Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Complications in Behçet's Syndrome.

We described disease characteristics, management and outcome of a group of Behçet's syndrome (BS) patients who underwent pulmonary lobectomy, segmentectomy or various pleura interventions for complications due to pulmonary artery or descending aorta involvement. There were 9 patients with BS (8 M/1 F; mean age: 24.8 ± 7.

Lymph Node Dissection in Surgery for Lung Cancer: Comparison of Open vs. Video-Assisted vs. Robotic-Assisted Approaches.

Purpose: We compared open, video-assisted and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgical techniques in the dissection of N1 and N2-level lymph nodes during surgery for lung cancer.

Methods: This retrospective analysis is based on prospectively collected data of patients (excluding those with N2 or N3 diseases, and sleeve resections) undergoing mediastinal lymph node dissection via open (n = 96), video-assisted thoracoscopy (n = 68), and robotic-assisted thoracoscopy (n = 106). The groups are compared according to the number of lymph node stations dissected, the number of lymph nodes dissected, and the number of lymph nodes dissected by stations.

Timing of coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and postoperative outcomes.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess whether a cardiac troponin T (cTnT) level 1 ng/ml or below threshold is safe and to evaluate mid-term follow-up results in stable patients with non-ST-segment elevation after acute myocardial infarction.

Material And Methods: Among cTnT positive patients who presented to the emergency unit with chest pain and received coronary angiography, 100 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) constituted the study group (group 1). The same number of patients (n = 100) who were cTnT negative and underwent an isolated CABG operation under elective conditions were selected as the control group (group 2).

Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) in adults: is it a proper choice?

Introduction: The Nuss procedure is suitable for prepubertal and early pubertal patients but can also be used in adult patients.

Aim: To determine whether the minimally invasive technique (MIRPE) can also be performed successfully in adults.

Material And Methods: Between July 2006 and January 2016, 836 patients (744 male, 92 female) underwent correction of pectus excavatum with the MIRPE technique at our institution.

Prognostic relevance of sunitinib toxicities and comparison of continuous vs. intermittent sunitinib dosing schedule in metastatic renal cell cancer patients.

Aim Of The Study: Sunitinib-related side effects may develop as a result of the pharmacokinetic pathway affects the of the drug.

Material And Methods: Data on mRCC patients were obtained from the hospital archives. Outcomes of patients were evaluated in terms of related prognostic factors, sunitinib adverse events during the treatment, and two different sunitinib dosing schedules.

A late visceral hernia after diaphragmatic flap coverage of the bronchial stump.

A 54-year-old man presented with sudden and severe abdominal pain, and vomiting. He had underwent a right pneumonectomy with bronchial stump reinforcement using diaphragmatic muscle flap 9 years ago, due to non-small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A right partial visceral herniation had been detected 5 years ago during the follow-up which was not present at previous visits.

Robotic anatomic lung resections: the initial experience and description of learning in 102 cases.

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze our initial pulmonary resection experience with robotic surgery (Da Vinci, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA) and define the learning curve based on the duration of operations.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on patients undergoing robotic pulmonary resections from October 2011 to December 2014.

Neural tube defects in Jarcho-Levin syndrome: study of twenty-eight cases.

Jarcho-Levin syndrome (JLS) is a congenital disorder consisting of various vertebral and costal anomalies. Congenital heart defects, abdominal wall malformations, urogenital and anal abnormalities, multiple skeletal anomalies, upper limb anomalies, spina bifida, and inguinal, umbilical and diaphragmatic hernias can be seen as components of JLS. Spina bifida appears to be a common finding in reported JLS cases.

Robotic lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions.

Objective: Surgical use of robots has evolved over the last 10 years. However, the academic experience with robotic lung segmentectomy remains limited. We aimed to analyze our lung segmentectomy experience with robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Prolonged pleural catheters in the management of pleural effusions due to breast cancer.

Background: Breast cancer is the second most common etiologic cause in malignant pleural effusions (MPE). The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of long term pleural catheters in inducing self sclerosis in pleural effusions of breast cancer patients.

Methods: In this study, 26 patients with breast cancer relapleural effusions that occurred between January 2011 and July 2013, who were considered not to undergo any other treatments and managed with prolonged pleural catheters (Jackson-Pratt silicone flat drain), were retrospectively analyzed.

Pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema, and tracheal tear in the early postoperative period of spinal surgery in a paraplegic achondroplastic dwarf.

Achondroplasia was first described in 1878 and is the most common form of human skeletal dysplasia. Spinal manifestations include thoracolumbar kyphosis, foramen magnum, and spinal stenosis. Progressive kyphosis can result in spinal cord compression and paraplegia due to the reduced size of spinal canal.

The use of Jackson-Pratt silicone flat drains as prolonged pleural catheters for the management of pleural effusions.

Introduction: Imbalance between secretion and absorbtion of pleural fluid results in pleural effusion. Emergence of pleural effusion ipsilateral or contralateral to the side drained previously is named recurrent effusion. There is currently no standart approach for the management of recurrent pleural effusions.

A rare benign tumor of the lung: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor - Case report.

A fifty year old lady who was operated for thyroid cancer two years ago and completed adjuvant therapy, underwent a computer tomography (CT) of the chest during her follow up. The CT showed a mass lesion in the right lung, located to the lateral segment of the middle lobe. There were no intrabronchial lesions on bronchoscopy.

[Analysis of the alterations of trace elements in plasma and tissue, in lung cancer].

In our research, we aimed to analyse the relationship between the lung cancer and the zinc (Zn) and the copper (Cu) which are important trace elements for the organisms in cases containing lung cancer. The research included 20 patients who have been operated as a result of primary lung cancer. In the research, the Zn and Cu and Cu/Zn levels in the patient's cancerous and normal lung tissues and serum (pre-operative, post-operative day first and day fifth) were measured (pre-operative, post-operative day first and post-operative day fifth serum albumin levels were also measured).