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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:iii-xv. doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.0000S6
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15th ESTS Meeting

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Suppl. 2 to Vol. 6 (May 31, 2007)


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POSTGRADUATE COURSE
Sunday, 3 June 2007, 8:30–17:30
Organisers: P. Thomas (Marseille) & F. Venuta (Rome)
(All talks 15 min presentation + 15 min discussion)
Chairmen E.A. Rendina & T. Grodzki (Rome, Szczecin)
Session I Pulmonary Metastasis
08:30 Multimodal treatment of osteosarcoma lung metastases (M. Antunes, Coimbra)
09:00 Surgery for lung metastasis from colorectal cancer: how far can we push the limits? (D. Grunenwald, Paris)
09:30 Lung metastasis resections: surgical and technological aspects (G. Friedel, Gerlingen)
10:00 Isolated lung perfusion for the treatment of pulmonary metastases (P. Van Schil, Antwerp)
10:30 Coffee break
Session II Oesophageal Cancer
11:00 State of the art in diagnosis and staging (S. Cassivi, Rochester)
11:30 High grade dysplasia: options in management (T. Rice, Cleveland)
12:00 Surgery for early stage oesophageal cancer (T. Lerut, Leuven)
12:30 Surgery for advanced stage oesophageal cancer (P. Thomas, Marseille)
13:00 Lunch
Chairmen G. Massard & I. Bellenis (Strasbourg, Athens)
Session III Complications after Lung Cancer Surgery
14:00 Rare complications after pulmonary resection: (M. Riquet, Paris)
(torsion, infarct, chylothorax)
14:30 Postlobectomy bronchial stump fistula and pleural space problems: (H.S. Ris, Lausanne)
surgical options
15:00 ARDS after pneumonectomy (S. Jordan, London)
15:30 Coffee break
Session IV Surgery of the Diaphragm
16:00 Blunt and penetrating traumatic ruptures of the diaphragm (M. De Groot, Cape Town)
16:30 Indications and results of phrenic nerve pacing (F. Le Pimpec-Barthes, Paris)
17:00 Indication and techniques for the treatment of diaphragmatic paralysis (N. Vernissac, Nice)
17:30 Opening Reception


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THORACIC TECHNO MEETING
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 8:30–13:00
Organiser M. Mueller (Vienna)
‘The Thoracic Cage’
Chairmen M. Mueller & W. Coosemans (Vienna, Leuven)
08:30 Introduction to Case Report for Live Surgery (W. Coosemans, Leuven)
Chest Wall Reconstruction
09:00 Autologous material (P. Giovanoli, Zurich)
09:30 Heterologous material (A. Chapelier, Suresnes)
Sternal Closure Systems
10:00 Materials to close sternum (R. Gustafsson, Lund)
10:30 Coffee break
Chest Wall Instability
11:00 Flail chest (J. Borrelly, Nancy)
11:30 Spontaneous chest wall herniation (M. Mueller, Vienna)
Chest Wall Deformities
12:00 Anterior deformities: one method fits all (F. Robicsek, Charlotte)
12:30 Pectus carinatum (Live Surgery from University Hospital Gasthuisberg) (W. Coosemans, Leuven)
13:00 Lunch


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JOINT ERS-ESTS SESSION
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 9:00–10:30
Organisers S. Hartl (Secretary-General elect ERS), D. Van Raemdonck (General Secretary ESTS)
‘MEDIASTINAL STAGING FOR NSCLC’
Chairmen S. Hartl, D. Van Raemdonck, R. Tsuchiya (Vienna, Leuven, Tokyo)
09:00 Collaboration between ERS and ESTS (S. Hartl, Vienna)
09:05 The importance of mediastinal staging (R. Rami-Porta, Barcelona)
09:10 The place of non-invasive techniques (CT & PET-CT) (W. De Wever, Leuven)
09:25 The place of minimally invasive techniques (EBUS-EUS) (D. Becker, Heidelberg)
09:40 The place of invasive techniques (mediastino – VEMLA-thoracoscopy) (D. Lardinois, Zurich)
09:55 A place for molecular staging techniques? (S. Hillinger, Zurich)
10:10 Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break


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MONDAY, 4 JUNE 2007
08:25-8:30 OPENING REMARKS
GA2 Richard Berrisford, President – Gaetano Rocco, President elect
08:30-10:30 Session 1-Brompton Session
GA2 Brompton Prize (1000 {euro}) for Best Abstract by first author ESTS member
Oral 8 x 15’ (10’ presentation + 5’ discussion)
Chairmen Peter Goldstraw, Gaetano Rocco, Dirk Van Raemdonck (UK, Italy, Belgium)
08:30 001-O (29438) MULTICENTRIC ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AFTER MAJOR LUNG RESECTIONS BY USING THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OBJECTIVE SCORE
A. Brunelli, G. Varela, P. Van Schil, M. Salati, N. Novoa, J.M. Hendriks, M.F. Jimenez, P. Lauwers (Italy, Spain, Belgium)
08:45 002-O (29513) PROPHYLACTIC CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE AFTER LUNG LOBECTOMY
A. Bobbio, L. Ampollini, E. Internullo, A. Ramelli, A. Mazzeo, A. Casati, P. Carbognani, M. Rusca (Italy)
09:00 003-O (29582) A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ON MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY (MIE) FOR CANCER
