The prognostic significance of modified frailty index-5 in patients undergoing pneumonectomy for lung cancer.

Objectives: In some centrally located lung cancers, complete excision of the mass cannot be achieved with parenchymal-sparing procedures and pneumonectomy may be required. The mortality and morbidity rates of pneumonectomy were reported to be considerably high. Here, we investigated the effectivity of modified frailty index-5 (MFI-5) in patients undergoing pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Recommendation for Clinical T Staging in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Volumetric Measurement: A Retrospective Study from Turkey.

Background: Currently, clinical T staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is based on the largest radiological diameter observed on computed tomography (CT). Under this system, tumors with varying shapes-such as spherical, amorphous, or spiculated tumors- can be assigned the same T stage even with different volumes. We aimed to propose a 3-dimensional (3D) volumetric staging system for NSCLC as an alternative to diameter-based T staging and to conduct comparative survival analyses between these methods.

Preliminary outcomes of drainless videothoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection procedure from Turkey.

Introduction: A chest tube inserted through the intercostal space for air and blood evacuation after thoracic surgery is a serious cause of postoperative pain and prolongs the length of stay. Drainless video-assisted thoracoscopic thoracic surgical procedures, which were previously performed in mediastinal surgical procedures, have also been applied for lung resections in recent years.

Aim: To investigate the superiority of drainless videothoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection over those with a drain in terms of postoperative pain and length of stay.

Is tumor diameter a risk factor for occult N1 metastasis in patients with peripheral non-small cell lung cancer which is smaller than 3 cm?

The optimum treatment option is surgery for clinical early stage non-small cell lung cancer. Despite all non-invasive and invasive staging effort, occult lymph-node metastasis can be detected in pathological staging. Here, we investigated whether there was any correlation between tumor diameter and occult lymph-node metastasis in N1 stations.