One-stage thoracoscopic resection of bilateral bronchiectasis.

Objective: To evaluate the results of one-stage thoracoscopic resection of bilateral bronchiectasis.

Methods: Between June 2009 and December 2020, there were 23 patients selected for one-stage thoracoscopic resection of bilateral bronchiectasis. Their average age was 58.

Innominate Arterial Barrier Blocked a 25-Year Substernal Neoesophagus.

A 67-year-old woman underwent esophagogastroduodenectomy, partial jejunectomy, pancreaticojejunostomy, cervical esophagostomy, and feeding jejunostomy at the age of 42 for corrosive necrosis. She underwent esophageal reconstruction using the ileocolon through the substernal route 4 months later. Twenty-five years after esophageal reconstruction, the proximal part of the neoesophagus was obstructed by the innominate artery barrier.

Pleural drainage using drainage bag for thoracoscopic lobectomy.

Objective This study was designed to compare the effectiveness and convenience of a drainage bag and a chest bottle following thoracoscopic lobectomy. Methods We conducted a test to ensure that the drainage bag was characterized by easy drainage and an antireflux effect. Thereafter, the drainage bag was used in all thoracic operations in our service.

Perioperative Evaluation of Patient Outcomes after Severe Acid Corrosive Injury.

We reviewed 64 patients with perforation or full-thickness injury of the alimentary tract after acid ingestion. Based on our classification of laparotomy findings, there were class I (n = 15); class II (n = 13); class III (n = 16); and class IV (n = 20). Study parameters were preoperative laboratory data, gastric perforation, associated visceral injury, and extension of the injury.

Thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation with tracheal invasion.

We describe a case of thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation with tracheal invasion. The malignant tumor was managed by refined spiral tracheoplasty after tangential resection of the trachea. At 8 months after the surgery, computed tomography and bronchoscopy showed no tumor recurrence or tracheal stenosis.

Incremental change in acute esophageal necrosis: report of two cases.

Acute esophageal necrosis, also called "black esophagus" because of its characteristic appearance on endoscopy, is a life-threatening disease; however, its temporal evolution on endoscopy is not well understood. We describe the serial changes in acute esophageal necrosis in two patients, who underwent four upper endoscopic examinations each. Serial endoscopy demonstrated progressive necrosis extending from the lower esophagus proximally to involve the middle or upper thoracic esophagus in both patients.

Formation of a tracheoesophageal common channel after alkaline injury.

We describe tracheoesophageal common channel formation in a 40-year-old woman who swallowed alkaline detergent. Necrosis and fistula formation between the posterior tracheal wall and the anterior esophageal wall were visualized by panendoscopy 15 days after the injury. Urgent tracheostomy, tube hypopharyngostomy, gastrostomy, and feeding jejunostomy were performed.

A simple device for closure of a colocutaneous fistula within the laparotomy wound: a case report.

Colocutaneous fistulas within laparotomy wounds are rare and difficult to treat. Surgical repair may be contraindicated or not desired and negative pressure wound therapy may not be successful. A simple device made from a silicone, flexi-aid hand exerciser was used to close a colocutaneous fistula within the laparotomy wound of a 50-year old man following surgery of an esophageal carcinoma and a surgical history of Whipple's procedure for adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.