Two concomitant congenital lung malformations mimicking a paravertebral mass.

We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with the unique asymptomatic malformation of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration communicating with a bronchogenic cyst. Despite computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the chest, the diagnosis could not be established before a left thoracotomy was performed. The sequestrated lobe and bronchogenic cyst were then successfully resected.

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical behavior of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura and consider the optimal surgical approach for these rare tumors.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of nine patients who underwent thoracotomy for tumor resection in our clinic between 1997 and 2006.

Results: Nine patients were operated in this period and their median age was 46 years.

Autologous patch reconstruction to pulmonary artery for left upper lobe tumour.

A 47-year-old man presented with a cough, sweating and a 14 kg. weight loss. Chest radiography revealed a 5 x 5 cm mass at the left upper lobe.

Elective pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: factors affecting early operative mortality and morbidity.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the morbidity and mortality of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases where pneumonectomy was performed.

Material & Methods: All 101 patients who had underwent a pneumonectomy for NSCLC between 1994-2001 in our hospital were included in the retrospective study. There were 97 males and 4 females with a mean age of 56+/-9.

Effect of capitonnage and cystotomy on outcome of childhood pulmonary hydatid cysts.

Objective: In this clinical retrospective study cystotomy and capitonnage were compared in patients with childhood pulmonary hydatid cysts with regard to postoperative period.

Methods: Between 1990 and 2004, 60 children with pulmonary hydatid cysts were treated surgically. There were 33 boys and 27 girls aged from 3 to 16 years.

[The clinical approach to the isolated traumatic hemothorax.].

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the systematic approach to the isolated traumatic hemothorax.

Material And Methods: The treatment modalities of 103 cases with isolated hemothorax was analyzed retrospectively between 1995 and 2003.

Results: We observed 103 isolated hemothorax cases.

Spontaneous hemopneumothorax: is conservative treatment enough?

Purpose: Spontaneous hemopneumothorax is a rare disorder, occurring in 1% to 12% of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. The present review was undertaken to emphasize the potential life-threatening condition of spontaneous hemopneumothorax and reassess the benefit of conservative treatment with chest tube drainage.

Material And Methods: From 1997 to 2002, 291 cases of spontaneous pneumothorax were treated in our department.

Surgical management of childhood bronchiectasis due to infectious disease.

Background: The purpose of this study was to estimate operative risk and to identify indicators of adverse prognosis in patients undergoing resection for childhood bronchiectasis.

Methods: From January 1985 to February 2001, patients undergoing resection for bronchiectasis were studied. The indications for operation were failure of medical therapy in 33 patients (94.

Management of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture.

Purpose: Diaphragmatic rupture following trauma is often an associated and missed injury. This report documents our experience of treating traumatic diaphragmatic rupture (TDR).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 18 patients who presented between 1993 and 2000 with TDR, caused by blunt injuries in 14 and by penetrating injuries in 4.

Surgical treatment of pulmonary hydatid cysts: is capitonnage necessary?

Background: Hydatid disease of the lung caused by Echinococcus granulosus is frequently encountered in Mediterranean countries. The ideal surgical method for treating this disease is still unknown.

Methods: Between 1994 and 2001, 71 patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts were treated surgically.

Video-assisted repair of an eventrated left hemidiaphragm.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is emerging as a viable approach to increasingly complex intrathoracic therapeutic procedures. Here, we present a case of eventrated left hemidiaphragm caused by a blunt trauma in an elderly man. The diaphragm was repaired successfully using a video-assisted procedure, thus giving the patient the advantages of a minimally invasive operation.

Surgical treatment of pulmonary hydatid disease in children: report of 122 cases.

Background/purpose: The aim of this study was to review the authors' surgical experience in pediatric pulmonary hydatid disease focusing on clinical presentation, parenchyma saving operations, and long-term results.

Methods: One hundred twenty-two children with pulmonary hydatid cyst were treated surgically over the last 2 decades and were reviewed retrospectively. There were 66 boys and 56 girls with a mean age of 9 years.

Factors affecting postoperative morbidity and mortality in destroyed lung.

Background: The presence of specific risk factors can increase the postoperative complication rate of pneumonectomy for destroyed lung.

Methods: Our experience in 118 consecutive patients who underwent pneumonectomy for destroyed lung over a 10-year period was retrospectively analyzed to evaluate the effect of specific risk factors on postoperative complications. The significance of tuberculosis, right pneumonectomy, preoperative empyema, and duration of illness longer than 36 months was examined by univariate analyses.