Can ChatGPT pass the thoracic surgery exam?

Background: The capacity of ChatGPT in academic environments and medical exams is being discovered more and more every day. In this study, we tested the success of ChatGPT on Turkish-language thoracic surgery exam questions.

Methods: ChatGPT was provided with a total of 105 questions divided into seven distinct groups, each of which contained 15 questions.

The effect of high standard uptake value in lung cancer metastatic lesions on survival.

Aim: To assess how metastatic lesions with a higher maximum standard uptake value than the primary tumor affect survival in patients with lung cancer.

Methods: The study enrolled 590 stage-IV lung cancer patients treated at Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Hospital between January 2013 and January 2020. We retrospectively collected data on histopathological diagnosis, tumor size, metastasis site, and maximum standard involvement values of primary metastatic lesions.

Management of life-threatening tracheal emergencies.

Objective: Tracheal pathologies are life-threatening in all age groups and may result in death if urgent action isn't taken. The aim of this study was to present cases of rare and life-threatening tracheal pathologies and discuss the management of these in the light of literature.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was made of 8 patients who underwent surgery for emergency tracheal pathologies in our clinics between 2013 and November 2018.

A very rare fatal complication: bilateral reexpansion pulmonary edema after treatment of single side total pneumothothorax.

Reexpansion pulmonary edema is a rare but fatal clinical condition that develops during the treatment of pneumothorax, pleural effusion and collapsed lung after atelectasis. A 31-year-old male patient was referred to our clinic with the complaint of stinging back pain that started 3 days ago and dyspnea developed during the last 24 hours. Physical examination and radiologic examinations revealed total pneumothorax in the right hemithorax.