Bronchial sleeve resections.

Although bronchial sleeve resections were previously defined as an alternative technique to pneumonectomy for patients with limited pulmonary reserve, currently these resections are applied as a standard even in patients having normal pulmonary capacity. Pneumonectomy, itself, is a disease, and sleeve lobectomies can be performed without compromising oncological principles and without causing significant morbidity and mortality. In parallel with the developments in surgical techniques, bronchial sleeve resections can be performed by videothoracoscopic and robotic surgeries.

Is tumor diameter a risk factor for occult N1 metastasis in patients with peripheral non-small cell lung cancer which is smaller than 3 cm?

The optimum treatment option is surgery for clinical early stage non-small cell lung cancer. Despite all non-invasive and invasive staging effort, occult lymph-node metastasis can be detected in pathological staging. Here, we investigated whether there was any correlation between tumor diameter and occult lymph-node metastasis in N1 stations.

Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose can be a Cause of False Tumor Recurrence on PET/CT in Patients with Lung Cancer Treated Surgically.

Objectives: Regular follow-up of patients with lung cancer treated surgically is crucial to detect local recurrence or distant metastasis of the tumor. Postoperative follow-ups are performed with thorax computed tomography (CT) and, if necessary, positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Sometimes, inflammatory tissue reactions due to the materials used during the surgery for hemostasis may cause the appearance of tumor recurrence in imaging modalities.

Survival Effect of Complete Multimodal Therapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive pleural malignancy, and despite all multimodal treatment modalities, the 5-year overall survival rate of patients with MPM is less than 20%. In the present study, we aimed to analyze the surgical and prognostic outcomes of patients with MPM who received multimodal treatment.

Methods: In this retrospective, single-center study, the records of patients who underwent surgery for MPM between January 2010 and December 2020 at our department were reviewed retrospectively.

Single-Center Experience of Management of Mediastinal Cyst-A Case Series.

 Mediastinal cysts are benign lesions that may be seen in adulthood as well as in childhood. Mostly congenital lesions constitute 20 to 32% of lesions located in the mediastinum. The main cystic masses are congenital benign cysts (bronchogenic, esophageal replications, neuroenteric, pericardial and thymic cysts), meningocele, mature cystic teratoma, and lymphangioma.

Texture features of primary tumor on F-FDG PET images in non-small cell lung cancer: The relationship between imaging and histopathological parameters.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to evaluate the relationships between textural features of the primary tumor on FDG PET images and clinical-histopathological parameters which are useful in predicting prognosis in newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

Methods: PET/CT images of ninety (90) patients with NSCLC prior to surgery were analyzed retrospectively. All patients had resectable tumors.

IS GAMMA-GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE A PROGNOSTIC INDICATOR FOR EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER TREATED SURGICALLY?

Objective: The aim: Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) is a membrane-dependent enzyme and is primarily involved in glutathione metabolism. While a correlation between high GGT levels and oxidative stress, cardiovascular diseases, and some cancers has been shown in the literature, its prognostic ef f ect in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between the preoperative GGT levels and the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancers treated surgically.

Prognostic Analysis of Primary Pulmonary Malignant Mesenchymal Tumors Treated Surgically.

Background: Primary pulmonary malignant mesenchymal tumors are rare, constituting only 0.4% of all lung cancers. Since sarcomas are chemo/radio-resistant, surgical resection is the optimal treatment choice for patients with suitable medical conditions and tumor stage.

The analysis of pleural complications of COVID-19 pneumonia.

Background/aim: As the number of case reports related to the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) increases, knowledge of and experience with the virus and its complications also increase. Pleural complications are one relevant issue. We aimed in this study to analyze pleural complications, such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and empyema, in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia.

Texture features of primary tumor on F-FDG PET images in non-small cell lung cancer: The relationship between imaging and histopathological parameters.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to evaluate the relationships between textural features of the primary tumor on FDG PET images and clinical-histopathological parameters which are useful in predicting prognosis in newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.

Material And Methods: PET/CT images of ninety (90) patients with NSCLC prior to surgery were analyzed retrospectively. All patients had resectable tumors.

Survival outcomes of pneumonectomy with left atrial resection for non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: Lung cancer invading left atrium is accepted as T4 tumor and surgical treatment in this situation is controversial. The aim of our study was to determine the prognostic factors of patients with surgically treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) invading left atrium.

Methods: After the approval of local ethics committee, the study was conducted in Gazi University, Department of Thoracic Surgery (Ankara-Turkey).

Various Uses of Laryngeal Mask Airway during Tracheal Surgery.

Background:  The use of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) ventilation in surgeries to be performed in upper tracheal stenosis has been reported in the case series. However, there is no generally accepted standardized approach for the use of LMA. In this study, LMA usage areas and advantages of trachea surgery were examined.

Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis: Our 23 years of experience.

Background: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the success of surgery and a complete resection for bronchiectasis treatment and to present our 23 years of surgical experience.

