Effect of preoperative three-dimensional modeling on uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic bronchial sleeve resection and early postoperative outcomes.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preoperative three-dimensional (3D) modeling on the performance of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic bronchial sleeve resection and early postoperative outcomes.

Methods: A total of 10 patients (5 males, 5 females; mean age: 53.8±16.

Diagnosis, treatment, and management of esophageal foreign bodies in patients with mental retardation: A retrospective study from three centers.

Background: This study aims to assess the outcomes and prognosis of surgical interventions aimed at removing esophageal foreign bodies in patients with mental retardation.

Methods: Between January 2010 and January 2021, a total of 30 consecutive patients (20 males, 10 females; median age: 29.5 years; range, 2 to 57 years) with mental retardation who were diagnosed with esophageal foreign bodies and underwent surgical treatment were retrospectively analyzed.

Awake sternal fixation; comparison of technical details and early results with sternal fixation methods performed via general anaesthesia.

Objectives: Isolated sternal fractures are rare pathologies that rarely require surgical fixation. Although different fixation techniques are used, it is routinely performed under general anaesthesia. In our study, we aimed to share the details of the awake sternal fixation technique performed in our clinic and to compare the early results with sternal fixation methods performed under general anaesthesia.

Treatment options for synchronous lung and esophagus tumors: A difficult decision to make.

Synchronous lung and esophageal carcinomas are rare clinical entities. Curative resection with lymph node dissection is the most optimal treatment approach for both tumors. However, due to the high potential risk of postoperative complications, the right approach is to make a patient-specific decision via a multidisciplinary approach at all stages.

COVID-19 and pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema: Analysis of risk factors.

Background: In this study, we aimed to analyze the risk factors of barotrauma in patients who were followed in the intensive care unit due to novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.

Methods: Between March 2020 and January 2021, a total of 261 patients (155 males, 106 females; mean age: 63.3±15.

Importance of TAK-1 levels in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma.

Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between survival, tumor dimension, grade and stage in respect to transforming growth factor-β-activating kinase (TAK-1) extensity, severity and total score in patients undergoing resection for Stage 1B-2B non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods: Between January 2000 and December 2014, a total of 70 patients (64 males, 6 females; mean age: 63.4+9.

The effects of the degree of pleural invasion on survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing surgical resection.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree and size of pleural invasion in non-small cell lung cancer patients and to compare its relationship with the survival time.

Methods: Between January 2008 and June 2019, a total of 164 patients (143 males, 21 females; median age: 64.65 years; range 39 to 92 years) who underwent surgical resection with a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer and who were found to have pleural invasion histopathologically were retrospectively analyzed.

Recurrent dilatation in resistant benign esophageal strictures: timing is significant.

Background/aim: Benign esophageal strictures are frequently encountered pathologies occurring due to various reasons. Repeated dilatations may be needed, particularly in resistant strictures. This study aimed to evaluate patients who underwent repeated dilatations in our clinic due to resistant esophageal strictures.

Effects of platelet-rich plasma on cartilage regeneration after costal cartilage resection: a stereological and histopathological study.

Background: In cases of congenital chest wall deformities, it is important to maintain the flexibility of the chest wall after rib cartilage resection. In this study, we aimed to determine the regeneration capability of cartilage and the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on the regeneration process.

Methods: A total of 16 four-week-old New Zealand rabbits were used in this study.

The risk of tumor cell dissemination in mediastinoscopy: a cytological study.

Background/aim: Mediastinoscopy is an invasive procedure that is used in the diagnosis of mediastinal diseases and in staging lung cancer. Tumor cell seeding during mediastinoscopy along the mediastinum and the incision line is a very rare complication. This study aimed to test the safety of mediastinoscopy in terms of tumor seeding by cytological evaluation of mediastinal lavage samples taken before and after biopsy.

Postoperative lung volume change depending on the resected lobe.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the lung volume changes depending on the resected lobes. The changes were quantitatively evaluated using stereological methods on computed tomography images and by pulmonary function tests (PFTs).

