Vol 11, Supplement 9 (May 28, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

A novel air leak test using surfactant: a step forward or a bubble that will burst?

Michael Eberlein, Natalie Baldes, Servet Bölükbas

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Can the robot overcome technical challenges of thoracoscopic bronchial anastomosis?

Irmina A. Elliott, Jane Yanagawa

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Chemotherapy induced changes to fibrin clots properties in lung cancer: is it favorable?

Mitsuo Sato

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Customizable airway stents—personalized medicine reaches the airways

Sohini Ghosh, Allen Cole Burks, Jason A. Akulian

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Necessity of the heart, for lung resection

Kelli D. Salter, Bryan M. Burt

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High-volume hydration for the prevention of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

Daniela Cardinale, Nicola Cosentino, Giancarlo Marenzi, Carlo M. Cipolla

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The effectiveness of immunosuppressive cyclosporin in attenuating the progression of interstitial lung diseases

Mathew Suji Eapen, Archana Vijay Gaikwad, Isobel E. Thompson, Wenying Lu, Stephen Myers, Pawan Sharma, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal

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Prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications after esophageal cancer surgery

Francisco Schlottmann, Marco G. Patti

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Certification for minimally invasive thoracic surgery: is your surgeon ready?

Tyler S. Wahl, Benjamin Wei

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When do gender differences begin in obstructive sleep apnea patients?

Sang-Wook Kim, Luigi Taranto-Montemurro

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Postoperative saline administration following cardiac surgery: impact of high versus low-volume administration on acute kidney injury

Meletios Kanakis, Thomas Martens, Nagarajan Muthialu

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Surgery for stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer: the jury is still out!

Lawek Berzenji, Paul Beckers, Paul E. Van Schil

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High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy in immunocompromised patients: where? for whom? and when to stop?

Rémi Coudroy, Jean-Pierre Frat, Arnaud W. Thille

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The posterior approach to robotic-assisted right upper lobectomy

Daniel S. Oh

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The role of liposomal bupivacaine in thoracic surgery

Hassan Rayaz, E. David Bravos, Allan Gottschalk

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Local control of locally advanced (N2) non-small cell lung cancer: when and how?

Byung Jo Park, Jhingook Kim

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Editorial on expanded indications for robotic surgery in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

Joseph D. Phillips, David J. Finley

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Consensus guidelines for thoracic surgical patient management—do they represent the consensus?

Robert A. Meguid

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Minimally invasive bronchial and bronchovascular sleeve resections

Servet Bölükbas, Natalie Baldes, Michael Eberlein

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Intravenous sodium and chloride: not too much, not too quick, and only to healthy kidneys!

Stefano Romagnoli, Zaccaria Ricci

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Locally advanced N2 non-small cell lung cancer and the robotic platform: are we asking the right question?

Jean-Marc Baste

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Continuous improvement of surgical skill

Toshihiko Sato

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A call for standardization of training and certification of thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer

Erin M. Corsini, Mara B. Antonoff

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Stepwise and standardized training for minimally invasive surgery for thoracic surgery trainees

Tony Makdisi, George Makdisi

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Exploring the molecular and biological background of lung neuroendocrine tumours

Michele Simbolo, Vincenzo Di Noia, Ettore D’Argento, Michele Milella, Aldo Scarpa, Giampaolo Tortora, Emilio Bria, Sara Pilotto

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Is there a role for upfront surgery in patients with N2 disease and good prognostic features?

Candice Lee, David A. Guel, Benny Weksler

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Intercostal nerve blockade for thoracic surgery with liposomal bupivacaine: the devil is in the details

Linda W. Martin, Reza J. Mehran

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Will bubbling decrease the muddling?—a promising technique to detect air leak intra-operatively

Suha Kaaki, Christopher Pysyk, Sebastien Gilbert

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Improving accuracy of hilar and lobar nodal staging in non-small cell lung cancer

Juha Kauppi, Jari Räsänen

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Robotic sleeve lobectomy-technically possible but is it being overused?

