Henning Gaissert

..The pathologist can provide additional important prognostic information, including tumor differentiation and extent, invasion of surgical margins, and extension into the thyroid...

..Tracheomalacia related to chronic obstructive lung disease causes high-grade, chronic, long-segment airway obstruction. The surgical treatment for each group of these disorders is described...

..Another is the lack of awareness of effective therapy. Bronchial gland tumors demonstrate oncologic diversity and include benign, low-grade, and high-grade malignant tumors...

..The experience regarding their treatment and long-term outcome is limited, and alternatives to segmental tracheal resection, including endoscopic treatment or radiation, continue to be explored...

..Swallowing deteriorates over time in some patients after transthoracic esophagomyotomy for achalasia. The causes of decline are poorly understood...

..Symptoms resolved after resection of the diverticulum in 1 child with airway obstruction and 1 adult with recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula...

..Prior data indicate increased perioperative morbidity and mortality in patients receiving induction chemoradiotherapy before pneumonectomy for lung cancer...

..Primary tumors of the airway with proximity to vocal cords and recurrent laryngeal nerves can be resected with sparing of the larynx. Long-term data on survival and local recurrence after laryngotracheal resection are scarce...

..Tracheal resection for primary carcinoma may extend survival. We evaluated survival after surgical resection or palliative therapy to identify prognostic factors...

..The treatment of perforation, respiratory fistula, and necrosis due to transmural esophageal infection is guided by anecdote. We wish to determine treatment and outcome of local complications of necrotizing esophagitis...

..Early referral for consideration of surgical resection might offer the best opportunity for improving the overall prognosis of tracheal tumors...

..Self-expanding metal stents are used to palliate benign strictures. We examined the complications of this approach...

..A discussion of evaluation and treatment of these tumors in this review proceeds along a systematic series of questions...

..Laryngotracheal invasion worsens prognosis in patients with thyroid carcinoma. The extent of resection is controversial...

..To describe the controversies in the management of thyroid carcinoma invading the airway...

..We analyzed the operative results, graft patency, and survival in patients undergoing SVC resection and reconstruction for benign disease and pulmonary or mediastinal malignancy...

..We evaluated the effects of neoadjuvant therapy on the bronchial anastomotic complication rate and determined whether sleeve lobectomy performed in patients with N1 disease resulted in decreased overall survival...

..This study identified risk factors associated with prolonged length of hospital stay (PLOS) after lobectomy for lung cancer as a surrogate for perioperative morbid events...

..Gastric outlet obstruction is common after esophagectomy. Our goal was to determine the incidence of gastric outlet obstruction after esophagectomy with or without pyloromyotomy and analyze its management by endoscopic pyloric dilatation...

..Our objective is to examine a contemporary series of esophagectomies and identify the feasibility and outcome of an early extubation policy...

..Use and operative results of neoadjuvant therapy before major elective resection for primary lung cancer were examined in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgical Database...

..Complications following colon interposition may be acute or chronic and often devastating. Creative strategies are needed to preserve the conduit or develop alternatives when the conduit cannot be salvaged...

..A single-stage combined thoracic and neurosurgical approach is safe and leads to good long-term results. Laminectomy may be avoided in some patients...

..This study examines an incompletely characterized treatment for the management of PAL, chemical pleurodesis...

..A significant percentage with an initial diagnosis of HGD will have invasive disease at resection. Surgery is the optimal treatment for HGD unless contraindicated by severe comorbidities...

..Bronchoscopically observed, it is confirmed by inspiratory-expiratory computerized tomographic chest scans. Prior attempts at surgical stabilization have not given dependable results...

..We present the case of a patient developing complete left-sided pulmonary venous occlusion following radiofrequency ablation. Recommendations are made to allow earlier diagnosis of this complication...

..We sought to identify risk factors for anastomotic complications after tracheal resection and to describe the management of these patients...

..We determined whether diffusing capacity is predictive of pulmonary complications after lung resection in patients with normal spirometric results...

..CONCLUSIONS: The majority of benign BEF in adults are acquired, and result from mediastinal inflammation. Accurate recognition and surgical closure prevents persistent uncontrolled aspiration and pulmonary sepsis...

..This study sought to define predictors of recurrence after resection of thymic tumors...

..Our objective was to investigate the surgical management of primary lung cancer by board-certified thoracic surgeons participating in the general thoracic surgery portion of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons database...