Mortality Factors in Crush Syndrome.

Background: Crush Syndrome is a major cause of morbidity and mortality following large-scale catastrophic earthquakes. Since there are no randomized controlled studies on Crush Syndrome, knowledge on this subject is limited to expert experience. The primary objective is to analyze the epidemiological and demographic characteristics, clinical outcomes, and mortality factors of earthquake victims after the Pazarcik and Elbistan earthquakes on February 6, 2023.

Bronchial artery embolization in patients with life-threatening massive hemoptysis: comparison of the efficacy and safety of particulate embolizing agents and n-2-butyl-cyanoacrylate.

Objective: Comparing the efficacy and safety of particulate [microspheres/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)] and non-particulate [n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA)] agents used as the embolic agents for bronchial artery embolization (BAE) intervention in patients experiencing massive hemoptysis.

Patients And Methods: A total of 58 individuals (47 male, 11 female, standard deviation = 53.9 ± 14.

Survival outcome of pulmonary metastasectomy among the patients with colorectal cancers.

Objective: Pulmonary metastasectomy for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer is essential, but high ranked evidence of survival benefit is lacking. Here, we aimed to examine the prognostic factors after pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with colorectal cancer.

Methods: This is a single-center, retrospective hospital-based observational case series study.

The use of 18F-FDG positron emission tomography to detect mediastinal lymph nodes in metastatic breast cancer.

Background: To assess the predictive value of F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in detecting mediastinal lymph node metastasis with histopathologic verification in breast cancer (BC) patients.

Materials And Methods: Between February 2012 and October 2019, 37 BC patients who underwent histopathological verification for FDG-PET positive mediastinal lymph nodes were retrospectively analyzed. Nine patients (24%) were screened before beginning treatment, while 27 (76%) were screened at the time of disease progression, an average of 39 months after completion of initial treatment.

Risk Factors for Fatal Pulmonary Hemorrhage following Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Stage 3B/C Squamous-Cell Lung Carcinoma Patients.

We aimed to identify the fatal pulmonary hemorrhage- (FPH-) related risk factors in stage 3B/C squamous-cell lung carcinoma (SqCLC) patients treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C-CRT). Medical records of 505 stage 3B/C SqCLC patients who underwent 66 Gy radiotherapy plus 1-3 cycles of concurrent chemotherapy with available pretreatment thoracic computerized tomography scans were retrospectively analyzed. Primary end-point was the identification of FPH-related risk factors.

Incidence and Impact of Pretreatment Tumor Cavitation on Survival Outcomes of Stage III Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy.

Purpose: To investigate the incidence and influence of tumor cavitation (TC) on survival outcomes of locally advanced squamous cell lung cancer (LA-SqCLC) patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation therapy (C-CRT).

Methods And Materials: Records of 789 stages IIIA/B squamous cell lung cancer (SqCLC) patients treated with C-CRT who received 1 to 3 cycles of platinum-based doublet chemotherapy during 60 to 66 Gy radiation therapy (RT) were analyzed retrospectively. Primary endpoint was the association between overall survival (OS) and pretreatment TC status.

Chondromyxoid Fibroma of the Sternum in a 63-Year-Old Woman.

Primary chondromyxoid fibroma is a benign bone tumor. Its localization in the sternum is quite rare; we found only 6 relevant reports. We report our diagnosis and treatment of a chondromyxoid fibroma in the sternum of a 63-year-old woman.

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with vinorelbine plus split-dose cisplatin may be an option in inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a single-center experience.

Background: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is the current standard treatment for inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In this study we aimed to investigate the efficacy and toxicity of CCRT with split dose of cisplatin (30 mg/m2) and vinorelbine (20 mg/m2) in patients with inoperable stage III NSCLC followed in our oncology clinic.

Material And Methods: Medical records of 97 patients with inoperable stage III NSCLC treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin-vinorelbine were retrospectively analyzed.

Elastofibroma dorsi incidentally detected by (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging.

Objective: Elastofibroma dorsi (ED) is a rare pseudotumor of the soft tissues that can also show 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging. The aim of this retrospectively study was to describe the metabolic characteristics of ED incidentally detected by (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging.

Materials And Methods: Between November 2009 and August 2013 at our institution, 10,350 consecutive PET/CT examinations were retrospectively investigated.

Is clipping superior to cauterization in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis?

Background: Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy has been accepted as the most effective treatment for palmar hyperhidrosis (PH). However, there is a debate regarding the surgical techniques in terms of effectiveness, recurrence, and reversibility. In this study, sympathetic chain disruptions were compared in terms of whether the clipping or ablation technique had an effect on the long-term outcomes of patients who underwent thoracic sympathectomy for primary PH.

Textiloma mimicking superior sulcus tumor: positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings of a pseudotumor.

