2016
Postoperative Radiation Therapy Is Associated with Longer Overall Survival in Completely Resected Stage II and III Thymoma—An Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group Retrospective Database
Rimner A, Yao X, Huang J, Antonicelli A, Ahmad U, Korst RJ, Detterbeck F, Gomez DR. Postoperative Radiation Therapy Is Associated with Longer Overall Survival in Completely Resected Stage II and III Thymoma—An Analysis of the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group Retrospective Database. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1785-1792. PMID: 27346413, PMCID: PMC5257334, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative radiation therapyStage IIOS benefitRadiation therapyUse of PORTMasaoka-Koga stage IIInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest GroupStage II thymomaOverall survival benefitPrimary end pointMultivariate Cox modelLonger overall survivalLog-rank testIndividual patient dataImproved OSParaneoplastic syndromeOverall survivalSurvival benefitOS ratesHistologic subtypePatient populationRetrospective databaseUnivariate analysisCox modelThymoma
2006
Airway Complications After Pulmonary Resection
Farkas EA, Detterbeck FC. Airway Complications After Pulmonary Resection. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2006, 16: 243-251. PMID: 17004552, DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2006.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAirway complicationsPulmonary resectionPrecise surgical techniqueCause of deathConsequent respiratory failureVariety of interventionsBronchial dehiscenceBronchoplastic resectionsLobar torsionEarly reoperationRespiratory failureAspiration pneumoniaPerioperative periodClinical suspicionPostoperative stenosisStump dehiscencePatient populationEarly recognitionSurgical techniqueExtensive dissectionLung parenchymaPleural spaceAnatomic compromiseIndividualized approachResection