Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy

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The Evolution of VATS Lobectomy

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Engaging current and potential medical students in clinical research during an elective hospital attachment: a qualitative study

Session - Curriculum Planning; International Medical EducationBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Exposure of medical students to research may increase the probability of their pursuing postgraduate research involvement(1,2). However, whether research exposure should ideally be mandatory (student-passive) or extra-curricular (student-proactive) is unclear(2-4). Furthermore, whether research exposure has any impact on students interested in but not yet studying medicine is also unknown. This study examines a strategy of actively offering clinical research opportunities to current and potential medical students during an …published_or_final_versio

Primary pneumothorax: Should surgery be offered after the first episode?

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Prolonged air leak after lung resection can be predicted by air leak flow rates measured in the early post-operative period using a Digital Chest Drain System

Posters: no. P-203OBJECTIVES: Air leaks frequently complicate lung resection surgery, but predicting which resolve spontaneously and which progress to Prolonged Air Leakage (PAL) has hitherto been difficult. METHODS: Clinical data for 124 consecutive patients who received curative major lung resection by a single surgeon and who had complete chest drainage records were reviewed. All patients had one chest tube connected to either a conventional water seal chest drain system (group WS: n=69, 56%) or a digital chest drain system (group D: n=55, 44%) depending on availability of …published_or_final_versio

Reasons not to perform Uniportal VATS lobectomy

Session: Evidence and Training: paper no. SP1-3published_or_final_versio

Does Abrasion Pleurodesis increase the Morbidity of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Primary Pneumothorax?

Posters - Topic 6: Thoracic 2 - Pain, Pleura and Port Approaches: no. P62OBJECTIVE: Pneumothorax surgery is a frequently used model to investigate the impact of surgical approach on postoperative morbidity. However, the criticism that abrasion pleurodesis during such surgery may confound results by introducing additional morbidity has not been specifically investigated ...postprin

Self-expanding metallic intraluminal stents for palliation of esophageal cancer

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Uniportal thoracoscopic lobectomy for intralobar pulmonary sequestration

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Non-intubated uniportal anatomical lung resection: a propensity score matched analysis shows faster recovery is possible even in the early experience

OBJECTIVES: Non-intubated uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has gained considerable interest for major lung resections in recent years. However, characteristics of the learning curve and whether benefits can be shown in the early experience of adapting this technique have hitherto not been investigated ...postprin