Rishindra M. Reddy

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Percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung in the era of precision medicine

Hitomi Sakai, Masayuki Takeda

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Use of staplers and adverse events in thoracic surgery

Dragan Subotic, Aljaz Hojski, Mark Wiese, Didier Lardinois

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Transection of the arterial ligament for extended mediastinal lymph node dissection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: invaluable technique for the right patient

Peter T. White, Mara B. Antonoff

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Dissection of the left paratracheal area is frequently missed during left side non-small cell lung cancer surgery

Gonzalo Varela, Marcelo F. Jiménez

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Localization of air leaks by soap bubble

Kazuhiro Ueda

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Invited editorial on “Intraoperative conversion during video-assisted thoracoscopy does not constitute a treatment failure”

Dohun Kim

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Current perspective on the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion

Jun Hyeok Lim, Jeong-Seon Ryu

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Editorial on “The AvaALL Randomized Clinical Trial”

Laura Bonanno, Alberto Pavan, Giulia Pasello, Stefano Indraccolo

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Editorial on “Albumin-to-fibrinogen ratio as a prognostic biomarker to predict clinical outcome of non-small cell lung cancer individuals”

Takuro Miyazaki, Takeshi Nagayasu

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Time to remind old good principles

Marcin Zieliński

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Does daily chest ultrasound in the postoperative period contribute to an enhanced recovery after surgery pathway for patients undergoing general thoracic surgery?

Xin Wei, Shuangjiang Li, Shan Cheng, Li Qiu, Guowei Che

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Selecting therapy for small ground-glass tumors—the potential role of volumetric computed tomography scan

Xiangwen Wu, Hiran C. Fernando

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Extracellular matrix proteins as circulating biomarkers for the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients

Daniela Frezzetti, Antonella De Luca, Nicola Normanno

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Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents for saphenous vein graft interventions

Rahman Shah, Kirstin Hesterberg

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Use of plasma neutrophil gelatinas associated lipocalin level to identify critical patients with acute kidney injury that require renal replacement therapy: is it a reliable biomarker?

Jahan Porhomayon, Rukma Parthvi

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Are the metabolic evaluation criteria sufficient for FDG PET/CT after chemo-radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer?

Cetin Ordu

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Liposomal bupivacaine in minimally invasive thoracic surgery: something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Raul Caso, M. Blair Marshall

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Editorial Commentary

Terlipressin or norepinephrine in septic shock: do we have the answer?

Mark D. Williams, James A. Russell

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Customized airway stenting for bronchopleural fistula after pulmonary resection by interventional technique: single-center study of 148 consecutive patients

Kassem Harris

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Lost in translation: do animal studies add value to the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms?

Doireann Patricia Joyce, Stewart Redmond Walsh, Tze Tec Chong, Tjun Yip Tang

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The tidal volume fix?

David J. Dries, John J. Marini

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Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery vs. thoracotomy for lobectomy: why are we still talking about this?

Mark Hennon, Sai Yendamuri

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Toward precision medicine based on the molecular landscape of carcinoma in situ of the bronchus: is it realistic for patients with pre-invasive lung disease?

Paul Hofman

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Who will suffer from hyperprogressive disease in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors

Motoko Tachihara, Yoshihiro Nishimura

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Obstructive sleep apnea and perioperative delirium among thoracic surgery intensive care unit patients: perspective on the STOP-BANG questionnaire and postoperative outcomes

Sha’Shonda L. Revels, Brian H. Cameron, Robert B. Cameron

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Culprit-only or multivessel PCI in cardiogenic shock myocardial infarction patients: simpler solutions are more likely to be correct than complex ones

Milena Soriano Marcolino, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro

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Preoxygenation for tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: one technique does not fit all

Luca Cabrini, Ottavia Pallanch, Marina Pieri, Alberto Zangrillo

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Recurrence in complete responders after trimodality therapy in esophageal cancer

Ilies Bouabdallah, Pascal Alexandre Thomas, Xavier Benoit D’Journo

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Comparing open and closed chest surgery for early-stage lung cancer: still relevant?

Dominique Gossot

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Obstructive lung disease in smokers and never smokers: further insights in patient-related approach in lung cancer understanding

Marco Alifano

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Marginal gain, does it matter?

Lorenzo Rosner, Michel Gonzalez

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Initial results from a randomized trial in video-assisted versus open thoracic surgery

Anton Eklund, Ulrik Sartipy

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Is obstructive sleep apnea related to postoperative delirium, postoperative, coma or both?

Baiyuan Yang, Pingping Ning, Yanming Xu

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Lung cancer staging: accuracy is critical

Michael A. Jantz

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Novel non-pharmacological therapy to modulate the autonomic tone in patients with heart failure with pulmonary hypertension

Christophe Martinez, Tadafumi Sugimoto, Toshimitsu Tsugu, Cécile Oury, Patrizio Lancellotti

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Cell therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: the START study

Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco

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Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus metastasectomy for pulmonary metastases: guiding treatment in the oligometastatic era

Nauman H. Malik, Dana M. Keilty, Alexander V. Louie

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Minimally invasive transthoracic esophagectomy: pushing the boundaries to improve surgical outcomes

Jose M. Pimiento, Jacques P. Fontaine

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Tailored airway stent: the new frontiers of the endoscopic treatment of broncho-pleural fistula

Alfonso Fiorelli, Vincenzo Ferrara, Mary Bove, Mario Santini

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Endoscopic vein harvest: benefits beyond (a) reasonable doubt?

