The tissue reperfusion that is achieved with the restoration of blood flow during the reexpansion of collapsed lungs, can be the initial pathology in the chain of events that result in reexpansion injury.

We believe that early pericardial drainage and intrapericardial fibrinolysis appears to be safe and effective in the treatment of purulent pericarditis.

These results show that Ptx may be added into cardioplegic solution to avoid the myocardial inflammation and I/R injury during open heart surgery.

Discordant findings of skeletal metastasis between Tc-99m MDP bone scans and F-18 FDG PET/CT imaging may be seen in 20% of the patients with NSCLC. F-18 FDG PET/CT could detect metastatic bone involvement more accurately than bone scintigraphy. Bone scans are insensitive to early bone marrow neoplastic infiltration. Assessment of glucose metabolism with FDG PET/CT can represent a more powerful tool to detect early bone metastases in lung cancer than with traditional bone scans.

The vascular anatomy of the lung and possible variations of the pulmonary artery should be well known by surgeon to prevent complications. The various branching pattern of the pulmonary arteries should be determined to prevent excessive and unnecessary resection with life-threatening bleeding.