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Interviews with Editorial Board Members

JTD features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of JTD guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

Citation of JTD article in the prestigious AHA/ACC guidelines

We are glad to share with you a good news that the article titled “Early cardiology assessment and intervention reduces mortality following myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS)” authored by Hua A, Pattenden H, Leung M, et al. has been cited as best practice in the very prestigious and authoritative AHA/ACC 2024 guidelines for perioperative management for non-cardiac surgery.

New Impact Factor for Journal of Thoracic Disease: 2.1

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 2.1.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.6

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.6, ranking 61 out of 155 journals in the Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, JTD reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

JTD Annual Report 2023

We are glad to present the 2023 Annual Report of JTD here. Celebrating its new impact factor of 2.5, JTD continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of thoracic disease.

We here would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers. We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024! We look forward to working with you in the new year to continue the success of JTD.

Testimonials for JTD from Eminent Experts Worldwide

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JTD. We are thankful for their support for the journal.

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Utilizing the ultrasonic shear for internal mammary artery harvesting in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting surgery is worth considering

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Clinical staging to differentiate T2 and T3 esophageal squamous cell carcinomas—essential details or just noise?

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Original Article

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Prognostic impact of EGFR mutations in T1–4N0M0 lung adenocarcinoma: analyses focus on imaging and pathological features

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Short-term outcomes of robotic- vs. television-assisted thoracoscopic segmental lung resection for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer in the day surgery models

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The role of vitamin A in relation to childhood asthma with hypertension: a cross-sectional study of the NHANES database

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Prediction of impaired lung diffusion capacity in COVID-19 pneumonia survivors

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Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema and lung transplantation: current evidence and future directions

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Postoperative day of surgery ambulation improves outcomes following lung resection: a multicenter prospective cohort study

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Identification of prognostic factors of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: a retrospective cohort of 106 patients

Zhen-Zhen Zhu, Hong-Xing Hao, Rui Tao, Yi-Wen Zhang

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Diagnostic artificial intelligence model predicts lymph node status in non-small cell lung cancer using simplified examination

Ryuichi Yoshimura, Yoshitaka Endo, Takuya Akashi, Hiroyuki Deguchi, Makoto Tomoyasu, Wataru Shigeeda, Yuka Kaneko, Hajime Saito

PDF Pages: 7320-7328 Full Text (170) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Investigation of pure lung microbiota in patients with lung cancer after eliminating upper airway contamination: a prospective cohort study

Tsutomu Koyama, Kimihiro Shimizu, Shuji Mishima, Shunichiro Matsuoka, Tetsu Takeda, Kentaro Miura, Hiroyuki Agatsuma, Takashi Eguchi, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, Kazuo Yoshida

PDF Pages: 7329-7341 Full Text (183) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Preliminary experience of endovascular treatment of acute mesenteric occlusion in stable patients with acute type A aortic dissection

Huiyong Wang, Caiyun He, Yipeng Du, Jian Shi, Xiaolu Hu, Zheng Huang

PDF Pages: 7342-7349 Full Text (234) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Effect of exercise on physical fitness and quality of life in patients with pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meng Chen, Yuchuan Wang, Tiantian Zhou, Jingjing He, Min Zhang, Zhenlong Yan, Junjie Tao, Ping Huang

PDF Pages: 7350-7360 Full Text (198) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical outcomes and learning curve of complex versus simple segmentectomy for uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: an initial experience of 100 cases of a single experienced surgeon

Takahiro Homma, Hisashi Saji, Yoshifumi Shimada, Keitaro Tanabe, Koji Kojima, Hideki Marushima, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, Hiroyuki Kimura, Hiroki Sakai, Kanji Otsubo, Takayuki Hatakeyama, Toshihiro Ojima, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Hitoshi Igai

PDF Pages: 7361-7371 Full Text (139) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Causal evidence of the relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea in European and East Asian populations: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Xueying Liu, Renke He, Kejing Zhu, Zhongliang Lin, Zhaoying Jiang, Haiyan Wu, Jiaen Yu, Qinyu Luo, Jianzhong Sheng, Hefeng Huang

PDF Pages: 7372-7382 Full Text (375) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Assessment of tumor biomarkers for prognosis in interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease: a prospective study

Yuanying Wang, Di Sun, Yawen Song, Xuqin Du, Na Wu, Qiao Ye

PDF Pages: 7383-7396 Full Text (184) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical features and survival analysis of non-hypertensive aortic dissection patients post-thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a 10-year retrospective study

Shuangshuang Li, Xianfei Liu, Jin Yang, Zilin Lu, Jian Dong, Jia He, Jian Zhou

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Serum sestrin 2 and fetuin-A are associated with early pleural involvement in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study

Qian Li, Yanyan Yu, Fen Gao, Shengbing Le, Jie Ling, Jialin Zhou

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Impact of high spinal anesthesia in pediatric congenital heart surgery on postoperative recovery: a retrospective propensity score-matched study

Aravinthasamy Sivamurugan, Rakesh Sondekoppam, Alex Rier, Nada Sadek, Sudhakar Subramani, Srinivasan Rajagopal, Yatish Ranganath, Arun K. Singhal, Satoshi Hanada

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Establishment and validation of a prognostic model for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on mitochondrial-related genes

Xuewen Wang, Luqin Yang, Yuxuan Wang, Xinran Dou, Yonghao Li, Ke Wang, Huilan Zhang

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy in Hospital Kuala Lumpur: a retrospective observational review of outcomes for patients diagnosed with thymomatous and non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis

Dinesh Francis K. Balasingam, Benedict Dharmaraj, Diong Nguk Chai, Narendran Balasubbiah, Palaniappan Meiyappan, Narasimman Sathiamurthy

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Experimental study of the effects of pirfenidone and nintedanib on joint inflammation and pulmonary fibrosis in a rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease mouse model

Jia Liu, Lulu Xu, Xiaoling Guan, Jie Zhang

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A predictive nomogram for EGFR mutation status in lung adenocarcinoma manifesting as ground-glass nodules

Xiaoxia Ping, Qian Meng, Nan Jiang, Su Hu

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Postoperative short-term prognostic factors in patients with primary lung cancer who undergo lobectomy: a study on the prognostic predictors of early postoperative recurrence

Yuki Noda, Hideki Matsudaira, Daiki Kato, Takamasa Shibazaki, Shohei Mori, Takeo Nakada, Mitsuo Yabe, Jun Hirano, Yoshiyuki Hoya, Takashi Ohtsuka

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Complications of pneumothorax in computed tomography-guided transthoracic needle biopsy and prognostic factors: study on patients with tumor-like lung lesions

Thanh Nguyen Ai Tran, Tung Ba Nguyen, Vu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Thanh Vu-Tri

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Loco-regional relapse pattern and timing after segmentectomy in patients with c-IA non-small cell lung cancer

Hironobu Wada, Hidemi Suzuki, Takahide Toyoda, Yuki Sata, Terunaga Inage, Kazuhisa Tanaka, Yuichi Sakairi, Yukiko Matsui, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Ichiro Yoshino

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17-hydroxy-jolkinolide B potentiated CTLA4ab therapy through targeting tumor suppression and immune activation by downregulating PD-L1 expression in lung adenocarcinoma

Xuewei Chen, Yingxin Chen, Jieyu Xie, Junjun Fu, Xin Zhang

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Uniportal video-assisted lung resection versus robotic-assisted lung resection, is there a difference?

James Shahoud, Benny Weksler, Brent Williams, Conor Maxwell, Hiran C. Fernando

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Neoadjuvant immunology therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Qing Chang, Jiaqi Li, Yan Zhu, Huiping Qiang, Haijiao Lu, Yinchen Shen, Shuyuan Wang, Jialin Qian, Tianqing Chu

PDF Pages: 7546-7560 Full Text (162) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Outcomes and risk factors for cardiac surgery during pregnancy: a 13-year, two-centre, retrospective cohort study

He Jing, Min Wei, Jiakai Lu, Li Zhou, Jiapeng Huang, Weiping Cheng, Qiaoyun Zhang, Zhiyu Qiao, Junming Zhu, Yingxian Ye, Jiaqi Hu, Jiexian Liang, Sheng Wang

PDF Pages: 7561-7573 Full Text (145) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Analysis of pulmonary complications and predicted postoperative pulmonary function in oncologic lung resections

Alex Hyunkee Lee, Nazgol Seyednejad, Yuwei Yang, Sebastien Gilbert, Daniel Jones, Donna E. Maziak, Ramanadhan S. Sundaresan, Patrick J. Villeneuve, Andrew J. E. Seely

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Long-term survival and prognosis after surgical treatment of patients with thymic carcinoma: a retrospective analysis

Kai Zhao, Yiming Liu, Miao Jing, Wenhan Cai, Jiamei Jin, Zirui Zhu, Jiaxin Wen, Zhiqiang Xue

PDF Pages: 7582-7591 Full Text (141) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

General anesthesia induces acute cell-free DNA methylation changes in peripheral blood

Wenhua Liang, Xin Liu, Zhuxing Chen, Haixuan Wang, Ziwen Yu, Chunyan Li, Hao Yang, Jinsheng Tao, Hui Li, Zhiwei Chen, Jian-Bing Fan, Jianxing He

PDF Pages: 7592-7606 Full Text (171) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Risk factors for intraoperative hypothermia in patients receiving lung transplants

Jingjuan Huang, Yunxia Miao, Xiangxiang Shen, Chunyi Hou, Lin Zhang, Zeyong Zhang

PDF Pages: 7607-7616 Full Text (179) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predicting prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma by predicting TIGIT expression: a pathomics model

Peihong Hu, Bo Tian, Hang Gu, Haoran Liu, Qiang Li

PDF Pages: 7617-7629 Full Text (207) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of a whole lung lavage program for artificial stone silicosis

Hayley Barnes, David Pilcher, Julia Coull, Jesselyn Sin, Eli Dabscheck, Miranda Siemienowicz, Janu Pirakalathanan, Jun Khoo, Duncan Sweeney, Catriona McLean, Piraveen Pirakalathanan, Nina Eikelis, Christina Begka, Glen Westall, Ryan Hoy

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Management of benign airway stenosis—predictors of tracheal resection

Akshay J. Patel, Alina-Maria Budacan, Sajith Kumar, Huw Griffiths, Anita Sonsale, Ehab Bishay, Vanessa Rogers, Hazem Fallouh, Babu Naidu, Maninder Kalkat

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Development of a CT image-based virtual atelectasis simulation model and noninvasive lung nodule localization system

Intae Hwang, Sungwon Ham, Chohee Kim, Seong-Hak Lee, Cherry Kim, Jinwook Hwang

PDF Pages: 7651-7662 Full Text (Video) (183) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of lymph node evaluation standard in patients undergoing lung resection for clinical stage IA pulmonary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma

Raffaele Rocco, Brandon S. Hendriksen, Belisario A. Ortiz, K. Robert Shen, Stephen D. Cassivi, Sahar Saddoughi, Janani S. Reisenauer, Dennis A. Wigle, Luis F. Tapias

PDF Pages: 7663-7674 Full Text (142) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

An innovative and safe method to manage the inter-segmental plane using the “Inserted Multilateral Cutting Method” in pulmonary segmentectomy

Guang Zhao, Liping Tong, Xiaoping Dong, Hongtao Duan, Yong Zhang, Xiaolong Yan, Honggang Liu

PDF Pages: 7675-7685 Full Text (Video) (141) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Effectiveness of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program after lobectomy for lung cancer: a single-center observational study using propensity score matching in Vietnam

