Current challenges in thoracic surgery

Oral Presentation
Chairs: S. Elia (Rome, Italy), A. End (Vienna, Austria)
Midterm follow-up of the severe emphysema patients who received LVRS
X. Zhan (Beijing, China)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Possibility of lung volume reduction surgery in high risk patients
V. Gershevich, K. Kozlov, M. Korzhuk, V. Sitnikova, N. Ovsyannikov, A. Novoseltzev (Omsk, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
The role of quantitative CT in predicting postoperative FEV1 and chronic dyspnoea in patients undergoing lung resection
C. Papageorgiou, F. Karakontaki, A. Palamidas, G. Kaltsakas, I. Tsangaridou, G. Papamichalis, D. Antoniou, N. G. Koulouris (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and CD31 expression in experimental prosthetic tracheal replacement
J. A. Santibanez-Salgado, M. Baltazares, A. Sotres, J. R. Olmos, M. Gaxiola, R. Jasso, D. Perez-Covarrubias, J. Villalba (México, Mexico)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Completion pneumonectomy for lung cancer relapse after surgery – what is a real benefit?
D. Subotic, D. Mandaric, N. Atanasijadis, L. Andric, P. Dzeletovic (Belgrade, Republic Of Serbia)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Mediastinoscopy versus CT and PET in preoperative N-staging of lung cancer
A. Petrov, V. Pischik, M. Tlostanova, M. Atyukov, P. Yablonsky (St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Impact of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy on bronchial tissue viability and healing
T. Walles, M. Hampel, I. Dally, V. Steger, G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Stuttgart, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
The effects of bilateral thoracal sympathectomy on cardiovascular system (experimental study)
O. Yucel, E. Sapmaz, A. Guler, A. Gozubuyuk, H. Caylak, K. Kavakli, S. Gurkok, M. Dakak, O. Genc (Ankara, Turkey)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster