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Comput Biol Med 2018 Nov 29;104:197-204. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

Mitral valve (MV) leaflets affect the formation, growth, and decay of vortices in the left ventricle (LV) during diastolic filling. The shape and motion of MV leaflets are simplified in most studies due to computational restrictions. In this study, we present a newly developed mathematical method to model the dynamic movement of valve leaflets and annulus, which is based on in vivo data obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Read More

World Neurosurg 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology and Minia University Hospital, Mohammed Badway str., 61111, El-Minia, Egypt; Minia University Spine Unit (MUSU), Faculty of Medicine, Minia University. Minia University Hospital, Mohammed Badway str., 61111, El-Minia, Egypt. Electronic address:

Background Data: Complexity in ventral surgical exposure, presence of scapula and large para-scapular musculature during posterior surgery are the main obstacles in operative treatment of Upper Thoracic Spine Compressive Lesions (UTSCL) like trauma, tuberculosis and neoplasm. Recently, the advantages of combined ventro-dorsal surgery could be successfully gained using 1-stage posterior salvage technique with enough accessibility to all three spinal columns.

Purpose: Retrospective evaluation of 35 patients with UTSCL treated by Posterior Extensive Circumferential Decompressive Reconstructive (PECDR) procedure. Read More

J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Germany; Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 45, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address:

The sympathetic nervous system is the main stimulator of cardiac function. While acute activation of the β-adrenoceptors exerts positive inotropic and lusitropic effects by increasing cAMP and Ca, chronically enhanced sympathetic tone with changed β-adrenergic signaling leads to alterations of gene expression and remodeling. The CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 (CRTC1) is activated by cAMP and Ca. Read More

Acta Ortop Mex 2018 May-Jun;32(3):167-171

Departamento de Piel y Partes Blandas del Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Ciudad de México, México.

Dedifferentiated parosteal osteosarcoma is a variant in which a high grade osteosarcoma coexists with a parosteal osteosarcoma. We report the case of a 20-year-old female patient who presented with six months of evolution of pain and functional limitation of the right forearm, with no apparent cause; radiographs were performed, observing a tumoral lesion in the diaphysis of the right ulna. Physical examination showed pain upon palpation in the diaphysis of the ulna and limitation of prone-supination. Read More

PLoS Genet 2018 Dec 6;14(12):e1007850. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America.

Domestic dog breeds exhibit remarkable morphological variations that result from centuries of artificial selection and breeding. Identifying the genetic changes that contribute to these variations could provide critical insights into the molecular basis of tissue and organismal morphogenesis. Bulldogs, French Bulldogs and Boston Terriers share many morphological and disease-predisposition traits, including brachycephalic skull morphology, widely set eyes and short stature. Read More

PLoS One 2018 6;13(12):e0207677. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

INSERM, CNRS, UNIV Nantes, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, France.

Population stratification is a well-known confounding factor in both common and rare variant association analyses. Rare variants tend to be more geographically clustered than common variants, because of their more recent origin. However, it is not yet clear if population stratification at a very fine scale (neighboring administrative regions within a country) would lead to statistical bias in rare variant analyses. Read More

Cell Cycle 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

b Department of Thoracic Surgery , Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University , Shenyang 110004 , Liaoning , China.

Breast cancer threatened the health of millions of people around the world. Here we explored the influence of TCDD on the expression of circRNA_BARD1 (circ_0001098) in breast cancer and studied the potential molecular mechanism of circRNA_BARD1. The data from GSE76608 was applied to analyze differentially expressed circRNAs and mRNAs. Read More

Thorac Cancer 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Department of Interventional Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.

Surgery remains the first choice of cure for early stage lung cancer. However, many patients are diagnosed at advanced stage, and thus miss the opportunity to undergo surgery. As such patients derive limited benefits from chemotherapy or radiotherapy, alternatives focusing on local control have emerged, including iodine-125 seed implantation. Read More

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Cardiology, Vascular Center, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify patients who are at high risk of developing postimplantation syndrome (PIS) after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for type B aortic dissection.

Methods: This retrospective study included 646 patients who underwent TEVAR for type B aortic dissection between January 2010 and December 2015 at the Guangdong General Hospital. PIS was defined as fever (>38°C) and leucocytosis (>12 000 μl-1) without evidence of infection. Read More

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

J Neurotrauma 2018 Dec 6. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Emory University School of Medicine, 12239, Department of Physiology , 615 Michael Street , Atlanta, Georgia, United States , 30322 ;

Previously, we showed that noxious stimulation of the tail produces numerous detrimental effects after spinal cord injury (SCI), including an earlier onset and increased magnitude of mechanical hypersensitivity. Expanding on these observations, this study sought to determine whether localized peripheral inflammation similarly impacts the expression of mechanical hypersensitivity after SCI. Adult rats received a moderate contusion injury at thoracic level (Tl0) or sham surgery, and were administered complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) or vehicle in one hind paw 24 hours later. Read More

G Ital Cardiol (Rome) 2018 Nov;19(11):5-9

Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie II, Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germania.