We present an interesting case report of a 52-year-old man with a superior sulcus tumor. To evaluate the suspicious left lung tumor, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) was used. Increased FDG level was indicative of a malignant tumor.

A thoracic surgeon's perspective on the elastofibroma dorsi: A benign tumor of the deep infrascapular region.

Background: An elastofibroma is a benign, soft-tissue tumor and is important in the differential diagnosis of thoracic wall masses. Here, patients with elastofibromas who underwent thoracic surgery were retrospectively reviewed to elucidate elastofibroma formation and to facilitate the differential diagnosis.

Methods: This is a retrospective and descriptive study of a series of 30 patients with elastofibroma dorsi.

Isolated mediastinal lymph node false positivity of [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with cervical cancer.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the degree of mediastinal involvement in patients with cervical cancer with isolated mediastinal [F]-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) positivity as verified by histopathologic examination.

Methods: Two hundred twenty-eight patients with newly diagnosed cervical cancer and who underwent FDG-PET imaging were analyzed. Twenty-nine patients (17%) had disseminated disease detected with PET/computed tomography (CT).

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to treat hydatid disease of the thorax in adults: is it feasible?

Background: Optimal treatment of intrathoracic hydatid diseases in adults involves complete removal of the cyst with parenchyma-preserving surgery. In current practice, thoracotomy remains the standard surgical approach for pulmonary hydatid cysts, so surgical experience is limited, particularly with regard to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

Subjects And Methods: Between June 2007 and May 2011, a selected series of 12 adult patients presenting with intrathoracic hydatid cysts underwent VATS.

When is transthoracic approach indicated in retrosternal goiters?

Purpose: It is critical to differentiate among pathologies of substernal thyroid gland diseases because surgical approaches (i.e., median sternotomy or thoracotomy) might also include a cervical incision.

When is surgical tracheostomy indicated? Surgical "U-shaped" versus percutaneous tracheostomy.

Objective: Tracheostomy is one of the most frequent interventions for ICU patients. The current trend in performing a tracheostomy is a percutaneous approach because of its popularity and significant advantages. In this study, certain indications of surgical tracheostomy (ST) are suggested and furthermore, ST is compared with percutaneous tracheostomy (PT).

Factors affecting morbidity and mortality in flail chest: comparison of anterior and lateral location.

Objective: Flail chest is most often accompanied by significant underlying pulmonary parenchymal injuries and may constitute a life-threatening thoracic injury. In this study we evaluated the treatment modalities for flail chest depending on the effect of trauma localization on mortality and morbidity.

Methods: Between 2003 and 2008, 23 patients (20 males/3 females) were treated for flail chest.

Management of descending mediastinal infections with an unusual cause: a report of 3 cases.

Mediastinal infections are a life-threatening and distinctly rare event, especially when they are caused by a dental abscess or by a foreign body that has not perforated the esophagus. We evaluated how best to treat descending mediastinal infections occurring from an unusual cause. We report 3 female patients with mediastinal infections: two aged 45 and 80 years, each with a dental abscess, and one 62 with a foreign-body injury of the retropharyngeal wall.

Necessity of lung resection in neglected cases of pulmonary hydatidosis.

In pulmonary hydatid disease, lung resection is not a desirable treatment. Two young boys, aged 9 and 15, presented at our institution, the 9-year-old with a destroyed lung as the result of a delayed diagnosis of a giant cyst; the second with a massive hemoptysis as the result of preoperative albendazole use. Both children underwent a lobectomy for the treatment of pulmonary hydatidosis.

Thoracic epidural anesthesia and analgesia during the perioperative period of thoracic surgery: levobupivacaine versus bupivacaine.

Objectives: To compare the effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia with levobupivacaine or bupivacaine on block features, intraoperative hemodynamics, and postoperative analgesia for thoracic surgery.

Design: A prospective, randomized, and double-blind study.

Setting: A university hospital.

Tissue Doppler evaluation of the effects of major lung resection on cardiac functions.

Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the influence of lung resection on cardiac functions by using tissue Doppler echocardiography.

Study Design: Nineteen consecutive patients (15 males, 4 females; mean age 55+/-8 years) undergoing major lung surgery (16 lobectomy, 3 pneumonectomy) were evaluated in a prospective design. Malignant lung cancer (n=15, 79%) was the major cause for lung surgery.

Bilateral trapped lung with concomitant Wermer's syndrome and cutis laxa.

We report a rare occurrence of trapped lung associated with Wermer's syndrome and cutis laxa. A 25-year-old man with bilateral trapped lung presented with respiratory distress. Additional investigation revealed adenoma of the parathyroid and hypophysis, a neuroendocrine abdominal tumor, and cutis laxa.

Unusual manifestation of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is an uncommon fibrotic lung disease characterized by involvement of the small conducting airways. BOOP has a wide spectrum of radiologic and clinical features. Usually, it appears radiologically as multiple alveolar patchy areas of consolidation.