The surgical outcome of standard lobectomy versus sleeve lobectomy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: propensity score matching.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to compare the patients who underwent standard or sleeve lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer in terms of postoperative outcomes, prognostic factors and overall survival.

Methods: Between January 2002 and January 2020, the patients with squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma who underwent standard lobectomy or sleeve lobectomy by thoracotomy in our clinic were analysed retrospectively. Standard and sleeve groups were compared after propensity score matching in terms of age, comorbidity, T status, N status and pathological stage.

Clinicopathological and Prognostic Features of 67 Cases with Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma: An 18-Year Single-Centre Experience.

Introduction: Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a very rare subtype of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is frequently diagnosed in the advanced stage and is resistant to conventional chemotherapeutics. Due to the unique nature and rarity, we evaluated the epidemiological, clinicopathological, and survival data of PSC patients treated at our centre.

Prognostic factors in patients undergoing pulmonary resection for sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung.

Background: Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinomas are very rare lung neoplasms, and no consensus exists regarding their optimal treatment. The prognosis of sarcomatoid carcinomas has been reported to be unfavorable compared with non-small-cell lung cancers; however, prognostic factors in patients undergoing surgery for sarcomatoid carcinomas remain unclear.

Aims: To analyze clinicopathologic prognostic factors and survival outcomes in patients who underwent surgery for pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma.

[Circulating system for performing immersion topical hypothermia of the myocardium].

A special circulating installation for topical hypothermia of the myocardium is proposed. An advantage of the installation is the possibility of the permanent controlled irrigation of the whole surface of the heart, especially of the posterior surface represented mainly by the left ventricle mass with the ice-cold solution.