Can postoperative complications be reduced by the application of ERAS protocols in operated non-small cell lung cancer patients?

Background: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the length of hospital stay and complication rate of patients before and after application o f t he E nhanced R ecovery A fter S urgery ( ERAS) protocols.

Methods: Between January 2001 and January 2021, a total of 845 patients (687 males, 158 females; mean age: 55±11 years; range, 19 to 89 years) who were operated with the diagnosis of non-small cell lung carcinoma were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into three groups as follows: patients between 2001 and 2010 were evaluated as pre-ERAS (Group 1, n=285), patients between 2011 and 2015 as preparation for ERAS period (Group 2, n=269), and patients who had resection between 2016 and 2021 as the ERAS period (Group 3, n=291).

A case report of subconjunctival emphysema as a rare complication of pulmonary resections.

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is performed to the selected patients with lung emphysema who have higher residual volume, restricted pulmonary functions and limited diaphragmatic movement. Post-operative prolonged air leak is not uncommon following LVRS due to pulmonary emphysema. In some patients with prolonged air leak, pneumoderma may develop.

Bibliometric spotlight on thoracic surgery specialization theses in Turkey.

Introduction: Scientific publications originating from medical specialty theses are seen as a start to an academic career for clinicians and a criterion to work in academia in Turkey.

Aim: To evaluate thoracic surgery theses in the period 2001-2019 in publication and other bibliometric parameters.

Material And Methods: Our study investigated 319 theses prepared in the thoracic surgery field between January 2001 and December 2019 and registered in the National Thesis Center.

An intrapericardial thymoma resected by uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Thymomas are usually located in the normal location of the thymus in the anterior mediastinum. It is very rare for thymomas to arise primarily intrapericardially. A 76-year-old male patient with a known human immunodeficiency virus positivity and has been under close follow-up for five years was admitted to our clinic.

Evaluation of Exudative Pleural Effusions: A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic performances of pleural procedures in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions and to evaluate factors suggestive of benign or malignant pleural effusions in tertiary care centers.

Methods: This was a multicenter prospective observational study conducted between January 1 and December 31, 2018. A total of 777 patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion after the initial work-up were evaluated.

Two smoking-related lesions in the same pulmonary lobe of squamous cell carcinoma and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A case report.

Background: Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare cystic lung disease usually affecting young adults. It is predicted that PLCH is a lung tumor precursor associated with dysfunction of the myeloid dendritic cells in the lung.

Case Summary: A 70-year-old male patient presented with chronic cough and sputum.

Multimodality approach in treatment of thymic tumors.

Thymic tumors are rare neoplasms showing important clinical and pathologic polymorphisms ranging from low-mitotic encapsulated tumors to a highly aggressive and disseminating one. Complete resection of the tumor with surrounding fatty and mediastinal tissue is of paramount importance and provides good prognosis. Diagnosis of the tumor, radiologic evaluation and implementation of multimodal treatment including preoperative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, postoperative radiotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy are important components of the treatment strategy.

Unusual complication of endostapler use in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is becoming more popular in thoracic surgery practice. Use of endostaplers is mandatory for anatomical video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery resections. In this article, we present an unusual complication related to use of endostapler, which, to our knowledge, may be the first reported in the literature.

Comparative study of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thymectomy for thymoma and myasthenia gravis.

Introduction: Thymectomy is the preferred standard treatment in younger non-thymoma patients with myasthenia gravis as well as in patients with early stage thymoma. Total thymectomy by median sternotomy has been the surgical approach since resection of the thymus with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

Aim: To compare the clinical outcomes of VATS thymectomy with conventional open thymectomy for neoplastic and non-neoplastic thymic diseases.