As thoracic surgery evolved, anesthesia evolved in parallel, allowing even the most compli‐ cated surgical procedures to be performed relatively safely. This co-evolution mirrors the close association of the thoracic surgeon and anesthesiologist when caring for their patients. This unique association is predicated on the nature of thoracic procedures, where the surgeon and anesthesiologist shar...

Long thoracic nerve latencies were measured in 25 normal subjects. The nerve was stimulated at Erb's point. Monopolar electrodes were used to record the motor evoked response from the serratus anterior muscle. The mean long thoracic nerve latency was 3.9 +/- 0.6 ms. Four athletes with unilateral, isolated long thoracic nerve palsies were compared with the control group and with the uninvolved e...

background :falls have been strongly associated with decreased physical activity and impaired mobility. reduced range of motion, as a consequence of muscle stiffness, has been indicated to assume a positive relationship to fall incidence. also clinical observations suggest that maintaining the normal spinal curves is associated with the prevention of spinal, knee and hip disorders. thus, the ai...

Objectives: Recent investigations demonstrated that oxidative stress a crucial role in the etiology of acute aortic dissection (AAD). The levels of fructosamine and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) have been considered as marker to reflect oxidative stress in various diseases. Therefore, this study was planned to investigate the levels of fructosamine and HbA1c in patients with thoracic ADD. Met...

Despite the evidence suggesting that between 8% and 55% of manual labourers experience thoracic pain, research on spinal loading during occupational tasks has been almost invariably limited to the lumbar spine. In this study, we determined the ratio of thoracic to lumbar compression force and the relative risk of injury to each region in various postures. Compressive forces on the spine were ca...

INTRODUCTION We debate whether or not to approach from right thorax for the left chylothorax after esophagectomy. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 50s-year-old female underwent right-sided thoracoscopic esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy for esophageal carcinoma (type 0-IIa, 3.4×2.2cm, T1bN0M0, Stage IA), followed by reconstruction with esophagogastric anastomosis through the posterior medi...