intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. a 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. the posteroanterior chest x-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...

to review our experience in treatment of patients with thoracic empyema at a teaching hospital chart of patients were retrospectively reviewed over a 72-month period. a total of 112 patients (94 men, 18 women, mean age: 39, range: 6-89 years) underwent therapeutic procedures for thoracic empyema between 2001-2006. the causes of empyema included parapneumonic empyema (60.7%), thoracic trauma (20...

conclusions systemic arterial leukocyte filtration reduces the intubation time but has no other beneficial effect on the outcome of patients undergoing cabg or valve surgery. results the postoperative intubation time was significantly shorter in patients with leukocyte filters (0.014). there was no significant difference between two groups regarding other outcome relatedvariables. patients and ...

objectives after the introduction of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (vats) thymectomy, there has been increased interest in the use of this technique for myasthenia gravis. we conducted a retrospective study to assess the safety and efficacy of vats thymectomy in treatment of myasthenia gravis. patients and methods the medical records of 50 patients who underwent vats thymectomy for the t...

introduction: video-assisted thoracic surgery (vats) is now commonly used for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. in the present study we compared the outcomes of this technique with those obtained by conventional thoracotomy.material and methods: in this cross-sectional stud, forty patients were enrolled into two groups: vats (n=20) and thoracotomy (n=20). in both groups the blebs were resected ...

conclusions paracetamol 1 g stat + 3 g/24 h infusion is as effective as ketorolac 30 mg stat + 90 mg/24 h infusion in post-vats pain management, with good tolerability and a low incidence of adverse effects. results there was no significant difference between the k and p groups in pain scores in any of the evaluations. seventeen (48.6 %) and 9 (25.7 %) patients in the k and p groups, respective...