WEDNESDAY SESSIONS - June 6 th
Scientific Programme
 
08:00  -  09:00
GA2
SESSION 11: BEST POSTERS (MIXED)

Moderated Poster 12 x 5' (3' presentation + 2' discussion)


Chairman:
Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Germany and Adelheid End, Austria - Georges Decker, Luxembourg and Godehard Friedel, Germany

for abstracts: see end of the programme Posters 1-12

08:00   102-P 
(29685) THE ROLE OF FDG-PET FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MALIGN AND BENIGN PLEURAL DISEASES
A Orki1;   H Ciftci1;   A E Tasci1;   O Akin1;   O Falay2;   * G Olgac1;   * C A Kutlu1
1Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Centre, Istanbul, Turkey;   2Medica Diagnosis Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
08:05   103-P 
(29592) EARLY MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER PULMONARY RESECTION: IS VATS LOBECTOMY REALLY SUPERIOR TO OPEN SURGERY?
G Casali;   * W Walker
Cardiothoracic Department, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
08:10   104-P 
(29460) 30D- MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF PNEUMONECTOMY AND SLEEVE LOBECTOMY IN PATIENTS OLDER VS YOUNGER THAN 70 YEARS
E Melloul;   * T Krueger;   C Cheng;   B Egger;   * H Ris
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
08:15   105-P 
(29605) PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF WHO HISTOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF THYMOMAS
* M Narski1;   B Papla2;   L Rudnicka2;   * J Kuzdzal1;   * M Zielinski1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland;   2Chair and Department of Pathology Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
08:20   106-P 
(29692) THE ROLE OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN MEDIASTINAL LYMPHATIC STAGING OF NSCLC
H Melek;   M Z Gunluoglu;   A Demir;   H Akin;   A Olcmen;   S I Dincer
Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
08:25   107-P 
(29535) THE DECISION TO OPERATE: ROLE OF FUSION FDG PET-CT IN STAGING OESOPHAGEAL AND OESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION CANCER BY THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.
* R G Berrisford1;   W Wong2;   G Farrant1;   E Toy1;   K Mitchell1;   S Wajed1
1Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom;   2Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Northwood, United Kingdom
08:30   108-P 
(29474) EXTRACAPSULAR LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IS A STRONG NEGATIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN LOCALLY ADVANCED OESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENTS
* X B D'Journo;   J P Avaro;   L Dahan;   A M Tasei;   * C Doddoli;   R Giudicelli;   * P A Fuentes;   J F Seitz;   * P A Thomas
University of The Mediterranean Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
08:35   109-P 
(29816) MULTIPLE BILATERAL PRIMARY NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER. A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SYNCHRONOUS DISEASE.
D Trousse;   * X B D'Journo;   J P Avaro;   * C Doddoli;   R Giudicelli;   * P A Fuentes;   * P A Thomas
University of the Mediterranean Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille Sainte Marguerite Hospital, Marseille, France
08:40   110-P 
(29765) EARLY RESULTS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TECHNIQUES FOR INTRAOPERATIVE PLEURAL LAVAGE CYTOLOGY IN NSCLC : METHODOLOGY MATTERS !
* A J Poncelet;   C Coulon;   J Cornet;   * P Noirhomme;   P Collard;   B Weynand
Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium
08:45   111-P 
(29509) THE PLACE OF PLEURAL FLUID CULTURE FOLLOWING THORACIC SURGERY
* J Pilling;   J Phadnis;   A Rashid;   * P Goldstraw;   * G Ladas;   * M Dusmet
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
08:50   112-P 
(29434) IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE TWO CHEST DRAINS AFTER A LOBECTOMY?
D Mittapalli;   M Devbhandari;   MT  Jones;   * R Shah
South Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
08:55   113-P 
(29833) EARLY OUTCOME OF LUNG TRANSPLANTS WITH DONORS AGED 50 AND OLDER
J Moradiellos1;   P Gámez1;   M Córdoba1;   D Gómez1;   R Laporta2;   C García-Gallo2;   * A Varela1
1Thoracic Surgery Department Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain;   2Pneumology Department Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
08:00  -  09:00
GA1
SESSION 12: VIDEO (MIXED)

Video 6 x 10 minutes (8' presentation + 2' discussion)

