Extended pleurectomy decortication combined with chemotherapy is associated with worse survival outcomes, a higher incidence of serious adverse events, and a diminished quality of life compared to ...
Pleural empyema is an infectious disease of the pleural space that accompanies bacterial pneumonia 1. Tuberculous empyema develops due to the rupture of pulmonary lesions or the dissemination of ...
Video-assisted thoracic surgery decortication for phase 3 thoracic empyema is widely accepted, but its optimal timing has not been established. We aim to investigate and assess this timing, in terms ...
Extended pleurectomy decortication combined with chemotherapy is associated with worse survival outcomes, a higher incidence of serious adverse events, and a diminished quality of life compared to ...
The research, published this month in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, offers a modern, data-driven counterpoint to the widely debated Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery 2 (MARS2) trial, which raised ...
Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Zellos L (eds). Adult Chest Surgery. New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Sugarbaker DJ, Norberto JJ, Swanson SJ. Surgical staging and work-up of ...
A multicenter phase 2 trial of neo-adjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin (PC) followed by extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) and radiation (RT) for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) No significant ...
The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need for rapid diagnosis, preoperative staging and surgical resection, and also the need for a greater biological understanding ...
(Singapore, September 11, 2023, 10:05 a.m. SGT) – Extended pleurectomy decortication combined with chemotherapy is associated with worse survival outcomes, a higher incidence of serious adverse events ...