Usefulness of free pericardial fat pads as pledgets for air leaks in pulmonary resection.

Purpose: Intraoperative control of air leaks is important for preventing prolonged air leaks after surgery. The usefulness of suturing free pericardial fat pads (FPFPs) as pledgets for repairing air leaks was investigated.

Methods: A total of 111 patients who underwent anatomical lung resection and required suture repair for intraoperative air leaks were retrospectively reviewed.

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for large apical schwannoma in an obese patient.

Background: Neural tumors at the thoracic apex require a careful surgical technique because of the presence of vascular and neural structures and minimally invasive surgery can be challenging for these tumors, especially large tumor in obese patients. We report a case of a large apical schwannoma that treated with RATS in an obese patient.

Case Presentation: An obese, diabetic, 36-year-old obese man with a body mass index of 34.

Clinical significance of postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients with lung cancer.

Objectives: An increasing number of elderly patients with impaired immunity, malnutrition and comorbidities are considered surgical candidates. This study aimed to clarify the predictive factors and prognostic impact of postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients with lung cancer.

Methods: This retrospective study included 188 patients (≥75 years) who underwent complete anatomical lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer between 2005 and 2019.

High Neutrophil Count as a Negative Prognostic Factor for Relapse in Patients with Thymic Epithelial Tumor.

Purpose: Preoperative neutrophil count is reportedly associated with poor prognosis in cancer patients. This study aimed to investigate the clinical significance of pre-treatment peripheral blood cell counts in patients with thymic epithelial tumors (TETs).

Methods: A retrospective review of 71 patients with completely resected TETs [64 thymoma, 6 thymic carcinoma, and 1 thymic neuroendocrine tumor] between 2000 and 2018 was conducted.

Total hip arthroplasty following Girdlestone arthroplasty.

Background: Complications associated with re-implantation of total hip arthroplasty (THA) after resection arthroplasty for the treatment of primary septic hip arthritis or infected THA and bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BHA) are not well-documented. Furthermore, no comparison has been made between septic arthritis (SA) and infected THA and BHA. We divided subjects into two groups for evaluation: a SA group and an infected THA or BHA group.