Gianluca Lucchese, Omar A. Jarral

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Hypoalbuminemia in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: culprit or surrogate?

Edgar Aranda-Michel, Valentino Bianco, Arman Kilic, Ibrahim Sultan

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A plea for conservatism: minimally invasive sleeve resections

Herbert Decaluwé, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Paul De Leyn

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Endoscopic and surgical treatment for bronchopleural fistula after major lung resection: an enduring challenge

Giacomo Cusumano, Marco Alifano, Filippo Lococo

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Risk factors of post-esophagectomy-induced malnutrition

Ilies Bouabdallah, Xavier Benoit D’Journo

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Stereotactic body radiation therapy versus surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer: clearing a path through an evolving treatment landscape

J. Isabelle Choi, Charles B. Simone II

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Is a complicated VATS lung resection better than no VATS at all?—converting our stance on intraoperative conversions

Melanie Subramanian, Varun Puri

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A paradox or a challenge?

Katherine M. Flegal

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If you hear hoofbeats, sometimes it is actually a zebra: tumor characteristics and presentation, rather than age, should dictate assessment of esophageal neoplasms

Tamar Nobel, Daniela Molena

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Access instruments for video assisted surgery: combination of mini-invasivity and universality

Giovanni De Caridi, Mafalda Massara, Raffaele Serra, Francesco Monaco, Filippo Benedetto

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Editorial comments for the circular RNA circPRKCI promotion of tumor growth in lung adenocarcinoma

Metka Ravnik-Glavač, Damjan Glavač

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Nature’s right ventricle—limited by design

Lucas J. Witer, Koji Takeda, Hiroo Takayama

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Terlipressin as a first choice in septic shock—not yet

Daniel Lima Rocha, Fabio Tanzillo Moreira, Ary Serpa Neto

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Minimally invasive esophagectomy—standard of care

June S. Peng, Steven N. Hochwald

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The role of lymph node assessment along with sublobar resection is now evident, but what about the role of sublobar resection in small non-small cell lung cancer?

Masaki Anraku

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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: time for surgery at first episode?

Giuseppe Cardillo, Sara Ricciardi, Najib Rahman, Steven Walker, Nick A. Maskell

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Is surgery the choice for treatment for first presentation of pneumothorax?

Taichiro Goto

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Unravelling complexities of the subsolid pulmonary nodule—detection, characterization, natural history, monitoring and (future) patient management

Esther Pompe, Pim A. de Jong, Firdaus A. A. Mohamed Hoesein

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Persistent pulmonary subsolid nodules: How long should they be observed until clinically relevant growth occurs?

Eui Jin Hwang, Chang Min Park

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European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints—the only point that matters in candidemia?

Farhan Fazal

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Substantial imbalance that is never eliminated with propensity score matched analyses in comparing surgery to stereotactic body radiotherapy for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Atsuya Takeda, Yuichiro Tsurugai, Naoko Sanuki

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Stereotactic body radiotherapy as an alternative to metastasectomy for pulmonary oligometastasis

Yukinori Matsuo

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Editorial on: “Acute kidney injury after lung cancer surgery: incidence and clinical relevance, predictors, and role of N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide”

Zihao Wang, Yun Wang

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Letter to the Editor

Lung protective ventilation and thoracic anesthesia

Emmanuel Marret, Francis Bonnet

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Does 3D-measurement of a lung tumor come up to our standard?

Yoshihisa Shimada, Hideyuki Furumoto, Norihiko Ikeda

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Establishment of a safe thoracoscopic surgery

Nahoko Shimizu, Yugo Tanaka, Yoshimasa Maniwa

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How to predict the risk of post-lobectomy complications in elderly lung cancer patients

Yo Kawaguchi, Jun Hanaoka

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Intercostal nerve protection to prevent post-thoracotomy pain

Priya Ranganathan, Sabita Jiwnani, C. S. Pramesh

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The role of RASSF proteins in modulating RAS driven lung tumors in vivo

Desmond Harrell Stewart, Katherine Hobbing, M. Lee Schmidt, Howard Donninger, Geoffrey J. Clark

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Invited letter about wound retractor advantages in thoracic surgery

Federico Raveglia, Alessandro Rizzi, Ugo Cioffi, Alessandro Baisi

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Saphenous vein graft failure: seeing the bigger picture

Allison B. Hall, Emmanouil S. Brilakis

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Disclosure:

The supplement was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding.