Issue 9/2006
Content (11 Articles)
Establishment of a clinical pathway as an effective tool to reduce hospitalization and charges after video-assisted thoracoscopic pulmonary resection
Riichiroh Maruyama, Tetsuro Miyake, Miyako Kojo, Yoshiro Aoki, Ryuichi Suemitsu, Tatsuro Okamoto, Hiroshi Wataya, Yukito Ichinose
Comparison of surgical outcome using the prediction scoring system of E-PASS for thoracic surgery
Shin-ichi Yamashita, Yoshio Haga, Etsuo Nemoto, Naoko Imanishi, Morio Ohta, Katsunobu Kawahara
Primary malignant melanoma: a rare cause of mediastinal mass
Saravana V. Karuppiah, Keith G. Buchan
Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis
Toshiteru Tokunaga, Shin-ichi Takeda, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Masayoshi Inoue, Hajime Maeda
Chest wall defect and chronic pleural infection: surgical treatment with thoracomyoplasty and open window thoracostomy
Maximilian Pichler, Jens Albrecht, Winfried Padberg
Giant cell tumor of the sternum
Kazuhiro Imai, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Hajime Saito, Hideki Kawai, Manabu Ito, Jun-ichi Ogawa
Compromised video-assisted thoracoscopic segmental resection for high-risk patients with stage I lung cancer near the lung hilum
Shunsuke Yamada, Haruka Takeichi, Hiroshi Inoue
Simultaneously performed mitral valve replacement and Hartmann's operation for infectious endocarditis from Streptococcus bovis and rectal cancer
Kei Aizawa, Yuichiro Kaminishi, Noribumi Kawamata, Yuki Hirashima, Tsutomu Saito, Yoshio Misawa
Primary pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma with intracardiac extension
Siew-Weng Ng, Chong-Hee Lim, Ching-Wei Marian Wang, Yeow-Leng Chua
Clopidogrel (PLAVIX®) increases risk of bleeding in a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
Hitoshi Hirose
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2004
Teruhisa Kazui, Hiroaki Osada, Hiromasa Fujita