A revised version of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) guidelines on myocardial revascularization has recently been published. These guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the available evidence, with the mission of drafting balanced, patient-oriented, clinical practice guidelines on myocardial revascularization. During the last 4 years, a large body of evidence has become available and brought substantial changes to the guidelines. Read More

Acta Bioeng Biomech 2018 ;20(4):133-137

Department of Biomedical Engineering, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to assess the impact of a specific equestrian training, conducted in winter weather conditions, on the thermovision temperature distribution of a rider's body surface. The study included a riding pair with 12 years of experience (female rider, aged 25, sports active and 16-year-old horse, Trakehner breed).

Methods: The study included the temperature distribution of selected parts of the rider's body (the area of the right and left shoulder blade, chest and lumbar section, and the region of the left and right cross) was carried out before and after recreational, jumping and dressage training. Read More

Health Technol Assess 2018 Dec;22(70):1-82

Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Background: Asthma exacerbations affect the quality of life of patients with asthma and have a major effect on the overall costs of asthma care. An asthma self-management plan that advises the temporary quadrupling of inhaled corticosteroid dose may prevent asthma exacerbations, but this needs to be confirmed before being adopted widely.

Objectives: To compare the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an asthma self-management plan that advises patients to temporarily quadruple the dose of inhaled corticosteroid when asthma control starts to deteriorate with a standard self-management plan. Read More

Echocardiography 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Cardiology, Trabzon Ahi Evren Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Research and Application Center, Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi (University of Health Sciences), Trabzon, Turkey.

Introduction: Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), a direct marker of atherosclerosis, has emerged as a promising means for cardiovascular risk evaluation. Presystolic wave (PSW) is commonly detected by the Doppler interrogation of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). It is thought to be a result of a stiff left ventricle and impaired LV compliance. Read More

J Cell Biochem 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Cardio-Thoracic, Wujin People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, China.

The morbidity and mortality rates of nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have increased in recent years. We aimed to explore the biological role of fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5) in NSCLC. We first established that the expression of FGF5 was increased in NSCLC tissues compared with the normal adjacent tissues. Read More

J Cell Physiol 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Lung cancer (LC) is the most common type of cancer and the second cause of death worldwide in men and women after cardiovascular diseases. Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most frequent type of LC occurring in 85% of cases. Developing new methods for early detection of NSCLC could substantially increase the chances of survival and, therefore, is an urgent task for current research. Read More

Dig Dis Sci 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Oncology Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

Background: Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a special class of noncoding RNAs with the characteristic of covalent closed-loop structure, have been widely found in various organisms. Growing evidence has shown that circRNAs play a crucial role in regulating biological functions of cancers. However, the specific role of circRNAs in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains largely unknown. Read More

Int J Colorectal Dis 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo, 41110, Larissa, Greece.

Purpose: A meta-analysis of RCTs was designed to provide an up-to-date comparison of thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in laparoscopic colectomy.

Methods: Our study was completed following the PRISMA guidelines and the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. A systematic literature screening was performed in MEDLINE and Web of Science. Read More

Clin Res Cardiol 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, No. 20, Xisi Road, Chongchuan District, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China.

Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is a complex active process involving in endothelial injury, lipid infiltration, chronic inflammation, matrix remodeling, cell differentiation, progressive bone formation, and new angiogenesis. The excess inflammatory responses induced by aortic valve interstitial cells (AVICs) are one of the common pathogeneses of this disease. Although many microRNAs (miRs) have been identified to play crucial roles in the calcification process of the aortic valve, numerous miRs are still waiting to be explored. Read More

Respir Med Case Rep 2019 15;26:42-44. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Great Western Hospital, Swindon, Marlborough Road, SN3 6BB, UK.

A 46 year old lady presented three weeks after an oesophagectomy for oesophageal carcinoma with increasing breathlessness and a large left-sided pleural effusion. Computed tomography (CT) scan of her thorax, abdomen and pelvis revealed a large left-sided and small right-sided pleural effusions, a pericardial effusion, ascites and intra-abdominal lymphadenopathy. The patient underwent both pericardial and pleural fluid drainage, however, unfortunately, deteriorated despite these interventions with increasing oxygen requirements requiring nasal high flow oxygen on the Intensive Care Unit. Read More

IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med 2018 18;6:2101009. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Industrial Design DepartmentEindhoven University of Technology5612AZEindhovenThe Netherlands.

