Impact of neoadjuvant therapy on angioplastic lobectomy: a retrospective study.

Objectives: The efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy (NT) prior to angioplastic lobectomy (AL) in non-small cell lung cancer is unclear. This study assessed its impact on morbidity, mortality and 5-year survival.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed 114 patients who underwent AL at 2 tertiary centres from January 2000 to December 2020.

Internal mammary artery perforator flap for repair of an upper thoracic tracheo-oesophageal fistula.

Tracheoesophageal fistulas (TOF) following esophagectomy for esophageal cancer are rare but potentially fatal. There is no consensus on treatment between stenting and surgical repair, although the latter is associated with better distant survival. In surgical repair, the interposition of a flap improves healing by providing well-vascularized tissue and reinforcing the repair zone.

Conformally invariant free-parafermionic quantum chains with multispin interactions.

We calculate the spectral properties of two related families of non-Hermitian free-particle quantum chains with N-multispin interactions (N=2,3,...

Self-efficacy, organizational commitment, workload as predictors of life satisfaction in elementary school teachers: the mediating role of job satisfaction.

Background: Life satisfaction as well as job satisfaction of teachers has a significant impact on educational outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate a model of factors predicting life satisfaction through the mediating role of job satisfaction.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, with a sample of 300 primary school teachers of both sexes (68% female, 32% male) and with a mean age of 42.

Carinal Resection and Extended Sleeve Lobectomy After Right Upper Sleeve Lobectomy: 1 Step Beyond.

We describe the case of a 54-year-old man with a history of non-small cell lung cancer for which we performed a right upper sleeve lobectomy after chemotherapy. Pathologic examination reported a ypT1 N1 M0 R0 epidermoid carcinoma. Two years later, a local recurrence involving the tracheal carina and the previous anastomosis line was diagnosed.