Publications by authors named "G Gonzalez-Pont"
Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of pleural lavage cytology positivity on early recurrence in patients operated on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods: This is a multicentre prospective cohort study of 684 patients undergoing an anatomical lung resection for NSCLC between October 2015 and October 2017 at 12 national centres. A pleural lavage was performed before and after lung resection.
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) for staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods: This was a prospective observational study of all consecutive VAMLAs performed from January 2010 to April 2015 for staging NSCLC. For left lung cancers, extended cervical videomediastinoscopy was added to explore the subaortic and paraaortic nodes.
Background: The aim of this study is to analyze the survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without clinical suspicion of mediastinal lymph node involvement who underwent complete resection and whose tumors were finally proven to be pathologic N2 (pN2).
Methods: This is a retrospective study of a prospective database from January 2004 to December 2010. A total of 621 patients with NSCLC were staged and operated according to the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons guidelines.
Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of extended cervical mediastinoscopy (ECM) in the staging of bronchogenic carcinoma (BC) of the left lung based on our updated experience.
Methods: From 1998 to 2003, 89 patients underwent routine ECM for staging of BC of the left lung. In 2004, routine positron emission tomography (PET) was included in our staging protocol and ECM was reserved for those with positive mediastinal or hilar PET images, large lymph nodes on computed tomography (CT) scan or central tumours.