G. Decker, W. Coosemans, P. De Leyn, P. Nafteux, D. Van Raemdonck, T. Lerut (Belgium, Luxembourg)
09:15 004-O (29409) AIRWAY COLONIZATION AND POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION FOR OESOPHAGEAL CANCER
X.B. D'Journo, P. Michelet, L. Papazian, M. Reynaud-Gaubert, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P. Fuentes, P.A. Thomas (France)
09:30 005-O (29813) SUBLOBAR RESECTIONS IN STAGE IA NSCLC: SEGMENTECTOMIES RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER CANCER-RELATED SURVIVAL THAN WEDGE RESECTIONS
W. Sienel, S. Dango, A. Kirschbaum, W. Hörth, T. Szöke, C. Stremmel, B. Passlick (Germany)
09:45 006-O (29836) PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY: THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE IN EUROPE
E. Internullo, S.D. Cassivi, D. Van Raemdonck, G. Friedel, T. Treasure, & metastasectomy working group
(Belgium, USA, Germany, UK)
10:00 007-O (29702) PTEN EXPRESSION IN HUMAN MESOTHELIOMA TISSUE IS A STRONG PREDICTOR OF SURVIVAL
I. Opitz, A. Soltermann, M. Abaecherli, D. Lardinois, H. Moch, V. Rousson, R. Stahel, W. Weder (Switzerland)
10:15 008-O (29739) THE ROLE OF VATS DECORTICATION IN THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA (MPM)
A. Nakas, A.E. Martin Ucar, J.G. Edwards, D.A. Waller (UK)
11:00-11:30 GA2 Session 2-Interesting Cases
Tyco Prize (Free VATS Masterclass Elancourt) for Best Interactive Presentation
Interactive Presentation 3 x 10'
Chairmen Tom Treasure, Semih Halezeroglu (UK, Turkey)
This session is sponsored by TYCO
11:00 009-I (29761) A RARE CASE OF HAEMOPTOE
A. Vagvolgyi, P. Sapy, L. Toth, E. Szolnoki, S.Sz. Kiss (Hungary)
11:10 010-I (29745) ACUTE CHEST TRAUMA
A. Lahana, A. Koliopoulou, A. Piyis, S. Capogiannis, E. Evodia, A. Cascadamis, P. Chlorocostas, K. Tsolakis (Greece)
11:20 011-I (29537) A TUMOR IN THE LUNG
P.F. Stillhard, M. Heitz, H. Frick, M. Kuhn, M. Furrer (Switzerland)
11:30-12:00 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
GA2 Richard Berrisford, President ESTS
"Back to the future"
Introducer Gaetano Rocco, President-elect ESTS
12:00-13:00 INVITED LECTURE
GA2 Captain Peter Stevenson BA (Hons)
‘Patient Safety-Lessons from Aviation, Nuclear Power and other Safety-Critical industries’
Introducer Richard Berrisford, President ESTS
14:00-15:30 GA2 Session 3-Pulmonary Neoplastic
Oral 6 x 15’ (10’ presentation + 5’ discussion)
Chairmen Paul De Leyn, Didier Lardinois (Belgium, Switzerland)
14:00 012-O (29595) THE DANISH RANDOMIZED LUNG CANCER CT SCREENING TRIAL. RESULTS AT BASELINE
J.H. Pedersen, A. Dirksen, K. Bach, H. Hansen, B.G. Skov, P. Tonnesen (Denmark)
14:15 013-O (29722) A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PERIOPERATIVE RISKS AND FUNCTIONAL RESULTS IN SLEEVE RESECTIONS
J. Schirren, T. Bergmann, S. Bölükbas, A. Fisseler-Eckhoff, A. Fischer, S. Beqiri (Germany)
14:30 014-O (29571) ACCURACY OF 16-CHANNEL MULTI-DETECTOR ROW CHEST CT WITH THIN SECTION IN THE DETECTION OF METASTATIC PULMONARY NODULES
C. Kang, M. Kang, Y. Kim, H. Lee, J. Goo, J. Kim (Korea (South))
14:45 015-O (29444) CONCURRENT INDUCTION RADIO-CHEMOTHERAPY FOR STAGES IIB/III NSCLC YIELDS A HIGH RATE OF PATHOLOGIC COMPLETE RESPONSE
N. Santelmo, N. Pourel, N. Naffaa, W. Hilgers, F. Reboul (France)
15:00 016-O (29556) COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER OF PRE-, INTRA- AND POSTOPERATIVE LUNG METASTASES
C. Ludwig, J. Cerinza, B. Passlick, E. Stoelben (Germany)
15:15 017-O (29774) COMPLETELY RESECTED PN1 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: PROGNOSTIC VARIABILITY IN A POPULATION BASED STUDY
A. Gonfiotti, A. Caldarella, C.E. Comin, E.Crocetti, A. Lopes Pegna, E. Paci, A. Janni (Italy)
14:00-15:30 Session 4-Young Investigator Award GA1 YIA (1000 {euro}) for Best Research Paper by first author <35 years
Forum 9 x 10’ (7’ presentation + 3’ discussion)
Chairmen G. Alec Patterson, Bernward Passlick (USA, Germany)
14:00 018-F (29369) EFFECTIVENESS OF GABAPENTIN IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC POST-THORACOTOMY PAIN
S. Okan, M. Muzaffer, E. Hidir, S. Özlem, Y. Mehmet, P. Atilla, G. Atilla, K. Vural (Turkey)
14:10 019-F (29567) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ANALGESIC QUALITY IN THE POSTOPERATIVE OF THORACOTOMY: PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK WITH BUPIVACAINE 0.5% VS. ROPIVACAINE 0.2%
J.J. Fibla, L. Molins, A. Sierra, J.M. Mier, G. Vidal (Spain)
14:20 020-F (29624) IMPROVING THE SURGERY FOR SIGMOID ACHALASIA: LONG-TERM RESULTS OF A TECHNICAL DETAIL
E. Faccani, S. Mattioli, M.L. Lugaresi, M.P. Di Simone, T. Bartalena, V. Pilotti (Italy)
14:30 021-F (29720) DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOME AFTER LVRS DEPENDING UPON BMI
P. Vaughan, I. Oey, M. Steiner, M. Morgan, D.A. Waller (UK)
14:40 022-F (29604) PULMONARY RESECTION OF NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
S. Bölükbas, S. Beqiri, T. Bergmann, S. Trainer, A. Fisseler-Eckhoff, J. Schmitz, J. Schirren (Germany)
