[Comparative survival study between the old and new bronchogenic carcinoma classification].

Introduction: A new classification of bronchogenic carcinoma has been made by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and published by Frank C. Detterbeck et al in the journal Chest (2009). The Thoracic Surgery Department of the Gerona (Spain) University Hospital has re-staged a series of patients with bronchogenic carcinoma who had attempted curative surgery, with the aim of comparing the survival (survival for T, survival for M, and survival by disease staging) between the old and new classification, and also to determine whether these changes in survival are statistically significant.

[Ambulatory treatment of persistent air leaks using a portable chest drainage system: Preliminary results].

Introduction: Persistent air leaks (PAL) is the most frequent post-operative complication in Thoracic Surgery, leading to a longer hospital stay and an increase in patient morbidity. We present a prospective study conducted in the Dr. Josep Trueta University Hospital in Gerona, involving a portable chest drainage system (PCDS) connected to a pleural drainage which allowed air leaks to be treated ambulatorily.

[Value of thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of complicated thoracic endometriosis in 2 patients].

We present 2 cases in which, when faced with suspicion of catamenial hemopneumothorax or pneumothorax, video-assisted thoracoscopy was used for identification, biopsy, and electrocoagulation of the tissue sites where pleural endometriosis was suspected.