Marco Andolfi

TL;DR: Although tissue biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing malignant/premalignant airway disease and some techniques are still investigational, bronchoscopic technologies can be considered the safest and most accurate tools to evaluate both central and distal airway mucosa.

TL;DR: Although some patients are currently referred with a severely advanced disease, the indication for tracheotomy, salvage procedures or supportive care has decreased over time and Resection is feasible for differentiated tumors with an overall good outcome.

TL;DR: Evaluating patient information and care-plans in thoracic surgery, reviewing the available evidence on ERAS pathways, and demonstrating the ideal program as discussed and shared among the Italian Thoracic Surgery Units accredited in the video-assisted thorACic surgery (VATS) group are aimed at.

TL;DR: In conclusion, ISP demarcation is mandatory to achieve a high rate of success of thoracoscopic segmentectomy, and it is very helpful in surgical planning, especially when preoperative multidetector computed tomography and 3-dimensional reconstructions are routinely performed.

TL;DR: The results show that BNP elevation, measured in the first days after thoracic surgery, is independently associated with postoperative adverse events and in patients undergoing major pulmonary resections, a postoperative B NP elevation is the strongest independent predictor of cardiopulmonary complications.