2021
A Lower Tidal Volume Regimen during One-lung Ventilation for Lung Resection Surgery Is Not Associated with Reduced Postoperative Pulmonary Complications.
Colquhoun DA, Leis AM, Shanks AM, Mathis MR, Naik BI, Durieux ME, Kheterpal S, Pace NL, Popescu WM, Schonberger RB, Kozower BD, Walters DM, Blasberg JD, Chang AC, Aziz MF, Harukuni I, Tieu BH, Blank RS. A Lower Tidal Volume Regimen during One-lung Ventilation for Lung Resection Surgery Is Not Associated with Reduced Postoperative Pulmonary Complications. Anesthesiology 2021, 134: 562-576. PMID: 33635945, PMCID: PMC8274370, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive end-expiratory pressureOne-lung ventilationPostoperative pulmonary complicationsEnd-expiratory pressurePulmonary complicationsProtective ventilationTidal volumeThoracic surgeryMajor postoperative pulmonary complicationsVentilation regimenLung resection surgeryRetrospective observational analysisThoracic Surgeons databaseMedian tidal volumeLung resection proceduresUnmatched cohortMajor surgeryPrimary outcomeResection surgerySurgeons databaseIndependent associationResection proceduresDecreased oddsIntraoperative dataComplications
2018
Defining the learning curve in robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy
Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Bhatnagar V, Blasberg JD, Wang Z, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Defining the learning curve in robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 165: 450-454. PMID: 30061043, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayRobot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomyChest tube durationThoracoscopic lobectomyPostoperative complicationsTube durationBlood lossLearning curveSignificant differencesCumulative sum analysisPhase 1Complication ratePatient demographicsPulmonary lobectomySingle institutionLobectomyRATS lobectomySafe approachStayCase 1Cases 23Operating timeComorbiditiesComplicationsFurther studies