Multiple life-threatening complications in a patient who received lung transplantation due to cystic fibrosis and their management.

Cystic fibrosis patients may be considered for lung transplantation. Although these patients may experience more successful outcomes and survival rates compared to others, various complications can arise. In particular, infectious complications and septic deaths may be more prevalent in cystic fibrosis patients compared to other lung transplant indications.

Early and Unplanned Readmission of Patients After Thoracic Surgery Operations.

Background Thoracic surgery patients face unique postoperative challenges, particularly those undergoing lung resections. This study aimed to identify common complications and their management within the 30-day postoperative period, as well as investigate the relationship between early postoperative complications and unplanned outpatient follow-ups. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 947 patients who underwent thoracic surgery between January 2020 and December 2023.

Postoperative early laboratory changes and follow-up process of patients underwent hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy.

Background: The aim of combining hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) with surgery is to achieve local control in patients with pleural malignancies. Liver and kidney dysfunction resulting from this procedure have been reported in the literature. The objective of the study is to examine whether the laboratory abnormalities observed during the initial period persist until day 30.

Calcific pulmonary nodule, is it wandering?

Wandering pulmonary nodule is defined as a nodule with morphologically identical features found in different regions of the lung on different imaging studies. In this article, we report a 61-year-old patient who was examined for cough and found to have an 8 mm calcific nodule in the lower lobe of the left lung on computed tomography (CT) scan (Fig. 1A, B).

Diagnostic efficacy of intraoperative histopathological examination of lesions with unknown diagnosis suspicious for malignancy.

Objective: In this study, the efficiency of intraoperative histopathological examination (frozen section examination; FS) in patients operated per suspected lung malignancy was evaluated.

Methods: The data of 136 patients who underwent surgery in our clinic due to suspected lung malignancy between January 2020 and June 2021 was evaluated prospectively.

Results: The FS was inconclusive in 7.