Publications by authors named "Savan K Shah"
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- Firefighting is linked to an increased risk of lung cancer, but current screening guidelines don't factor in occupational exposure.
- A study involved 1347 firefighters undergoing low-dose CT scans, revealing that 3% had high-risk lung nodules, with most being individuals not eligible for screening.
- The findings suggest that firefighting could independently lead to high-risk lung nodules, indicating a need to revise screening guidelines to include occupational hazards.
Background: In the modern era, whether minimally invasive pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) provides a survival advantage over open pneumonectomy is unknown.
Methods: Patients who underwent pneumonectomy for NSCLC between 2015 and 2020 were queried from the National Cancer Database. Surgical approach was categorized as robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS), video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), or open pneumonectomy on an intention-to-treat basis.
Purpose: To perform a systematic review of clinical trials examining non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to better understand the equity afforded to women in the study of lung cancer.
Methods: An electronic search was conducted for all NSCLC clinical trials published between 2010 and 2020 with included words "carcinoma, non-small cell, lung" and "non-small cell lung cancer." Studies from PubMed, Cochrane, and SCOPUS were included and were uploaded into Covidence to assist with systematic review.
Pericardioesophageal fistula is an uncommon, yet serious complication that can occur after left atrial ablation for cardiac arrhythmias. Timing of this complication is variable; however, it has been reported to occur from a week to over a month post-ablation. The incidence of this complication after ablation is <0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPostoperative air leak is one of the most common complications after pulmonary resection and contributes to postoperative pain, complications, and increased hospital length of stay. Several risk factors, including both patient and surgical characteristics, increase the frequency of air leaks. Appropriate intraoperative tissue handling is the most important surgical technique to reduce air leaks.
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