NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS OF THE LUNG WITH SURGICAL RESECTION AND LYMPH NODE DISSECTION IN A TERTIARY THORACIC SURGERY CENTER.

Context: Management of neuroendocrine tumors is highly dynamic, in both diagnosis and treatment.

Objective: Surgical resection with lymph node approach offers excellent 5-years survival.

Design: Between 2008 and 2011 we operated with radical intent 326 lung cancers.

Hypertensive late hemothorax following left pneumonectomy.

Introduction: Lung cancer is an extremely serious disease, in most cases the onset of symptoms comes in late stages of the disease. Local and distant tumor development limits the surgical indication, many times the surgical act being a heroic one. Out of all pulmonary resections pneumonectomies are real challenges as possible postoperatory complications can be life-threatening.

Bronchoanastomotic and bronchoplastic resections in pulmonary malignancy retrospective study 2000 - 2009.

Unlabelled: Bronchial resections are surgical procedures in which bronchial continuity is interrupted, followed by reconstruction of resected ends through terminal anastomosis or various forms of plastic procedures. The purpose of these interventions is to preserve functional lung parenchyma. These procedures are indicated in tumors with central location as an alternative to pneumonectomies, serving to preserve maximum functional lung parenchyma.

Cervico-mediastinal thyroid masses - our experience.

Introduction: Over the last decades, several definitions and classifications of cervico-mediastinal goiters and thyroid masses have been proposed. We analyze and discuss the clinical presentation, the diagnostic procedures and the surgical technique in relation to post-operative complications and results in cervico-mediastinal thyroid masses admitted in our Clinic of Thoracic Surgery over a period of 22 years (1991-2012).

Methods: We reviewed 130 patients who underwent surgery for retrosternal thyroid masses, 77 (59.