Pulmonary resection for isolated pulmonary metastasis: patterns of disease

Result of Surgical Resection for Pulmonary Metastasis from Urothelial Carcinoma

BACKGROUND Treatment of pulmonary metastasis from urothelial cell carcinoma has been mostly palliative chemotherapy and the role of pulmonary metastasectomy has not been investigated much. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a retrospective interim review of pulmonary metastasectomy from urothelial carcinoma at single institution between 1998 and 2010. Overall 16 patients underwent pulmonary ...

Robotic sleeve resection for pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND Few studies have described robotic sleeve resection with pulmonary resection. Here, we report the successful implementation of a completely portal robotic sleeve resection with or without pulmonary resection using a modified suture mode. METHODS In total, 339 patients underwent curative robotic pulmonary surgery at Ruijin Hospital between May 2015 and September 2017. Three of these...

Thermographic patterns of pulmonary disease.

Surgical Resection of Pulmonary Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma

BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinoma has shown less response to systemic therapies including chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy than other cancers. Surgery has therefore become an important treatment tool. The protocol for treatment is the same for pulmonary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma. We performed surgery for pulmonary metastatic renal cell carcinomas and analyzed the results. MAT...

Pulmonary Resection for Tuberculosis *

No appreciation of Dr. Samuel C. Harvey's outstanding professional qualities would be complete without mention of his interest and accomplishments in the field of thoracic surgery. He was an early member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and several of his former residents and assistant residents here have been stimulated to activity in that field of surgical endeavor by his exa...