M Alifano

..Results of pneumonectomy after chemotherapy are controversial, and the procedure is often considered as potentially dangerous...

..Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis obtains satisfactory long-term results, with acceptable morbidity rates...

..In 20 control patients the test was carried out 48 hours after pneumonectomy. Both the O2 and the N2O test were negative in all cases. However, in 2 patients with broncho-pleural fistula both the O2 and the N2O tests were positive...

..Surgery, hormonal treatments and combined approaches have all been proposed, with variable results in terms of short and long term outcome...

..Catamenial and endometriosis-related pneumothorax are considered relatively rare entities. Their clinical characteristics and outcome are incompletely known...

..To evaluate the incidence of catamenial pneumothorax (CP) among women who have been referred for the surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) and to study its pathogenic mechanisms...

..Removal of a 2 cm rib segment including the implantation basis of the exostosis was achieved by video-assisted thoracic surgery. Symptoms disappeared after surgery. This report shows an exceptional symptom of costal exostosis...

..We report our experience with 93 consecutive pulmonary artery reconstructions during pulmonary lobectomy with regard to morbidity, mortality, and long-term survival...

..The technique is simple, safe and provides increased patient acceptability...

..In the present review, I will provide a synthesis of available knowledge on the subject...

..The study was performed to assess prognostic factors in patients with lung cancer invading the chest wall treated by surgery...

..CONCLUSIONS: Satisfactory results in terms of suvival can be achieved following surgery for stage I lung cancer. The T status and the histologic type significantly influence survival...

..The optimal visualization of mediastinal structure and the possibility for the surgeon to operate with both hands are appreciable characteristics of this technique...

..The patient is well at 9-year follow-up. Inflammatory pseudotumor may present a particularly aggressive behavior. Multimodality approach, including extensive surgical resection, may be necessary in dealing with this disease...

..In this study we report our experience of the impact of FDG-PET in the pre-operative assessment of NSCLC...

..CONCLUSIONS: Mediastinoscopy with frozen sections remains an extremely useful tool for the management of paratracheal or subcarinal mediastinal disease...

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..The presence of associated major illness and the completeness of resection are the two most important factors affecting the long-term outcome...

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..Because of the high recurrence rate, treatment of catamenial pneumothoraces should combine surgery and hormonal therapy...

..His general condition did not permit anti-tumour treatment and the patient soon afterwards. In the presence of pulmonary actinomycosis an associated malignancy should be excluded...

..Further research on toxicity and costs are also needed. The possibility of choosing the most appropriate cancer treatment on an individual basis represents the main challenge for the future...

..Magnetic resonance imaging of the whole spine and skull basis was normal. Therefore, a diagnosis of primary lung chordoma, an exceptional condition, could be established...

..CONCLUSIONS: Pneumonia acquired in-hospital represents a relatively frequent complication of lung resections, associated with an important percentage of postoperative morbidity and mortality...

..To study clinical characteristics, surgical treatment modalities, early and long-term outcome of patients with severe ventilatory impairment undergoing lung resection for NSCLC...

..We reviewed our experience with carinal resection and studied factors influencing postoperative course and long-term survival...

..This study seeks to assess the safety and usefulness of combined video-assisted mediastinoscopy and video-assisted thoracoscopy in the management of patients with lung cancer...

..However, if immunohistological analysis has not been performed before surgery, a peroperative frozen section may be insufficient to distinguish between a primary pulmonary tumour and a metastatic tumour...

..This may further clarify the pathogenesis of catamenial pneumothorax which remains controversial in the literature...

..The role of surgery in patients with N2 non-small cell lung cancer is debated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of surgical resection after induction chemotherapy...

..This report outlines the great difficulties that can be encountered in the management of patients with catamenial pneumothorax...

..We investigated risk factors and characteristics of POPs occurring when antibiotic prophylaxis by second-generation cephalosporin or an alternative prophylaxis targeting organisms responsible for bronchial colonization was used...

..We report a case of endobronchial sclerosing hemangioma diagnosed preoperatively and treated by lingular-sparing upper lobectomy with nodal dissection...

..The aim of this paper is to study clinical characteristics, surgical treatment and outcome of patients with solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura operated in our institutions in a 20-year period...

..CONCLUSION: This empirical protocol was useful in identifying patients not likely to need admission to the ICU. ASA score, predictive postoperative DL(CO), and PPP are independent predictors of a need for admission to an ICU...

..No adjuvant treatment was administered. A favourable outcome was observed, with no recurrence at 6-year follow-up. Functional results were excellent as well, with complete return of the patient to normal activities...

..In breast cancer cells, functionally expressed NT1 receptor coordinates a series of transforming functions including cellular migration and invasion...

..The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of combined video-assisted mediastinoscopy (VM) and video-assisted thoracoscopy (VT) in the management of patients with lung cancer...

..We also gave the patient somatostatin and performed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy, and placed a pancreatic stent. The patient recovered well...

..This study seeks to evaluate results regarding the repair of diaphragmatic eventration using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)...

..A favorable outcome was observed. We think that a pre-existing scoliosis could be considered as a potentially predisposing factor to the development of the syndrome...

..To evaluate the status of limited upper sternal split in general thoracic surgery...

..The expression of NTS is identified as a prognostic marker in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (Patent EP 08305971.7)...

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..The aim of this retrospective study was to verify the reliability of positive PET scans of the mediastinum in following up patients with mediastinal lymphoma, using histological findings as a comparison...

..Initiating mechanisms may relate to increased transpulmonary pressure. The possible impact of changes in atmospheric pressure (Patm) on the occurrence of ISP remains uncertain...

..The multiple localizations of endometrial implants in this case may provide a support to the different pathogenic theories of endometriosis-related pneumothorax...