The objective is to evaluate to which extent that a garment equipped with sensors that can support posture monitoring can be used in upper extremity rehabilitation training of stroke patients. Seventeen stroke survivors (mean age: 55 years old, SD =13.5) were recruited in three hospitals in Shanghai. Read More

Respirol Case Rep 2019 Feb 28;7(2):e00390. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Respiratory Department Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Pleural anthracosis is rare and, in most cases, is diagnosed incidentally or at autopsy. We report a 67-year-old man with pleural anthracosis. He was initially referred for possible tuberculous pleural effusion and had recurrent admissions for symptomatic pleural effusion, which increased with each subsequent episode. Read More

Hered Cancer Clin Pract 2018 29;16:17. Epub 2018 Nov 29.

1Department of Visceral-, Thoracic- and Vascular Surgery, National Case Collection for Familial Pancreatic Cancer (FaPaCa), Philipps-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany.

Background: Pancreatic cancer screening is recommended to individuals at risk (IAR) of familial pancreatic cancer (FPC) families, but little is known about the acceptance of such screening programs. Thus, the acceptance and psychological aspects of a controlled FPC screening program was evaluated.

Methods: IAR of FPC families underwent comprehensive counseling by a geneticist and pancreatologist prior to the proposed screening. Read More

J Cancer 2018 18;9(22):4156-4165. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Department of the 2nd Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital and The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410013, P.R. China.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are non-protein-coding transcripts and longer than 200 nucleotides. LncRNAs have been demonstrated to modulate gene expression at transcriptional, post-transcriptional, as well as epigenetic levels in lung cancer. Read More

Breathe (Sheff) 2018 Dec;14(4):345-346

Dept of the Diseases of the Thorax, Ospedale Morgagni, Forli, Italy.

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Breathe (Sheff) 2018 Dec;14(4):302-310

Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

The widely accepted and still increasing use of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in pleuro-pulmonary pathology imposes the need to deal with two major pitfalls: the first is to avoid its unselective use, while the second relates to inappropriate rejection of VATS on the basis of "insufficient radicality". Unlike a quite established role of VATS in lung cancer patients, in patients with pleural empyema, the role of VATS is less clearly defined. The current evidence about VATS in patients with pleural empyema could be summarised as follows: VATS is accepted as a useful treatment option for fibrinopurulent empyema, but the treatment failure rate increases with the increasing proportion of stage III empyema, necessitating further surgical options like thoracotomy and decortication. Read More

Cancer Manag Res 2018 9;10:5491-5504. Epub 2018 Nov 9.

Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany,

Background: Centromere protein F (CENPF) is a key component of the kinetochore complex and plays a crucial role in chromosome segregation and cell cycle progression. Recent work suggests that CENPF upregulation is linked to aggressive tumor features in a variety of malignancies including prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: Using a highly annotated tissue microarray, we analyzed CENPF protein expression from a cohort of 8,298 prostatectomized patients by immunohistochemistry to study its effect on prostate-specific antigen recurrence-free survival. Read More

Cancer Manag Res 2018 8;10:5451-5460. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China,

Background: Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) exerts enzymatic deacetylation activity on histones and on non-histone substrates and plays a key role in microtubule dynamics and chaperone activities. In addition, previous studies have demonstrated its role in cancer progression. However, its clinical significance in esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) has not been elucidated. Read More

Cancer Manag Res 2018 8;10:5411-5422. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China,

Background: Research indicates that the presence of a systemic inflammatory response plays an important role in predicting survival in patients with cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), prognostic nutritional index, and the combination of preoperative LMR and PLR (LMR-PLR) in predicting the survival of patients with stage IB non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of 577 patients with stage IB NSCLC who underwent pneumonectomy from January 1999 to December 2009. Read More

Onco Targets Ther 2018 13;11:8045-8052. Epub 2018 Nov 13.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China,

Lung cancer has been identified as one of the most prevalent and deadly tumors worldwide. In recent years, lncRNAs have been demonstrated to play a significant role in the development of lung cancer. Specifically, lncRNAs act as a regulator of cancer-critical genes, and they regulate the biological behavior of tumors at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Read More

Int J Nanomedicine 2018 12;13:7395-7408. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, People's Republic of China,

Background: Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) is an important chemokine for stem cell mobilization, and plays a critical role in mobilization of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) plays a critical role in osteogenesis of MSCs. However, the use of SDF-1 and BMP-2 in bone tissue engineering is limited by their short half-lives and rapid degradation in vitro and in vivo. Read More

Cell Death Dis 2018 Dec 5;9(12):1174. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Research Center of Biochemistry and Advanced Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, "Magna Græcia" University of Catanzaro, Campus Salvatore Venuta -Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.

