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| Herbert DecaluweSummaryAffiliation: University Hospitals Leuven Country: Belgium Publications
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Surgical multimodality treatment for baseline resectable stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer. Degree of mediastinal lymph node involvement and impact on survivalHerbert Decaluwe
Leuven Lung Cancer Group, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 36:433-9. 2009..Analysis of single centre results and identification of prognostic factors of surgical combined modality treatment in pathological proven stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...- Minimally invasive oesophagectomy: a valuable alternative to open oesophagectomy for the treatment of early oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction carcinomaPhilippe Nafteux
Department of Thoracic Surgery, UZ Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 40:1455-63; discussion 1463-4. 2011..The aim was to conduct a comparative analysis of outcome after minimally invasive oesophagectomy (MIO) versus open oesophagectomy (OO) for early oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ) carcinoma... - Quality indicators of surgery for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junctionToni Lerut
Department of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
Recent Results Cancer Res 182:127-42. 2010..Improvements in this wide spectrum of aspects is mandatory and will certainly be of great value to further improve both short and long term outcome after surgery for these complex cancers... - Survival after resection of synchronous bilateral lung cancerPaul De Leyn
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals and Leuven Lung Cancer Group, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 34:1215-22. 2008..In this retrospective study, the survival after resection of synchronous bilateral lung cancer is evaluated... - Survival after trimodality treatment for superior sulcus and central T4 non-small cell lung cancerPaul De Leyn
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals and Leuven Lung Cancer Group, Leuven, Belgium
J Thorac Oncol 4:62-8. 2009..For sulcus superior tumors and central cT4 tumors, low resectability and poor long-term survival rates are obtained with single-modality treatment... - Lung donor selection and managementDirk Van Raemdonck
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Proc Am Thorac Soc 6:28-38. 2009..This article aims to update the current evidence from the literature to identify and select potential lung donors and to manage cadaveric donors to maximally increase the organ yield for lung transplantation... - The number of lung transplants can be safely doubled using extended criteria donors; a single-center reviewCaroline Meers
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Transpl Int 23:628-35. 2010..1%) in our donor network is 10-20% higher than reported figures. The number of lung transplants in our center doubled by accepting extended criteria donors. This policy did not negatively influence our results after lung transplantation... - Minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancerGeorges Decker
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 35:13-20; discussion 20-1. 2009..Oncological outcome of MIE remains largely unknown by lack of good quality data and selection bias. MIE remains an investigational and still evolving treatment for invasive cancer... - Multidisciplinary treatment of advanced cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction: a European center's approachToni Lerut
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 17:485-502, vii-viii. 2008..Therefore, further efforts are needed to elaborate more precise algorithms for selecting candidates for induction therapy versus primary surgery... - Early outcome after lung transplantation from non-heart-beating donors is comparable to heart-beating donorsStéphanie De Vleeschauwer
Laboratory of Pneumology, Kathoholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
J Heart Lung Transplant 28:380-7. 2009..The use of non-heart-beating donors (NHBD) to overcome organ shortage is moving into the clinic. In 2007, 5 of 51 lung transplantations (LTx) in our center were performed with lungs from controlled NHBD... - Postoperative complications after transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction are correlated with early cancer recurrence: role of systematic grading of complications using the modified Clavien classificationToni Lerut
From the Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Ann Surg 250:798-807. 2009..To assess the impact of postoperative complications after transthoracic esophagectomy, using the modified Clavien classification, on recurrence and on its timing in patients with cancer of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction... 
Combined liver and (heart-)lung transplantation in liver transplant candidates with refractory portopulmonary hypertensionJacques Pirenne
Abdominal Transplant Surgery Department, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
Transplantation 73:140-2. 2002..Prostacyclin can reduce PPHT to a level at which LiTx can be performed. In patients refractory to that treatment, combined (heart-)lung-LiTx is the only life-saving option...