Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Efficacy of convex probe endobronchial ultrasound (CP-EBUS) assisted transbronchial needle aspiration for mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer cases with mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a sampling method for the patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that have enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes that are detected with computed tomography (CT). We aimed to investigate the value of EBUS-TBNA in sampling enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes in the patient with NSCLC. ⋯ EBUS-TBNA is an effective, safe and minimally invasive procedure following PET/CT or CT scanning in the mediastinal staging of potentially operable NSCLC.
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Low-dose atrial natriuretic peptide for chronic kidney disease in coronary surgery.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We investigated the effectiveness of human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) infusion in CKD patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). ⋯ Our study has confirmed that an infusion of hANP during CABG in patients with CKD not only improves perioperative renal function, but also prevents the progression of CKD.
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Case ReportsAcute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis of microscopic usual interstitial pneumonia pattern after lung cancer surgery.
A 78-year-old man underwent right lower lobectomy for lung cancer. Histopathological examination led to the diagnosis of adenosquamous cell carcinoma. ⋯ The patient showed an acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on the third postoperative day. We herein report a case of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis of microscopic usual interstitial pneumonia pattern after lung cancer surgery.
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Case ReportsPercutaneous cardiopulmonary support of video-assisted metastasectomy for a patient with lung cancer following pneumonectomy.
We describe herein a case of a 68-year-old woman with primary lung cancer who had undergone induction chemoradiotherapy and then a right pneumonectomy for non-small cell cancer (adenocarcinoma). Twenty-one months later, the cancer had metastasized to the brain, which was treated with 2-knife radiosurgery. She had been well for up to 32 months; however, the chest radiography and chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a nodule in the left upper lobe of the lung that was gradually growing. ⋯ PCPS was applied via venoarterial (V-A) bypass, and the hemodynamic status of the patient was mostly stable. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient has no evidence of metastatic lung cancer, 10 months postoperatively, indicating that the minimally invasive VATS under PCPS was successful and safe. Although few reports have been described and some key questions remain unanswered, the method appears to be promising.
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Ki-67 labeling index is associated with recurrence after segmentectomy under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy for small or early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains controversial. Here, we investigated the clinical importance of predicting recurrence by Ki-67 in VATS segmentectomy for stage I NSCLC. ⋯ Ki-67 LI after VATS segmentectomy was a prognostic factor of disease-free survival in NSCLC and the treatment of choice for patients with positive LI may be considered, in addition to adjuvant chemotherapy, or lobectomy.