Vol 14, No 8 (August 30, 2022): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Short-term phrenic nerve stimulation; no longer a therapy in search of a disease
James O’Rourke
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2728-2731
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Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: a not “mechanical” preventive and therapeutic strategy
Benoit Lattuca, Guillaume Cayla
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2732-2734
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Tracheal and cricotracheal resections: see one, do none, centralize?
Yanina J. L. Jansen, Jean H. T. Daemen, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2735-2737
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Complex EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer: a distinct entity?
Michał Bieńkowski, Rafał Dziadziuszko, Jacek Jassem
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2738-2741
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The challenge of measuring post-operative pain reduction with opioid-sparing anesthetic techniques in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Kian C. Banks, Diana S. Hsu, Jeffrey B. Velotta
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2742-2744
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Pain control after thoracic surgery begins in the operating room
Jessica B. Briscoe, Raul Caso
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2745-2747
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Original Article

Phrenic nerve stimulation in an ovine model with temporary removable pacing leads
Harry Etienne, Martin Dres, Julie Piquet, Laure Wingertsmann, Olivier Thibaudeau, Thomas Similowski, Jesus Gonzalez-Bermejo, Jalal Assouad
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2748-2756
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Dynamic evaluation of the pulmonary protective effects of prone position ventilation via respiratory mechanics for patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
Zhenjie Jiang, Zhe Zhang, Qingwen Sun, Baozhu Zhang, Qiuxue Deng, Yin Xi, Weiqun He, Xiaoqing Liu, Yuanda Xu, Tao Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2757-2770
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Surgical treatment of patients with aortic valve disease complicated with moderate functional mitral regurgitation and heart failure with midrange ejection fraction: a cohort study
Wei Zhao, Xieraili Tiemuerniyazi, Yangwu Song, Yifeng Nan, Zi’ang Yang, Fei Xu, Wei Feng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2771-2780
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Minimally invasive repair of pectus carinatum with a new steel bar
Xuefeng Zhang, Fengqing Hu, Rui Bi, Lei Wang, Lianyong Jiang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2781-2790
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Lung lobectomy surgical approach and resource utilization differ by anatomic lobe in a statewide discharge registry
Daniel T. DeArmond, Mohammed S. Rahman, Stewart R. Miller, Christian P. Jacobsen, Scott B. Johnson, Duy C. Nguyen, Nitin A. Das
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2791-2801
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Lung recruitment after cardiac arrest during procurement of atelectatic donor lungs is a protective measure in lung transplantation
Eito Niman, Kentaroh Miyoshi, Toshio Shiotani, Tomohiro Toji, Takuro Igawa, Shinji Otani, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Masaomi Yamane, Shinichi Toyooka
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2802-2811
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Diagnosis and prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome related to diffuse pneumonic-type adenocarcinoma: a single-center case series study
Maxens Decavèle, Antoine Parrot, Michaël Duruisseaux, Martine Antoine, Anne Fajac, Audrey Milon, Marie-France Carette, Anthony Canellas, Aude Gibelin, Alexandre Elabbadi, Marie Wislez, Jacques Cadranel, Muriel Fartoukh
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2812-2825
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Futile lobectomies following video-thoracoscopic exploration for indeterminate pulmonary nodules: a retrospective study
Gabrielle Drevet, Yaniss Belaroussi, Michael Duruisseaux, Lara Chalabreysse, Renaud Grima, Jean-Michel Maury, François Tronc
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2826-2834
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Proposal for a new local recurrence score in patients with recurrent malignant pleural mesothelioma
Olivia Lauk, Thomas Neuer, Bianca Battilana, Ilhan Inci, Katarzyna Furrer, Walter Weder, Masaki Hashimoto, Isabelle Opitz
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2835-2844
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A pilot study of intraoperative localization of peripheral small pulmonary tumors by cone-beam computed tomography: sandwich marking technique
Yuichi Saito, Tomohiro Watanabe, Yasuyuki Kanamoto, Momoko Asami, Fumi Yokote, Hitoshi Dejima, Hiroaki Morooka, Takayuki Ibi, Yoshikane Yamauchi, Nobumasa Takahashi, Tomohiko Ikeya, Yukinori Sakao, Masafumi Kawamura
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2845-2854
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Development of a universal thoracic enhanced recover after surgery protocol for implementation across a diverse multi-hospital health system
Adam R. Dyas, Alyson D. Kelleher, Crystal J. Erickson, Jennifer A. Voss, Ethan U. Cumbler, Anne Lambert-Kerzner, Annette S. Vizena, Celisse Robinson-Chavez, Brandi L. Kee, Alison R. Barker, Melissa S. Fuller, Susan A. Miller, Katherine O. McCabe, Katharine M. Cook, Simran K. Randhawa, John D. Mitchell, Robert A. Meguid
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2855-2863
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Clinical outcomes of pre-attached reinforced stapler reloads in thoracic surgery: a prospective case series
Eric Lim, Jean-Marc Baste, Michael Shackcloth
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2864-2873
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Report on lung cancer surgery during COVID-19 pandemic at a high volume US institution
Daniel P. Dolan, Daniel N. Lee, Emily Polhemus, Suden Kucukak, Luis E. De León, Daniel Wiener, Michael T. Jaklitsch, Scott J. Swanson, Abby White
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2874-2879
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Small cell lung cancer in young patients: trends in sociodemographic factors, diagnosis, treatment, and survival
Michelle H. Lee, Muhammad Mustafa Qureshi, Kei Suzuki, Peter Everett, Umit Tapan, Kimberley S. Mak
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2880-2893
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma
Meng-Xin Zhou, Ye-Ye Chen, Jia-Qi Zhang, Wen-Liang Bai, Cheng Huang, Chao Guo, Hong-Sheng Liu, Shan-Qing Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2894-2907
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Uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy provides good perioperative results and early postoperative recovery
Kazuki Numajiri, Natsumi Matsuura, Hitoshi Igai, Fumi Ohsawa, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2908-2916
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Bleeding and thrombotic complications associated with anticoagulation prior to lung transplantation: a case series
Hailey M. Shepherd, Ramsey R. Hachem, Chad A. Witt, Rodrigo V. Guillamet, Derek E. Byers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Bryan F. Meyers, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, G. Alexander Patterson, Varun Puri, Daniel Kreisel, Ruben G. Nava
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2917-2926
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Prognostic value of left ventricular hypertrophy in postoperative outcomes in type A acute aortic dissection
Yifan Zuo, Yun Xing, Zhiwei Wang, Zhiyong Wu, Zhipeng Hu, Rui Hu, Feng Shi, Tianyu Liu, Liang Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2927-2942
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A novel system for analyzing indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence spectra enables deeper lung tumor localization during thoracoscopic surgery
Ryohei Chiba, Yuma Ebihara, Haruhiko Shiiya, Hideki Ujiie, Aki Fujiwara-Kuroda, Kichizo Kaga, Liming Li, Satoru Wakasa, Satoshi Hirano, Tatsuya Kato
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2943-2952
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Development and validation of a prognostic model related to pyroptosis-related genes for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using bioinformatics analysis
Weiguang Zhang, Peipei Zhang, Junfei Jiang, Kaiming Peng, Zhimin Shen, Mingqiang Kang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2953-2969
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A retrospective comparative cohort study on the efficacy and safety of bi-port robotic-assisted lobectomy and multi-port robotic-assisted lobectomy
Zenan Gu, Jia Huang, Yu Tian, Long Jiang, Qingquan Luo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2970-2976
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Serum cystatin C is a potential predictor of short-term mortality and acute kidney injury in acute aortic dissection patients: a retrospective cohort study
Jun Wang, Biwen Yang, Meili Liu, Tao You, Han Shen, Yihuan Chen, Haoyue Huang, Shifeng Li, Zhiyang Wang, Xinyue Li, Fang Huang, Xiaomei Teng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2977-2986
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Screening of sphingolipid metabolism-related genes associated with immune cells in myocardial infarction: a bioinformatics analysis
Jijuan Wang, Ping Wang, Weihua Wang, Huiling Jin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2987-2996
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The difference of auxiliary examination parameters between margin recurrence and granuloma on enhanced computed tomography after sublobar resection
Jia-Jie Zheng, Zhi-Yong Sun, Dong-Lei Zhang, Xiao-Jing Zhao, Hua-Bing Wei
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:2997-3007
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Whole exome sequencing identifies novel inherited genetic variants in tetralogy of Fallot
Yu Pan, Manli Liu, Songsong Zhang, Huaxian Mei, Jing Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3008-3015
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Review Article

