Vol 15, No 2 (February 28, 2023): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Thoracic drain management using a digital system
Takeo Nakada, Takashi Ohtsuka
Does the maze procedure predispose to acute kidney injury?
Alicia X. F. Chia, Philip Y. K. Pang
Incidence of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy in an era of revolution
Puja Gaur Khaitan
The final frontier of subdiaphragmatic abscess management: should we bury the scalpel?
Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo, Marcos Roberto de Menezes, Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama
Adopting the robotic platform for anatomic lung resections: real life lessons for the tech enthusiast
Charles Bakhos, Roman Petrov, Abbas Abbas
A stitch in time: age impacts survival in repair of atrioventricular septal defects
Damien M. Wu, Igor E. Konstantinov, Christian P. Brizard, Edward Buratto
The pros and cons of uniportal VATS segmentectomy in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer: should the procedure be prioritized?
Masaaki Sato
Thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: minimally invasive surgery involving various approaches
Hirohisa Kato
Beyond the limits: journey to feasible and safe uniportal VATS surgery for lung cancer
Mi Hyoung Moon
Is a single port enough for the learned thoracic surgeons?
Yojiro Yutaka, Hiroshi Date
Can major lung resection under local anesthesia become widespread?
Takashi Suda
Opioid-sparing opportunities in the thoracic surgery pathway
Genevieve F. Gilson, Sandeep J. Khandhar

