Search Results - "Vargas, Leonidas Tapias"
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Adoption of Minimally Invasive Lung Resection: A National Cancer Database Study
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-10-2024)“…Minimally invasive lung resection has been associated with improved outcomes; however, institutional characteristics associated with utilization are unclear…”
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Inaccurate Clinical Stage Is Common and Associated With Poor Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-09-2024)“…Clinical staging in lung cancer has implications for treatment planning and prognosis. We sought to determine the rate of inaccurate clinical stage (relative…”
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Evaluating the Optimal Time Between Diagnosis and Surgical Intervention for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-12-2023)“…There is no consensus on the optimal timing for lung cancer surgery. We aim to evaluate the impact of timing of surgical intervention. We hypothesize delay in…”
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis: Comparing Sublobar Techniques in Stage IA Lung Cancer
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-09-2024)“…This study compares sublobar resections—wedge resection and segmentectomy—in clinical stage IA lung cancers. It tests the hypothesis that overall survival…”
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Uncovering Health-Care Disparities Through Patient Decisions in Lung Cancer Surgery
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-01-2024)“…Declining cancer surgery represents a conflict between patients' rights to autonomy and providers’ perspectives of best practice. We hypothesize that, among…”
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Lymph Node Yield in Lung Cancer Resection is Associated With Demographic and Institutional Factors
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-01-2024)“…Lymphadenectomy is routinely performed during surgical resection of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lymph node yield and number of nodal stations sampled…”
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Computational risk model for predicting 2-year malignancy of pulmonary nodules using demographic and radiographic characteristics
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-06-2024)“…To determine whether discriminatory performance of a computational risk model in classifying pulmonary lesion malignancy using demographic, radiographic, and…”
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Primary cutaneous inoculation tuberculosis in a healthcare worker as a result of a surgical accident
Published in International journal of dermatology (01-08-2008)“…In May 2004, a 48‐year‐old male surgeon, resident in Bucaramanga, Colombia, suffered a superficial cut with a scalpel to the lateral aspect of the mid‐phalanx…”
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National enrollment of lung cancer clinical trials is disproportionate based on race and health care access
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-10-2024)“…Despite declining lung cancer mortality in the United States, survival differences remain among racial and ethnic minorities in addition to those with limited…”
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Risk Factors for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Following Lung Lobectomy
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-03-2024)“…Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication following lung lobectomy and is associated with increased risk of stroke, mortality, and…”
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Is Sarcomatoid Lung Cancer Associated With Inferior Overall Survival? A National Cancer Database Analysis
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-11-2023)“…Sarcomatoid lung cancer has mainly been described in case series and single institution reviews. Although often associated with a poor prognosis, the overall…”
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The Impact of Disparities on Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy After the 2014 Affordable Care Act Expansion: A Retrospective Analysis
Published in Foregut (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) (01-06-2023)“…The effect of Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on access to minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is unknown. We hypothesize that greater Medicaid…”
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Frailty is associated with 90-day mortality in urgent thoracic surgery conditions
Published in JTCVS open (01-02-2024)“…In patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery, frailty is associated with worse outcomes. However, the magnitude by which frailty influences outcomes of…”
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Miastenia gravis y el timo: pasado, presente y futuro
Published in Revista colombiana de cirugía (01-12-2009)“…La miastenia gravis es una enfermedad neuromuscular autoinmune caracterizada por debilidad y fatiga muscular. Ha sido reconocida desde hace más de tres siglos,…”
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Hernias diafragmáticas: desafío clínico y quirúrgico
Published in Revista colombiana de cirugía (01-06-2009)“…Las hernias diafragmáticas se definen como el paso del contenido abdominal a la cavidad torácica a través de un defecto en el diafragma. Se dividen en…”
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Frailty is associated with 90-day mortality in urgent thoracic surgery conditionsCentral MessagePerspective
Published in JTCVS open (01-02-2024)“…Objective: In patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery, frailty is associated with worse outcomes. However, the magnitude by which frailty influences…”
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Complicaciones de los tubos de tórax
Published in Revista colombiana de cirugía (01-05-2020)“…Traumatismos torácicos, toracostomía, complicaciones, diagnóstico, evolución clínica. El drenaje del espacio pleural es una frecuente práctica clínica de valor…”
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Miastenia gravis y el timo: pasado, presente y futuro Myasthenia gravis and the thymus: past, present, and future
Published in Revista colombiana de cirugía (01-12-2009)“…La miastenia gravis es una enfermedad neuromuscular autoinmune caracterizada por debilidad y fatiga muscular. Ha sido reconocida desde hace más de tres siglos,…”
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Resecciones pulmonares en cuña para estudio histopatológico: experiencia de Bucaramanga Lung wedge resections for histopathologic study: experience in Bucaramanga, Colombia
Published in Revista colombiana de cirugía (01-03-2011)“…Introducción. En la gran mayoría de los casos de enfermedad pulmonar intersticial difusa y de nódulos pulmonares indeterminados, se requiere la obtención de…”
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Hernias diafragmáticas: desafío clínico y quirúrgico Diaphragmatic hernias: a clinical and surgical challenge
Published in Revista colombiana de cirugía (01-06-2009)“…Las hernias diafragmáticas se definen como el paso del contenido abdominal a la cavidad torácica a través de un defecto en el diafragma. Se dividen en…”
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