14:50 023-F (29697) CUT-OFF VALUE OF PET TO DETECT MEDIASTINAL LYMPHATIC METASTASIS OF NSCLC; NEW SUGGESTIONS
H. Melek, M.Z. Gunluoglu, A. Demir, H.V. Kara, B. Medetoglu, S.I. Dincer (Turkey)
15:00 024-F (29588) BASIC INTERRUPTED VS. CONTINUOUS SUTURING TECHNIQUES IN BRONCHIAL ANOSTOMOSIS FOLLOWING ‘SLEEVE’ LOBECTOMY IN DOGS
A.S. Bayram, M.M. Erol, H. Salcy, S. Görgül, C. Gebitekin (Turkey)
15:10 025-F (29419) HAEMODYNAMIC COMPLICATIONS AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY: ATRIAL INFLOW OBSTRUCTION AND REOPENING OF THE FORAMEN OVALE
C. Aigner, G. Lang, S. Taghavi, A. Hoda, G. Marta, H. Baumgartner, W. Klepetko (Austria)
15:20 026-F (29763) MULTIFOCAL T4 NSCLC: A HETEROGENOUS PROGNOSTIC GROUP
D. Trousse, X.B. D'Journo, J. P. Avaro, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P.A. Fuentes, P.A. Thomas (France)
16:00-17:30 GA2 Session 5-Pulmonary Non-Neoplastic
Oral 6 x 15’ (10’ presentation + 5’ discussion)
Chairmen Detlev Branscheid, Mark de Groot (Germany, South Africa)
16:00 027-O (29674) OXYGEN DESATURATION DURING MAXIMAL STAIR CLIMBING TEST AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
M. Refai, A. Brunelli, F. Xiumé, M. Salati, R. Marasco, V. Sciarra, L. Socci, A. Sabbatini (Italy)
16:15 028-O (29640) A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE THE POST-PNEUMONECTOMY CLINICAL STATE
C.N. Foroulis, M. Sileli, M. Konstantinou, A.G. Lioulias, C. Papakonstantinou (Greece)
16:30 029-O (29511) POSTOPERATIVE EXACERBATION OF COPD. DOES IT EXIST?
F. Leo, N. Venissac, P. Solli, A. Minniti, P. Filosso, J. Jougon, U. Pastorino, A. Oliaro, L. Spaggiari, J. Mouroux (Italy)
16:45 030-O (29412) QUALITY OF LIFE EVOLUTION AFTER SURGERY FOR PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
B. Balduyck, J. Hendriks, P. Lauwers, P. Van Schil (Belgium)
17:00 031-O (29666) PHARMACOECONOMICS OF FLEECE-BOUND SEALING (TACHOSIL®) OF AIR LEAKS IN LUNG SURGERY: EVALUATION OF A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED TRIAL
U.C. Anegg, R. Rychlik, F.M. Smolle-Jüttner (Austria, Germany)
17:15 032-O (29703) VATS LOBECTOMY BY A STANDARDISED ANTERIOR APPROACH
H.J. Hansen, R. Petersen, M. Christensen (Denmark)
16:00-17:30 GA1 Session 6-Innovative Techniques / Experimental
Forum 9 x 10’ (7’ presentation + 3’ discussion)
Chairmen Federico Venuta, Walter Weder (Italy, Switzerland)
16:00 033-F (29650) THE RIGHT UPPER LOBE PULMONARY RESECTION PERFORMED THROUGH THE TRANSCERVICAL APPROACH
M. Zielinski, J. Pankowski, L. Hauer, J. Kuzdzal, T. Nabialek (Poland)
16:10 034-F (29777) EFFICACY OF INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK AFTER THORACOTOMY
O. Tiffet, D. Rosay, D. Kaczmarek, B. Guillot, C. Auboyer, S. Molliex (France)
16:20 035-F (29531) TRANSGASTRIC DRAINAGE OF THE OESOPHAGUS – MANAGING DIFFICULT OESOPHAGEAL LEAKS
R.G. Berrisford, R. Krishnadas, P.O. Froeschle, S. Wajed (UK)
16:30 036-F (29698) LIGASURE VS. STAPLER FOR MINOR LUNG RESECTIONS. ANALYSIS OF RESULTS AND COSTS
G. Vicidomini, M. Santini, A. Fiorello, E. Di. Lieto, P. Laperuta, A. Perrone, F. Napolitano (Italy)
16:40 037-F (29421) HYBRID VATS ANATOMIC PULMONARY RESECTION FOR PRIMARY LUNG CANCER USING WOUND RETRACTION SYSTEM
Y. Tsunezuka, Y. Shimizu, Y. Tanaka (Japan)
16:50 038-F (29693) THE OPTIMAL COMBINED APPLICATION TECHNIQUE OF FIBRIN SEALANT AND BIOABSORBABLE FELT AGAINST ALVEOLAR AIR LEAKAGE
H. Itano(Japan)
17:00 039-F (29455) DISTRIBUTION OF FREE AND LIPOSOMAL-ENCAPSULATED DOXORUBICIN AFTER ISOLATED LUNG PERFUSION IN A SARCOMA MODEL
H. Yan, C. Cheng, S. Lopes, T. Krueger, J. Ballini, L.A. Decosterd, H. Ris, S. Andrejevic-Blant (Switzerland)
17:10 040-F (29696) INTRAVITAL MAPPING OF MESOTHELIOMA RECURRENCE AFTER TUMOUR RESECTION IN A SMALL ANIMAL MODEL
I. Opitz, A. Hollenstein, D. Glauser, C. Fraefel, M. Ackermann, M. Pruschy, D. Lardinois, W. Weder (Switzerland)
17:20 041-F (29715) ILK REACTIVITY IN HUMAN MESOTHELIAL CELL PROLIFERATION
S.B. Watzka, U. Setinek, G. Weigel, H. Cantonati, P.H. Hollaus, M.R. Müller (Austria)


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TUESDAY, 5 JUNE 2007
08:30-13:00 THORACIC TECHNO MEETING
GA2 ‘The Thoracic Cage’
Chairmen: Michael Mueller, Willy Coosemans (Austria, Belgium)
13:00-14:00 TYCO SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
GA3 ‘The use of ligasure in advanced pediatric thoracoscopic surgery, from blebectomy to lobectomy’ Dr S.S. Rothenberg
Chairmen Gaetano Rocco, Henrik J Hansen (Italy, Denmark)
This symposium is sponsored by Tyco
14:00-15:30 GA2 Session 7-Chest Wall / Diaphragm / Pleura
Oral 6 x 15’ (10’ presentation + 5’ discussion)
Chairmen Stephen Cassivi, Laureano Molins (USA, Spain)
14:00 042-O (29643) CHYLOTHORAX COMPLICATING THORACIC SURGERY: A PERCUTANEOUS DIAGNOSTIC AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
D.J. Boffa, M.J. Sands, T.W. Rice, S.C. Murthy, D.P. Mason, M.A. Geisinger (USA)
14:15 043-O (29744) LOCALIZED MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA: A SEPARATE CLINICAL ENTITY?
