European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Aug 2015
Comparative StudyComparison of thoracoscopic segmentectomy and thoracoscopic lobectomy on the patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score matching study.
Thoracoscopic lobectomy has been widely performed on patients with early-stage lung cancer; meanwhile indications of thoracoscopic segmentectomy have not been clearly defined due to technical difficulties and unclear oncological outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare early and late outcomes between thoracoscopic segmentectomy and thoracoscopic lobectomy. ⋯ Thoracoscopic segmentectomy could achieve equal short-term surgical results and long-term oncological outcomes compared with thoracoscopic lobectomy.
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · Aug 2015
Results of Fontan operation in patients with atrioventricular valve regurgitation.
The influence of concomitant atrioventricular valve regurgitation on the results of Fontan operation remains disputable. The goal of this study was to compare early and late results of Fontan operation performed in patients with mild or moderate-to-severe atrioventricular valve regurgitation. ⋯ If unrepaired, concomitant moderate-to-severe atrioventricular valve regurgitation significantly worsens the results of the Fontan procedure. Longer observation is needed to define the strategy in patients with mild atrioventricular valve regurgitation that remained unrepaired during Fontan operation.