Methods: Between January 1991 and December 2013, a total of 1,357 patients (667 males, 690 females; mean age 30.5±14.

Prognostic factors for sarcomatoid carcinomas of lung: A single-centre experience.

Background: Although lung sarcomatoid carcinomas (LSCa) arised from the epithelial tissue, they have very distinctive features than other non-small cell lung carcinomas in terms of histopathology and survival. It constitutes 0.1%-0.

Determination of prognostic factors of surgically treated pathological Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

Background: This study aims to identify the prognostic factors in Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer and to investigate whether there was a significant difference in terms of overall survival and diseasefree survival among the subgroups belonging to this disease stage.

Methods: Between January 2010 and December 2018, a total of 144 patients (125 males, 19 females; median age 60 years; range, 41 to 80 years) who were operated for non-small cell lung cancer in our clinic and whose pathological stage was reported as IIIA were retrospectively analyzed. Data including demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients, histopathological diagnosis, the standardized uptake value of the mass on positron emission tomography-computed tomography, tumor diameter, type of surgery, lymph node metastasis status, visceral pleural invasion, and overall and disease-free survival rates were recorded.

Surgical outcomes of sleeve resections performed for non-small cell lung cancer; A single center experience.

Background: Although bronchial sleeve resections were performed instead of pneumonectomy in patients with insufficient pulmonary function initially, it is currently available as an alternative to pneumonectomy even in patients with adequate pulmonary reserve.

Aims: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the sleeve resections performed for lung cancer in terms of technical, postoperative complication mortality, survival rates and survival factors, complication and to compare them with the literature.

Methods: Patients who underwent sleeve lung resection with diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer at our department between January 2012 and December 2017 were included in the study.

Risk factors for postoperative complications and long-term survival in elderly lung cancer patients: a single institutional experience in Turkey.

Background: Lung cancer is a typical disease of elderly patients. While there are many publications in the literature on factors affecting survival, there is still no consensus on the survival impact of lymph node dissection. Our objective in this study was to evaluate prognostic factors influencing rates of complications, mortality, and survival in geriatric patients who underwent surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation effect on postoperative complications.

Objectives Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation has been used to control post-thoracotomy pain, with conflicting results. We aimed to assess its efficacy on post-thoracotomy pain and early complications. Methods Between January 2012 and December 2014, 87 patients underwent a standard posterolateral thoracotomy and were randomized in 2 groups: group T was 43 patients who had transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and group C was 44 patients who had placebo stimulation with an inoperative device.

Intraosseous Angiolipoma of the Rib.

Angiolipomas are a subgroup of lipomas and are rarely observed benign tumours in which mature fat tissue and angiomatous elements exist jointly. Costa-induced angiolipomas are rarer. A male patient aged 46 years consulted our clinic due to severe pain in his left side.

Mediastinal neurothekeoma: a rare tumor.

Neurothekeoma, also known as nerve sheath myxoma, is a benign nerve sheath tumor that usually arises in the cutaneous nerves of the head, neck, or upper extremities. Extracutaneous placement is very rare. Mediastinal neurothekeoma has not previously been reported in the English literature.

Lung cancer developing from tracheal bronchus.

Tracheal bronchus is a rare congenital anomaly of the bronchial tree, in which an aberrant bronchus originates in the trachea anywhere above the carina, but usually within 2 cm of it. Lung neoplasms that develop from tracheal bronchus have been identified only rarely. We present a case of tracheal bronchus that included a malignancy of the affected right upper lobe.

Primary pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma: report of two cases.

A 51-year-old man with adenoid cystic carcinoma in the main stem bronchus was treated by a left lower lobectomy. A 44-year-old man with adenoid cystic carcinoma in the peripheral small bronchi underwent a right sleeve upper lobectomy with tracheobronchoplasty and neo-carina reconstruction; because of positive tumor margins, radiotherapy was administered postoperatively. Both patients were alive without any signs of tumor after 30 and 24 months of follow-up, respectively.

Liposarcoma of the chest wall. Transformation of dedifferentiated liposarcoma from a recurrent lipoma.

Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma after malignant fibrous histiocytoma in adults. It is frequently found in the extremities and retroperitoneum; rarely it can be seen in the chest wall. We report a rare case of giant liposarcoma originating from the chest wall representing a transformation of a relapsing lipoma in the same region.

Completion pneumonectomy for bronchiectasis: morbidity, mortality and management.

Background: Completion pneumonectomy performed for benign causes is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. We analyzed the patients who underwent completion pneumonectomy procedure for bronchiectasis, which constitutes a specific benign condition, together with the indications for surgery, the difficulties encountered during operations and the postoperative results.

Methods: Records of all patients who underwent completion pneumonectomy for the diagnosis of brochiectasis between January 1991 and April 2006 at the thoracic surgery clinic of a training and research hospital specializing in chest diseases and chest surgery were retrospectively evaluated.