Lung Nodule Marking With ICG Dye-Soaked Coil Facilitates Localization and Delayed Surgical Resection.

Background: Whereas diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary nodules may be combined during a surgical resection, this approach may lead to excision of benign lesions and excessive healthy lung tissue if the lesion is difficult to localize. Bronchoscopy-guided marking of pulmonary nodules before surgery may facilitate this process, but it is limited by current technologies and often challenging as dye marking may dissipate if surgery is performed days later. We present a novel method to address this problem that allows surgery multiple days after lesion marking with accurate localization.

Atrial fibrillation after transhiatal esophagectomy with transcervical endoscopic esophageal mobilization: one institution's experience.

Background: There have been numerous studies regarding atrial fibrillation (AF) associated with cardiac and pulmonary surgery; however, studies looking at esophagectomy and atrial fibrillation are sparse. The goal of this study was to review our institution's atrial fibrillation rate following esophagectomy in order to better define the incidence and predisposing factors in this patient population.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of all patients undergoing esophagectomy with transcervical endoscopic mobilization of the esophagus (TEEM) at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Affiliated Hospitals from July 2009 through December 2012.

Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma with invasion of the pulmonary vein-A case report.

Introduction: Primary pulmonary leiomyosacromas are a subset of the rare sarcomatous lung neoplasms, found to be less than 0.5% of the organ's primary malignant tumors (Attanoos et al., 1996).