Safety of Air Travel Post Pneumothorax and Post Lung Resection
BACKGROUND As thoracic surgeons, our patients look to us to guide their safe recovery and return to normal activities. In this guideline we address the safety of commercial air travel …
Minimally-Invasive Versus Open Resection for Thymic Neoplasms
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 …
Optimizing LOS after Lobectomy
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 …
Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Lung Surgery (ERAS)
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
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 …
Post-operative Atrial Fibrillation after Non-cardiac Thoracic Surgery
Recommendations from a Review and Analysis of Strategies for Prediction, Prevention and Management of Post-operative Atrial Fibrillation after Non-cardiac Thoracic Surgery. Recommendations: Prophylaxis therapy against POAF is not recommended for …
Surgical Wait-Times for Resectable Lung Cancer
Surgical Wait-Times for Resectable Lung Cancer. Recommendations: For patients with lung cancer whose primary treatment modality is surgical resection, time from referral* for initial consultation to resection should not exceed …
Perioperative VTE Prophylaxis
Recommendation for Thoracic Surgery Perioperative VTE Prophylaxis. Background: It is now widely accepted that the true incidence of post-op VTE following lung and esophageal resection is largely under-reported. A large …