A. Nakas, A.E. Martin Ucar, J.G. Edwards, D.A. Waller (UK)
14:30 044-O (29502) SURGICAL RESECTION IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC PARAMETER IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA (MPM)
P. Borasio, A. Berruti, A. Billé, P. Lausi, M. Giaj Levra, R. Giardino, F. Ardissone (Italy)
14:45 045-O (29712) EARLY RESULTS FOLLOWING THE NUSS OPERATION FOR PECTUS EXCAVATUM-A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE OF 385 PATIENTS
H.K. Pilegaard, P.B. Licht (Denmark)
15:00 046-O (29721) LONG-TERM RESULTS OF DIAPHRAGMATIC PLICATION IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH UNILATERAL DIAPHRAGMATIC
PARALYSIS
S. Celik, M. Çelik (Turkey)
15:15 047-O (29637) MISDIAGNOSED TRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE (TDR): DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT IS STILL A SURGICAL CHALLENGE.
C. Chatziantoniou, P.T. Michos, I. Gakidis, N. Marinos (Greece)
14:00-15:30 GA1 Session 8-Pulmonary Neoplastic
Forum 9 x 10’ (7’ presentation + 3’ discussion)
Chairmen David Waller, Gonzalo Varela (UK, Spain)
14:00 048-F (29795) SYSTEMATIC MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY DOES NOT INCREASE POSTOPERATIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE AFTER
MAJOR LUNG RESECTIONS
T.J. Szczesny, R. Slotwinski, B. Szczygiel, A. Stankiewicz, M. Zaleska, M. Kopacz (Poland)
14:10 049-F (29518) LYMPH NODE MICROMETASTASIS AND ISOLATED TUMOR CELLS IN STAGE I NSCLC: PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE
O. Rena, L. Carsana, S. Cristina, E. Papalia, F. Massera, L. Errico, C. Bozzola, C. Casadio (Italy)
14:20 050-F (29503) DOWN-STAGING AND SURVIVAL AFTER INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY AND CHEMO-RADIOTHERAPY FOR IIIA NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER BULKY DISEASE
G. Stamatis, T. Krbek, S. Fechner, S. Welter (Germany)
14:30 051-F (29725) LATE RESULTS OF LUNG CANCER RESECTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SIMULTANEOUSLY OFF-PUMP CABG
W. Dyszkiewicz, C. Piwkowski, M. Jemielity, B. Perek (Poland)
14:40 052-F (29820) SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY GROUND GLASS OPACITIES IN A EUROPEAN SETTING
M.V. Infante, F.R. Lutman, G. Brambilla, S. Imparato, U. Cariboni, M. Alloisio, E. Bottoni, V. Errico, F. Inzirillo, G. Ravasi (Italy)
14:50 053-F (29700) LUNG CANCER AS A SECOND PRIMARY MALIGNANT TUMOR: PROGNOSTIC VALUES
J. Furák, I. Troján, T. Szöke, A. Wolfárd, I. Németh, L. Tiszlavicz, G. Lázár (Hungary)
15:00 054-F (29512) INTRAOPERATIVE MEDIASTINOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND (MUS) IS BETTER THAN CT IN JUDGING MEDIASTINAL INFILTRATION (CT3/4) FROM LUNG CANCER
M. Wolf, B. Witte, M. Huertgen (Germany)
15:10 055-F (29729) ROLE OF INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND IN MEDIASTINAL STAGING IN NON SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER SURGERY
N. Ilic, A. Petricevic, J. Juricic, J. Banovic, A. Tripkovic, N. Frleta Ilic, I. Tripkovic (Croatia (Hrvatska))
15:20 056-F (29554) COMPARING RIGHT LOWER LOBE SLEEVE LOBECTOMY WITH BILOBECTOMY IN TREATMENT OF BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA
C. Ludwig, P. Morand, J. Schnell, E. Stoelben (Germany)
16:00-17:30 GA2 Session 9-Oesophagus / Mediastinum
Oral 6 x 15’ (10’ presentation + 5’ discussion)
Chairmen Thomas Rice, Richard Berrisford (USA, UK)
16:00 057-O (29717) OUTCOME AFTER OESOPHAGECTOMY FOR CANCER OF THE OESOPHAGUS AND GEJ IN PATIENTS AGED OVER 75 YEARS
E. Internullo, J. Moons, P. Nafteux, W. Coosemans, G. Decker, P. De Leyn, D. Van Raemdonck, T. Lerut (Belgium)
16:15 058-O (29848) FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH) FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION (GEJ) ADENOCARCINOMA BEFORE AGE OF 40 YEARS
A. Ruffato, N. Rizk, M. Bains, V. Rusch, M. Brennan, D. Coit, J. Shia, D. Klimstra, L. Tang (USA)
16:30 059-O (29410) INDICATION AND OUTCOME OF SALVAGE OESOPHAGECTOMY FOR OESOPHAGEAL CANCER
X.B. D'Journo, J. Avaro, P. Michelet, D. Trousse, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P. Fuentes, P.A. Thomas (France)
16:45 060-O (29596) EBUS-TBNA FOR MEDIASTINAL RESTAGING
M. Krasnik, P. Vilmann, B.G. Skov, R. Eberhardt, F. Herth (Denmark)
17:00 061-O (29764) CAN ENDOESOPHAGEAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EUS-FNA) REPLACE MEDIASTINOSCOPY IN MEDIASTINAL STAGING OF THORACIC MALIGNANCIES?
B. Witte, W. Neumeister, M. Huertgen (Germany)
17:15 062-O (29439) THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THYMOMA PLEURAL RECURRENCES
M. Lucchi, M. Ambrogi, F. Davini, P. Dini, F. Melfi, L. Duranti, A. Picchi, A. Mussi (Italy)
16:0-17:30 GA1 Session 10-Airway / Transplantation
Forum 9 x 10’ (7’ presentation + 3’ discussion)
Chairmen Douglas Wood, Pascal Thomas (USA, France)
16:00 063-F (29638) THE MODE OF DEATH IN THE NON-HEART-BEATING DONOR HAS AN IMPACT ON LUNG GRAFT QUALITY
C. Van De Wauwer, A. Neyrinck, N. Geudens, F. Rega, G.M. Verleden, T. Lerut, D. Van Raemdonck (Belgium)
16:10 064-F (29510) SHOULD CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS BE PRIORITIZED FOR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION?
C. Piwkowski, D. Van Raemdonck, L. Dupont, G.M. Verleden, K. De Boeck, W. Coosemans, G. Decker, P. De Leyn, P. Nafteux, T. Lerut (Belgium, Poland)
16:20 065-F (29829) LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT BODY MASS INDEX AND EARLY OUTCOME
J. Moradiellos, P. Gámez, M. Córdoba, D. Gómez, C. Garcia-Gallo, R. Laporta, A. Varela (Spain)
16:30 066-F (29834) SUPERIOR SURVIVAL AFTER BILATERAL VS. SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR EMPHYSEMA CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY A DIFFERENT RATE IN BOS
H. Decaluwe, C. Van De Wauwer, D. Van Raemdonck, L. Dupont, G. Verleden, W. Coosemans, G. Decker, P. De Leyn, P. Nafteux, T. Lerut (Belgium)
16:40 067-F (29453) INTRATHORACIC AIRWAY DEFECTS CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY BRIDGED BY EXTRATHORACIC MUSCLE FLAPS, EVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF COMPLEX AIRWAY RECONSTRUCTUIONS
H. Ris, T. Krueger, C. Cheng, P. Pasche, P. Monnier (Switzerland)
16:50 068-F (29612) MAIN BRONCHIAL SLEEVE RESECTION WITH PULMONARY CONSERVATION
I. Cordos, C. Bolca, C. Paleru, M. Codresi, R. Matache (Romania)
17:00 069-F (29726) ISOLATED RESECTION OF BIFURCATION AND MAIN STUMP BRONCHUS
S. Beqiri, S. Bölükbas, T. Bergmann, S. Trainer, A. Fisseler-Eckhoff, K. Bruckmoser, J. Schirren (Germany)
17:10 070-F (29786) TREATMENT OF AIR LEAKS WITH ONE-WAY ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVES
F. Venuta, T. De Giacomo, D. Diso, M. Anile, E.A. Rendina, F. Francioni, C. Ricella, V. Liparulo, F. Pugliese, G.F. Coloni(Italy)
17:20 071-F (29614) APPLICATION OF AUTOLOGOUS FIBRIN SEALANT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES DURATION OF DRAINAGE AFTER LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY. A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED BLINDED STUDY
C. Moser, I. Opitz, W. Zhai, V. Rousson, E. Russi, W. Weder, D. Lardinois (Switzerland)


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WEDNESDAY, 6 JUNE 2007
08:00-09:00 GA2 Session 11-Best Posters (Mixed)
Moderated Poster 12 x 5’ (3’ presentation + 2’ discussion)
Chairmen Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Adelheid End, Georges Decker, Godehard Friedel (Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany)
8:00 102-P (29685) THE ROLE OF FDG-PET FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MALIGN AND BENIGN PLEURAL DISEASES
A. Orki, H. Ciftci, A.E. Tasci, O. Akin, O. Falay, G. Olgac, C.A. Kutlu (Turkey)
8:05 103-P (29592) EARLY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER PULMONARY RESECTION: IS VATS LOBECTOMY REALLY SUPERIOR TO OPEN SURGERY?
G. Casali, W. Walker (UK)
8:10 104-P (29460) 30-DAY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF PNEUMONECTOMY AND SLEEVE LOBECTOMY IN PATIENTS OLDER VS. YOUNGER THAN 70 YEARS
E. Melloul, T. Krueger, C. Cheng, B. Egger, H. Ris (Switzerland)
8:15 105-P (29605) PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF WHO HISTOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF THYMOMAS
M. Narski, B. Papla, L. Rudnicka, J. Kuzdzal, M. Zielinski (Poland)
8:20 106-P (29692) THE ROLE OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN MEDIASTINAL LYMPHATIC STAGING OF NSCLC
H. Melek, M.Z. Gunluoglu, A. Demir, H. Akin, A. Olcmen, S.I. Dincer (Turkey)
8:25 107-P (29535) THE DECISION TO OPERATE: ROLE OF FUSION FDG PET-CT IN STAGING OESOPHAGEAL AND OESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION CANCER BY THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
R.G. Berrisford, W. Wong, G. Farrant, E. Toy, K. Mitchell, S. Wajed (UK)
8:30 108-P (29474) EXTRACAPSULAR LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IS A STRONG NEGATIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN LOCALLY ADVANCED OESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENTS
X.B. D'Journo, J.P. Avaro, L. Dahan, A.M Tasei, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P.A. Fuentes, J.F. Seitz, P.A. Thomas (France)
8:35 109-P (29816) MULTIPLE BILATERAL PRIMARY NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER. A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SYNCHRONOUS DISEASE
D. Trousse, X.B. D'Journo, J.P. Avaro, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P.A. Fuentes, P.A. Thomas (France)
8:40 110-P (29765) EARLY RESULTS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TECHNIQUES FOR INTRAOPERATIVE PLEURAL LAVAGE CYTOLOGY IN NSCLC: METHODOLOGY MATTERS!
