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Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Mar 3. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, the Ninth People's Hospital of Shenzhen City, Shenzhen, China.

Background: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for internal fixation of rib fracture is a promising approach for treating rib fractures and flail chest. Currently, the standard practice is to make one or several incisions on the chest wall, which will inevitably aggravate the original trauma.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of patients with rib fractures who were treated with memory alloy for internal fixation by complete VATS using a thoracoscopic transthoracic memory alloy rib coaptation board and an implantation tool through the clip applier method or the puncture, traction and suspension method at our hospital from October 2016 to June 2019. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Mar 2. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, the Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Background: Smoking has a major role in the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. We aimed to elucidate the correlation between smoking status and pulmonary complications following thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer.

Methods: A total of 1,751 patients who underwent thoracoscopic lobectomy or segmentectomy for lung cancer between April 2011 and March 2020 were assessed. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Mar 2. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Clinic, First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230001, Anhui, China. Electronic address:

Background: Serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) has been proven to be an efficient way to control postoperative pain. This study explored whether the use of continuous SAPB in combination with flurbiprofen could improve early pulmonary function in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

Methods: From July 2019 to April 2020, patients who scheduled for elective lung resection undergoing thoracoscopic surgery were randomly allocated to receive patient-controlled SAPB in combination with intravenous flurbiprofen or patient-controlled intravenous analgesia. Read More

Eur Radiol 2021 Mar 5. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, #11 Xizhimen South Avenue, Beijing, China.

Objectives: To evaluate retrospectively the feasibility and safety of simultaneous multiple microcoil localizations of multiple pulmonary nodules prior to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

Methods: This retrospective cohort study enrolled 288 consecutive patients, who underwent computed tomography (CT)-guided microcoil localization and subsequent VATS at our academic hospital between July 2017 and June 2018. Of these patients, 36 with 79 pulmonary nodules undergoing simultaneous multiple microcoil localizations in the ipsilateral lung were designated the multiple localization group; the remaining 252 with 252 pulmonary nodules undergoing single microcoil localization were designated the single localization group. Read More

Endosc Ultrasound 2021 Mar 2. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Department Allgemeine Innere Medizin (DAIM), Kliniken Hirslanden Beau Site, Salem und Permanence, Bern, Switzerland.

Accurate staging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is crucial for allocation to surgical, medical or multimodal treatment. EUS and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) have gained ground in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer in addition to radiological imaging (e.g. Read More