinemann
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Original Thoracic
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Lung Cancer Surgical Stage: An STS Database Study
Benny Weksler, Andrzej S. Kosinski, William R. Burfeind, Scott C. Silvestry, Jennifer Sullivan, Thomas A. D'Amico
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FREE ARTICLE: Perioperative Outcomes after Lung Resection in Obese Patients
Subroto Paul, Weston Andrews, Nonso C. Osakwe, Jeffrey L. Port, Paul C. Lee, Brendon M. Stiles, Nasser K. Altorki
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Body Mass Index as a Prognostic Factor in Resected Lung Cancer: Obesity or Underweight, Which Is the Risk Factor?
Takeshi Matsunaga, Kenji Suzuki, Kota Imashimizu, Takamitsu Banno, Kazuya Takamochi, Shiaki Oh
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Incidence, Risk Factors, and Analysis of Survival of Unexpected N2 Disease in Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Alfonso Fiorelli, Dariusz Sagan, Lukasz Mackiewicz, Lucio Cagini, Elisa Scarnecchia, Paolo Chiodini, Francesco Paolo Caronia, Francesco Puma, Mario Santini, Mark Ragusa
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The Prognostic Significance of Metastasis to Lymph Nodes in Aortopulmonary Zone (Stations 5 and 6) in Completely Resected Left Upper Lobe Tumors
Necati Citak, Adnan Sayar, Muzaffer Metin, Songül Büyükkale, Abdulaziz Kök, Okan Solak, Sibel Yurt, Atilla Gürses
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Survival of M1a Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated Surgically: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Tieqin Liu, Hongxu Liu, Gebang Wang, Chenlei Zhang, Bingbing Liu
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Central Lung Cancer Management: Impact of Bronchial Resection Margin Length
Dohun Kim, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Kwhanmien Kim, Jhingook Kim, Young Mog Shim
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Is Bilateral Pulmonary Lobectomy Feasible in Patients with Bilateral Lung Cancers?
Aritoshi Hattori, Kenji Suzuki, Kazuya Takamochi, Shiaki Oh
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Prognostic Significance of the Standardized Uptake Value on Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Multiple Clinical-N0 Lung Cancers
Aritoshi Hattori, Kenji Suzuki, Takeshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Takamochi, Shiaki Oh
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Should We Routinely Investigate Incidental Head and Neck Findings on 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients Being Staged for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? A Retrospective Analysis
Akshay Patel, Troy Perry, Ian Hunt, Jonathan Abele, Connor Maquire, Michael Allegretto, Eric Bedard
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Cardiomegaly Is a Significant Predictor of Postoperative Atelectasis following Left Upper Superior Segmentectomy
Yoshikazu Miyasaka, Kenji Suzuki, Shiaki Oh, Kazuya Takamochi
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Short Communication
Sarcomatous Components May Predict Prognosis in Patients with Pulmonary Pleomorphic Carcinoma
Tetsuzo Tagawa, Junichi Morimoto, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Ichiro Yoshino
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Review Article
Immune-Mediated Metabolic Kynurenine Pathways Are Involved in the Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction after Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Shuang Qiang Yi, Mi Yang, Kai Ming Duan
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Original Cardiovascular
FREE ARTICLE: Use of del Nido Cardioplegia in Adult Cardiac Surgery
Rajesh Ramanathan, Dan W. Parrish, Trygve K. Armour, Derek R. Brinster
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Retrograde Autologous Priming as a Safe and Easy Method to Reduce Hemodilution and Transfusion Requirements during Cardiac Surgery
Christian Trapp, Wolfgang Schiller, Fritz Mellert, Maximilian Halbe, Henning Lorenzen, Armin Welz, Chris Probst
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