Postoperative lung injury is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery that
impacts significantly on health-care expenditures and largely has been believed to result from …

Lung ischemia–reperfusion (IR) injury is one of the most important complications following
lung transplant and cardiopulmonary bypass. The pulmonary dysfunction following lung IR …

The application of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in major pulmonary resections
has remained infrequent, despite earlier demonstration of its technical feasibility. The …

Background. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for early lung cancer has
been shown to be technically feasible. Comparative studies on laparoscopic versus open …

Background. Talc has been generally accepted to be the most effective sclerosant for chemical
pleurodesis, although the optimal route of administration remains unclear. Methods. We …

Background. Proinflammatory cytokines play a key role in the inflammatory cascade after
cardiopulmonary bypass and may induce cardiac dysfunction. We compared the production of …

Objectives: To report the first multicenter experience on the treatment of end-stage emphysema
using an endobronchial valve (EBV) [Emphasys EBV; Emphasys Medical; Redwood City, …

BACKGROUND: We determined the feasibility, safety, and short-term efficacy of bronchoscopic
placement of a one-way endobronchial valve in selected bronchopulmonary segments …

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) provides a new approach to thymectomy. From
June 1993 to December 1994, we performed a total of eight thymectomies for myasthenia …

Study objectives Quality of life (QOL) following video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) major
lung resection has not been systematically studied. This study was designed to evaluate the …