A.J. Poncelet, C. Coulon, J. Cornet, P. Noirhomme, P. Collard, B. Weynand (Belgium)
8:45 111-P (29509) THE PLACE OF PLEURAL FLUID CULTURE FOLLOWING THORACIC SURGERY
J. Pilling, J. Phadnis, A. Rashid, P. Goldstraw, G. Ladas, M. Dusmet (UK)
8:50 112-P (29434) IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE TWO CHEST DRAINS AFTER A LOBECTOMY?
D. Mittapalli, M. Devbhandari, R. Shah (UK)
8:55 113-P (29833) EARLY OUTCOME OF LUNG TRANSPLANTS WITH DONORS AGED 50 AND OLDER
J. Moradiellos, P. Gámez, M. Córdoba, D. Gómez, R. Laporta, C. Garcia-Gallo, A. Varela (Spain)
08:00-09:00 GA1 Session 12-Video (Mixed)
Video 6 x 10 minutes (8’ presentation + 2’ discussion)
Chairmen Philippe Nafteux, Danail Petrov (Belgium, Bulgaria)
08:00 072-V (29634) THYMECTOMY IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS VIA VIDEO-ASSISTED INFRA-MAMMARY COSMETIC INCISION
P. Granone, E. Meacci, S. Margaritora, V. Porziella, G. Cusumano, M. Vita (Italy)
08:10 073-V (29486) A CHALLENGE IN THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY: PULMONARY AZYGOS LOBE
J. Miranda, J.C. Mota, M.M. Vieira (Portugal)
08:20 074-V (29620) MULTIPLE PULMONARY METASTASES OF RENAL-SARCOMA – CASE REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF 269
METASTASES RESECTED BY A NEW LASER SYSTEM
A. Rolle, A. Pereszlenyi, A. Schilling, B. Rudek (Germany)
08:30 075-V (29749) SUTURELESS NONANATOMICAL PULMONARY RESECTION
Z. Szántó, O. Kovács, T. Dinka (Hungary)
08:40 076-V (29793) NOVEL VIDEO-ASSISTED TECHNIQUE FOR RESECTION OF LARGE MEDIASTINAL HEMANGIOMA
H. Sirbu, W. Schreiner, R. Autschbach (Germany)
08:50 077-V (29468) MODIFIED TRANSMANUBRIAL OSTEOMUSCULAR SPARING APPROACH FOR RESECTION OF T1 VERTEBRAL TUMOR
G. Di Rienzo, C. Surrente, C. Lopez, G. Greco, L. Garrisi, A.L. Urgese, A. Lacitignola, A. Montinaro (Italy)
09:00-10:30 GA2 JOINT ERS-ESTS SESSION
‘Mediastinal Staging for NSCLC’
Chairmen Sylvia Hartl (secretary-general elect, ERS)-Dirk Van Raemdonck (general secretary, ESTS) Ryosuke Tsuchiya (Japan)
This session is organised in collaboration with ERS
11:00-13:00 GA2 Session 13-Mixed Malignant
Forum 12 x 10’ (7’ presentation + 3’ discussion)
Chairmen Andrew Thorpe, UK-Mariano Garcia-Yuste, Spain
11:00 078-F (29607) SLEEVE LOBECTOMY OR PNEUMONECTOMY AFTER INDUCTION CHEMORADIOTHERAPY: RESULTS OF A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE
S. Margaritora, V. Porziella, E. Meacci, A. Cesario, A. Piraino, T. Congedo, S. Cafarotti, P. Granone (Italy)
11:10 079-F (29533) INDUCTION THERAPY DOES NOT INCREASE MORBIDITY AFTER SLEEVE LOBECTOMY OR PNEUMONECTOMY
D Lardinois, S Wrann, P Kestenholz, D Schneiter, W Weder (Switzerland)
11:20 080-F (29794) TRACHEAL SLEEVE PNEUMONECTOMY FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC): SHORT AND LONG-TERM RESULTS IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
F. Rea, G. Marulli, M. Schiavon, A. Zuin, M. Loy, A. Hamad, P. Feltracco, F. Sartori (Italy)
11:30 081-F (29687) SLEEVE PNEUMONECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER. SURVIVAL AND COMPLICATIONS
D.R. Subotic, D.V. Mandaric, N.D. Atanasijadis, L.M. Andric (Serbia and Montenegro)
11:40 082-F (29442) OUTCOME AFTER EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
C. Aigner, M. Reza Hoda, G. Lang, S. Taghavi, G. Marta, W. Klepetko (Austria)
11:50 083-F (29573) MANAGEMENT OF SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR OF THE PLEURA (SFTP) – A TWO INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
M. Krüger, S. Decker, M. Tönnies, M. Ermitsch, D. Kaiser (Germany)
12:00 084-F (29584) DOES VIDEO-MEDIASTINOSCOPY IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF CONVENTIONAL MEDIASTINOSCOPY?
