Surgical Risk Following Anatomic Lung Resection in Thoracic Surgery: A Prediction Model Derived from a Spanish Multicenter Database. / Riesgo quirúrgico tras resección pulmonar anatómica en cirugía torácica. Modelo predictivo a partir de una base de datos nacional multicéntrica.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to develop a surgical risk prediction model in patients undergoing anatomic lung resections from the registry of the Spanish Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Group (GEVATS). METHODS: Data were collected from 3,533 patients undergoing anatomic lung resection for any diagnosis between December 20, 2016 and March 20, 2018. We defined a combined outcome variable: death or Clavien Dindo grade IV complication at 90 days after surgery. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed by logistic regression. Internal validation of the model was performed using resampling techniques. RESULTS: The incidence of the outcome variable was 4.29% (95% CI 3.6-4.9). The variables remaining in the final logistic model were: age, sex, previous lung cancer resection, dyspnea (mMRC), right pneumonectomy, and ppo DLCO. The performance parameters of the model adjusted by resampling were: C-statistic 0.712 (95% CI 0.648-0.750), Brier score 0.042 and bootstrap shrinkage 0.854. CONCLUSIONS: The risk prediction model obtained from the GEVATS database is a simple, valid, and reliable model that is a useful tool for establishing the risk of a patient undergoing anatomic lung resection.

Spanish Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Group: Method, Auditing, and Initial Results From a National Prospective Cohort of Patients Receiving Anatomical Lung Resections.

INTRODUCTION: Our study sought to know the current implementation of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for anatomical lung resections in Spain. We present our initial results and describe the auditing systems developed by the Spanish VATS Group (GEVATS). METHODS: We conducted a prospective multicentre cohort study that included patients receiving anatomical lung resections between 12/20/2016 and 03/20/2018. The main quality controls consisted of determining the recruitment rate of each centre and the accuracy of the perioperative data collected based on six key variables. The implications of a low recruitment rate were analysed for "90-day mortality" and "Grade IIIb-V complications". RESULTS: The series was composed of 3533 cases (1917 VATS; 54.3%) across 33 departments. The centres' median recruitment rate was 99% (25-75th:76-100%), with an overall recruitment rate of 83% and a data accuracy of 98%. We were unable to demonstrate a significant association between the recruitment rate and the risk of morbidity/mortality, but a trend was found in the unadjusted analysis for those centres with recruitment rates lower than 80% (centres with 95-100% rates as reference): grade IIIb-V OR=0.61 (p=0.081), 90-day mortality OR=0.46 (p=0.051). CONCLUSIONS: More than half of the anatomical lung resections in Spain are performed via VATS. According to our results, the centre's recruitment rate and its potential implications due to selection bias, should deserve further attention by the main voluntary multicentre studies of our speciality. The high representativeness as well as the reliability of the GEVATS data constitute a fundamental point of departure for this nationwide cohort.

[Chest trauma]. / Traumatismos torácicos.

Chest trauma is a frequent problem arising from lesions caused by domestic and occupational activities and especially road traffic accidents. These injuries can be analyzed from distinct points of view, ranging from consideration of the most severe injuries, especially in the context of multiple trauma, to the specific characteristics of blunt and open trauma. In the present article, these injuries are discussed according to the involvement of the various thoracic structures. Rib fractures are the most frequent chest injuries and their diagnosis and treatment is straightforward, although these injuries can be severe if more than three ribs are affected and when there is major associated morbidity. Lung contusion is the most common visceral lesion. These injuries are usually found in severe chest trauma and are often associated with other thoracic and intrathoracic lesions. Treatment is based on general support measures. Pleural complications, such as hemothorax and pneumothorax, are also frequent. Their diagnosis is also straightforward and treatment is based on pleural drainage. This article also analyzes other complex situations, notably airway trauma, which is usually very severe in blunt chest trauma and less severe and even suitable for conservative treatment in iatrogenic injury due to tracheal intubation. Rupture of the diaphragm usually causes a diaphragmatic hernia. Treatment is always surgical. Myocardial contusions should be suspected in anterior chest trauma and in sternal fractures. Treatment is conservative. Other chest injuries, such as those of the great thoracic and esophageal vessels, are less frequent but are especially severe.

