FUNCTIONAL OPERABILITY IN SIMULTANEOUS BILATERAL LUNG RESECTION FOR BILATERAL PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Lung resection for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Evaluation of operability before lung resection.

Lung resection remains the treatment of choice in the curative approach to nonsmall cell lung cancer. Because most lung cancer patients are current or former smokers, they are at increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coronary artery disease, conditions associated with increased surgical morbidity and mortality. Careful preoperative assessment of the cardiopulmonary reserve...

Bilateral carotid-body resection.

FIGuRE 1. Lateral tomogram of neck showing forward displacement of trachea by soft tissue mass (hollow arrows) with luminal narrowing (single solid arrow). extrinsic obstruction of the trachea is an extremely rare phenomenon. Elderr mentioned a rare patient with medias-tinal lymphoma may require immediate tracheostomy. Our patient did not present with peripheral bulky disease and her chronic ly...

Simultaneous Bilateral Ophthalmic Artery Chemosurgery for Bilateral Retinoblastoma (Tandem Therapy)

OBJECTIVE Report on the 7-year experience with bilateral ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC-Tandem therapy) for bilateral retinoblastoma. DESIGN Retrospective, single institution study. SUBJECTS 120 eyes of 60 children with bilateral retinoblastoma treated since March 2008. METHODS Retrospective review of all children treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering with bilateral ophthalmic artery c...

Simultaneous Bilateral Hip Arthroscopy

Many patients are afflicted with painful conditions affecting both hips, most commonly femoroacetabular impingement. Some patients prefer the advantage of undergoing a single surgical procedure and anesthetic followed by a single postoperative rehabilitation program. We present a Technical Note on single-stage bilateral hip arthroscopy. This Technical Note reports on key steps enabling safe and...