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The use of Jackson-Pratt silicone flat drains as prolonged pleural catheters for the management of pleural effusions
(Pioneer Bioscience Pub. Co., 2013)
Introduction: Imbalance between secretion and absorbtion of pleural fluid results in pleural effusion. Emergence of pleural effusion ipsilateral or contralateral to the side drained previously is named recurrent effusion. ...
Robotic lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions
(Pioneer Bioscience Publ. Co., 2014)
Objective: Surgical use of robots has evolved over the last 10 years. However, the academic experience with robotic lung segmentectomy remains limited. We aimed to analyze our lung segmentectomy experience with robot-assisted ...
Lymph node dissection in surgery for lung cancer: Comparison of open vs. video-assisted vs. robotic-assisted approaches
(Axel Springer Japan Publishing, 2016)
Purpose: We compared open, video-assisted and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgical techniques in the dissection of N1 and N2-level lymph nodes during surgery for lung cancer.
Methods: This retrospective analysis is ...
Prolonged pleural catheters in the management of pleural effusions due to breast cancer
(Pioneer Bioscience Publ. Co., 2014)
Background: Breast cancer is the second most common etiologic cause in malignant pleural effusions (MPE). The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of long term pleural catheters in inducing self sclerosis in ...