Management of COVID-19-related post-intubation tracheal stenosis.

Introduction: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has affected Italy since the beginning of 2020. Endotracheal intubation, prolonged mechanical ventilation, and tracheostomy are frequently required in patients with severe COVID-19. Tracheal stenosis is a potentially severe condition that can occur as a complication after intubation.

Prognostic factors for survival in patients with lung metastases from gynaecological tract cancers.

Objectives: Lung metastases from gynaecological tract cancers are rare, and prognostic factors are still undefined. The goal of this study was to analyse prognostic factors for survival in this group of patients.

Methods: Data of patients with lung metastases from gynaecological tract cancers who underwent surgical resections from 1 January 2005 to 31 May 2019 were reviewed retrospectively.

Masaoka-Koga and TNM Staging System in Thymic Epithelial Tumors: Prognostic Comparison and the Role of the Number of Involved Structures.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Masaoka-Koga and the tumor node metastases (TNM) staging system in thymic epithelial tumors (TET) considering possible improvements.

Methods: We reviewed the data of 379 patients who underwent surgical resection for TET from 1 January 1985 to 1 January 2018, collecting and classifying the pathological report according to the Masaoka-Koga and the TMN system. The number of involved organs was also considered as a possible prognostic factor and integrated in the two staging systems to verify its impact.

Uniportal VATS approach to sub-lobar anatomic resections: literature review and personal experience.

Surgical scientific literature contains relatively little information regarding the surgical outcomes of anatomic sublobar resections performed with the uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (U-VATS) technique. This paper attempts to evaluate the role of U-VATS segmentectomies in the landscape of a minimally invasive approach to the treatment of early stage non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

A 46-Year-Old Woman With an Uncommon Case of Massive Pneumothorax.

A 46-year-old woman arrived at our ED for the worsening of a thoracic pain localized in the left interscapulo-vertebral region that she had been commenting on for the past few days. Anamnestic data were collected; vital parameters, blood tests, and ECG were normal.

Initial experience with uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery esophagectomy.

Background: Multiportal thoracoscopic approach is already a well standardized procedure for minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE); conversely very few reports have been published about uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) technique till now. We present our preliminary experience with uniportal VATS esophagectomy, evaluating short-term outcomes as perioperative mortality, complications, oncological radicality, postoperative pain and cosmetic results.

Methods: From December 2016 to November 2017, the prospectively collected clinical data of 12 patients, who underwent uniportal VATS esophagectomy and reconstruction with a stomach conduit, according to McKeown technique, were reviewed and outcomes evaluated.

Polyarteritis nodosa and acute abdomen: A role for laparoscopy?

Mesenteric vasculitis secondary to polyarteritis nodosa represents an atypical but potentially life-threatening cause of bowel ischemia and acute abdomen. The patient presented with severe abdominal pain of recent onset, pitting edema of the legs, renal failure and bowel wall thickening suggestive of mesenteric ischemia on CT scan. Early laparoscopy allowed to rule out proximal bowel necrosis and resection was avoided.