Vol 7, No 11 (November 28, 2015): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

What can we expect from the book Esophageal Cancer?
Wayne L. Hofstetter
PDF Pages: 1880-1881 Full Text (2049) Open Access Get Permission
Pulmonary function tests and computed tomography lung attenuation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mario Mascalchi
PDF Pages: 1882-1884 Full Text (2566) Open Access Get Permission
Caution! Overestimation of treatment effects of corticosteroid therapy for community-acquired pneumonia in a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Wan-Jie Gu
PDF Pages: 1885-1886 Full Text (3032) Open Access Get Permission
PET-CT limitations in early stage non-small cell lung cancer: to whom more aggressive approach in radiotherapy and surgery should be directed?
Lucyna Kepka, Joanna Socha
PDF Pages: 1887-1890 Full Text (2616) Open Access Get Permission

Original Article

Genetic variants of the class A scavenger receptor gene are associated with essential hypertension in Chinese
Min Zhang, Zhijun Han, Zihe Yan, Qichen Cui, Yuhai Jiang, Mingzhu Gao, Wei Yu, Jun Hua, Hongyu Huang
PDF Pages: 1891-1897 Full Text (3154) Open Access Get Permission
Clinical role of a new prognostic score using platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma undergoing extrapleural pneumonectomy
Tetsuzo Tagawa, Masaki Anraku, Yosuke Morodomi, Tomoyoshi Takenaka, Tatsuro Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, Yukito Ichinose, Yoshihiko Maehara, B. C. John Cho, Ronald Feld, Ming-Sound Tsao, Natasha Leighl, Andrea Bezjak, Shaf Keshavjee, Marc de Perrot
PDF Pages: 1898-1906 Full Text (4892) Open Access Get Permission
Risk factors for distal stent graft-induced new entry following endovascular repair of type B aortic dissection
Qing Li, Long-Fei Wang, Wei-Guo Ma, Shang-Dong Xu, Jun Zheng, Xiao-Yan Xing, Lian-Jun Huang, Li-Zhong Sun
PDF Pages: 1907-1916 Full Text (4517) Open Access Get Permission
Albert-Lembert versus hybrid-layered suture in hand sewn end-to-end cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophageal squamous cell carcinoma resection
Fan Feng, Li Sun, Guanghui Xu, Liu Hong, Jianjun Yang, Lei Cai, Guocai Li, Man Guo, Xiao Lian, Hongwei Zhang
PDF Pages: 1917-1926 Full Text (5441) Open Access Get Permission
Incidence and risk factors of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in patients after acute pulmonary embolism
Suqiao Yang, Yuanhua Yang, Zhenguo Zhai, Tuguang Kuang, Juanni Gong, Shuai Zhang, Jianguo Zhu, Lirong Liang, Ying H. Shen, Chen Wang
PDF Pages: 1927-1938 Full Text (6097) Open Access Get Permission
Prognostic value of stromal decorin expression in patients with breast cancer: a meta-analysis
Shuang-Jiang Li, Da-Li Chen, Wen-Biao Zhang, Cheng Shen, Guo-Wei Che
PDF Pages: 1939-1950 Full Text (3241) Open Access Get Permission
Impacts of anemia on 3-year ischemic events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a propensity-matched study
Xiaoyan Wang, Miaohan Qiu, Jing Li, Heyang Wang, Jing Qi, Geng Wang, Kai Xu, Haiwei Liu, Xin Zhao, Quanmin Jing, Yi Li, Yaling Han
PDF Pages: 1951-1959 Full Text (4629) Open Access Get Permission
Pain control of thoracoscopic major pulmonary resection: is pre-emptive local bupivacaine injection able to replace the intravenous patient controlled analgesia?
Hee Chul Yang, Ja-young Lee, Soyeon Ahn, Sukki Cho, Kwhanmien Kim, Sanghoon Jheon, Jun Sung Kim
PDF Pages: 1960-1969 Full Text (4911) Open Access Get Permission
Voluntary pulmonary function screening with GOLD standard: an effective and simple approach to detect lung obstruction
Shengyu Wang, Wei Gong, Yao Tian, Min Yang
PDF Pages: 1970-1977 Full Text (3469) Open Access Get Permission
Covering the staple line with a polyglycolic acid sheet after bullectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax prevents postoperative recurrent pneumothorax
Kyoji Hirai, Tetsuo Kawashima, Shingo Takeuchi, Jitsuo Usuda
PDF Pages: 1978-1985 Full Text (3673) Open Access Get Permission
Correlation of fluid balance and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients after esophagectomy for cancer
Xuezhong Xing, Yong Gao, Haijun Wang, Shining Qu, Chulin Huang, Hao Zhang, Hao Wang, Kelin Sun
PDF Pages: 1986-1993 Full Text (4160) Open Access Get Permission
Partial esophagogastrostomy with esophagogastric anastomosis below the aortic arch in cardiac carcinoma: characteristics and treatment of postoperative anastomotic leakage
Bin Qiu, Feiyue Feng, Shugeng Gao
PDF Pages: 1994-2002 Full Text (3605) Open Access Get Permission
Prognosis and status of lymph node involvement in patients with adenocarcinoma in situ and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma—a systematic literature review and pooled-data analysis
Long Jiang, Weiqiang Yin, Guilin Peng, Wei Wang, Jianrong Zhang, Yang Liu, Shengyi Zhong, Qihua He, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He
PDF Pages: 2003-2009 Full Text (3587) Open Access Get Permission
Physiologic and immunologic effects of subxiphoid pulmonary lobectomy compared with transthoracic pulmonary lobectomy in a canine survival model
Chih-Tsung Wen, Yen Chu, Yi-Cheng Wu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Chien-Ying Liu, Chia-Chuan Liu, Po-Jen Ko, Yun-Hen Liu, Hui-Ping Liu
PDF Pages: 2010-2017 Full Text (3994) Open Access Get Permission
Prolonged postoperative length of stay is associated with poor overall survival after an esophagectomy for esophageal cancer
Longfei Ma, Jingpei Li, Longlong Shao, Dong Lin, Jiaqing Xiang
PDF Pages: 2018-2023 Full Text (3910) Open Access Get Permission
Safety of thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer without interruption of anti-platelet agents
Woo Sik Yu, Hee Suk Jung, Jin Gu Lee, Dae Joon Kim, Kyung Young Chung, Chang Young Lee
PDF Pages: 2024-2032 Full Text (3806) Open Access Get Permission
Perioperative outcomes of upper lobectomy according to preservation or division of the inferior pulmonary ligament
Yangki Seok, Eunjue Yi, Sukki Cho, Sanghoon Jheon, Kwhanmien Kim
PDF Pages: 2033-2040 Full Text (3714) Open Access Get Permission
Impact of anemia on long-term ischemic events and bleeding events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a system review and meta-analysis
Xiaoyan Wang, Miaohan Qiu, Jing Qi, Jing Li, Heyang Wang, Yi Li, Yaling Han
PDF Pages: 2041-2052 Full Text (5248) Open Access Get Permission
Determining optimal fluid and air leak cut off values for chest drain management in general thoracic surgery
Miguel Mesa-Guzman, Perikleous Periklis, Zakiyah Niwaz, Laura Socci, Hilgardt Raubenheimer, Ben Adams, Lokesh Gurung, Mohsin Uzzaman, Eric Lim
PDF Pages: 2053-2057 Full Text (5061) Open Access Get Permission

