Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Congenital lung lesions and emphysema; lung cancer surgery

E-Communication Session
Chairs: D. Waller (Leicester, United Kingdom), S. Elia (Rome, Italy)
Understanding the analysis of the Canadian lung volume reduction surgery (CLVR) trial: future applications
J. Miller, R. Malthaner, C. Goldsmith (Hamilton, ON, London, ON, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Management of pulmonary artery-venous malformations
Y. Biryukov, V. Parshin, M. Puretsky, E. Kononova, D. Bazarov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A case-matched study of VATS lobectomy versus open segmentectomy for stage I NSCLC in COPD
M. Chamberlain, D. Waller, I. Lyons, S. Corner, A. Nakas (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The role of mediastinoscopy on staging of NSCLC patients with negative mediastinal lymph node uptake on positron emission tomography imaging
A. Kir, I. Iskender, A. Kosar, H. Sonmez, H. O. Kapicibasi, M. Demir, A. Atasalihi (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Novel implant device and procedure to compress lung parenchyma for the treatment of emphysema via bronchoscope
R. McKenna, A. Ernst, R. Maxfield, D. Ost, M. Ginsberg, M. DeCamp, R. Yung, M. Mathis, F. Herth (Los Angeles, CA, Boston, MA, New York, NY, Baltimore, MD, Mountain View, CA, United States Of America; Heidelberg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Gene expression profiling of rib cartilage in pectus excavatum
A. Fokin, F. Robicsek, L. Watts, T. Tickle, K. Bennett, Z. Bahrani-Mostafavi, T. Masters (Charlotte, NC, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Single photon emission tomography combined with computer tomography (SPECT/CT) for assessment of COPD patients for lung volume reduction surgery
D. Lardinois, H. Rasch, S. Kneifel, F. Gambazzi, M. Tamm, D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effectiveness of PET scan in postoperative long term follow up of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer
M. Metin, O. Solak, A. Sayar, M. Sezer, A. Pekcolaklar, A. Gurses (Istanbul, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Role of surgery in a multidisciplinary approach for superior sulcus tumors (SST). Morbidity and prognostic factors for long-term success after resection
W. Torre, C. Garcia-Franco, A. Tamura, A. Gurpide, J. Lopez-Picazo, J. Aristu, J. Pardo, M. Moreno (Pamplona., Pamplona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Our experience with surgical repair of pectus deformities in adults with titanium plaque
S. Gurkok, O. Genc, A. Gozubuyuk, H. Caylak, O. Yucel, K. Kavakli, E. Sapmaz, S. Cubuk (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The survival in elderly patients after resection of lung cancer
M. Franczuk, M. Chabowski, S. Wesolowski, P. Boros, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The use of medical thoracoscopy to extend surgery for bullous emphysema
A. Walker, N. Masala, A. Martin-Ucar, D. Waller (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Giant non small cell lung cancer – diagnosis and treatment
O. Danaila, C. Paleru, C. Bolca, I. Bordinca, R. Posea, I. Cordos (Bucharest, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Surgical treatment of anterior chest deformities. Controversy upon controversy
F. Robicsek, A. Fokin, L. Watts (Charlotte, NC, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Carcinomatous lymphangitis of a tracheal bifurcation in lung cancer: the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery
A. Akopov, A. Bazanov, V. Varlamov, I. Dvorakovskaya (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Factors influencing the early cancer relapse in patients with completely resected NSCLC
D. Subotic, V. Dragan, D. Nikola, G. Ljiljana, M. Milan (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro; Belgrade, Singapore)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary function in elderly patients with diagnosis of lung cancer – an excuse for giving up surgery?
M. Franczuk, M. Chabowski, S. Wesolowski, P. Boros, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland)
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