Lung Cancer Surgery in Octogenarians: Implications and Advantages of Artificial Intelligence in the Preoperative Assessment.

The general world population is aging and patients are often diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer at an advanced age. Several studies have shown that age is not itself a contraindication for lung cancer surgery, and therefore, more and more octogenarians with early-stage lung cancer are undergoing surgery with curative intent. However, octogenarians present some peculiarities that make surgical treatment more challenging, so an accurate preoperative selection is mandatory.

Modified sympathicotomy in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia and structural heart disease: a single-center experience.

Background: Modified cardiac sympathetic denervation (CSD) with stellate ganglion (SG) sparing is a novel technique for cardiac neuromodulation in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT).

Objectives: Our aim is to describe the mid- to long-term clinical outcome of the modified CSD with SG sparing in a series of patients with structural heart disease (SHD) and refractory VT.

Methods: All consecutive patients with SHD and refractory VT undergoing modified CSD were enrolled.

Xanthoma of rib: a case report and review of the literature.

Background: Xanthomas are well-circumscribed benign proliferative lesions seen mainly in soft tissues. Usually, they are found in hyperlipidemia and familial hyperlipoproteinemia. Histologically, are characterized by macrophage-like mononuclear cells, multinucleated giant cells and abundant foam cells.