cause LCSG member institutions had access to large numbers of patients and had significant experience treating this uncommon cancer. The first trial, LCSG 851, defined the patient population seen by the LCSG, and the feasibility of performing surgical resection by extrapleural pneumonectomy in a multi-institutional setting. Of 83 patients entered on this study from September 1985 to June 1988, ...

Solitary fibrous tumors are rare spindle cell neoplasms that typically occur in the thorax but have been described in various locations within the abdomen and head and neck region. The most common extrapleural site is the oral cavity, but these tumors have been also described in the orbit, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands, and larynx. We describe a case of a solitary fibrous tumo...

Between 1970 and 1980, at the National Murayama Hospital, 15 patients with thoracic disc herniation underwent total discectomy by an anterior approach, followed by interbody fusion using autogenous ifiac bone. The results in all 15 patients were favourable. The extrapleural approach to the thoracic vertebrae is preferred because of simplified postoperative care and easier prevention of respirat...

Although innominate artery transection for innominate artery compression of the trachea is recently used for prevention of life-threatening complications (e.g. massive bleeding and obstructive apnoea) in patients with neurological disorders, pre-existing tracheostomy poses a risk of mediastinal infection with sternotomy. We successfully performed innominate artery transection on such a patient ...

ABSTRACT There were analyzed the outcomes of collapsosurgical treatment of 32 patients with extensive drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). There were implemented the surgical interventions, including thoracoplasty with extrapleural filling with silicone implant and with preliminary performed valve bronchoblocation of the draining bronchus of the injured lung segment (lobe) in the main group fr...

Insufficient control of post-thoracotomy pain can produce breathing dysfunction and long term staying in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It can increase the incidence of pulmonary complications such as atelectasis, pneumonia and respiratory failure. The aim of this study was to determine the analgesic effect of continuous extrapleural nerve block, using ropivacaine, in neonates younger tha...