G. Leschber, J. Merk, D. Sperling, W. Klemm (Germany)
12:10 085-F (29766) VIDEO-ASSISTED MEDIASTINOSCOPIC LYMPHADENECTOMY (VAMLA) VS. OPEN LYMPHADENECTOMY
B. Witte, A. Messerschmid, M. Wolf, M. Huertgen (Germany)
12:20 086-F (29750) TRANSCERVICAL EXTENDED MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY (TEMLA) – RESULTS OF STAGING IN 284 PATIENTS
WITH NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC)
M. Zielinski, L. Hauer, J. Kuzdzal, J. Hauer, J. Pankowski, T. Nabialek (Poland)
12:30 087-F (29845) OUTCOME FOLLOWING RESECTION OF PULMONARY METASTASES FROM UTERINE CANCER (WITHDRAWN)
D. Rice, A. Correa, R. Wynn, P. Ramirez, W. Hofstetter, R. Mehran, S. Swisher, A. Vaporciyan, J. Roth (USA)
12:40 088-F (29699) SECONDARY LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY METASTASES
A. Reshetov, P. Yablonsky, R. Orlova, F. Markin, A. Pichurov (Russian Federation)
12:50 089-F (29490) RESECTIONS LARGER THAN PNEUMONECTOMY – LONG-TERM SURVIVAL
T. Grodzki, J. Alchimowicz, A. Kozak, B. Kubisa, J. Pierog, J. Wojcik (Poland)
11:00-13:00 GA1 Session 14-Mixed Benign
Forum 12 x 10’ (7’ presentation + 3’ discussion)
Chairmen Sandro Mattioli, Pavel Pafko (Italy, Czech Republic)
11:00 090-F (29753) USE OF PLEURX CATHETER TO MANAGE MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
W.H. Warren (USA)
11:10 091-F (29808) WHO WILL DEVELOP PLEURODESIS FAILURE AFTER VATS TALC POUDRAGE? THE ROLE OF INTRAPLEURAL C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
R.I. Gasparri, F. Leo, A. Borri, G. Veronesi, P. Solli, F. Petrella, D. Galetta, P. Scanagatta, L. Spaggiari (Italy)
11:20 092-F (29648) VATS OR OPEN PLEURECTOMY FOR SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
R.A. Qureshi (UK)
11:30 093-F (29821) PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER NUSS PROCEDURE – IS THIS A SERIOUS CLINICAL PROBLEM?
J. Adamczak, K. Pawlak, W. Dyszkiewicz, P. Zielinski, M. Kasprzyk, C. Piwkowski (Poland)
11:40 094-F (29682) STERNAL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR PRIMARY OR SECONDARY TUMORS: OUR EXPERIENCE
A. Gonfiotti, P.M. Gigli, M. Dini, R. Capanna, D. Campanacci, A. Janni (Italy)
11:50 095-F (29587) DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM AND INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN TIETZE'S SYNDROME
T. Kaplan, S. Han, B. Koçer, S. Naldöken, G. Gülbahar, A. Özsoy, Ü. Sakinci (Turkey)
12:00 096-F (29564) LEARNING CURVE IN VIDEOTHORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY: HOW MANY OPERATIONS AND WHICH SITUATIONS?
A. Toker, S. Tanju, S. Ziyade, S. Dilege (Turkey)
12:10 097-F (29501) BILATERAL THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY: RESULTS AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
R. Jeganathan, S. Jordan, S. Grant, O. Diamond, M. Jones, P. Sidhu, A. Graham, K. McManus, J. McGuigan (UK)
12:20 098-F (29788) CHANGING PROGNOSIS OF SPONTANEOUS ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF 55 CASES IN A SINGLE CENTER
J.A. Salo, J.V. Räsänen, M. Hynninen, E.I. Sihvo (Finland)
12:30 099-F (29629) LEFT THORACIC-LAPAROSCOPIC COLLIS-NISSEN ANTIREFLUX PROCEDURE FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
M. Mandrioli, S. Mattioli, M.L. Lugaresi, V. Pilotti, L. Ferruzi, F. D'Ovidio (Italy, USA)
12:40 100-F (29716) LONG-TERM RESULTS OF REDO GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE SURGERY
J.P. Avaro, X.B. D'Journo, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P.A. Fuentes, P.A. Thomas (France)
12:50 101-F (29831) INTERMEDIATE RESULTS OF PRIMARY AND REDO TRANSTHORACIC REPAIRS OF PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS
M.D. Taylor, A.S. Nagji, B.D. Kozower, T.M. Daniel, D.R. Jones (USA)


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Monday 4 June – Tuesday 5 June 2007 – Wednesday 6 June 2007
Monday 08:30-17:30 POSTERS
Tuesday 08:30-17:30 Greek Pioneer Prize (500 {euro}) for Best Poster
Wednesday 08:00-13:00
Jury 1: Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Germany & Adelheid End, Austria
Jury 2: Georges Decker, Luxembourg & Godehard Friedel, Germany
102-P (29685) THE ROLE OF FDG-PET FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MALIGN AND BENIGN PLEURAL DISEASES
A. Orki, H. Ciftci, A.E. Tasci, O. Akin, O. Falay, G. Olgac, C.A. Kutlu (Turkey)
103-P (29592) EARLY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER PULMONARY RESECTION: IS VATS LOBECTOMY REALLY SUPERIOR TO OPEN SURGERY?
G. Casali, W. Walker (UK)
104-P (29460) 30-DAY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF PNEUMONECTOMY AND SLEEVE LOBECTOMY IN PATIENTS OLDER VS. YOUNGER THAN 70 YEARS
E. Melloul, T. Krueger, C. Cheng, B. Egger, H. Ris (Switzerland)
105-P (29605) PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF WHO HISTOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF THYMOMAS
M. Narski, B. Papla, L. Rudnicka, J. Kuzdzal, M. Zielinski (Poland)
106-P (29692) THE ROLE OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN MEDIASTINAL LYMPHATIC STAGING OF NSCLC
H. Melek, M.Z. Gunluoglu, A. Demir, H. Akin, A. Olcmen, S.I. Dincer (Turkey)
107-P (29535) THE DECISION TO OPERATE: ROLE OF FUSION FDG PET-CT IN STAGING OESOPHAGEAL AND
OESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION CANCER BY THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
R.G. Berrisford, W. Wong, G. Farrant, E. Toy, K. Mitchell, S. Wajed (UK)
108-P (29474) EXTRACAPSULAR LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IS A STRONG NEGATIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN
LOCALLY ADVANCED OESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENTS
X.B. D'Journo, J.P. Avaro, L. Dahan, A.M. Tasei, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P.A. Fuentes, J.F. Seitz, P.A. Thomas (France)
109-P (29816) MULTIPLE BILATERAL PRIMARY NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER. A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SYNCHRONOUS DISEASE
D. Trousse, X.B. D'Journo, J.P. Avaro, C. Doddoli, R. Giudicelli, P.A. Fuentes, P.A. Thomas (France)
110-P (29765) EARLY RESULTS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TECHNIQUES FOR INTRAOPERATIVE PLEURAL LAVAGE CYTOLOGY IN NSCLC: METHODOLOGY MATTERS!