Ho Tat Bang, Tran Thanh Vy, Le Quan Anh Tuan, Nguyen Lam Vuong, Lam Thao Cuong, Ha Quoc Hung, Phan Ton Ngoc Vu, Nguyen Van Tap

PDF Pages: 7686-7696 Full Text (186) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of watershed analysis with indocyanine green fluorescence staining and modified inflation-deflation method in single-port thoracoscopic complex pulmonary segmentectomy

Yongsen Li, Yonghao Cao, Yuan Chen, Jing Huang, Kunpeng Feng, Chun Xu, Chang Li, Jun Zhao, Ziqing Shen, Cheng Ding

PDF Pages: 7697-7708 Full Text (143) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis following acute lung injury via activin-A production by recruited alveolar macrophages

Ting Pan, Yinzhou Feng, Yufan Li, Yanping Yang, Jian Zhou, Yuanlin Song

PDF Pages: 7709-7728 Full Text (270) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparing the lung isolation efficacy of bronchial blocker positioning via electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy versus fiberoptic bronchoscopy: a randomized study

Jiayun Li, Wu Liu, Xi Liang, Ren Zhou, Mingsong Wang, Beibei Hu, Hong Jiang, Rong Hu

PDF Pages: 7729-7738 Full Text (136) Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A single-center retrospective study of the molecular epidemiological characteristics of different Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in northern China

Wei Chen, Zhao Cai, Shuangqing Liu, Giovanni Sotgiu, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Yang Cao

PDF Pages: 7739-7750 Full Text (181) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Transcriptome sequencing analysis reveals the molecular mechanism of sepsis-induced muscle atrophy

Dajun Yan, Jie Zhang, Wenxiao Yan, Fengxiaorui Song, Xinye Luo, Hua Miao, Nuerlangbaike Nuerxiati, Talaibaike Maimaijuma, Xianggui Xu, Guiwen Liang, Zhongwei Huang, Haiyan Jiang, Lei Qi

PDF Pages: 7751-7770 Full Text (184) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The influence between plaque rupture and non-plaque rupture on clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a prospective cohort study

Xing Yang, Junqing Yang, Yoshifumi Kashima, Daisuke Hachinohe, Takuro Sugie, Shenghui Xu, Xiaosheng Guo, Xida Li, Xiangming Hu, Boyu Sun, Sanjana Nagraj, Anastasios Lymperopoulos, Yong Hoon Kim, Shengxian Tu, Haojian Dong

PDF Pages: 7771-7786 Full Text (210) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Treatment strategies for limited-stage small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: evidence from a Chinese multicenter cohort study and the American SEER database

Hongbiao Yan, Hangjia Zhu, Yuxin Cai, Dao Xin, Gaoke Cai, Bingwen Zou, Maobin Meng, James A. Gossage, Magnus Sundbom, Jun Wang, Yongshun Chen

PDF Pages: 7787-7796 Full Text (389) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Safety and efficacy of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy in the treatment of acute medium- or high-risk pulmonary embolism: a single-center retrospective cross-sectional study

Fei Li, Zhengxian Su, Chuntao Fu, Qing Wang, Xiang Wang, Jiecheng Zhang, Masahiro Yanagiya, Wenjun Zhao

PDF Pages: 7797-7806 Full Text (188) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Treating deep sternal wound infection with pectoralis major flap transposition: a systemic factor analysis of efficacy and safety

Qiuming Hu, Kaisheng Wu, Zhang Chen, Adnan Abibe Goia, Connor J. Maloney, James D. Maloney, Haibo Zhang

PDF Pages: 7807-7818 Full Text (194) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic value and potential biological function of PMSD11 in lung adenocarcinoma

Yong Xi, Jing Zeng, Yundong Zhou, Weiyu Shen, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Retnagowri Rajandram, Sivakumar Krishnasamy

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Mesenchymal stem cell treatment alleviates seawater drowning induced lung injury by inhibiting the TNFα/Snail/EMT pathway