Pulmonary pure yolk-sac tumor. A rare anatomopathological entity.

The most frequent location for non-metastatic germ cell tumors is the anterior mediastinum. Primary lung germ cell tumors are an exception in medical literature being limited to just a few cases of choriocarcinomas and rare cases of yolk-sac tumors. In this paper, we report a case of a pulmonary yolk-sac tumor with atypical characteristic as regards its diagnosis and treatment.

Spanish Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Group: Method, Auditing, and Initial Results From a National Prospective Cohort of Patients Receiving Anatomical Lung Resections / Grupo Español de Cirugía Torácica Videoasistida: Método, Auditoría y Resultados Iniciales de una Cohorte Nacional Prospectiva de Pacientes Tratados con Resección Pulmonar Anatómica

INTRODUCTION: Our study sought to know the current implementation of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for anatomical lung resections in Spain. We present our initial results and describe the auditing systems developed by the Spanish VATS Group (GEVATS). METHODS: We conducted a prospective multicentre cohort study that included patients receiving anatomical lung resections between 12/20/2016 and 03/20/2018. The main quality controls consisted of determining the recruitment rate of each centre and the accuracy of the perioperative data collected based on six key variables. The implications of a low recruitment rate were analysed for "90-day mortality" and "Grade IIIb-V complications". RESULTS: The series was composed of 3533 cases (1917 VATS; 54.3%) across 33 departments. The centres' median recruitment rate was 99% (25-75th:76-100%), with an overall recruitment rate of 83% and a data accuracy of 98%. We were unable to demonstrate a significant association between the recruitment rate and the risk of morbidity/mortality, but a trend was found in the unadjusted analysis for those centres with recruitment rates lower than 80% (centres with 95-100% rates as reference): grade IIIb-V OR = 0.61 (p = 0.081), 90-day mortality OR = 0.46 (p = 0.051). CONCLUSIONS: More than half of the anatomical lung resections in Spain are performed via VATS. According to our results, the centre's recruitment rate and its potential implications due to selection bias, should deserve further attention by the main voluntary multicentre studies of our speciality. The high representativeness as well as the reliability of the GEVATS data constitute a fundamental point of departure for this nationwide cohort

INTRODUCCIÓN: Nuestro estudio buscó conocer el grado de implementación actual de la cirugía toracoscópica asistida por video (VATS, por sus siglas en inglés) para las resecciones pulmonares anatómicas en España. Presentamos nuestros resultados iniciales y describimos los sistemas de auditoría desarrollados por el grupo español de VATS (GEVATS). MÉTODOS: Realizamos un estudio de cohortes prospectivo multicéntrico que incluyó pacientes que fueron tratados con resecciones pulmonares anatómicas entre el 20/12/2016 y el 20/03/2018. Los controles de calidad principales consistieron en determinar la tasa de reclutamiento de cada centro y la precisión de los datos perioperatorios recolectados en base a seis variables clave. Se analizaron las implicaciones de una baja tasa de reclutamiento para "mortalidad a los 90 días" y "complicaciones de grado IIIb-V". RESULTADOS: La serie estaba compuesta por 3533 casos (1917 VATS; 54,3%) en 33 servicios. La mediana de la tasa de reclutamiento de los centros fue del 99% (p25-p75: 76-100%), con una tasa de reclutamiento global del 83% y una precisión de los datos del 98%. No pudimos demostrar una asociación significativa entre la tasa de reclutamiento y el riesgo de morbi-mortalidad, pero se encontró una tendencia en el análisis no ajustado para aquellos centros con tasas de reclutamiento inferiores al 80% (usando los centros con tasas de 95-100% como referencia): OR = 0,61 para el grado IIIb-V (p = 0,081), OR = 0,46 para la mortalidad a los 90 días (p = 0,051). CONCLUSIONES: Más de la mitad de las resecciones pulmonares anatómicas en España se realizan a través de VATS. Según nuestros resultados, la tasa de reclutamiento del centro y sus posibles implicaciones debido al sesgo de selección, deberían recibir más atención por parte de los principales estudios multicéntricos voluntarios de nuestra especialidad. La alta representatividad y la confiabilidad de los datos de GEVATS constituyen un punto de partida fundamental para esta cohorte nacional