A.J. Poncelet, C. Coulon, J. Cornet, P. Noirhomme, P. Collard, B. Weynand (Belgium)
111-P (29509) THE PLACE OF PLEURAL FLUID CULTURE FOLLOWING THORACIC SURGERY
J. Pilling, J. Phadnis, A. Rashid, P. Goldstraw, G. Ladas, M. Dusmet (UK)
112-P (29434) IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE TWO CHEST DRAINS AFTER A LOBECTOMY?
D. Mittapalli, M. Devbhandari, R. Shah (UK)
113-P (29833) EARLY OUTCOME OF LUNG TRANSPLANTS WITH DONORS AGED 50 AND OLDER
J. Moradiellos, P. Gámez, M. Córdoba, D. Gómez, R. Laporta, C. Garcia-Gallo, A. Varela (Spain)
114-P (29673) EXPERIMENTAL VERTEPORFIN-MEDIATED PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY INCREASES LOCAL VASCULAR LEAKAGE
T. Krueger, E. Debefve, J. Ballini, C. Cheng, H. van den Bergh, H. Ris (Switzerland)
115-P (29708) THE USE OF LIGASURE IN VATS LOBECTOMIES
H.J. Hansen, M. Christensen, R. Petersen (Denmark)
116-P (29544) DIAPHRAGM: A BARRIER OR A GATE? THE TRANSPHRENIC APPROACH
Z. Szanto, I. Benko, K.N. Kalmar, P.O. Horvath, S. Rendeki, T.F. Molnar (Hungary)
117-P (29594) COMBINED ENDOSCOPIC TRANSBRONCHIAL AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BIOPSY OF
CENTRALLY LOCATED LUNG TUMOURS FOLLOWING A NONDIAGNOSTIC BRONCHOSCOPY
M. Krasnik, P. Vilmann, B. Skov, R. Eberhardt, F. Herth (Denmark)
118-P (29789) HOW SHOULD BE STAGED AND RESECTED A NSCLC WITH SMALL INVASION OF AN ADJACENT LOBE?
A. Demir, M.Z. Gunluoglu, D. Sansar, H. Melek, S.I. Dincer (Turkey)
119-P (29828) SURVEY ON CHEST DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ADOPTED IN EUROPE
S. Mattioli, R. Berrisford (UK)
120-P (29517) PREOPERATIVE PREDICTORS OF PLEURAL MALIGNANCY CONFIRMED BY VIDEO-ASSISTED
THORACOSCOPIC BIOPSY (VAT) IN PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION
O. Rena, D. Ferrante, C. Magnani, E. Papalia, F. Massera, C. Casadio (Italy)
121-P (29426) ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA OF TRACHEA: ANALYSIS OF 9 CASES
R. Bagheri, H. Fattahi (Iran)
122-P (29657) EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY FOR MASAOKA STAGE IVA THYMOMA
E. Internullo, D. Van Raemdonck, P. Nafteux, Y. Lievens, J. Vansteenkiste, P. Clement,
W. Coosemans, G. Decker, P. De Leyn, T. Lerut (Belgium)
123-P (29783) MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA: A SINGLE CENTRE PHASE II STUDY
P. Nafteux, Y. Lievens, K. Nackaerts, W. Coosemans, G. Decker, P. De Leyn, D. Van Raemdonck, J. Moons, T. Lerut (Belgium)
124-P (29741) THE MESOTHELIOMA AND RADICAL SURGERY (MARS) TRIAL: PROGRESS REPORT
C. Tan, N. Duffy, L. Lang-Lazdunski, D. Waller, J. Peto, T. Treasure (UK)
125-P (29593) VATS LOBECTOMY – CAN WE AFFORD IT?
G. Casali, W. Walker (UK)
126-P (29364) SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX MANAGEMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
A. Stolz, P. Pafko (Czech Republic)
127-P (29586) THE NATCH TRIAL OF THE SPANISH LUNG CANCER GROUP: NEOADJUVANT ARM OBSERVATIONS
J. Maestre, J. Astudillo, J. Rodriguez Paniagua, F. Hernando, J. Borro, A. Cantó, J. Rivas, R. Rosell (Spain)
128-P (29759) OUTCOME AFTER MULTIPLE LUNG METASTASECTOMY USING A NEW 1318 NM LASER: RETROSPECTIVE
ANALYSIS OF 112 PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA
A. Rolle, A. Pereszlenyi, R. Koch, B. Baier (Germany)
129-P (29475) FULL THICKNESS CHEST WALL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
C. Surrente, G. Greco, L. Garrisi, C. Lopez, A.L. Urgese, A. Lacitignola, E. Brienza, G. Di Rienzo (Italy)
130-P (29679) ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY AFTER MAJOR LUNG RESECTIONS: ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC CONSEQUENCES OF SURGERY
V. Porziella, S. Margaritora, E. Meacci, A. Parisi, M. Vita, A. Piraino, M. Filotico, P. Granone (Italy)
131-P (29672) PET/CT COMPLEMENTS PLANNING OF FULL-THICKNESS CHEST WALL RESECTIONS FOR MALIGNANCIES
D. Petermann, G. Allenbach, S. Schmidt, M. Martins-Favre, I. Letovanec, M. Christodoulou, A. Bischof Delaloye, J. Prior, H. Ris (Switzerland)





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