Evaluation of YouTube Videos in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Lobectomy Education.

YouTube (YouTube, San Bruno, CA) is the most popular, public domain, free access video source. The educational value of the videos is difficult to determine. This study aimed to determine the evaluation of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy videos as an educational source on the YouTube platform.

Effect of mitomycin-C applied through different approaches following tracheal surgery on development of granulation tissue and level of nephrotoxicity in rats.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the effect of mitomycin-C applied through different drug administration approaches on the development of granulation tissue in the field of surgery and renal functions in rats which underwent tracheal surgery.

Methods: Fifty male adult Sprague Dawley rats (weighing mean 200 g to 300 g) were divided into five groups. An incision was performed between the fifth and sixth cartilage ring of the trachea in all groups under anesthesia and the incision was primarily repaired with a 6/0 monofilament absorbable suture.

Relationship between the Size and Location of the Mass and Hilar and Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis in Early and Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Objective: To determine whether there is a relationship between the size and location of the mass and lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.

Study Design: Observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Medical Oncology of Trakya University, from November 2013 to November 2018.

Conservative Treatment Approach in Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and pain levels of minimally invasive approaches in the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP).

Study Design: Observational study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Balikesir University, Turkey, from August 2017 to August 2019.

Methodology: Patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax aged over 18 years, hospitalised in the thoracic surgery department, and treated with conservative and minimally invasive approaches were included in the study.

Topographic evaluation of sternal foramen patients with thoracic computed tomography.

Purpose: In our study, we aimed to determine the topographic analysis of sternal foramen cases incidentally detected in patients underwent thoracic computed tomography.

Materials And Methods: Patients aged 18 and over who were admitted to the thoracic surgery outpatient clinic for various reasons and underwent thoracic computed tomography (CT) between January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019 were evaluated retrospectively. Thoracic CT scans of all patients with sternal foramen were evaluated by applying 3D bone configuration to evaluate foramina in the sternum and ribs.

A Case of Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related Sclerosing Periaortitis Mimicking Mediastinal Malignant Tumor.

Sclerosing mediastinitis was first described by Oulmont in 1855. The aggressive fibro-inflammatory process that occurs in the mediastinum is the end result of a number of inflammatory processes. It is thought that hypersensitivity reactions to various antigens, autoimmune reactions, and idiopathic fibro-inflammatory responses play a role in the etiology of the disease.

3-year follow-up after uniportal thoracoscopic sympathicotomy for hyperhidrosis: undesirable side effects.

Objective: Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy or sympathicotomy, for the treatment of palmar, axillary, and plantar hyperhidrosis, is generally performed at one or two levels, between T2 and T5. Compensatory sweating (CS) is a severe and undesirable side effect of this procedure. Here, we describe the success of treatment and degree of postoperative CS in sympathicotomy patients.

A rarely seen mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the left main bronchus.

Mucoepidermoid carcinomas (MEC) are rare malignant tumors that originate in the submucosal bronchial glands, and complete resection usually correlates with favorable prognosis. A 54-year-old male patient was diagnosed with high-grade MEC in the left main bronchus via bronchoscopy. After the patient was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, chemotherapy was started.

Massive Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia in adult with hypoplastic lung.

Bochdalek diaphragmatic hernia is generally congenital and rarely diagnosed incidentally in adults. A 21-year-old man presented with a diaphragmatic hernia suspected during routine examination. Chest radiography showed the colon and small intestine herniating into the left hemithorax and the ileocecal appendix in the superior thoracic apertura.

Transabdominal subcostal approach in surgical management of Morgagni hernia.

Objective: Morgagni hernia is an uncommon type of diaphragmatic hernias whose pathophysiology is not clear. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate morbidity, mortality, and treatment outcomes in 13 cases of Morgagni hernia treated with the subcostal approach.

Material And Methods: Between 1993 and 2009, 13 patients with Morgagni hernia were operated in our department.