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Left sleeve pneumonectomy via uniportal video‐assisted thoracoscopic approach

Thoracic Cancer, 2022
Left sleeve pneumonectomy is a rarer intervention compared with right sleeve pneumonectomy. It is a challenging surgical therapeutic strategy even when performed through open thoracotomy.
Jianqiao Cai, Nan Song, Lei Jiang
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Pneumonectomy for Unilateral Proximal Interruption of Pulmonary Artery: A Case Series from the Literature

Life, 2023
Background: Unilateral proximal interruption of the pulmonary artery (UPIPA) is a rare congenital disease, and its optimal management remains undefined in the existing literature.
Giovanni Mattioni, Mario Nosotti, Lorenzo Rosso, Alessandro Palleschi, Davide Tosi, Paolo Mendogni   +5 more
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Effects of pneumonectomy on nitric oxide synthase expression and perivascular edema in the remaining lung of rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2009
Pneumonectomy is associated with high mortality and high rates of complications. Postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema is one of the leading causes of mortality.
M.N. Samano, R. Pazetti, C.M. Prado, I.C. Tibério, P.H.N. Saldiva, L.F.P. Moreira, P.M. Pêgo-Fernandes, F.B. Jatene, J.C. Das-Neves-Pereira   +8 more
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Role of Pneumonectomy in T1–4N2M0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundN2 stage disease constitutes approximately 20%–30% of all non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Concurrently, surgery remains the first-choice treatment for patients with N2 NSCLC if feasible.
Suyu Wang, Suyu Wang, Qing Wang, Wanli Zhu, Juan Wei, Di Feng, Xin Lv, Meiyun Liu   +7 more
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Low Thoracic Skeletal Muscle Area Predicts Morbidity after Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019
BACKGROUND Sarcopenia represented by low psoas muscle area is associated with increased hospital length of stay (LOS), postoperative complications and mortality. We studied whether thoracic skeletal muscle area (TSMA) derived from computed tomography (CT)
M. Madariaga, Fabian M Troschel Cand Med, Till D Best Cand Med, Sheila J Knoll, H. Gaissert, F. Fintelmann   +5 more
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UK pneumonectomy outcome study (UKPOS): a prospective observational study of pneumonectomy outcome

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2009
Background In order to assess the short term risks of pneumonectomy for lung cancer in contemporary practice a one year prospective observational study of pneumonectomy outcome was made.
Davies Paul, Cook David, Pearce Adrian C, Powell Ellie S, Bishay Ehab, Bowler Geoffrey MR, Gao Fang   +6 more
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Both left upper lobectomy and left pneumonectomy are risk factors for postoperative stroke

Scientific Reports, 2019
Retrospective studies have found that left upper lobectomy (LUL) may be a new risk factor for stroke, and the potential mechanism is pulmonary vein thrombosis, which more likely develops in the left superior pulmonary vein (LSPV) stump.
N. Xie, Xianghe Meng, Chuanjie Wu, Y. Lian, Cui Wang, Mengyan Yu, Yingjiao Li, Yali Wang   +7 more
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Secondary Lingular Sleeve Resection to Avoid Pneumonectomy Following Bronchial Anastomotic Dehiscence after Left Lower Lobe Sleeve Resection for Destroyed Lung Syndrome

The Surgery Journal, 2018
Bronchial sleeve resections are technically demanding procedures compared with lobectomies. In case of bronchial anastomotic dehiscence, secondary pneumonectomy is the treatment of choice.
Servet Bölükbas, Robert Zanner, Michael Eberlein, Christian Biancosino, Bassam Redwan   +4 more
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The role of thoracoscopic pneumonectomy in the management of non-small cell lung cancer: A multicenter study.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) approach on the outcomes of patients who underwent pneumonectomy. METHODS The effect of the surgical approach on perioperative complications and
MD Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD Sai Yendamuri, Bse Nicholas R. Mayne, MD Athar Battoo, MD Hanghang Wang, PhD R. Ryan Meyerhoff, MS Keith Vandusen, MD Sameer A. Hirji, MD Mark F. Berry, Jr MD Robert J. McKenna, MD Todd L. Demmy, MD Thomas A. D’Amico   +11 more
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Successful treatment of late onset empyema after extrapleural pneumonectomy: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Treatment of post-extrapleural pneumonectomy empyema (PEPPE) is more difficult than that for post-pneumonectomy empyema for two reasons: first, a large infectious dead space remains after extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP); and second, defects of the ...
Shigeto Nishikawa, Shigeyuki Tamari, Kenji Okita, Koji Chihara   +3 more
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