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Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg
January 2025
Thoracic Surgery Department, Pulido Valente Hospital, CHULN, Lisbon, Portugal.
Introduction: Complete radical resection is crucial for successfully treating thymic carcinomas. However, when the invasion of the great vessels or the heart in Masaoka III and IV stages occurs, the management poses more challenges. The R0 resection often requires neoadjuvant treatment.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths globally. Surgery is the standard treatment for resectable EC after preoperative chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy, followed by postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in certain cases. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and computed tomography (CT) are predominantly performed to evaluate the efficacy of these treatments, but their sensitivity and accuracy for evaluating minimal residual disease remain unsatisfactory, thereby requiring the development of alternative methods.
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January 2025
Department of Plastic and General Surgery, Turku University Hospital and The University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Objective: Upper blepharoplasty is the gold standard procedure for upper eyelid dermatochalasis. Upper blepharoplasties procedures include removing the skin, orbicularis oculi muscle, preaponeurotic, or nasal fat pad. The purpose of this study is to report surgical outcomes and compare them to the most common techniques.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
Background: There is a paucity of literature discussing anticoagulation prescribing patterns after upper extremity orthopedic surgery. The purpose of this study is to use a large national database to identify trends in adverse events and anticoagulation prescribing following orthopedic shoulder surgery.
Materials And Methods: The TriNetX Research Network was utilized to identify all patients undergoing orthopedic shoulder surgery between January 2004 and December 2022.
Cancer Rep (Hoboken)
January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, People's Republic of China.
Background: Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (NETT) are rare and malignant tumors that arise in the anterior mediastinum. These tumors can exhibit aggressive behavior and may involve surrounding critical structures, such as the superior vena cava. This case contributes to the literature by presenting a recurrent thymic carcinoma with invasion of major blood vessels, including the superior vena cava, and the complexities involved in its surgical management.
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