<p id="p002">Reconstruction of long-segment tracheal defects requires a vascularized
allograft. We report successful tracheal allotransplantation after indirect revascularization of the …

… Risk factors for CNS metastases include: (a) previous craniotomy; (b) the presence of ventricular
systemic shunting; (c) high-grade tumor histology, particularly glioblastoma and medulloblastoma; …

Objective Currently, no randomized trials exist to guide thoracic surgeons in the field of
pulmonary metastasectomy. This study investigates the current clinical practice among European …

OBJECTIVES Video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical resections are increasingly used in
Europe to manage primary lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to compare the …

Background Recently, antibody mediated rejection (AMR) has been associated with a
higher incidence of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and mortality after lung …

PURPOSE: A prospective study of preoperative tumor-node-metastasis staging of patients
with esophageal cancer (EC) was designed to compare the accuracy of 18-F-fluoro-deoxy-d-…

Objective: To determine the impact of esophagectomy with 3-field lymphadenectomy on
staging, disease-free survival, and 5-year survival in patients with carcinoma of the esophagus …

… , the mean time from transplantation to initiation of azithromycin was 33 mo, which is
comparable to our own study (mean postoperative day at initiation of azithromycin was 936 d); …

Acid gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and gastric aspiration have been labelled as risk
factors for chronic rejection bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after lung transplantation (…

Aims This prospective study was designed to determine the utility of 18 F-labelled deoxyglucose
(FDG) in positron emission tomography (PET) (FDG-PET) for assessing the response to …