Vol 8, Supplement 1 (February 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Post-operative Care in Thoracic Surgery)

Preface

Come out of the operating room and see the light!

Alan D. L. Sihoe

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Review Article

Optimizing postoperative care protocols in thoracic surgery: best evidence and new technology

Daniel G. French, Michael Dilena, Simon LaPlante, Farid Shamji, Sudhir Sundaresan, James Villeneuve, Andrew Seely, Donna Maziak, Sebastien Gilbert

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Clinical pathway for video-assisted thoracic surgery: the Hong Kong story

Alan D. L. Sihoe

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Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in an Italian centre

Majed Refai, Michele Salati, Michela Tiberi, Armando Sabbatini, Paolo Gentili

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Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in the United States

Benjamin Wei, Robert J. Cerfolio

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Design and implementation of an enhanced recovery program in thoracic surgery

Marc Giménez-Milà, Andrew A. Klein, Guillermo Martinez

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Air leak after lung resection: pathophysiology and patients’ implications

Cecilia Pompili, Giuseppe Miserocchi

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Advances in chest drain management in thoracic disease

Robert S. George, Kostas Papagiannopoulos

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Clinical management IT system for enhanced recovery

Eunjue Yi, Sanghoon Jheon

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Post-operative care to promote recovery for thoracic surgical patients: a nursing perspective

Wilfred Wai Kit Yeung

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Original Article

Enhanced recovery pathway for thoracic surgery in the UK

Marco Scarci, Piergiorgio Solli, Benedetta Bedetti

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From 200 BC to 2015 AD: an integration of robotic surgery and Ayurveda/Yoga

Ali Zamir Khan, Geethakrishnan Gopalakrishna Pillai

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Reduce chest pain using modified silicone fluted drain tube for chest drainage after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lung resection

Xin Li, Bin Hu, Jinbai Miao, Hui Li

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The dynamic of nasogastric decompression after esophagectomy and its predictive value of postoperative complications

Yan Zhao, Jie Guo, Bin You, Shengcai Hou, Bin Hu, Hui Li

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Editorial

Physiotherapy for enhanced recovery in thoracic surgery

Robert Adam Baddeley

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