Bernard J. Park

TL;DR: The proposed IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinoma identifies histological categories with prognostic differences that may be helpful in identifying candidates for adjunctive therapy and raises the need for further studies to determine whether this adjustment in measuring tumor size could impact TNM staging for small adenoplastomas.

TL;DR: VTS lobectomy and thoracotomy demonstrated similar 5-year survivals, however, VATS lobectomy was associated with fewer complications and shorter length of hospital stay, and Propensity score-matched analysis supported these findings.

TL;DR: The incidence of respiratory failure is lower than previously reported and may relate to the use of rigid repair for defects likely to cause a flail segment.

TL;DR: In this article, a video-assisted thoracic surgical lobectomy with the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, Calif) was attempted in 34 patients (median age, 69.0 years; age range, 12-85 years).

TL;DR: A VATS approach to lobectomy for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly was associated with fewer and overall reduced severity of complications as well as a shorter hospital stay compared with thoracotomy.