Background: The role of nonanatomic wedge resection in the management of stage I (T1 N0
M0) non-small-cell lung cancer continues to be debated against the present gold standard …

BACKGROUND: The National Emphysema Treatment Trial defined subgroups of patients
with severe emphysema in whom lung-volume-reduction surgery (LVRS) improved survival …

The prevalence and severity of chronic pain after video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary
resection remains to be defined. Three hundred forty-three of 391 consecutive patients 3 …

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has assumed greater importance in the management
of pleural disease. Since 1990, we have performed VATS procedures to manage a variety …

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BACKGROUND: Although staple line buttressing is advocated to reduce air leak after lung
volume reduction surgery (LVRS), its effectiveness is unknown. We sought to identify risk …

One hundred consecutive patients who had coronary artery bypass grafting using both
internal thoracic arteries (ITAs) and saphenous veins, operated on during a 3-year period …

Video-assisted thoracic surgery has been widely used in the treatment of spontaneous
pneumothorax despite a paucity of data regarding the relative safety and long-term efficacy for …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify predictors of operative mortality, pulmonary morbidity, and
cardiovascular morbidity after lung volume reduction surgery. METHODS: Univariate and …

Objectives: We sought to determine the long-term survival of patients treated for bronchial
carcinoid tumors and whether lesser resections have had an effect on outcomes. Methods: We …