Background and Purpose—There is growing enthusiasm for coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Although deleterious effects of CPB are …

Background Evidence supporting similar recurrence rates between video-assisted and open
surgery for the treatment of recurrent pneumothorax is questionable, because the number of …

The term 'pneumothorax'was first coined by Itard and then Laennec in 1803 and 1819
respectively, 1 and refers to air in the pleural cavity (ie, interspersed between the lung and …

Background Video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomies and wedge resections
result in less morbidity and shorter length of stay than resections via thoracotomy. The …

Objective: We report patient outcomes from esophageal resection with respect to morbidity
and cancer survival comparing open thoracotomy and laparotomy (Open), with a …

Background Lobectomy using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) still is a
controversial operation despite its many observed benefits. The controversy may be due to …

BACKGROUND: The optimal regional technique for analgesia and improved quality of
recovery after video-assisted thoracic surgery (a procedure associated with considerable …

In Deutschland werden jedes Jahr 10.000 Fälle von Spontanpneumothorax stationär
behandelt. Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie (DGT) hat in Kooperation mit der …

The Acute Pain Summit 2005 was convened to critically examine the perceptions of
physicians about current methods used to control postoperative pain and to compare those …

Objectives This meta-analysis sought to determine whether videoassisted thoracic surgery
(VATS) improves clinical and resource outcomes compared with thoracotomy (OPEN) in …