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The radioimagistic techniques‘ contribution to unders tan ding the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). Part II

Ioana Ungurean, Voicu Tudorache, Maria Mogoseanu, Monica Marc
The radioimagistic techniques‘ contribution to unders tan ding the pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). Part II

Abstract

Among the diseases frequently associated with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) count the pulmonary neoplasm, severe cardiovascular diseases, muscle wasting, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus etc. These conditions are often diagnosed when already in an advanced stage, although their presence may seriously affect the patient's quality of life and prognostic. Under certain circumstances the early usage of imagistic techniques in addition to the pulmonary functional tests leads not only to the early adopting of an adequate treatment that considers the co morbidity, but offers also a better understanding of the COPD's physiopathology, of its - and of the associated diseases' evolution.

Key words: COPD, comorbidities, CT, MRI.

Bariatric surgery and sleep apnoea syndrome

Fl.Mihaltan, Oana Deleanu, Ruxandra Ulmeanu
Bariatric surgery and sleep apnoea syndrome

Abstract

Connections between this two diseases-obesity and sleep apnoea syndom -are not every time well known or studied. We are trying in our article to identify the epidemiological, diagnostical and therapeutical problems with the hope to improve in the future the prognostic also of the romanian patients.

Keywords: sleep apnea syndrome, bariatric surgery, obesity

Video-Assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy – the treatment of choice for stage I NSCLC

Ciprian Bolca, Matias Losano Brontos, Massimo Conti, Eric Fréchette
Video-Assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy – the treatment of choice for stage I NSCLC

Abstract

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in the diagnosis and treatment of stage I NSCLC has been used since the early 1990s. This report aims to provide a retrospective analysis of the literature in order to present the advantages of VATS lobectomy compared with open resection. The best available evidence strongly suggests that VATS lobectomy is less morbid than open lobectomy, the postoperative quality of life is superior and longterm oncologic results are equivalent. All these data supports the ideea that VATS lobectomy is the treatment of choice for stage I NSCLC.

Key words - thoracoscopic lobectomy, minimally invasive thoracic surgery