Surgical Technique

Extracorporeal instrument knotting technique for minimal access thoracic surgery
Shenhai Wei, Jintao Tian, Xiaoping Song, Yan Chen
PDF Pages: 2058-2060 Full Text (4347) Open Access Get Permission

Perspective

Current and emerging treatments for severe asthma
Khalid Al Efraij, J. Mark FitzGerald
PDF Pages: E522-E525 Full Text (5390) Open Access Get Permission

Consensus

Chinese expert consensus on clinical use of non-invasive airway inflammation assessment in bronchial asthma
Jiangtao Lin, Kaisheng Yin, Nan Su, Mao Huang, Chen Qiu, Chuntao Liu, Shaoxi Cai, Chuangli Hao, on behalf of the Chinese Society of Chest Physicians, Chinese Medical Doctor Association
PDF Pages: 2061-2078 Full Text (5193) Open Access Get Permission

Statistic Corner1

The game theory in thoracic surgery: from the intuitions of Luca Pacioli to the operating rooms management
Argante Ciocci, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini
PDF Pages: E526-E530 Full Text (5112) Open Access Get Permission
Rationales for an accurate sample size evaluation
Alan D. L. Sihoe
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Longitudinal studies
Edward Joseph Caruana, Marius Roman, Jules Hernández-Sánchez, Piergiorgio Solli
PDF Pages: E537-E540 Full Text (44803) Open Access Get Permission
Interpretation of lung cancer study outcomes
Diego Cortinovis, Marida Abbate, Paolo Bidoli, Davide Pelizzoni, Stefania Canova
PDF Pages: E541-E547 Full Text (4359) Open Access Get Permission

Case Report

Severe aortic regurgitation and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a Turner syndrome patient
Kanhua Yin, Jun Li, Kai Zhu, Yulin Wang, Hao Lai, Chunsheng Wang
PDF Pages: E548-E551 Full Text (2952) Open Access Get Permission
Left ventricular thrombus associated with arteriovenous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation
George Makdisi, Zubair A. Hashmi, Thomas C. Wozniak, I-wen Wang
PDF Pages: E552-E554 Full Text (3517) Open Access Get Permission
Aortic aneurysms and trans-apical endovascular repair in high risk heart transplant recipient, one year follow up
Khalil Ahmad, Kim Terp, Gratien Andersen, Vibeke Hjortdal
PDF Pages: E555-E559 Full Text (Video) (4069) Open Access Get Permission
Removal of metallic foreign body in heart by minimally invasive procedure under the guidance of transesophageal echocardiography and transthoracic echocardiogram
Hong Qian, Haibo Song, Yajiao Li, Chunling Jiang
PDF Pages: E560-E563 Full Text (3715) Open Access Get Permission

Letter to the Editor

Severe epistaxis during adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: not your average nosebleed
Michael Mazzeffi, Jesse Kiefer, Zachary Kon, Jeffrey Wolf
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Severe epistaxis in patients on extracorporeal membranous oxygenator support occurrence and management
George Makdisi, I-wen Wang
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Meet the Professor

Professor Giovanni Battista Migliori: the global fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Chao-Xiu (Melanie) He
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Professor Richard A. Jonas: exploring ways to improve brain development in children with congenital heart disease
Chao-Xiu (Melanie) He
PDF Pages: E570-E572 Full Text (3024) Open Access Get Permission
Professor Jørgen Vestbo: advances on the management of COPD
Chao-Xiu (Melanie) He
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Statistics Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Luca Bertolaccini served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.