Research progress regarding long-chain non-coding RNA in lung cancer: a narrative review
Ping Yu, Xuan He, Fei Lu, Ling Li, Huahua Song, Xiaolan Bian
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3016-3029
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Management of perioperative bleeding risk in patients on antithrombotic medications undergoing cardiac surgery—a systematic review
Marijana Matejic-Spasic, Kambiz Hassan, Matthias Thielmann, Stephan Geidel, Robert F. Storey, Michael Schmoeckel, Harriet Adamson, Efthymios N. Deliargyris, Daniel Wendt
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3030-3044
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Anesthetic (r)evolution from the conventional concept to the minimally invasive techniques in thoracic surgery—narrative review
Zsolt Szabo, Csongor Fabo, Adam Oszlanyi, Fatime Hawchar, Tibor Géczi, Judit Lantos, Jozsef Furák
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3045-3060
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Surgical Technique

Video-assisted thoracoscopic hilar and pericardial release for long-segment tracheal resections
Xiaogang Liu, Jie Dai, Jiaqi Li, Kaiqi Jin, Gening Jiang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3061-3065
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Original Article of Sleep Section1

An effective model for screening moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea based on the STOP-BANG questionnaire
Yuyu Wang, Juanjuan Zou, Huajun Xu, Cuiping Jiang, Hongliang Yi, Jian Guan, Shankai Yin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3066-3074
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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery Worldwide2

Thoracic surgery in Hong Kong
Aliss T. C. Chang, Joyce W. Y. Chan, Rainbow W. H. Lau, Calvin S. H. Ng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3075-3082
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Thoracic surgery in Brazil: an overview
Fernando Vannucci, Caio César Bianchi de Castro
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3083-3090
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Letter to the Editor

To sponge or not to sponge: that is the leak question
Arfon G. Powell, Javed Sultan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3091-3093
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Age is an important prognostic factor in COVID-19 patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Song-I Lee, Da Hyun Kang, Hong Joon Ahn, Mi Joo Kim, Man-Shik Shim, Jeong Eun Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3094-3097
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Characteristics and predictors of pulmonary embolism in patients admitted for COVID-19 with respiratory failure
Thomas Fraccalini, Guido S. G. Maggiani, Rouslan Senkeev, Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(8)
:3098-3100
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Disclosure:

1.The series “Sleep Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.

2.The series “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Alan Sihoe served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.