BACKGROUND Thoracic procedures are currently performed by general and thoracic surgeons. Initial clinical outcome after training is a good measure of the quality of the surgical training received. METHODS We examined the morbidity and mortality for pneumonectomy, lobectomy and esophagectomy during one surgeon's first 2 years of practice; we collected data prospectively. The results were based...

INTRODUCTION Thoracic injury during warfare is associated with a high incidence of morbidity and mortality. This study examines the pattern and mortality of thoracic wounding in the counter-insurgency conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan, and outlines the operative and decision making skills required by the modern military surgeon in the deployed hospital setting to manage these injuries. METHOD...

OBJECTIVE Thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is a relatively rare disease. Because of ambiguous clinical symptom, it is difficult for early diagnosis of OLF and subsequent treatment can be delayed or missed. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to comprehensively assess the prevalence and distribution of thoracic OLF by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and coexisting spinal...

Objective Composite graft of left internal thoracic artery and great saphenous vein in revascularization of the left coronary system is a technique well described in literature. The aim of this study is to analyze blood flow dynamics in this configuration of composite graft especially in what concerns left internal thoracic artery's adaptability and influence of great saphenous vein segment on ...

Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Thoracic Surgery, WellStar Health System, Marietta, Georgia; Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of A...

Background: Thoracic extension of Pseudomyxoma peritonei can occur via trans-diaphragmatic spread of abdominal disease. Cytoreductive surgery with intraoperative intrapleural chemotherapy may prolong survival in an otherwise terminal condition. We evaluate the long-term outcomes of patients undergoing thoracic cytoreductive surgery and intrathoracic intraoperative chemotherapy for pleural exten...

A single-center, retrospective, cohort study was performed from January 2005 to May 2019. Of 391 patients evaluated for thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), 9 (2%) had shaggy aneurysms, defined as an ulcerated atheroma or thrombus thickness ≥5 mm protruding into the lumen and/or occupying more than two thirds of circumference on computed tomography angiography. Two nine presented with b...