Spatiotemporal distribution of mediastinal neoplasms: A comprehensive multi-center study.

Objectives: Mediastinal neoplasms are typical but uncommon thoracic diseases with increasing incidence and unfavorable prognoses. A comprehensive understanding of their spatiotemporal distribution is essential for accurate diagnosis and timely treatment. However, previous studies are limited in scale and data coverage.

3D localization based on anatomical LANDmarks in the treatment of pulmonary nodules.

Background: Various methods exist for locating lung nodules, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Aiming to find a more accurate, safe, effective, economical and practical method for locating lung nodules, this study evaluated the safety and feasibility of a precise three-dimensional (3D) method for positioning small pulmonary nodules based on anatomical landmarks.

Methods: From June 2019 to December 2021, 120 patients with 131 pulmonary nodules who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery at the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital were included in the study.

Spontaneous ventilation anesthesia combined with uniportal and tubeless thoracoscopic sympathectomy in selected patients with primary palmar hyperhidrosis.

Background: To assess the feasibility and safety of tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy (VATS) with a single 5 mm port under nonintubated, intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous ventilation in selected patients with primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH).

Methods: Adults (aged between 18 and 60 years) with moderate or severe PPH symptoms were enrolled. Demographic information and clinical data were obtained from 172 consecutive patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery for PPH from March 2014 to December 2020.

Magnesium sulfate reduces the rocuronium dose needed for satisfactory double lumen tube placement conditions in patients with myasthenia gravis.

Background: Using a minimum dose of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) to achieve intubation condition is one of the goals in anaesthesia management of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) for thoracoscopic (VATS) thymectomy. However, tracheal intubation with double lumen tube (DLT) could be challenging if intubation condition is not optimal. This double-blind randomised controlled study was designed to investigate whether magnesium sulfate would reduce the rocuronium dose needed for DLT intubation and improve the DLT placement condition for patients with MG who were scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) thymectomy.

Uniportal thoracoscopic lobectomy for intralobar pulmonary sequestration.

Background: Pulmonary sequestration is an uncommon congenital condition for which surgical resection is usually indicated - either via open thoracotomy or conventional multi-port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS). Of the two types of sequestration, intralobar sequestration is technically more challenging to resect.

Case Presentation: We report the management of a 34 year old male patient with a long history of respiratory symptoms, and an extensively diseased right lower lobe.

[Surgical treatment for bronchioloalveolar carcinoma with ipsilateral intrapulmonary metastatic nodules].

Objective: The staging and treatment of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) with pulmonary metastasis are still controversial. This study aimed at evaluating the current staging of BAC with ipsilateral intrapulmonary metastatic nodules and the therapeutic effectiveness of surgical resection.

Methods: The clinicopathological data of 729 completely and surgically resected patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from December 1999 to December 2006 were retrospectively reviewed.

[Surgical treatment of ipsilateral multi-focal non-small cell lung cancer].

Objectives: The staging and treatment of multi-focal non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are controversial. This study evaluated the effectiveness of surgical treatment for the ipsilateral multi-focal NSCLC.

Methods: Sixty-eight patients with multi-focal NSCLC underwent complete resection from December 1999 to December 2006.