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John E. Miller
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Publications - 10
Citations - 593
John E. Miller is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pneumonectomy & Esophagectomy. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 10 publications receiving 585 citations.
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Pulmonary aspergillosis: an analysis of 41 patients.
TL;DR: This study suggests that pulmonary aspergillosis, particularly of the intracavitary type, is a potentially life-threatening disease and pulmonary resection is recommended for all patients with intracvitary mycetoma who do not constitute prohibitive operative risks.
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Bronchopleural fistula: Thirteen-year experience with 77 cases
TL;DR: In a series of 77 patients treated for bronchopleural fistula over a 13 year period, 49 of whom had postresection fistulas, only 44 were cured of the fistula and 15 died, with the highest rate of fistula closure with the lowest mortality occurred among the 20 patients who underwent myoplasty, usually combined with a limited thoracoplasty.
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Pancoast's Tumor: Irradiation or Surgery?
Safuh Attar,John E. Miller,John R. Satterfield,Chi Kim Ho,Robert G. Slawson,John R. Hankins,Joseph S. McLaughlin +6 more
TL;DR: Patients with Pancoast's tumor treated at the University of Maryland Hospital between 1955 and 1978 were reviewed, and retrospective staging of 42 patients undergoing operation indicated that 22 (52%) were inoperable.
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Carcinoma of the esophagus: a comparison of the results of transhiatal versus transthoracic resection.
John R. Hankins,Safuh Attar,Thomas R. Coughlin,John E. Miller,J. R. Hebel,Charles M. Suter,Joseph S. McLaughlin +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that THE, among the types of patients for whom the procedure was used, provides long-term survival comparable with that provided by TTE without causing a significant increase in hospital mortality or morbidity.
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The Use of Chest Wall Muscle Flaps to Close Bronchopleural Fistulas: Experience with 21 Patients
TL;DR: Nineteen patients with bronchopleural fistulas associated with tuberculosis and 2 patients with fistulas following resection for bronchiectasis underwent closure of the fistulas with pedicled flaps of chest wall muscle with muscle grafting.