Analysis of bronchiectasis patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in a tertiary thoracic surgery center: Ten years of experience.

Background: This study aimed to analyze our video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) experience in the surgical treatment of bronchiectasis and the reasons limiting VATS application.

Methods: Two hundred one patients (106 males, 95 females; mean age: 39.7±14.

Single versus multiple video-assisted thoracocopic lung biopsy for suspected interstitial lung disease: a perspective on diagnostic efficacy and length of hospital stay.

Background: Nearly one-third of the patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) require surgical biopsy for a definite diagnosis. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) biopsy has replaced open lung biopsy, but the number of biopsy required to achieve an accurate diagnose is controversial.

Objectives: Our study aims to show that a well-planned single VATS biopsy is as effective as multiple biopsies for the accurate diagnosis of ILD by reduced days of hospital stay.

The effectiveness of ARISCAT Risk Index, other scoring systems, and parameters in predicting pulmonary complications after thoracic surgery.

The Assess Respiratory Risk in Surgical Patients in Catalonia (ARISCAT) risk index, which is frequently used in nonthoracic surgery, may not be sufficient to predict postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the ARISCAT risk index, ASA, preoperative albumin level, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and other parameters in predicting PPCs after thoracic surgery. Patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery with 1-lung ventilation (OLV) were prospectively analyzed.

A rare case of pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis complicated with venous thrombosis.

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is Epstein-Barr virus associated and aggressive B cell lymphoproliferative disease. The most common sites of involvement are lungs, skin, kidneys, liver and central nervous system. The clinical presentation of pulmonary LG may mimic infectious diseases, malignancies or vasculitis.

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the lung: a rare case report and review of the literature.

Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC), is a rare type of cancer and typically occurs in pharyngeal and foregut-derivative organs, Including the salivary glands, thymus, stomach and liver (1). Pulmonary LELC typically affects the young and non-smoking population, and is associated with Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection (1,2). We present an rare case with a pulmonary mass on CT scan of the thorax, which was subsequently proved as a LELC of the lung and a brief review of the relevant literature.

Primary pulmonary meningioma mimicking pulmonary metastasis: A rare case report.

Primary pulmonary meningiomas are rare and mostly benign tumors. They usually appear as a solid peripheral pulmonary nodule on chest radiography and computed tomography and are frequently diagnosed incidentally. Herein, we report a 55-year-old female case of primary pulmonary meningioma mimicking pulmonary metastasis.

Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis: Our 23 years of experience.

Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the success of surgery and a complete resection for bronchiectasis treatment and to present our 23 years of surgical experience.

Methods: Between January 1991 and December 2013, a total of 1,357 patients (667 males, 690 females; mean age 30.5±14.

Is the treatment for osteochondrolipomas and lipomas the same? Case report and review of the literature on osteochondrolipoma of chest wall.

Lipomas containing bony and chondroid areas are called osteochondrolipomas. Osteochondrolipomas are extremely rare and their treatment is not known exactly. In this article, we report a 41-year-old male patient who had a 45 mm long subcutaneous mass in the chest wall which was detected 15 years before.

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Treatment of Coelomic Cysts.

Coelomic cysts are uncommon benign cyctic lesions of the mediastinum. Complete resection of the cyst with surgical treatment is indicated depending on whether the patient is symptomatic or whether the cyst grows during follow-up, or whether the diagnosis is uncertain. Surgical treatment prevents complications, relieves symptoms, and establishes diagnosis.

Mediastinal epithelioid angiosarcoma arising in schwannoma: The first case in the literature.

Angiosarcoma arising in a long-standing schwannoma is extremely rare and only a few cases were reported in the English literature. Besides tumors arising from vagus, sciatic or adrenal nerves, tumors growing on neck, foot or kidney were also described. To the best of our knowledge, in this article, we report the first mediastinal case occurring in longstanding schwannoma in a 53-year-old female patient.

First experiences and complications in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy at a thoracic surgery center.

Background: This study aims to report the difficulties and complications we experienced in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomies performed at our thoracic surgery center.

Methods: A total of 76 patients (54 males, 22 females; mean age 48.3 years; range 9 to 83 years) who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy between January 2012 and June 2016 were retrospectively reviewed.

Computed Tomography-Guided Methylene Blue Labeling Prior to Thoracoscopic Resection of Small Deeply Placed Pulmonary Nodules. Do We Really Need Palpation?

 Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is widely used for thoracic surgery operations, and day by day it becomes routine for the excision of undetermined pulmonary nodules. However, it is sometimes hard to reach millimetric nodules through a VATS incision. Therefore, some additional techniques were developed to reach such nodules little in size and which are settled on a challenging localization.

Surgical management of large-cell neuroendocrinelung carcinoma: an analysis of 25 cases.

Background/aim: Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) of the lung is a relatively uncommon and aggressive subset of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors, which include typical and atypical carcinoid, and small-cell lung cancer. LCNEC of the lung accounts for no more than 1% of all lung cancers. LCNECs show features of high-grade neuroendocrine tumors and patients with LCNEC have a very poor prognosis.

Diagnosis and Management of Parathyroid Cysts: Description with Two Cases.

Parathyroid cysts are unilocular, thin-walled cysts, and they are seen very rarely. Their formation mechanisms are not clear. They are usually localized in the cervical region, and mediastinal settlements are rare.

The role of FDG PET/CT in evaluation of mediastinal masses and neurogenic tumors of chest wall.

Unlabelled: We evaluated the efficiency of FDG PET/CT for the differentiation of malignant from benign mediastinal masses and neurogenic tumors of chest-wall.

Methods: The 88 patients with chest wall-mediastinal masses who underwent examination before operation were retrospectively reviewed. Size, CT density (HU mean) and SUVmax of mediastinal and chest wall lesions were determined.

Surgical management of pulmonary aspergilloma: clinical experience with 77 cases.

Background/aim: This retrospective study evaluated the clinical presentation, underlying lung disease, surgical indications, technique, treatment outcomes, and postoperative complications of pulmonary aspergilloma.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated 77 patients who underwent pulmonary resection of an aspergilloma at Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Research and Training Hospital between January 2000 and December 2013. The initial operations were 4 pneumonectomies, 24 lobectomies, 9 lobectomy plus myoplasties, 10 segmental resections, and 30 wedge resections.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary sequestration.

Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare developmental abnormality. Most cases are asymptomatic and found incidentally. The definitive treatment for bronchopulmonary sequestration is surgical excision.