… MD; Macario, Alex MD; Mark, James BD MD … Brodsky JB, Mark JBD. A simple
technique for accurate placement of double-lumen endobronchial tubes. Anesthesiol Rev …

Endotracheal and endobronchial metastases from nonpulmonary malignancies are rare. Since
July, 1974, eight patients with such metastases have been seen by the Thoracic Surgical …

Thoracoscopy was originally devised for diagnostic purposes but has subsequently come to
have several therapeutic applications as well. This report reviews our experience with 13 …

Conventional treatment of caustic esophagitis consists of early endoscopy to the first site of
injury followed by antibiotic and steroid therapy, with early mechanical dilatation to prevent …

Double-lumen endobronchial tubes offer many advantages during thoracic operations.
However, technical problems with tube placement and potentially life-threatening complications …

Considerable disparity of opinion exists concerning the risk: benefit ratio of open lung biopsy
in immunosuppressed patients. Eighty-three consecutive patients who underwent open …

Sixteen consenting patients scheduled for elective thoracotomy were enrolled into a
randomized trial of epidural morphine and hydromorphone. Each patient had a lumbar epidural …

Breakdown of the closure of the main-stem bronchus after pneumonectomy is a dreaded
complication, and empyema and bronchopleural fistula frequently develop in patients who …

The results of open lung biopsy in 15 patients with acute leukemia, pulmonary infiltrates,
neutropenia, and fever were reviewed. The patients averaged 26 hospital days of neutropenia …

Two patients with a clinical picture of acute appendicitis were found to have mesenteric
lymphadenitis and terminal ileitis due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Human infection with Y. …