Methods: The study subjects included 30 patients who underwent lung resection.

The effect of minimally invasive surgical repair on the lung volumes of patients with pectus excavatum.

Objectives: To assess the increase in lung volume after Nuss surgery in patients with pectus excavatum (PE) by using stereological methods and to evaluate the correlation between the lung volume and spirometry findings.

Methods: Twenty patients, treated for PE between 2008 and 2010, were evaluated prospectively. They underwent preoperative chest radiography, computed thorax tomography (CTT), and spirometry.

Endobronchial hypertrophic seromucous salivary gland: a rare bronchial occlusion.

A 41-year-old woman came to our clinics describing increased cough and shortness of breath. A chest roentgenogram revealed a loss of volume in her right lung. Computed tomography revealed a lesion at the level of the main carina, clogging the right main bronchus almost totally.

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis associated with an infected dentigerous cyst.

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) is a rare condition in which an infection from the head and neck propagates into the mediastinum. The most common cause of DNM is odontogenic infection. DNM is spread by the fascial planes from the neck into the mediastinum and requires an aggressive surgical drainage through cervical and thoracic approaches.

Pure yolk-sac tumor of the lung.

Primary germ cell tumors of the chest often localize in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Such tumors originating from lungs and pleura are rare. Chest tomography revealed a mass in the middle lobe of the right lung in a 25-year-old man.

Endobronchial lipoma: a rare cause of bronchial occlusion.

Benign neoplasms of the endobronchial tree are uncommon, and among them lipomas are the most uncommon. Endobronchial lipoma is histologically benign in character but may cause bronchial obstruction. We describe a 47-year-old woman with an endobronchial lipoma arising from the right main bronchus which was treated as asthma for 4 years.

Massive spontaneous hemopneumothorax complicating rheumatoid lung disease.

Spontaneous hemopneumothorax is characterized by an accumulation of air and blood in the pleural space without any apparent cause. Massive spontaneous hemopneumothorax is a rare, life-threatening situation and requires an operation in the early stage. The most common manifestation of rheumatoid disease in the lung is pleural disease.

Volumetric evaluation of the lung expansion following resection: a stereological study.

Objective: Following lung resection, the thoracic cavity may be filled partially or completely by the remaining pulmonary tissue. To our knowledge, no study has yet evaluated this volumetric change in thoracic content using high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans. We aimed to evaluate the volume changes of the lungs using HRCT scans during the preoperative and postoperative periods.

One of the most frequent vascular diseases in northeastern of Turkey: Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease (experience with 344 cases).

Purpose: This is a retrospective clinical study on adult patients treated surgically for Buerger's disease in our region.

Methods: In our clinic, 344 patients with Buerger's disease were surgically treated between 1980 and 2004. The major complaints included foot coldness in 312 (90.

[Thoracic trauma: an analysis of 521 patients].

Background: We evaluated thoracic trauma cases with regard to etiologic causes, treatment methods, outcome, and factors affecting the results in the light of our experience and relevant literature data.

Methods: A retrospective evaluation was made of 521 patients (399 males, 122 females; mean age 42 years; range 4 to 93 years) who were treated for thoracic trauma from September 1997 to August 2002.

Results: Isolated thoracic trauma and multisystem trauma were found in 348 (67%) and 173 (33%) patients, respectively.

Bilateral neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.

We report a case of bilateral neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Electrophysiological examination suggested the presence of bilateral lower brachial plexus neuropathy. Radiography showed rudimentary bilateral cervical ribs.

Tracheobronchial foreign bodies: a 10 year experience.

Background: Our aim is to describe foreign body aspiration in the tracheobronchial tree, a common emergency with serious consequences.

Methods: We reviewed the records of 357 patients who were admitted to our hospital during a 10-year period for the treatment of aspirated foreign body into the tracheobronchial tree.

Results: Of these cases, 42.