Chairman:
Philippe Nafteux, Belgium - Danail Petrov, Bulgaria
08:00   072-V
(29634) THYMECTOMY IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS VIA VIDEO-ASSISTED INFRA-MAMMARY COSMETIC INCISION.
P Granone;   E Meacci;   * S Margaritora;   V Porziella;   G Cusumano;   M Vita
Thoracic Surgery Unit Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
08:10   073-V
(29486) A CHALLENGE IN THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY: PULMONARY AZYGOS LOBE.
* J Miranda;   J C Mota;   M M Vieira
Unit of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery of Casa de Saude da Boavista, Porto, Portugal
08:20   074-V
(29620) MULTIPLE PULMONARY METASTASES OF RENAL-SARCOMA – CASE REPORT OF SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF 269 METASTASES RESECTED BY A NEW LASER SYSTEM.
* A Rolle;   A Pereszlenyi;   A Schilling;   B Rudek
Centre of Pneumology Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Coswig, Germany
08:30   075-V
(29749) SUTURELESS NONANATOMICAL PULMONARY RESECTION
Z Szántó;   * O Kovács;   T Dinka
County Hospital Szolnok, Szolnok, Hungary
08:40   076-V
(29793) NOVEL VIDEO-ASSISTED TECHNIQUE FOR RESECTION OF LARGE MEDIASTINAL HEMANGIOMA
* H Sirbu;   W Schreiner;   * R Autschbach
Department of Thorax and Cardiovascular Surgery, Aachen, Germany
08:50   077-V
(29468) MODIFIED TRANSMANUBRIAL OSTEOMUSCULAR SPARING APPROACH FOR RESECTION OF T1 VERTEBRAL TUMOR
* G Di Rienzo1;   * C Surrente1;   * C Lopez1;   * G Greco1;   L Garrisi1;   * A L Urgese1;   * A Lacitignola1;   A Montinaro2
1Thoracic Surgery Unit, Lecce, Italy;   2Neurosurgery Unit, Lecce, Italy
09:00  -  10:30
GA2
JOINT ERS - ESTS SESSION
"Mediastinal Staging for NSCLC"

Chairman:
Sylvia Hartl (secretary-general elect, ERS) - Dirk Van Raemdonck (general secretary, ESTS) - Ryosuke
Tsuchiya, Japan

This session is organised in collaboration with ERS
11:00  -  13:00
GA2
SESSION 13: MIXED MALIGNANT

Forum 12 x 10' (7' presentation + 3' discussion)

Chairman:
Andrew Thorpe, United Kingdom - Mariano Garcia-Yuste, Spain
11:00   078-F
(29607) SLEEVE LOBECTOMY OR PNEUMONECTOMY AFTER INDUCTION CHEMORADIOTHERAPY: RESULTS OF A SINGLE-CENTRE EXPERIENCE.
* S Margaritora;   V Porziella;   E Meacci;   A Cesario;   A Piraino;   T Congedo;   S Cafarotti;   P Granone
Division of Thoracic Surgery Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
11:10   079-F
(29533) INDUCTION THERAPY DOES NOT INCREASE MORBIDITY AFTER SLEEVE LOBECTOMY OR PNEUMONECTOMY
* D Lardinois;   S Wrann;   * P Kestenholz;   * D Schneiter;   * W Weder
Division of Thoracic surgery University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
11:20   080-F
(29794) TRACHEAL SLEEVE PNEUMONECTOMY FOR NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC): SHORT AND LONG TERM RESULTS IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE.
* F Rea1;   * G Marulli1;   M Schiavon1;   * A Zuin1;   M Loy1;   A Hamad1;   P Feltracco2;   F Sartori1
1Thoracic Surgery Department of Cardiologic Thoracic and Vascular Sciences University of Padua, Padua, Italy;   2Anaesthesiology University of Padua, Padua, Italy
11:30   081-F
(29687) SLEEVE PNEUMONECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER. SURVIVAL AND COMPLICATIONS
D R Subotic;   D V Mandaric;   N D Atanasijadis;   L M Andric
Institute for Lung Diseases Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
11:40   082-F
(29442) OUTCOME AFTER EXTRAPLEURAL PNEUMONECTOMY FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA
* C Aigner;   M Reza Hoda;   * G Lang;   * S Taghavi;   G Marta;   * W Klepetko
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
11:50   083-F
(29573) MANAGEMENT OF SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR OF THE PLEURA (SFTP) – A TWO INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
M Krüger3;   S Decker2;   M Tönnies1;   M Ermitsch3;   * D Kaiser1
1Thoraxchirurgie Lungenklinik Heckeshorn, Berlin, Germany;   2Thoraxchirugie Klinik Loewenstein, Loewenstein, Germany;   3Thoraxchirurgie Johanniter Krankenhaus, Treuenbrietzen, Germany
12:00   084-F
(29584) DOES VIDEO-MEDIASTINOSCOPY IMPROVE THE RESULTS OF CONVENTIONAL MEDIASTINOSCOPY?
* G Leschber;   J Merk;   D Sperling;   W Klemm
ELK Chest Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany

