Initial Trauma Management
KEY WORDS ▪ Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) ▪ Rapid sequence intubation ▪ Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) INTRODUCTION ▪ Trauma is a public health issue and one of the leading…
Lung Transplantation: Perioperative Management and Early Complications
INTRODUCTION Lung transplantation has gained increased success over the past 20 years owing to improved surgical techniques, refinements in donor and recipient selection, and overall improved postoperative care of the…
Tube Thoracostomy
TERMINOLOGY ▪ Tube thoracostomy DEFINITION A thoracostomy tube refers to a drainage tube placed percutaneously into the pleural space for drainage of intrapleural air or fluid. HISTORY ▪ Hippocrates was…
Surgical Management of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Although there have been great strides in the biologic understanding of lung cancer, new chemotherapy agents, and new radiation modalities, such as Cyberknife, surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for…
Lung Transplant Donor Selection and Management
INTRODUCTION The number of lung transplants performed worldwide has increased exponentially over the past 20 years. The availability of suitable organs has limited the number of patients who can undergo…
Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Thoracic Surgery
TERMINOLOGY ▪ Ventilation/perfusion lung scan (V/Q) ▪ 2-deoxy-2( 18 F)fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) ▪ Positron emission tomography (PET) ▪ Standardized uptake value (SUV) ▪ Positron ▪ Coincident event DEFINITIONS ▪ SUV :…
Superior Sulcus Tumors
TERMINOLOGY ▪ Superior sulcus tumor ▪ Superior pulmonary sulcus tumor ▪ Pancoast tumor ▪ Pancoast’s syndrome DEFINITION A superior sulcus (or Pancoast) tumor is a neoplasm of pulmonary origin that…
Transplant Pharmacology
TRANSPLANT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION Immunosuppressive Agents Immunosuppressive agents are the mainstream therapies used to overcome immunologic barriers to transplantation and to prevent allograft rejection. Immunosuppressive agents are divided into different categories depending…
Overview of Radiation Therapy Terms and Procedures in the Management of Thoracic Malignancies
INTRODUCTION Terminology ▪ Radiation therapy Definition ▪ Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy [RT]) is the medical use of ionizing radiation as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells (not to…
Resection for Pulmonary Metastases
INTRODUCTION ▪ The lungs are one of the most common sites of involvement for metastatic neoplasms. About 30% of patients with malignant disease will eventually develop pulmonary metastases. For melanomas…