Ferritin is a nanocage protein composed by the variable assembly of 24 heavy and light subunits. As major intracellular iron storage protein, ferritin has been studied for many years in the context of iron metabolism. However, recent evidences have highlighted its role, in particular that of the heavy subunit (FHC), in pathways related to cancer development and progression, such as cell proliferation, growth suppressor evasion, cell death inhibition, and angiogenesis. Read More

Oncogenesis 2018 Dec 5;7(12):95. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Semaphorin 6A (SEMA6A), a membrane-bound protein, is downregulated in lung cancer tissue compared to its adjacent normal tissue. However, the functions of SEMA6A in lung cancer cells are still unclear. In the present study, full length SEMA6A and various truncations were transfected into lung cancer cells to investigate the role of the different domains of SEMA6A in cell proliferation and survival, apoptosis, and in vivo tumor growth. Read More

Sci Rep 2018 Dec 5;8(1):17668. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

The etiology of pulmonary vascular abnormalities in CDH is incompletely understood. Studies have demonstrated improvement in pulmonary vasculature with prenatal therapy in animal models. We hypothesize that prenatal sildenafil may attenuate defective pulmonary vascular development via modulation of vSMC phenotype from undifferentiated, proliferative phenotype to differentiated, contractile phenotype. Read More

EMBO J 2018 Dec 5. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Institute of Metabolic Physiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR3) signalling promotes lymphangiogenesis. While there are many reported mechanisms of VEGFR3 activation, there is little understanding of how VEGFR3 signalling is attenuated to prevent lymphatic vascular overgrowth and ensure proper lymph vessel development. Here, we show that endothelial cell-specific depletion of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in mouse embryos hyper-activates VEGFR3 signalling and leads to overgrowth of the jugular lymph sacs/primordial thoracic ducts, oedema and embryonic lethality. Read More

Acta Vet Scand 2018 Dec 5;60(1):78. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 108, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Background: Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in humans and can be classified in idiopathic, heritable, drug and radiation-induced, and associated with connective tissue disease or human immunodeficiency virus infection. Recently, biallelic mutations of the EIF2AK4 gene have been discovered as a cause for an autosomal recessive form of PVOD in humans. In dogs, PAH is poorly characterized and is generally considered to be idiopathic or secondary to (for example) congenital left-to right cardiovascular shunts or heartworm disease. Read More

Cell Commun Signal 2018 Dec 5;16(1):96. Epub 2018 Dec 5.

Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Background: Human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) open new windows for basic research and regenerative medicine due to their remarkable properties, i.e. their ability to self-renew indefinitely and being pluripotent. Read More

Cancers (Basel) 2018 Dec 4;10(12). Epub 2018 Dec 4.

Translational Research Unit, Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, D-69126 Heidelberg, Germany.

A major part of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with mono- or multimodal concept develop therapy resistance. Despite the abundance of biomarkers investigated in the past, there is still a need for valid NSCLC biomarkers. Glycodelin, an immunosuppressive endometrial protein, has been shown to be also expressed in NSCLC. Read More

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018 Dec 3. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Klinikum Braunschweig gGmbH, Braunschweig, Germany.

Based on a longtime voluntary registry, founded by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (GSTCVS), well-defined data of all cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery procedures performed in 78 German heart surgery departments during the year 2017 are analyzed. In 2017, a total of 179,337 procedures were submitted to the registry, and 101,728 were summarized as heart surgery procedures in the narrower sense. About 16. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Centre Freiburg University, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.

Background: Our study aim was to evaluate the impact of left subclavian artery (LSA) flow preservation during thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) on outcome.

Methods: Between 08/2001-10/2016, 176 patients (mean age 61.3±15. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Division of Thoracic Surgery, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Ave. E, Juravinski Tower, suite T2105 F, Hamilton ON L8N4A6. Electronic address:

Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Department of Surgical Oncology, Shantou Central Hospital, China. Electronic address:

Background: Chylothorax after esophagectomy is uncommon but potentially fatal. We performed a retrospective study to assess the effect of olive oil administered orally before surgery on reducing chylothorax in patients who underwent minimal invasive esophagectomy.

Methods: Between May 2013 and December 2016, patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer who underwent minimal invasive esophagectomy were screened. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Nov 30. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Division of Thoracic Surgery, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia Medical School, Perugia, Italy.

Background: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in up to 25% of the general population and is considered an irrelevant condition in healthy subjects. Here we sought to determine an association between the presence of an asymptomatic PFO at baseline and postoperative short-term adverse events in patients undergoing major pulmonary resection for lung cancer. As well, we evaluated for the rate of PFO after pulmonary resections. Read More