12:10   085-F

(29766) VIDEO-ASSISTED MEDIASTINOSCOPIC LYMPHADENECTOMY (VAMLA) VERSUS OPEN LYMPHADENECTOMY
* B Witte;   A Messerschmid;   M Wolf;   * M Huertgen
Department of Thoracic Surgery Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
12:20   086-F
(29750) TRANSCERVICAL EXTENDED MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY (TEMLA) – RESULTS OF STAGING IN 284 PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC)
* M Zielinski1;   * L Hauer1;   * J Kuzdzal1;   * J Hauer1;   J Pankowski2;   T Nabialek3
1Department of Thoracic Surgery Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland;   2Department of Pathology Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland;   3Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland
12:30   087-F
(29845) OUTCOME FOLLOWING RESECTION OF PULMONARY METASTASES FROM UTERINE CANCER
D Rice;   A Correa;   R Wynn;   P Ramirez;   W Hofstetter;   R Mehran;   S Swisher;   A Vaporciyan;   J Roth
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, United States
12:40   088-F
(29699) SECONDARY LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY METASTASES.
A Reshetov;   P Yablonsky;   R Orlova;   F Markin;   A Pichurov
Multifield City Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
12:50   089-F
(29490) RESECTIONS LARGER THAN PNEUMONECTOMY - LONG TERM SURVIVAL
* T Grodzki;   J Alchimowicz;   A Kozak;   * B Kubisa;   * J Pierog;   * J Wojcik
Thoracic Surgery Clinic of Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
11:00  -  13:00
GA1
SESSION 14: MIXED BENIGN

Forum 12 x 10' (7' presentation + 3' discussion)

Chairman:
Sandro Mattioli, Italy - Pavel Pafko, Czech Republic
11:00   090-F
(29753) USE OF PLEURX CATHETER TO MANAGE MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
W H Warren
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, United States
11:10   091-F
(29808) WHO WILL DEVELOP PLEURODESIS FAILURE AFTER VATS TALC POUDRAGE ? THE ROLE OF INTRAPLEURAL C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
R I Gasparri;   * F Leo;   A Borri;   G Veronesi;   P Solli;   F Petrella;   D Galetta;   P Scanagatta;   * L Spaggiari
European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy
11:20   092-F
(29648) VATS OR OPEN PLEURECTOMY FOR SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
* R A Qureshi
Department of CardioThoracic Surgery, Coventry, United Kingdom
11:30   093-F
(29821) PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER NUSS PROCEDURE- IS THIS A SERIOUS CLINICAL PROBLEM?
* J Adamczak;   K Pawlak;   *W Dyszkiewicz;   P Zielinski;   * M Kasprzyk;   * C Piwkowski
University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
11:40   094-F
(29682) STERNAL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR PRIMARY OR SECONDARY TUMORS: OUR EXPERIENCE.
* A Gonfiotti1;   P M Gigli1;   M Dini2;   R Capanna3;   D Campanacci3;   A Janni1
1Thoracic Surgery, Florence, Italy;   2Plastic Surgery, Florence, Italy;   3Orthopedic Oncology, Florence, Italy
11:50   095-F
(29587) DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM AND INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN TIETZE'S SYNDROME
* T Kaplan1;   * S Han4;   * B Koçer1;   S Naldöken2;   G Gülbahar1;   A Özsoy3;   Ü Sakıncı1
1Department of Thoracic Surgery Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;   2Department of Nuclear Medicine Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;   3Department of Radiology Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;   4Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
12:00   096-F
(29564) LEARNING CURVE IN VIDEOTHORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY: HOW MANY OPERATIONS AND WHICH SITUATIONS ?
* A Toker;   * S Tanju;   S Ziyade;   * S Dilege
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical School Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
12:10   097-F
(29501) BILATERAL THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY : RESULTS AND LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP
R Jeganathan;   * S Jordan;   S Grant;   O Diamond;   M Jones;   P Sidhu;   A Graham;   * K McManus;   * J McGuigan
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom
12:20   098-F
(29788) CHANGING PROGNOSIS OF SPONTANEOUS ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF 55 CASES IN A SINGLE CENTER
J A Salo;   J V Räsänen;   M Hynninen;   E I Sihvo
Helsinki University Central Hospital Division of General Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Helsinki, Finland
12:30   099-F
(29629) LEFT THORACIC-LAPAROSCOPIC COLLIS-NISSEN ANTIREFLUX PROCEDURE FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE.
M Mandrioli1;   * S Mattioli1;   M L Lugaresi1;   V Pilotti1;   L Ferruzzi1;   * F D'Ovidio2
1Department of Surgery Intensive Care and Organ Transplantation, Bologna, Italy;   2Columbia University, New York, United States
12:40   100-F
(29716) LONG TERM RESULTS OF REDO GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE SURGERY
J P Avaro;   * X B D'Journo;   * C Doddoli;   R Giudicelli;   * P A Fuentes;   * P A Thomas
University of the Mediterranean Sainte Marguerite Hospital APHM, Marseille, France
12:50   101-F
(29831) INTERMEDIATE RESULTS OF PRIMARY AND REDO TRANSTHORACIC REPAIRS OF PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS
M D Taylor;   A S Nagji;   B D Kozower;   T M Daniel;   * D R Jones
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States