Introduction: Lung cancer is the disease of modern era, and the rate of lung cancer mortality is three times as high as that for prostate cancer and twice as high as the rate for breast cancer. We aimed to analyze the results of pulmonary resection in patients with NSCLC by minimally invasive thoracoscopy.  Materials and Methods: We studied 10 patients with NSCLC scheduled for surgical resectio...

OBJECTIVES We hypothesize that minimally invasive valve surgery in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is superior to the conventional median sternotomy approach. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 2846 consecutive surgery performed at our institution between January 2005 and September 2010, and identified 165 patients with COPD who underwent isolated valve surgery. In...

Minimally invasive techniques to repair ruptured achilles tendons have been developed to enhance recovery following tendon repair and decrease wound complications associated with open repair. We investigated outcomes of minimally invasive and open repair of acutely ruptured achilles tendons at our institution. We compared all cases of achilles tendon repair at our department, using open techniq...

BACKGROUND The evidence base supporting minimally invasive sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion (SIJF) surgery is increasing. The work relative value units (RVUs) associated with minimally invasive SIJF are seemingly low. To date, only one published study describes the relative work intensity associated with minimally invasive SIJF. No study has compared work intensity vs other commonly performed spine...

STUDY DESIGN Literature review. OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to examine current intraoperative electromyography (EMG) neurophysiologic monitoring methods and their application in minimally invasive techniques. We will also discuss the recent application of EMG and its anatomic implications to the minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach to the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUN...

TMJ dysfunction is a therapeutic challenge in the oral and maxillofacial clinic. Although pain can be caused by many different aetiologic factors, role played inflammation as an underlying mechanism of has major role. TMD patients having tenderness for prolonged period time will show signs biochemically well radiographically. Therefore aim this study was to evaluate efficacy arthrocentesis suff...

Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) is an operative approach for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Currently, routine use of improved preoperative localization studies, cervical block anesthesia in the conscious patient, and intraoperative parathyroid hormone analyses aid in guiding surgical therapy. MIP requires less surgical dissection causing decreased trauma to tis...

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