Clinical outcomes in the surgical treatment of esophageal leiomyoma: A retrospective evaluation of 13 cases.

Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes after enucleation of esophageal leiomyomas and present the feasibility of enucleation using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Methods: The medical records of 13 patients (8 males, 5 females; mean age 45.9 years; range, 30 to 69 years) who underwent open or thoracoscopic surgery for an esophageal leiomyoma between April 2007 and June 2019 were retrospectively reviewed.

Uniportal thoracoscopic treatment in bronchiectasis patients: preliminary experience.

Introduction: Bronchiectasis is defined as a permanent and abnormal dilation of the bronchi due to destruction of the bronchial wall. The thoracoscopic approach is represented in the literature by a few reports, and multiple port incisions are observed in these studies.

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness and outcomes of the single port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) method in the surgical treatment of bronchiectasis.

Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Pulmonary Aspergilloma: A Report of 5 Cases.

Pulmonary aspergilloma is an uncommon pulmonary disease that complicated with many other respiratory disorders. Despite advances in medication, surgical treatment continues to form the basis of aspergilloma treatment. However, the use of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is extremely limited in pulmonary aspergilloma.

Rib resection using a Gigli saw under thoracoscopic guidance.

Introduction: Despite the advantages and expanded indications of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, the open surgical approach is commonly preferred for the surgical treatment of rib lesions. Such an approach could lead to disadvantageous results such as increased postoperative pain and prolonged hospital stay. Despite all these handicaps, thoracoscopic resection of isolated rib resection has been reported in a small number of publications.

Clinical analysis of pneumonectomy for destroyed lung: a retrospective study of 32 patients.

Objective: Destroyed lung is whole lung destruction secondary to chronic or recurrent lung infections. This clinical condition can result in irreversible changes in the lung parenchyma. In this study, we aimed to evaluate patients undergoing pneumonectomy with a diagnosis of lung destruction in terms of surgical technique, post-operative morbidity and mortality, and long-term outcomes.

Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Pleural Abrasion or Pleurectomy?

Purpose: A primary spontaneous pneumothorax is a condition that occurs predominantly in young and thin male individuals who do not have any history of underlying lung disease. Various techniques such as pleural abrasion and pleurectomy are used to reduce the recurrence rate, but there exists no consensus among surgeons on which surgical technique offers the lowest risk of recurrence.We aimed to compare the efficiency and recurrence risk of pleural abrasion and pleurectomy methods in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax undergoing a wedge resection for the bulleous part of the paranchyme.

Uniportal Thoracoscopic Approach For Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst: Preliminary Results.

Purpose: Pulmonary hydatid cyst is a preventable parasitary disease with high prevalence in low-medium income countries. Thoracoscopic approach is seen in the literature as small-case groups and multiple-port incisions are observed in these studies. Unlike other thoracoscopic approaches for the surgical treatment, we describe the single-port technique for the first time in our study.

Correlation between meteorological changes and primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Myth or fact?

Background: This study aims to investigate the relationship between meteorological changes and the development of primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

Methods: Medical records of 1,097 patients ( 975 males, 122 females; mean age 23.5±4.

Total Rib Resection Via Uniportal Thoracoscopic Approach.

In this report, we present a case specifying the availability of uniportal thoracoscopic resection of a total rib safely without the need for conventional thoracotomy. The favorable outcome of this case suggests that the uniportal thoracoscopic technique described here is a safe and successful approach for resection of costal lesions with good cosmetic results. To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting the entire rib resection via uniportal thoracoscopic approach.

The Feasibility of Thoracoscopic Resection in Bronchiectasis.

Introduction: Minimally invasive surgery is the treatment of choice in early-stage lung cancer. However, experience in infectious lung disease, primarily bronchiectasis, is limited probably because of the presence of dense pleural adhesions, multiple lymph nodes, and spiral bronchial arteries. The present study shows our experience of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy and segmentectomy in the treatment of bronchiectasis.

Video-assisted minimally invasive diaphragmatic plication: feasibility of a recognized procedure through an uncharacteristic hybrid approach.

Background: Diaphragmatic plication is an approved surgical procedure for treatment of symptomatic diaphragmatic paralysis and eventration. We aim to define our minimally invasive technique of plication and objectively assess our surgical outcomes of the largest series reported in the literature so far, using pulmonary function tests.

Methods: Symptomatic patients whom were planned to undergo plication using video-assisted mini-thoracotomy between December 2009 and December 2015 were the cohort of this retrospective study.

Single-port thoracoscopic surgery for a hudge hydatid cyst.

Treatment of pulmonary hydatid cyst with thoracoscopic approach actually developed in recent years. In the literature, thoracoscopic approach for pulmonary hydatid cyst is seen as small case groups, and multiple port incisions are performed in these studies. I aimed to present a hydatid cyst case that had been operated with a single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery technique that is performed in our clinic and described in the literature for the first time.

Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction.

Pneumomediastinum is defined as the presence of air in mediastinum. Pneumomediastinum can sometimes occur after surgery. Pneumomediastinum seen after dental procedures is rare.

A 3-cm Single-port Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is advantageous over traditional surgical practices, because of a faster postoperative recovery period, less pain, and a shorter hospital length of stay. There is no single standard technique in the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach. Although these "minimally invasive" resections are habitually performed through 3-port or 4-port incision, we performed a left lower lobectomy in a 54-year-old male patient for lung cancer, through a 3-cm single-port incision.

Is Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Adequate in Treatment of Pulmonary Hydatidosis?

Background: Surgical management of pulmonary hydatid cyst disease has been well established. However, there are still limited data on the role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in treatment of this disease. The aim of this study is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of minimally invasive surgery and compare the outcomes with patients undergoing thoracotomy in this parasitic disease.

Is single port enough in minimally surgery for pneumothorax?

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a widespread used procedure for treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients. In this study, the adaptation of single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach to primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients necessitating surgical treatment, with its pros and cons over the traditional two- or three-port approaches are examined.

Methods: Between January 2011 and August 2013, 146 primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients suitable for surgical treatment are evaluated prospectively.

One-port videothoracoscopic surgical intervention.

Background: One-port video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has recently been proposed as an alternative to conventional 3-port VATS. To reduce pain, chest wall paresthesia, and hospital stay, lesser ports are the current direction.

Materials And Methods: From 2007 to 2010, 98 patients underwent 1-port VATS procedure.