Recently added articles from Journal of Minimal Access Surgery:

Thoracoscopic management of empyema thoracis

Oct 01, 2007; Wait, Michael; Beckles, Daniel; Paul, Michelle; Hotze, Margaret; DiMaio, Michael ... Introduction Empyema thoracis is an infection of the pleural space that is most commonly a complication of pneumonia (parapneumonic), [1],[2],[3] but also can be a complication of primary fungal or mycobacterial infections (tuberculous), a complication of abdominal infections ...

Thoracoscopic resection for esophageal cancer: A review of literature

Oct 01, 2007; Scheepers, Joris; van der Peet, Donald; Veenhof, Alexander; Cuesta, Miguel ... Introduction Esophagus resection may be the adequate treatment in selected cases of benign esophageal diseases, but the most frequent indications for esophageal resection are the high grade dysplasia of the Barrett esophagus and the non metastasized esophageal cancer. Prognosis ...

Technique of the transcervical-subxiphoid-videothoracoscopic maximal thymectomy

Oct 01, 2007; Zielinski, Marcin; Hauer, Lukasz; Kuzdzal, Jaroslaw; Sosnicki, Witold; Harazda, Maria; Pankowski, Juliusz; Nabialek, Tomasz; Szlubowski, Artur ... Introduction The beneficial effects of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis (MG) are generally recognized by most neurologists and thoracic surgeons although no prospective, randomized study has been performed to compare the results of operative and conservative treatments for the disease ....

(Video Assisted) thoracoscopic surgery: Getting started

Oct 01, 2007; Molnar, Tamas ... Introduction Search for a title which properly explains the aim of a paper and covers the full contents of the article in question is rarely a success story. It is more true, if one intends to outline the very basics of a seemingly highly sophisticated field like thoracoscopic surgery ...

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: Technique and results

Oct 01, 2007; Cina, C; Cina, M; Clase, C ... Introduction Hyperhidrosis is a dysregulation of the neural sympathetic control of the eccrine sweat glands, which leads to excessive and unpleasant sweating. The thoracic sympathetic chain is involved in the neural control of sweating in hyperhidrosis of the upper limbs. It lies in ...

Anesthesia for thoracoscopic surgery

Oct 01, 2007; Conacher, I ... Introduction Thoracoscopy nearly has a century long history (1912). It is only now that technological advance has enabled move beyond diagnostic and experimental to the therapeutic and even the norm. Most operations, considered as part of the repertoire of the thoracic surgeon and ...

Thoracoscopic excision of mediastinal cysts in children

Oct 01, 2007; Jain, Prashant; Sanghvi, Beejal; Shah, Hemanshi; Parelkar, S; Borwankar, S ... Introduction Thoracoscopy offers great advantages when compared with open surgery in terms of postoperative pain and pulmonary complications. Thoracoscopy is now being increasingly utilized for various pediatric procedures like patent ductus arteriosus ligation, congenital diaphragmatic ...

Thoracoscopic surgery

Oct 01, 2007; Bhanushali, H ... "Mine is yesterday, I know tomorrow." Tibetan book of BC 3500 I am grateful to the editorial board of Journal of Minimal Access Surgery for requesting me to be the Guest Editor for this special issue on Thoracoscopy. Never did I think that that thoracoscopy will reach such an ...

Empyema gall bladder and laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Oct 01, 2007; Mir, Iqbal ... Dear sir, I read the article about laparoscopic management of empyema gall bladder [1] with interest. Some points documented underneath need clarification as the authors have not given the details. How was the gall bladder extracted? Was an extraction bag used? The role ...

Authors' reply

Oct 01, 2007; Malik, Arshad; Laghari, A; Talpur, K; Memon, A; Mallah, Q; Memon, J ... Dear sir, Follwing are answers for comments [1] on out published article in Journal of Minimal Access Surgery. [2] How was the gall bladder extracted? Was an extraction bag used? All the infecteg gall bladders were retrieved by using an endo bag. The role of ...

Video assisted thoracic surgery in children

Oct 01, 2007; Shah, Rasik; Reddy, A; Dhende, Nitin ... Introduction The technique of thoracoscopy was first described in the early 20 th century and its use in children was applied by the mid 1970s. In 1910, a Swedish internist, Hans Jacobaeus, reported the use of Nitze's lighted cystoscope in the pleural space to divide adhesions. This was ...