Original Article

Clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced lung adenosquamous carcinoma
Jingwen Wei, Jing Xiang, Yue Hao, Jinfei Si, Xiaodong Gu, Manyi Xu, Zhengbo Song
Anatomic lung resection after immune checkpoint inhibitors for initially unresectable advanced-staged non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis
Harry Etienne, Ludovic Fournel, Pierre Mordant, Bertrand Richard Delatour, Karel Pfeuty, Gil Frey, Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Alex Fourdrain, Christophe Lancelin, Pascal Berna, Antoine Legras, Marco Alifano, Patrick Bagan, Jalal Assouad
First insights into the role of wall shear stress in the development of a distal stent graft induced new entry through computational fluid dynamics simulations
Anja Osswald, Alexander Weymann, Konstantinos Tsagakis, Alina Zubarevich, Matthias Thielmann, Bastian Schmack, Arjang Ruhparwar, Christof Karmonik
Ex-vivo exploration of an endobronchial sentinel lymph node procedure in lung cancer for optimizing workflow and evaluating feasibility of novel imaging tools
Desi K. M. ter Woerds, Roel L. J. Verhoeven, Stefan M. van der Heide, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen, Erik H. J. G. Aarntzen, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden
Interleukin-11 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: predictive value of prognosis and acute exacerbation
Toru Arai, Masaki Hirose, Tomoko Kagawa, Kazuyoshi Hatsuda, Yoshikazu Inoue
Inflammatory myositis-associated interstitial lung disease can be distinguished from that associated with other connective tissue diseases
Hanna M. Nurmi, Pia K. Elfving, Hannu-Pekka Kettunen, Sanna-Katja Suoranta, Henrik M. I. Järvinen, Vili A. E. Kuittinen, Minna K. Purokivi, Riitta L. Kaarteenaho, Heikki O. Koskela
When to proceed to surgical rib fixation?—A single-institution clinical experience
Yaniss Belaroussi, Gabrielle Drevet, Valentin Soldea, Arnaud Patoir, Renaud Grima, Albrice Levrat, Pascal Rosamel, François Tronc, Jean-Stephane David, Jean-Michel Maury
Uniportal vs. multiportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a north American study
Ilitch Diaz-Gutierrez, Charles Antoine Menier, Félix H. Savoie-White, Jesse E. Doyle, Qi Wang, Rafael S. Andrade, Paula Ugalde Figueroa
Global trends in the burden of esophageal cancer, 1990−2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Yu Jiang, Yuechun Lin, Yaokai Wen, Wenhai Fu, Rui Wang, Jiaxi He, Jianrong Zhang, Zhufeng Wang, Fan Ge, Zhenyu Huo, Runchen Wang, Haoxin Peng, Xiangrong Wu, Jianxing He, Shuben Li
Laboratory blood test profiling reveals distinct biochemical and hemocyte features of KRAS mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Limin Ou, Xiuyu Cai, Wenchuang Zeng, Liyan Huang, Qiuhua Deng, Hailing Tang, Zhuxing Chen, Huan Zhou, Yongping Lin, Liping Liu, Wenhua Liang
Risk factors for postoperative cerebral infarction in patients after lung resection: a single-center case-control study
Shenhu Gao, Yuwei Zhou, Rong Yang, Chengli Du, Yihe Wu
Immunocyte count combined with CT features for distinguishing pulmonary tuberculoma from malignancy among non-calcified solitary pulmonary solid nodules
Zihao Liu, Haoyu Ran, Xiran Yu, Qingchen Wu, Cheng Zhang
Recipient, donor, and surgical factors leading to primary graft dysfunction after lung transplant
Takahide Toyoda, Emily Jeong Cerier, Adwaiy Jayant Manerikar, Viswajit Kandula, Ankit Bharat, Chitaru Kurihara
Tracheostomy insertion in COVID-19: insertion practice and factors leading to unplanned tube exchange
Peter McCauley, Amr Mohammed, Michelle Casey, Eslam Ramadan, Sinéad Galvin, James Paul O’Neill, Gerard Curley, Imran Sulaiman, Michael Emmet O’Brien, James O’Rourke
Contemporary real-world radiotherapy outcomes of unresected locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Mohammad Gouran-Savadkoohi, Aruz Mesci, Gregory R. Pond, Anand Swaminath, Kimmen Quan, Jim Wright, Theodoros Tsakiridis
Incidence and diagnostic validity of difficult airway in emergency departments in China: a cross-sectional survey
Yili Dai, Joseph Harold Walline, Yao Wu, Huadong Zhu, Jun Xu, Xuezhong Yu
Comparison of lymph node metastasis pattern from esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma versus very low thoracic esophageal squamous cancer: a propensity-matched analysis
Zhao Ma, Chuangui Chen, Xiaobin Shang, Jie Yue, Hongjing Jiang
Real-world experience of arbidol for Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2
Jingya Zhao, Yong Li, Rong Chen, Yanping Xu, Qingyuan Yang, Haiqing Zhang, Zhengxin Yin, Weiting Gu, Jinsong Hu, Li Chen, Jian Li, Guang Ning, Qijian Cheng, Min Zhou, Jieming Qu
Clinical features of recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum
Hirotaka Kumeda, Gaku Saito, Takashi Eguchi, Daisuke Hara, Kimihiro Shimizu
Impaired exercise capacity in individuals with non-obstructive small airway dysfunction
Zhishan Deng, Xiaochen Li, Chenglong Li, Youlan Zheng, Fan Wu, Zihui Wang, Sha Liu, Heshen Tian, Jinzhen Zheng, Jieqi Peng, Peiyu Huang, Huajing Yang, Shan Xiao, Xiang Wen, Changli Yang, Xiangwen Luo, Gongyong Peng, Bing Li, Yumin Zhou, Pixin Ran
Initial Asian experience of the branched E-vita open NEO in complex aortic pathologies
