4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Use of the posterior pericardium to cover the bronchial stump after right extrapleural pneumonectomy
…a study of asbestos exposure. The author, a thoracic surgeon at Toronto General Hospital, described a way to cover the stapled end (stump) of the right main bronchus after right extrapleural pneumonectomy. This is an operation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Invited Commentary
…at one center by one surgeon. The author concluded that age alone should not decide fitness for surgery. In the author's view, measures of general well-being and activity should stay central to surgical decisions.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Thoracic surgical problems in asbestos-related disorders
…received chemotherapy survived an average of 12.4 months. The authors judged their surgical experience with 23 lung cancer patients no different from lung cancer in general. They concluded that nearly all plaque operations could have…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Thirty-day mortality underestimates the risk of early death after major resections for thoracic malignancies
…occurs beyond the first 30 postsurgical days as well as after hospital discharge. Because cancer operations constitute a large portion of general thoracic surgery, we recommend national databases consider the inclusion of 90-day mortality in…