Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 10 ppt
... 76, 79 minimally invasive, 140 radiation therapy following, 95 sleeve cancer recurrence patterns after, 106 107 , 108 effect on nodal status, 105 106 effect on quality of life, 107 , 108 of lung ... 136 versus pneumonectomy, 103 109 postoperative complications of, 106 survival rates after, 104 105 , 108 with video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS), 140–146 watchful waiti...
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... arm, including more empyemas and bronchopleural fi stulas. The correlation between clinical and patho- logical staging in this trial once again demon- strated the inadequacy of clinical staging. ... may bring to the decision-making process their inter- est in quality of life and functional outcomes that may be less important in physician-directed decision making. Alternatively, helpi...
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... Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery In 1996, Mouroux and colleagues 18 proposed plica- tion through a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approach. Two 5-mm thoracic ports and a 4-cm minithoracotomy ... achieved within 3 days in both patients undergo- ing surgery for this indication. 44.3.1.2. Long-term Outcome In some surgical series of pediatric patients, information a...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 1 ppsx
... Number: 2006926462 ISBN -1 0: 1-8 462 8-3 8 4-1 e-ISBN 1-8 462 8-4 7 0-0 Printed on acid-free paper ISBN-13: 97 8-1 -8 462 8-3 8 4-0 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2007 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes ... making. It helps the clinician to make an objec- tive decision by incorporating both the popula- tion-level evidence on outcomes and also the individual-...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 3 potx
... lobectomy in patients with stage I pulmonary car- cinoma. Five-year survival and patterns of intra- thoracic recurrence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 ;107 :108 7 109 3. 8. Ginsberg RJ, Rubinstein LV. ... operation in satisfying surgical oncologic principles remains a hurdle in many surgeons’ minds. The main considerations, therefore, in assessing whether to perform a minimall...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 4 potx
... standardization in the thora- cotomy arm as well. Quality-of-life studies with validated instruments need to be performed to ascertain the impact of VATS. Another interest- ing avenue of investigation ... Surg 2001;71:981–895. 21. Martin J, Ginsberg RJ, Venkatraman ES, et al. Long-term results of combined-modality therapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2002;20...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 5 pot
... by reducing bacterial exotoxin translocation from the gut, 10 and reduces the incidence of acalculous cholecystitis by main- taining gut motility. 11 There are instances, however, in which ... occurred in 8% of patients, rarely in uenc- ing staging. 63 Another theoretical advantage of a transtho- racic resection is the improved exposure, pos- sibly leading to an increase in micro...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 6 pdf
... sphinc- ter (LES). • Botox: Flexible endoscopic injection of purifi ed Botulinum toxin (a potent neurotoxin) into the musculature of the LES. Typically 100 units of the toxin are injected into ... randomized to surgery alone or surgery and postoperative chemotherapy with cisplatin and vindesine. The 5-year overall survival was 45% in patients with surgery alone and 48% in pati...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 7 pdf
... Mini-invasive 0 Johanet 40 1999 335 Mini-invasive 0 Klinger 43 1999 102 Mini-invasive 0 Loustarinen 47 1999 127 Mini-invasive 0 Soper 55 1999 292 Mini-invasive 0 Watson 56 1999 107 Mini-invasive ... Mini-invasive 0 Patti 50 1998 201 Mini-invasive 0 Meyer 48 1998 224 Mini-invasive 0 Peters 52 1998 100 Mini-invasive 0 McKernan 15 1998 968 Mini-invasive 1.9% Johnson 10 1998 220 Min...
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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery - part 9 potx
... following intrapleural throm- bolytic therapy for hemothorax. Chest 1994 ;105 : 1595–1596. 47. Idell S, Mazar A, Cines D, et al. Single-chain uro- kinase alone or complexed to its receptor in tetra- cycline-induced ... selective binding may offer two distinct benefi ts. First, by being active only on bound plasminogen, it activates plasmin- ogen that can cleave fi brin strands, causing loc...
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