[Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Treated with Antifungal Drugs After Surgical Resection:Report of a Case].

The patient is an 81-year-old man. He underwent surgery for pancreatic body cancer in 201X and was followed up every six months with computed tomography (CT) imaging. A CT scan in 201X+5 showed a new nodule in S6 of the right lung.

[Thymic Carcinoma Operated After Lung Cancer Operation:Report of a Case].

A 70-year-old man presented with the growth of an anterior mediastinal nodule on a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan after undergoing lung cancer surgery. Positron emission tomography (PET)-CT performed at the time of lung cancer surgery did not recognize any accumulation, but PET-CT performed this time confirmed the accumulation of standardized uptake value( SUV) max 5.57.

Robot-assisted right wedge-shaped sleeve lower bilobectomy with knotless suture anastomosis: a case report.

Background: In bronchoplasty of wedge resections, it is necessary to transect the bronchus at a sharp angle and depth. As a result, anastomoses after wedge resections have the disadvantages of poor visibility and operability. Here, we report a case of right wedge-shaped sleeve bilobectomy that was successfully performed with continuous knotless suturing using robotic assistance.

Sclerosing thymoma with numerous coarse calcifications.

This patient is the youngest among the previously reported sclerosing thymoma cases, and the resected mass contained numerous coarse calcifications due to dystrophic calcification. This is an unprecedented and extremely rare case.

Efficacy and safety of intraoperative partial spray of 50% glucose for patients with spontaneous pneumothorax.

Objectives: The management for pneumothorax patients involves surgical intervention, nevertheless postoperative recurrences are often encountered. To reduce the rates of recurrence, thoracic surgeons have experimented with various novel techniques, such as pleural abrasion, chemical pleurodesis, and staple line coverage with absorbable sheets, in addition to bullectomy. And in recent years, there have been reports of the effectiveness of the use of intraoperative glucose intrapleural spray (GIS) containing 50 ml of 50% glucose solution in addition to bullectomy.

A successful case of robot-assisted thoracic surgery for apical thoracic schwannoma.

The thoracic apex is a narrow and complicated area with nerves and vessels, making it difficult to secure a visual field and perform surgical operations. Robot-assisted surgery enabled good visibility and highly flexible forceps manipulation, we were able to perform minimally invasive and safe thoracic apical tumour resection.