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Prolonged Airleak After Lobectomy Authors: Laura Donahoe, Anne-Sophie Laliberté and Simon Turner SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Patient factors, type of lung resection and intra-operative findings may predict which patients are at …
Minimally-Invasive Versus Open Resection For Thymic Neoplasms Author: Basil Nasir SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS The surgical approach to thymectomy must adhere to the principles of complete en-bloc resection with an intact …
Prevention of Esophageal Anastomotic Leaks Authors: Crispin Russell, Andrew Seely Summary of Recommendations Pre-operative – Optimize nutrition, cardiovascular and diabetic control as well as smoking cessation as a pre-habilitation program …
Optimizing Length of Stay after Lobectomy Authors: Najib Safieddine, Sean McFadden Summary of Recommendations Preop Patient education that includes family members and social supports Council re smoking cessation and …
Authors: Dr. Anne-Sophie Laliberté and Dr. Andrew Seely Collaborators: Dr. Michaeline Mcguinty and Dr. Bill Cameron, ID specialist, The Ottawa Hospital Revision: Dr. Sean McFadden Introduction COVID-19 pandemic has brought …
Management of Pericardial Effusions – When to Intervene, and How? Dhruvin H. Hirpara Najib Safieddine Background Pericardial effusions are often classified based on size, with small effusions (50-100mL) measuring less …
Management of Empyema Basil Nasir Najib Safieddine Background Empyema, or pus in the pleural space, in its various clinical manifestations and stages is a common occurrence that thoracic surgeons are …
Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Lung Surgery (ERAS) Armen Parajian1 1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lakeridge Health Oshawa and The Durham Regional Cancer Center, Oshawa ON, Canada Background Enhanced Recovery …
Preoperative Physiologic Assessment Prior to Pulmonary Resection Simon Turner1, Serena Shum2, Tim van Haaften2 1Thoracic Surgery, University of Alberta 2Anesthesiology, University of Alberta Background Anatomic lung resection is the gold …
Follow Up and Surveillance of Esophageal Cancer Treated With Curative Intent Authors: Anne-Sophie Laliberté, MD. FRCSC Reviewers : Brian Johnston and Andrew Seely Society recommendations Based on society recommendations and expert …