Traumatismos torácicos / Chest trauma

Los traumatismos torácicos (TT) constituyen un problema frecuente, consecuencia de lesiones originadas poractividades domésticas, laborales y, especialmente, accidentes de tráfico. Se pueden analizar desde diversospuntos de vista, considerando los más graves sobre todo en el contexto de los politraumatismos. Y también laspeculiaridades de los traumatismos cerrados y los abiertos.En este trabajo se estudian según la afectación de las diversas estructuras torácicas. Las fracturas costales sonlos TT más frecuentes, su diagnóstico y tratamiento es sencillo, aunque pueden ser graves en casos de afectaciónde más de 3 arcos costales y cuando el paciente presenta morbilidad asociada importante. La contusiónpulmonar es la lesión visceral más frecuente. Suele presentarse en TT graves y a menudo asociada a otras lesionestorácicas e intratorácicas. Su tratamiento se basa en medidas de soporte general. Son también frecuenteslas complicaciones pleurales como el hemotórax y neumotórax. Su diagnóstico es también sencillo y sutratamiento se basa en el drenaje pleural.Otras situaciones complejas también se analizan en este trabajo, destacando los traumatismos de la vía aérea,muy graves por lo general en los TT cerrados y con menor repercusión e incluso susceptibles de tratamientoconservador en los iatrógenos por intubación traqueal. Las roturas diafragmáticas suelen dar lugar a una herniadiafragmática. Su tratamiento es siempre quirúrgico. Las contusiones miocárdicas deben sospecharse enTT anteriores y fracturas de esternón. Su tratamiento es conservador. Otros TT como los de los grandes vasostorácicos y esofágicos son menos frecuentes, aunque de especial gravedad(AU)

Chest trauma is a frequent problem arising from lesions caused by domestic and occupational activities andespecially road traffic accidents. These injuries can be analyzed from distinct points of view, ranging fromconsideration of the most severe injuries, especially in the context of multiple trauma, to the specificcharacteristics of blunt and open trauma.In the present article, these injuries are discussed according to the involvement of the various thoracicstructures. Rib fractures are the most frequent chest injuries and their diagnosis and treatment isstraightforward, although these injuries can be severe if more than three ribs are affected and when there ismajor associated morbidity. Lung contusion is the most common visceral lesion. These injuries are usuallyfound in severe chest trauma and are often associated with other thoracic and intrathoracic lesions. Treatmentis based on general support measures. Pleural complications, such as hemothorax and pneumothorax, arealso frequent. Their diagnosis is also straightforward and treatment is based on pleural drainage.This article also analyzes other complex situations, notably airway trauma, which is usually very severe inblunt chest trauma and less severe and even suitable for conservative treatment in iatrogenic injury due totracheal intubation. Rupture of the diaphragm usually causes a diaphragmatic hernia. Treatment is alwayssurgical. Myocardial contusions should be suspected in anterior chest trauma and in sternal fractures.Treatment is conservative. Other chest injuries, such as those of the great thoracic and esophageal vessels, areless frequent but are especially severe(AU)

Tumor del seno endodérmico primario de pulmón. Una rara entidad anatomopatológica / Pulmonary Pure Yolk-Sac Tumor. A Rare Anatomopathological Entity

La localización intratorácica más frecuente para los tumores germinales no metastáticos, es el mediastino anterior. Los tumores de células germinales primarios de pulmón son una excepción en la literatura limitándose a algunos casos de coriocarcinomas y raros casos de tumores del seno endodérmico. En este artículo, se presenta un caso de tumor del seno endodérmico primario de pulmón de características atípicas en cuanto a la manera de diagnostico y al tratamiento practicado(AU)

The most frequent location for non-metastatic germ cell tumors is the anterior mediastinum. Primary lung germ cell tumors are an exception in medical literature being limited to just a few cases of choriocarcinomas and rare cases of yolk-sac tumors. In this paper, we report a case of a pulmonary yolk-sac tumor with atypical characteristic as regards its diagnosis and treatment(AU)

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