2017
Paraneoplastic Syndromes and Thymic Malignancies: An Examination of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Retrospective Database
Padda SK, Yao X, Antonicelli A, Riess JW, Shang Y, Shrager JB, Korst R, Detterbeck F, Huang J, Burt BM, Wakelee HA, Badve SS. Paraneoplastic Syndromes and Thymic Malignancies: An Examination of the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Retrospective Database. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2017, 13: 436-446. PMID: 29191778, PMCID: PMC5983900, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.11.118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymic epithelial tumorsIndependent prognostic factorOverall survivalPrognostic factorsPrognostic roleRetrospective databaseCox proportional hazards modelKaplan-Meier methodRecurrence-free survivalProportional hazards modelParaneoplastic syndromeCumulative incidenceResection statusTotal thymectomyMyasthenia gravisThymic malignanciesHistologic typeSyndrome statusFemale sexTreatment characteristicsEpithelial tumorsHazards modelLower CIRSyndromeMultivariate analysis
2011
Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome using a custom implant
McRae MC, Detterbeck FC, Narayan D. Correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome using a custom implant. BMJ Case Reports 2011, 2011: bcr1120103523. PMID: 22700614, PMCID: PMC3079506, DOI: 10.1136/bcr.11.2010.3523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpneumonectomy syndromeLeft main stem bronchusMarked mediastinal shiftFurther postoperative complicationsMain stem bronchusBronchial carcinoid tumorsSymptoms 4 monthsPostoperative complicationsMediastinal shiftRight pneumonectomyCarcinoid tumorsRecurrent infectionsSevere narrowingTumor recurrenceComplete resolutionSaline implantsStandard expanderBreast implantsSuperior implantThree timesPatientsRecurrenceSyndromeImplantsVertebral column