Background The major sites of obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
are small airways (<2 mm in diameter). We wanted to determine whether there was a …

Axillary reverse lymphatic mapping (ARM) is a surgical technique that was first described in
2007 as a method for preserving the lymphatic drainage of the arm during sentinel lymph …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the axillary reverse lymphatic mapping (ARM)
procedure for reducing the risk of arm lymphedema after breast cancer surgery. …

Progression of COPD is associated with a measurable increase in small airway wall thickness
resulting from a repair and remodeling process that involves fibroblasts of the epithelial …

Background Assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes is integral in staging patients with non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study delineated the lymph node staging practices of …

Background The objective of this study was to evaluate dual-energy computed tomography (DE-CT)
for preoperative parathyroid tumor (PT) localization in individuals undergoing …

OBJECTIVES Data regarding enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery (ERATS) are sparse
and inconsistent. This study aims to evaluate the effects of implementing an enhanced …

Background A time course analysis was undertaken to evaluate how perioperative process-of-care
and outcome measures evolved after implementation of an enhanced recovery after …

… Nazgol Seyednejad received honoraria from Bristol Myers Squibb for a lecture given on
neoadjuvant treatment in stage IIIA lung cancer. Simon Turner received institutional funding …

Background: The Education and Continuing Professional Development Committee (ECPDC)
of the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS) has defined a goal of describing …