Serious blunt chest trauma usually induces hemothorax, pneumothorax, and rib fractures. More studies have claimed that early video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) results in a good prognosis in patients with major trauma. This study aimed to verify the outcomes in patients with chest trauma whether SSRF was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Benign rectal strictures can be categorized as primary (disease-related) and secondary (surgical anastomosis-related). Secondary strictures arise from surgical complications, whereas primary strictures have diverse etiologies, including various inflammatory conditions. Benign strictures are usually managed by surgery and endoscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are the primary therapeutic option for patients with advanced-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant (EGFR-m) lung adenocarcinoma. However, the role of EGFR-TKIs in advanced-stage lung cancer is uncertain regardless of therapeutic methods. This study investigated the outcome of the impact of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-TKI in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma treated with various therapeutic strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ileostomies are commonly performed after colon and rectal surgeries. Laparoscopy-assisted ileostomy with adhesion lysis may have potential benefits over conventional open surgery.
Aim: To compare the outcomes of laparoscopy-assisted and conventional ileostomies.
Navigation bronchoscopy is an emerging technique used to evaluate pulmonary lesions. Using Veran's SPiN electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) and Archimedes virtual bronchoscopy navigation (VBN), this study aimed to compare the accuracy and safety of these procedures for lung lesions and to identify potentially relevant knowledge for the application of artificial intelligence in interventional pulmonology in a single institute. This single-center, retrospective study compared the ENB and VBN results in patients with pulmonary lesions unsuitable for biopsy via percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To investigate the feasibility, ventilation distribution, and physiological effect of iatrogenic pneumothorax generated during nonintubated thoracoscopic surgery using electrical impedance tomography. Methods: Patients who underwent resections for pulmonary nodules between April 2016 and April 2019 were enrolled prospectively. Electrical impedance tomography was performed, and the measurements were recorded at five different timepoints.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study aimed to determine the pathological complete response (pCR), overall survival (OS), and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) using post-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG).
Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients with locally advanced ESCC receiving nCRT and then esophagectomy between January 2011 and December 2018 in the Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. A total of 50 patients were enrolled in the study.
Background: Thymic carcinoma is a rare, aggressive tumor arising from the thymus. In less than 7% of patients with thymic carcinoma, extrathoracic metastases occur in the extrathoracic lymph nodes, liver, and bone. Isolated splenic metastasis can occur but is very uncommon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntestinal intussusception is relatively rare in adults and accounts for approximately 5% of intestinal obstruction. Intussusception is classified into subtypes according to the location, including ileoileal, ileocolic, ileo-ileocolic, colo-colic, jejuno-ileal, or jejuno-jejunal; the ileocolic type being the most common. However, intussusception of a combination of different subtypes has rarely been reported in the available literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The present study investigated the oncologic outcomes of clinical stage IA2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated using preoperative simulation and surgical resection.
Methods: Data of patients who underwent surgical resection for clinical stage IA2 NSCLC between January 2002 and June 2018 were reviewed. Preoperative simulations were indicated for patients with centrally located tumors who could undergo anatomic resection.
Background: Slow transit constipation (STC) has traditionally been considered as a functional disorder. However, evidence is accumulating that suggests that most of the motility alterations in STC might be of a neuropathic etiology. If the patient does not meet the diagnosis of pelvic outlet obstruction and poorly response to conservative treatment, surgical intervention with subtotal colectomy may be effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between bleb formation, primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) and pectus excavatum (PE).
Methods: From July 2005 to December 2016, the records of 514 patients with PE who underwent the Nuss procedure were obtained from a prospectively collected database and reviewed. Clinical features, images and treatments were analyzed retrospectively.
World J Clin Cases
December 2019
Background: Fewer than 200 cases of diaphragmatic tumors have been reported in the past century. Diaphragmatic hemangiomas are extremely rare. Only nine cases have been reported in English literature to date.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cardiothorac Surg
February 2019
Background: Congenital arterial abnormalities are unusual causes of hemoptysis in elder patients. Appropriate image examination and recognition of the variant vessels are crucial in achieving precise diagnosis and successful treatment.
Case Presentation: We report a case of 70-year-old female presenting with hemoptysis.
Background: The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive technique for correcting pectus excavatum. We hypothesized that three-dimensional (3D) simulation may shorten operation time and provide better morphologic outcome. This study aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of the 3D model-assisted Nuss procedure and to compare its potential benefits with those of the traditional Nuss procedure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The beneficial application of three-dimensional (3D) printing for surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) has never been proposed in the literature before. The aim of this study was to verify patients' surgical outcomes when utilizing preoperative three-dimensional printing for SSRF.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of all consecutive patients who were treated at our hospital for SSRF from July 2015 to December 2017.
Here, we investigated whether the abbreviated burn severity index (ABSI) scoring system predicts acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a retrospective analysis of a severe flammable starch-based powder burn population. Demographics, total body surface area (TBSA) burn, the presence of mouth and nose burn, ABSI, inhalation injury, and clinical outcomes for each patient were analysed for association with inpatient ARDS based on the Berlin definition. We treated 53 patients (64% male, 36% female) and observed no fatalities.
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August 2018
Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the role of the ground-glass opacity (GGO) ratio in lung adenocarcinoma in predicting surgical outcomes.
Methods: Patients who underwent surgical resection for pulmonary adenocarcinoma between January 2004 and December 2013 were reviewed. The clinical data, imaging characteristics of nodules, surgical approaches and outcomes were analysed with a mean follow-up of 87 months.
Background: The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive surgery for pectus excavatum. Success of the Nuss procedure is dependent on a previously bent pectus bar that is shaped to the desired curvature of the chest wall. Traditionally, the size and curvature of the metallic pectus bar are determined by trial and error.
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