Ace The Thoracic Surgery Examination

Since ancient times, children around the world have been afflicted with cystic fibrosis that leads to shortened lifespans. In medieval Europe, thes ...

Onchocerciasis, also known as the African river blindness, is the second most important cause of infectious blindness worldwide after trachoma. ...

Imaging plays an essential role in evaluating the lungs, both anatomically and functionally. Whether it is for establishing a diagnosis, monitoring ...

Superior pulmonary sulcus tumors or Pancoast tumors arise from the apical pleuro-pulmonary groove located superior to the first rib. When these tum ...

Tracheoinnominate fistula (TIF) is a life-threatening complication most frequently described after a tracheostomy. It is associated with massive he ...

The brachiocephalic artery, brachiocephalic trunk, or more commonly referred to clinically as the innominate artery, is one of the three great vess ...

Subglottic stenosis can be defined as the narrowing of the upper airway, which lies between the vocal folds and the lower border of the cricoid car ...

Esophageal injury (EI) is a rare but challenging clinical finding in the setting of trauma. Esophageal injuries/perforations are transmural disrupt ...

There are four types of hiatal hernias. However, the sliding hiatal hernia (type 1) is the most common and accounts for up to 95% of all hiatal her ...

The infectious pulmonary process that occurs after abnormal entry of fluids into the lower respiratory tract is termed aspiration pneumonia. The as ...

Pleural effusion is a common occurrence in emergency departments (ED) worldwide and a constant reason for a pulmonology consultation. In the United ...

Primary ciliary dysfunction (PCD), first described in 1976, is a disorder of the structure and function of motile cilia that results in chroni ...

Subphrenic abscesses represent infected collections bounded above by the diaphragm, and below by the transverse colon and mesocolon, and the omentu ...

Foreign body aspiration remains a significant cause of death in children for anatomic as well as developmental reasons. Choking is typically define ...

An esophageal diverticulum is a relatively rare disorder of the esophagus. It is an outpouch ...

There are approximately 1 million patients hospitalized in the United States each year with pneumonia. Of those hospitalized for pneumonia, 20% to ...

Bronchogenic cysts are foregut-derived cystic malformations of the respiratory tract. They a ...

Bronchospasm characteristically presents as smooth muscle constriction of the small airways. Clinically this manifests as wheezing. The pediatric p ...