In addition to chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy, lung cancer treatment may include several types of surgery. After a lung cancer diagnosis, your doctor will determine the next steps in your ...

Even before her son was summarily locked up in a Salvadoran prison and cut off from contact with the outside world, Mariela Villamizar was worried about his health. Wladimir Vera Villamizar, a 33-year ...

Perioperative bleeding is fetal complication of thoracic surgery (0.3-1.8% of all lung resection). We reported effects of Liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin vesicle (HbV) in hemorrhagic shock. Phase I ...

Background: Patients after pneumonectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma are at risk of cancer in the contralateral lung. The occurrence of a second cancer on the remaining lung after pneumonectomy poses ...

Pneumonectomy is a complex procedure, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. 1 The most frequent complications involve the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. 2 A 51-year-old patient ...

USA: As thoracic surgery techniques evolve, minimally invasive pneumonectomy (MIP) is increasingly being compared to traditional open pneumonectomy (OP) for patient outcomes and surgical efficiency.

This new analysis incorporated 1997-2013 data on patients with a history of surgical resection of stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their postop complications to evaluate the ...

While EPP/ePD has been comprehensively investigated from a surgical perspective, 40–42 there is minimal research dedicated to mapping the perioperative anaesthetic care of such patients, 43–46 despite ...

In this retrospective analysis, outcomes data were evaluated on patients receiving care related to extrapleural pneumonectomy for soft tissue sarcoma or bone sarcoma. “Patient selection is critical ...

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Although 75.6% of patients with DL studied had preoperative FEV1 of less than or equal to 2 L, 96.7% of patients had successful postoperative treatment outcomes. Pneumonectomy may be safe for patients ...

Cancer or other health problems could lead you and your doctor to decide to remove one of your lungs. In most cases, one healthy lung should be able to deliver enough oxygen and remove enough carbon ...