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Exercise and Nutrition Prehabilitation Program During Preoperative Chemotherapy Followed by Esophagectomy in Older Patients With Esophageal Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This prospective randomized trial evaluated whether prehabilitation, exercise and nutrition intervention, enhance skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in older patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy. We also investigated whether exercise alone was sufficient to increase skeletal muscle mass, and whether nutritional ...
Keijiro Sugimura, Takashi Kanemura, Tomohira Takeoka, Takahito Sugase, Norihiro Matsuura, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Masahiko Yano, Hiroshi Miyata   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: One year prospective study

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Differential diagnosis of pleural disease is often a lengthy process fraught with pitfalls. Contrary to thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy, thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization.
Sabah A. Mohamed, Marwa M. Shaban
doaj   +1 more source

Video-thoracoscopic pericardial drainage in the treatment of pericardial effusions [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: To assess efficacy and safety of videothoracoscopic pericardial drainage in the treatment and diagnostic of pericardial effusion through 26 cases review.
Branco, João Nelson Rodrigues, Buffolo, Enio, Fonseca, José Honório de Almeida Palma da, Gaia, Diego Felipe, Guilhen, José Cícero Stocco   +4 more
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Hybrid endoscopic thymectomy : combined transesophageal and transthoracic approach in a survival porcine model with cadaver assessment [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy has been used in the treatment of Myastenia Gravis and thymomas (coexisting or not).
Alice Miranda, Aníbal Ferreira, AP Yim, C Rolanda, C Yang, Carla Rolanda, DM Meyer, DW Gee, E Lima, GD Palma De, H Inoue, J Loscertales, J Moreira-Pinto, J Moreira-Pinto, J Moreira-Pinto, JC Ruckert, Jorge Correia-Pinto, João Moreira-Pinto, K Parikh, K Sumiyama, L Yu, MJ Mack, MJ Mack, MS Allen, RJ Landreneau, RJ Lewia, S Takeo, SR Hazelrigg, T Agasthian, WH Coltharp   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Robot‐assisted resection of diaphragmatic and hepatorenal recess peritoneal endometriosis: Two cases and a narrative review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract In this report, we describe two cases of diaphragmatic endometriosis with concurrent hepatorenal recess peritoneal involvement managed using robotic‐assisted laparoscopic surgery with the da Vinci Xi platform. In both patients, diaphragmatic implants and hepatorenal recess peritoneal lesions were excised en bloc, followed by resection of ...
Xiaoming Guan, Qiannan Yang, Daniel Y. Lovell, Chunhua Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Combined Additional Resections on the Surgical Outcomes of Robot‐Assisted Resection of Thymic Epithelial Tumors

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Robot‐assisted thoracoscopy (RATS) is rapidly emerging as the preferred approach for the resection of thymic epithelial tumors (TET). Current challenges include the role of RATS in locally advanced disease and combined additional resections.
Benedikt Niedermaier, Nabil Khan, Florian Eichhorn, Maria Zehentmeier, Heidrun Grosch, Raffaella Griffo, Alessio Campisi, Antonia Margineanu, Michael Allgäuer, Petros Christopoulos, Michael Thomas, Hauke Winter, Martin E. Eichhorn   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exudative

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Pleural tissue can be harvested either by means of closed biopsies, thoracoscopy or open surgical biopsies. Access to thoracoscopy and open surgical biopsies is limited in many parts of the world and closed biopsies are therefore the ...
Ahmed Sh. Mohamed, Dina M. Abo-Sheisha, Maha Mostafa Shamloula   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advanced techniques in medical thoracoscopy [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2006
For expert pulmonologists, advanced procedures in medical thoracoscopy are the nonroutine and more complex applications of the method. The main current indications are the treatment of infected pleural space, forceps lung biopsy and sympathectomy.In parapneumonic effusions and empyema, medical thoracoscopy is as a drainage procedure, intermediate ...
Tassi, Gf, Davies, R., Noppen, Marc
openaire   +5 more sources

Advances and Future Perspectives for the Management of Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer in Australia: A Narrative Review

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.
Lung cancer remains Australia's leading cause of cancer death. With new screening and evolving therapies, equitable access and workforce readiness are essential. This review discusses current and emerging treatments for NSCLC in Australia, clinical trials underway, and future directions in delivering optimal, accessible care nationwide.
Lauren Julia Brown, Graham Meredith, Bo Gao, Pei Ding, Harriet Gee, Inês Pires da Silva, Adnan Nagrial, Eric Hau   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasound-guided multilevel paravertebral block versus local anesthesia for medical thoracoscopy

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017
Background: Local anesthetic infiltration for medical thoracoscopy has an analgesic properties for short duration. Single injection thoracic paravertebral block (PVB) provides limited analgesia.
Maha A Abo-Zeid, Mohammad M Elgamal, Asem A Hewidy, Amro A Moawad, Alaa Eldin Adel Elmaddawy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source