Surgical resources in advanced thyroid cancer treatment with aerodigestive tract invasion.

Background: Despite papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) excellent prognosis, 10-15% of patients may present aggressive local behaviour. We present two cases with different aerodigestive tract invasion partners in which two reconstructions were used, out of all the surgical resources we have planned preoperatively [1-4].

Methods: Case 1: 57-year-old woman with asymmetric goitre and a 60mm nodule (Bethesda-VI).

Role of surgical manipulation in lung inflammatory response in a model of lung resection surgery.

Objectives: Lung resection surgery with one-lung ventilation leads to an inflammatory response. Surgical manipulation can play a key role in this response. Sevoflurane, a commonly used volatile anaesthetic, has a proven anti-inflammatory effect.

Bullhorn and bullfighting injuries.

Purpose: Our purpose was to present our hospital experience with bullhorn injuries.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients in our Trauma Registry (1993-2012).

Results: Fifteen patients were included.

Prognostic influence of loss of blood group A antigen expression in pathologic stage I non-small-cell lung cancer.

Introduction: In the scientific literature, contradictory results has been published on the prognostic value of the loss of expression of blood group antigen A (BAA) in lung cancer. The objective of our study was to analyze this fact in our surgical series.

Patients And Methods: In a multicenter study, 402 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were included.