Publications by authors named "Shi A Kim"
Article Synopsis
- - The study suggests a new way to classify non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by breaking down N2b stage patients into single-zone and multi-zone groups, based on the lymph node (LN) locations involved.
- - It analyzed 996 NSCLC patients who had lobectomies between 2006 and 2019, finding that single-zone N2b patients had significantly better survival outcomes compared to multi-zone N2b patients.
- - The findings propose that using both station-based and zone-based descriptors for N2 disease could lead to better staging and treatment decisions for patients with pN2 NSCLC.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been found to cause life-threatening respiratory failure, which can progress to irreversible lung damage. Lung transplantation can be a life-saving treatment in patients with terminal lung disease (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough cardiac myxoma is one of the most common types of benign cardiac tumors, infected cardiac myxoma is very infrequent. The diagnosis of infected cardiac myxoma may be challenging because the presenting symptoms are non-specific and established management guidelines are lacking. This report describes a 39-year-old woman with a 5-month history of uncontrolled fever, chills, and myalgia who was diagnosed with myxoma and underwent mass excision.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The use of minimally invasive approaches is scarce in open aortic arch repair because of its perceived high operative risk and technical difficulty.
Methods: This study enrolled 59 consecutive patients (aged 58.2±13.