Evolution of a minimally invasive oesophagectomy program - effective complication management is key.

Introduction: Despite improvements in patient selection, operative technique, and postoperative care, oesophagectomy remains one of the most morbid oncologic resection types. Introduction of minimally invasive practice has been shown to have a greater marginal benefit for oesophagectomy than most of the other types of procedures.

Aim: To evaluate early surgical outcomes through the adoption of totally minimally invasive oesophagectomy and accumulating experience in perioperative management.

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery esophagectomy outcomes in 40 consecutive patients.

Objectives: Minimally invasive esophagectomy has improved over time becoming faster and less invasive. We have changed our technical approach from multiportal to uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) esophagectomy over the years. In this study, we analysed our results with uniportal VATS esophagectomy technique.

Monitoring and evaluation of the efficiency of a mixed textile-domestic wastewater treatment plant for 3 years.

In this study, the performance of the wastewater treatment plant, which treats approximately 80,000 m/day of domestic and industrial wastewater in the Bursa, Turkey, for the 2018-2020 period, is evaluated based on the analysis of chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solid (SS), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), color, and some heavy metals (Cr, CN, Cd, Fe, Cu, and Zn) parameters. Treatment plant removal efficiencies were 61-91% for COD; 78-97% for BOD; 54-94% for SS; and 57-84% for TN. It was detected in the range of 23-84% for TP and 40-68% for color.

Minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis through a total of five ports.

Situs inversus totalis is inverse placement of intra-thoracic and abdominal organs identical with a mirror image. Herein, we present a rare case of situs inversus totalis and gastroesophageal junction carcinoma treated with minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. A 73-year-old male patient presented with dysphagia and a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma was made.

Endobronchial coils in treatment of advanced emphysema: A single center experience.

Background: This study aims to present our experience with endobronchial coils in patients who underwent endobronchial lung volume reduction due to advanced emphysema.

Methods: The study included 46 patients (45 males, 1 female; mean age 61.7±8 years; range, 43 to 80 years) who underwent endobronchial lung volume reduction with endobronchial coils for advanced emphysema.

Risk of serious perioperative complications with removal of double bars following the Nuss procedure.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to present our experience with Nuss bar removal and evaluate potential risk factors. The Nuss procedure requires an operation to remove the bar 2-3 years after the initial correction. Although removal of the bar is generally believed to be safe, perioperative complications including major bleeding can occur.