Lymph Node Involvement and the Surgical Treatment of Thymic Epithelial and Neuroendocrine Carcinoma.

Background: Thymic epithelial and neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare malignancies, and only a few prognosticators are defined. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment, and complete resection contributes to superior outcome. Systematic lymph node dissection is not routinely performed in thymic malignancies.

Effectiveness of Robotic Lobectomy-Outcome and Learning Curve in a High Volume Center.

Background:  Robotic surgery has been developed as a sophisticated tool to expand possibilities in minimal invasive surgery. The learning curve for this method is short in various surgical fields; however, limited data exist on the learning curve in robotic thoracic surgery.

Methods:  This study analyzes a single center experience of robotic lobectomies using a prospectively kept database.

Pulmonary metastasectomy for sarcoma-Essen experience.

Background: Pulmonary metastasectomy is an established treatment modality for patients with soft as well as bone tissue sarcomas. Aim of this study is to describe the Essen experience in the surgical management of patients with pulmonary sarcoma metastases.

Methods: This is a retrospective single center analysis of perioperative outcome of patients undergoing pulmonary metastasectomy for sarcoma metastases from 1997-2017 and a summary of published papers on this topic.

Pulmonary manifestation of a condition resembling Kasabach-Merritt syndrome in a woman with abdominal angiomatosis associated with consumptive coagulopathy--surgical management: a case report.

Introduction: Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is a benign condition characterized by hemangiomatosis, severely disseminated intravascular consumption coagulopathy, and thrombocytopenia. The mortality rate increases from 12% to 30% in hemorrhagic cases. In general, the symptoms primarily manifest in the gastrointestinal tract, the skin, and the subcutaneous tissue.

Surgery of primary lung cancer with oligometastatic m1b synchronous single brain metastasis: analysis of 37 cases.

Background: At the time of diagnosis, lung cancer has often metastasized already. Brain metastases, however, are associated with a poor prognosis (median survival of less than 1 year). We evaluated the changes of the median survival after resection of the cerebral metastases and primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).