2019
Medical and Surgical Management of Empyema
Godfrey M, Bramley K, Detterbeck F. Medical and Surgical Management of Empyema. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2019, 40: 361-374. PMID: 31525811, DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1694699.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsVideo-assisted thoracic surgeryChest tube drainageCommon clinical problemIntrapleural fibrinolyticsSurgical decorticationMost patientsTube drainageClinical courseSurgical managementTherapeutic optionsThoracic surgeryPresent cliniciansPleural spaceClinical problemDisease processEarly interventionCulture resultsEarly drainagePhysiologic impactEmpyemaMultidisciplinary collaborationClear benefitCliniciansAntibioticsIntervention
2016
Video-assisted thoracic surgery and open chest surgery in lung cancer treatment: present and future
Detterbeck F, Molins L. Video-assisted thoracic surgery and open chest surgery in lung cancer treatment: present and future. Journal Of Visualized Surgery 2016, 2: 173-173. PMID: 29078558, PMCID: PMC5637756, DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2016.11.03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVideo-assisted thoracic surgeryThoracic surgerySimilar long-term survivalEarly-stage lung cancerShorter hospital stayStage lung cancerLung cancer treatmentOpen chest surgeryLong-term survivalHospital staySurgical resectionOpen surgerySurgical approachLung cancerOpen techniqueChest surgeryEffective treatmentLimited incisionTerm survivalSurgeryOpen approachParticular tumorCancer treatmentTreatmentResection