Quality of life outcomes after surgical intervention in patients with multiple rib fractures: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Optimized conservative treatment of rib fractures has long been practiced, but surgical fixation has not been promising until recently. We aimed to examine and analyze immediate postoperative outcomes and 6-month quality of life after injury in patients with moderately severe traumatic rib fractures.

Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study between July 2017 and June 2019 at the National Taiwan University Hospital.

Indocyanine green imaging to identify intralobar pulmonary sequestration for uniportal thoracoscopic resection.

Surgical excision of pulmonary sequestration is a definite treatment, but dissection of the arterial supply from systemic circulation and determination of the boundary are always challenging. We reported a case utilising pre-operative three-dimensional reconstruction and indocyanine green injection to make the procedure minimally invasive, precise and safe.

Undiagnosed solitary caseating granulomas: Is lung resection surgery a feasible method for diagnosis and treatment?

Background: In many patients, low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer reveals asymptomatic pulmonary nodules. Lung resection surgery may be indicated in these patients; however, distinguishing malignancies from benign lesions preoperatively can be challenging.

Methods: From 2013 to 2018, 4181 patients undergoing surgery for pulmonary nodules were reviewed at National Taiwan University Hospital, and 837 were diagnosed with benign pathologies.