Jacky Y. K. Ho, Chong Hoon Kim, Simon C. Y. Chow, Micky W. T. Kwok, Ha Lee, Tae-Hoon Kim, Takuya Fujikawa, Randolph H. L. Wong, Suk-Won Song
Dyspnea in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based analysis of disease burden and patterns of care
Michael Yan, Michael Tjong, Wing C. Chan, Gail Darling, Victoria Delibasic, Laura E. Davis, Mark Doherty, Julie Hallet, Biniam Kidane, Alyson Mahar, Nicole Mittmann, Ambica Parmar, Vivian Tan, Hendrick Tan, Frances C. Wright, Natalie G. Coburn, Alexander V. Louie
Lessons learned by thoracic surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic
Helen J. Madsen, Anne Lambert-Kerzner, Ellison Mucharsky, Joseph D. Phillips, Elizabeth A. David, David D. Odell, Adam R. Dyas, Robert A. Meguid
Honeycomb lung is a major risk factor for preoperative radiological tumor size underestimation in patients with primary lung cancer
Hisato Ishizawa, Yasushi Matsuda, Yoshiharu Ohno, Eiko Sakurai, Atsuhiko Ota, Hidekazu Hattori, Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Masaaki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Kawai, Yamato Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nagano, Takahiro Negi, Daisuke Tochii, Sachiko Tochii, Takashi Suda, Yasushi Hoshikawa
MicroRNA-186-5p inhibits H9c2 cells apoptosis induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation by targeting ERK1/2
Wennan Nie, Jia Wu, Xiaoyang Yu, Zhuolin Li, Xiaomin Cai, Wenyan Wei, Cheng Wang, Junjun Wang
Real-world evidence of safety and influence for lung cancer surgery under COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
Taketo Kato, Ryotaro Katsuya, Shoji Okado, Keiyu Sato, Osamu Noritake, Keita Nakanishi, Misa Noguchi, Yuka Kadomatsu, Harushi Ueno, Naoki Ozeki, Shota Nakamura, Koichi Fukumoto, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa
Removing different number of regional lymph nodes affects survival outcomes of operable patients at stage IIA non-small cell lung cancer (according to the 8th edition staging)
Xuan Li, Guoshu Li, Yukun Wang, Min Tan, Changhui Wang
Standardization of intra- and peri-operative management to reduce postoperative drainage time after major thoracoscopic pulmonary resections
Hitoshi Igai, Kazuki Numajiri, Fumi Ohsawa, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
Cone-beam computed tomography-guided endobronchial ultrasound using an ultrathin bronchoscope for diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions: a prospective pilot study
Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba, Shinichi Sakamoto, Naoki Miyamoto, Mika Takashima, Yukikiyo Kawakami, Kazuya Kondo, Hiromitsu Takizawa
Polymorphisms in the FCER2 gene have associations with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Zhoude Zheng, Jia Li, Yi Liu, Lun Li, Tingting Huang, Yilin Huang, Siyao Song, Jinming Gao
The relationship between tumor infiltrating immune cells and the prognosis of patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Zhuang Tong, Xu Wang, Hongyu Liu, Jian Ding, Yinling Chu, Xin Zhou
Relationship between valvular structure and biochemical indices of non-valvular atrial fibrillation and senile degenerative valvular heart disease
Jian-Qin Chen, Xin Zeng, Kun-Con Li, Jing-Long Huang, Bing-Li Guo, Xuan Zhou
Risk factor analysis of postoperative cerebral infarction in thoracic surgery patients by propensity-score matching-a single institution retrospective cohort study
Qirui Chen, Ying Ji, Jing Wang, Yan Zhao, Xin Ye, Yi Liu
The value of serum Sema4D level in reflecting the inflammatory state of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Koulong Zheng, Jie Bai, Louyuan Xu, Liang Chen
Value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging-T2WI-based radiomic features in distinguishing lung adenocarcinoma from lung squamous cell carcinoma with solid components >8 mm
Maoyuan Yang, Liang Shi, Tianwei Huang, Guangzheng Li, Hancheng Shao, Yijun Shen, Jun Zhu, Bin Ni
Serum vitamin D3 deficiency can affect the efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy in children with allergic rhinitis: a retrospective cohort study
Liang Li, Xiaojian Cui, Xinjie Zhang, Lisheng Zheng, Xuyuan Sun, Cuihong Yang, Jianbo Shu, Guangping Liu
The association of coagulation indicators with in-hospital acute kidney injury and malignant events of patients with acute aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study
Shiyan Jiang, Yinhua Li, Chenlin Li, Zhouwu Shu, Shiwan Wu, Xiaojia Lu, Yue Liu, Yinlong Deng, Yequn Chen, Peiwei Cai, Bin Wang
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients with acute type A aortic dissection
Shijian Wang, Tianguang Wang, Chaoyang Zhao, Dewen Lin
Differentiating between pulmonary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma by spectral CT volumetric quantitative analysis: a comparative study with conventional spectral analysis
Li-Juan Zhong, Na Yu, Xin-Jie Zhou, Lang-Zhou Fu, Dai-Quan Zhou, Yi Wang, Min Yan
Immune-related thyroid dysfunction is associated with improved long-term prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immunotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhengjun Li, Ying Xia, Mozhu Xia, Chang Liu, Tao Wang, Yongyu Liu, Yi Ren
Postoperative delirium and its influencing factors in elderly patients with lung cancer in the intensive care unit
Yanna Lu, Xiaoxin Liu

