Off-label use of medication may be presented in these guidelines if a sufficient level of
evidence shows that it can be considered medically appropriate to a given condition and if …

Enhanced recovery after surgery is well established in specialties such as colorectal
surgery. It is achieved through the introduction of multiple evidence-based perioperative …

Historically, the prognosis for individuals diagnosed with lung cancer has been bleak.
However, the past 10 years have seen important advances in treatment and diagnosis which …

Introduction The aim of this study is to analyze all metastatic (M) categories of the current
tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) classification of lung cancer with the objective of …

Purpose: No study has investigated the precise perioperative dynamic changes in
circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in any patients with early-stage cancer. This study …

Abstract Objective The adoption of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery programs in thoracic
surgery is relatively recent with limited outcome data. This study aimed to determine the …

Background Minimally invasive thoracic surgery causes significant postoperative pain.
Erector spinae plane (ESP) block and serratus anterior plane (SAP) block promise effective …

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the long-term survival of open versus
thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy for early stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Objective The objective of this study was to compare outcomes after video-assisted
thoracoscopic lobectomy or segmentectomy before and after introduction of an enhanced …

Background Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has become the standard for lung
cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, this surgical technique requires specific and …