Evaluation of hypermetabolic mediastinal-hilar lymph nodes determined by PET/CT with EBUS-TBNA and calculation of SUVmax cutoff values in differentiation of malignancy.

Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are the most commonly used methods for diagnosis and staging in both malignant and benign diseases of the lung parenchyma and mediastinum. Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy (TBNA) has become widespread in recent years because it allows minimally invasive tissue sampling. PET-CT has high sensitivity in the diagnosis of malignancy but has low specificity.

Videothoracoscopic lobectomy for bronchiectasis and extrapulmonary sequestration in a case Kartagener syndrome with pectus excavatum.

Kartagener syndrome is a rare condition. A 21-year-old female patient was under follow-up for five years by the chest diseases clinic due to recurrent cough, sputum production and wheezing, and she was diagnosed with Kartagener syndrome. The patient underwent surgery, when her symptoms could not be managed by medical therapy.

An Experimental Study on Timing in Tracheal Stenosis Surgery.

Background: TNF-α, IL-6, and TGF-β are important bio mediators of the inflammatory process. This experimental study has investigated inflammatory biomarkers' efficacy to determine the appropriate period for anastomosis surgery in tracheal stenosis cases.

Methods: First, a pilot study was performed to determine the mean stenosis ratio (SR) after the surgical anastomosis.

Capitonnage method selection in pulmonary hydatidosis with purse-string or interrupted suture.

Background: Disfigurements in the lung parenchyma due to capitonnage methods may lead to long-term atelectasis. The aim of the present study was to examine whether there are any complication differences between the capitonnage applied via interrupted suture or purse-string suture.

Method: Of the total of 120 cases that underwent hydatid cyst surgery during 2007 and 2020, those that were subject to capitonnage were included in the study.

A retrospective evaluation of the pulmonary function tests and quality of life assessment surveys of emphysema patients subject to coil treatment.

Introduction: Bronchoscopic volume reduction treatments are among the important alternatives for selected emphysema patients with a dyspneic course despite optimal medical treatment. Our aim was to carry out a retrospective scan of the data for COPD patients subject to coil treatment at our center for assessing whether coil procedure has an impact on the respiratory symptom and pulmonary function tests in COPD patients.

Materials And Methods: The data of 41 patients with severe emphysema and treated with coils between 2017-2020 were evaluated retrospectively.