Short Communication

Is SARS-COV-2 associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?
Carlota Rodríguez-García, Emilio Rodríguez-Ruiz, Alberto Ruano-Raviña, Raquel Cruz, María Piñeiro-Lamas, Ana Casal, Pablo Lapunzina, Ángel Carracedo, Luis Valdés; on behalf of Scourge Consortium

Review Article

Lung cancer with air lucency: a systematic review and clinical management guide
Frank C. Detterbeck, Ulas Kumbasar, Andrew X. Li, Ami N. Rubinowitz, Leah Traube, Babina Gosangi, Brooks V. Udelsman, Brett C. Bade, Sora Ely, Gaspar Barreto, Lynn T. Tanoue, Edith M. Marom, M. Patricia Rivera
The beginning of a new era in induction treatment for operable non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review
Shuichi Shinohara, Yusuke Takahashi, Katsuhiro Masago, Hirokazu Matsushita, Hiroaki Kuroda
Esophageal diverticula: from diagnosis to therapeutic management—narrative review
Adrian Constantin, Silviu Constantinoiu, Florin Achim, Bogdan Socea, Daniel Ovidiu Costea, Dragos Predescu
Intrathoracic vacuum therapy for the therapy of pleural empyema—a systematic review and analysis of the literature
Björn-Ole Stüben, Gabriel A. Plitzko, Matthias Reeh, Nathaniel Melling, Jakob R. Izbicki, Kai Bachmann, Michael Tachezy
Suggested robotic-assisted thoracic surgery training curriculum
Muteb Al Zaidi, Gavin M. Wright, Kazuhiro Yasufuku

Editorial on Clinical Update Sleep 20231

Clinical Update Sleep: Life Eessentials and NHS England ‘Optimal Sleep Pathway’
Joerg Steier, Alanna Hare, Abdulaziz Alsharifi; on behalf of the Organising Team for the Clinical Update Sleep

Original Article on Clinical Update Sleep 20231

Peri-operative outcomes of bariatric surgery in obstructive sleep apnoea: a single-centre cohort study
Cristiano van Zeller, Richard Brown, Michael Cheng, Johan Meurling, Barbara McGowan, Joerg Steier
Cardioprotective medication in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a single-centre cohort study
Janneta Kisel, Emily Ballard, Eui-Sik Suh, Nicholas Hart, Stam Kapetanakis, Shelley Srivastava, Philip Marino, Patrick Murphy, Joerg Steier
The effect of a change from face-to-face to remote positive airway pressure education for patients with sleep apnoea during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a prospective cohort study
Imran Johan Meurling, Adam Birdseye, Rohan Gell, Eliza Sany, Richard Brown, Sean Higgins, Rexford Muza, David O’Regan, Guy Leschziner, Joerg Steier, Ivana Rosenzweig, Panagis Drakatos

Editorial on Prolonged Air Leak after Lung Surgery: Prediction, Prevention and Management2

Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management
Francesco Zaraca, Roberto Crisci, Florian Augustin, Alessandro Brunelli, Luca Bertolaccini
A brief appraisal on the GRADE methodology and the development of recommendations on the management of prolonged air leaks by the PALAS Study Group
Francesco Zaraca, Luca Bertolaccini; PALAS Study Group

Editorial Commentary on Prolonged Air Leak after Lung Surgery: Prediction, Prevention and Management2

Should we use a biophysical approach in the classification and management of air leakage after lung resection?
Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Cara, Claudia Bardoni, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Francesco Zaraca

Original Article on Prolonged Air Leak after Lung Surgery: Prediction, Prevention and Management2

Prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracic anatomical pulmonary resections: a clinical predicting model based on data from the Italian VATS group registry, a machine learning approach
Duilio Divisi, Marco Pipitone, Reinhold Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Carlo Curcio, Francesco Baldinelli, Roberto Crisci, Francesco Zaraca; Italian VATS group
Prolonged air leak after segmentectomy: incidence and risk factors
Michael R. Gooseman, Alessandro Brunelli, Nilanjan Chaudhuri, Richard Milton, Peter Tcherveniakov, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, Laura Valuckiene
Risk factors, complications and costs of prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary lung cancer
Florian Ponholzer, Caecilia Ng, Herbert Maier, Paolo Lucciarini, Dietmar Öfner, Florian Augustin

Original Article of Sleep Section3

Effect of switching from continuous to bilevel positive airway pressure on sleep quality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: the prospective POP IN VAuto study
Alain Palot, Xuân-Lan Nguyên, Sandrine Launois, Arnaud Prigent, Andrea Graml, Elodie Aversenq, Christian Koltes, Didier Recart, Florent Lavergne

Original Article of Cough Section

Diagnostic yield of chest radiograph in management of adults with difficult-to-treat chronic cough—retrospective study
Olga Truba, Marta Dabrowska, Elzbieta M. Grabczak, Katarzyna Bialek-Gosk, Aleksandra Rybka-Fraczek, Karolina Klimowicz, Malgorzata Zukowska, Rafal Krenke

Disclosure

1. The series “Clinical Update Sleep 2023” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Joerg Steier served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

2. The series “Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease and sponsored by Bard Limited. Bard Limited has no interference on the contents of the special series. Roberto Crisci, Alessandro Brunelli, Florian Augustin and Francesco Zaraca served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

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