[A retrospective study on the quality of life of patients with primary focal hyperhidrosis that underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy].

Unlabelled: Backgroud: Primary focal hyperhidrosis affects between 1 to 4% of the general population, with a higher prevalence in teenagers and young adults. The condition is characterized by excessive sweating in 1 or more body part, most often the palms, face, armpits and soles. This condition causes a significant negative impact on patient's quality of life.

[Complications in patients undergoing thoracotomy for lung carcinoma].

Lung cancer is a common fatal disease, and fewer than 20% of all lung cancer patients are candidates for a curative resection. Major concerns, however, are the mortality and morbidity rates for pulmonary resection which remain significant.Despite the improvements in surgical techniques and perioperative patient management, postoperative cardiopulmonary complications still occur in 20%-30% of lung cancer surgical patients.

[Indications and results of lung resection in bronchiectasis].

The prevalence of bronchiectasis has decreased significantly over recent decades in developed countries. However, resection for bronchiectasis still plays an important role in thoracic surgery practice in some countries such as Portugal. Between 1994 and 2004, 51 patients (29 female and 22 male) with a mean age of 38.

Interstitial lung disease: diagnostic accuracy and safety of surgical lung biopsy.

This study reports our experience, diagnostic accuracy and safety of surgical lung biopsy in patients with interstitial lung diseases. From January 1998 - December 2007 surgical lung biopsy was performed in 53 patients (22 female [41.5%]; age 47.

Impact of isolated bypass grafting of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery in high-risk patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease.

Introduction: Multiple strategies to achieve some degree of myocardial revascularization are available. In some, less complete revascularization is accepted to limit invasiveness, mostly in older, high-risk patients and patients with unsuitable coronary anatomy.

Methods: Patient and operative data were collected retrospectively for all patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease who had off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery from January 2003 through December 2005.

[A case of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax].

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare disease at paediatric age and in most cases is associated to predisposing factors. The authors present a case of spontaneous pneumothorax in a 9 year-old child with a history of prematurity and mechanical ventilation at neonatal stage. In spite of clinical and radiological improvement after pleural drainage, pneumothorax recurred three months later and emphysema was identified, leading to surgery.

[Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis].

While the prevalence of bronchiectasis has decreased significantly over recent decades in developed countries, resection for bronchiectasis still plays an important part in thoracic surgery practice in some countries, such as Portugal. Between 1994 and 2004, 51 patients (29 female and 22 male) with a mean age of 38.6 years (range 4-65 years) underwent pulmonary resection for bronchiectasis.

Bronchopulmonary sequestration--a 12-year experience.

Bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS) is a rare malformation of the lower respiratory tract. It consists of a non-functioning mass of lung tissue that lacks normal communication with the tracheobronchial tree and that receives arterial blood supply from the systemic circulation. It is classified as intralobar (ILS) or extralobar (ELS) according to its location within or outside the normal lung.

[Carney's Complex: familial cardiac myxoma].

The Carney Complex is a very rare autosomal dominant disease including multiple neoplasia syndrome. This syndrome was initially described in 1985 under the rubric "..

[Transaortic resection of left ventricular fibroelastoma].

Left ventricular tumors are extremely rare. Complete surgical resection is usually curative and recurrence is rare. The left atrial approach is safe and advisable when possible.

[Iatrogenic tracheal rupture: a case report and indications for conservative management].

Tracheal rupture after endotracheal intubation requires immediate intervention. There have been an increasing number of reports that describe nonsurgical management of this issue. We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who experienced an iatrogenic tracheal rupture during endotracheal intubation for a surgical procedure with general anaesthesia.