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Development and validation of a nomogram for incorporating ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT spleen uptake for predicting prognosis in elderly esophageal cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

Daojia Liu, Duanyu Lin, Zhongmei Lin, Ying Peng, Siqian Cai, Qiwei Yang, Zhizhong Lin, Yuanmei Chen, Yongshi Shen, Yuanji Xu

PDF Pages: 7853-7865 Full Text (161) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic value of ubiquitination-related differentially expressed genes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a comprehensive analysis and future directions

Juhui Chen, Yiping Zhang, Zhongmei Lin, Ying Peng, Ankit Madan, Siqian Cai, Zhizhong Lin, Yongshi Shen, Yuanmei Chen, Yuanji Xu, Junxin Wu

PDF Pages: 7866-7884 Full Text (189) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The training in thoracoscopic surgery: a comparative study and bibliometric analysis

Shaojin Zhu, Toni Lerut, Xiaogan Jiang

PDF Pages: 7885-7904 Full Text (156) Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Brief Report

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Philippa Jane Temple Bowers, Frazer Michael Kirk

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Surgical Technique

Localization strategies for deep lung nodule using electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy and indocyanine green fluorescence: a technical note

Yuan Xu, Hongsheng Liu, Yingzhi Qin, Chao Guo, Shanqing Li, Naixin Liang

PDF Pages: 7910-7919 Full Text (155) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Single-port robot-assisted thoracoscopic right lower bronchial sleeve lobectomy utilizing the Shurui single-port robotic system

Chang Li, Xin-Yu Zhu, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Jun Zhao

PDF Pages: 7920-7925 Full Text (Video) (192) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical repair of benign thoracogastric airway fistula after esophagectomy using a pedicled myocutaneous flap

Chunguang Li, Yang Yang, Bin Li, Rong Hua, Yifeng Sun, Zhigang Li

PDF Pages: 7926-7932 Full Text (108) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Intraoperative transbronchial metallic coil marking guided by mobile 3D C-arm for resection of a small peripheral lung lesion

Hiromitsu Takizawa, Naoki Miyamoto, Naoya Kawakita, Taihei Takeuchi, Shinichi Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Atsushi Morishita, Hiroaki Toba

PDF Pages: 7933-7940 Full Text (Video) (152) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The establishment of an ex vivo lung perfusion rat model: insights from Jiangxi, China

Guowen Zou, Lei Jiang, Bin Xu, Jingyuan Xu, Zhikai Zeng, Lingchun Xia, Jian Tang, Bentong Yu

PDF Pages: 7941-7957 Full Text (189) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Research progress in interventional therapy for acute intermediate-high-risk and high-risk pulmonary embolism

Lulu Wang, Cheng Yu, Ke Hu, Yi Guo, Yuxuan Li, Shiwen Yu, Weici Wang

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Collection methods of exhaled volatile organic compounds for lung cancer screening and diagnosis: a systematic review

Yuhang He, Zhixia Su, Taining Sha, Xiaoping Yu, Hong Guo, Yujian Tao, Liting Liao, Yanyan Zhang, Guotao Lu, Guangyu Lu, Weijuan Gong

PDF Pages: 7978-7998 Full Text (248) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Precise diagnosis and prognosis assessment of malignant lung nodules: a narrative review

Miaomiao Wen, Qian Zheng, Xiaohong Ji, Shaowei Xin, Yinxi Zhou, Yahui Tian, Zitong Wan, Jiao Zhang, Jie Yang, Yongfu Ma, Yanlu Xiong

PDF Pages: 7999-8013 Full Text (176) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Family-centered care: addressing challenges and implementing countermeasures in response to novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control—a narrative review

Yawen Dai, Hui Jiang

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Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) as a potential therapeutic target for lung diseases: a narrative review

Yangyang Cao, Yuwen Xu, Jiaqi Zhou, Xiaoyan Fu, Hongxia Zhang, Xianhong Du, Shujuan Liang, Meifang Liu

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