Vol 15, No 7 (July 31, 2023): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Extending the indications for indwelling pleural catheters: a tube for all seasons
Donald R. Lazarus
Judicious red blood cell transfusion practices in non-cardiac thoracic surgery: more than just matters of the heart
Anil J. Trindade, Caitlin T. Demarest
Is “less actually enough” when it comes to left upper division tumors?
Konstantinos Gioutsos, Michail Galanis, Patrick Dorn
The evolution of open total arch replacement: a case of different strokes for different folks
Arjune S. Dhanekula, Ioannis Dimarakis
Breaking through the chest wall: the prognostic significance of rib invasion in lung cancer surgery
Mohammad S. Jafferji, Shawn S. Groth
Operable non-small cell lung cancer: induction therapy, adjuvant therapy, or both?
Apostolos C. Agrafiotis, Paul E. Van Schil
Patient selection for minimally-invasive resection of complex, central lung tumors: taking account of the surgeon’s eyeball test
Nathaniel Deboever, Mara Antonoff
Immune checkpoint inhibition in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: how can we personalise management?
Hannah P. Cagney, Russell D. Petty, Mark A. Baxter
Raising the bar, lowering the diaphragm: a new era in diaphragmatic plication
Savvas Lampridis
Induction treatment in operable non-small cell lung cancer: the immune oncology era unfolds
Paul R. Walker
Surgical ventricular reconstruction for the treatment of advanced heart failure—return of the surgeons?
Rasmus Rivinius, Karsten M. Heil, Andreas O. Doesch
Surgical ventricular reconstruction in ischemic heart disease
Ulrik Sartipy
A tale of two techniques—thoracoscopic and robotic surgery for congenital lung lesions
Matthew Boelig, Loren Berman
Advances in minimal invasive treatment for esophageal perforation
Magnus Sundbom
Efficacy of second-line chemotherapy after immunotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Tsuyoshi Hirata, Taiki Hakozaki

Original Article

Impact of an integrated classifier using biomarkers, clinical and imaging factors on clinical decisions making for lung nodules
Fayez Kheir, Juan P. Uribe, Juan Cedeno, Gustavo Munera, Harsh Patel, Ramsy Abdelghani, Atul Matta, Sadia Benzaquen, Regina Villalobos, Adnan Majid
Prevalence of early bacterial co-infection in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a retrospective study
Silp Satjawattanavimol, Krittika Teerapuncharoen, Rathachai Kaewlai, Supparerk Disayabutr
Sealing effectiveness of a novel NHS-POx based patch: experiments in a dynamic ex vivo porcine lung
Bob P. Hermans, Wilson W. L. Li, Edwin A. Roozen, Daniël I. M. van Dort, Jort Evers, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden, Stefan M. van der Heide, Harry van Goor, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen
Chest vs. neck anastomotic leak post esophagectomy for malignancy: rate, predictors, and outcomes
Daniel Scheese, Yahya Alwatari, Salem Rustom, Gene He, Carlos A. Puig, Walker A. Julliard, Rachit D. Shah
Video-assisted thoracic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax under two-lung ventilation and single-lumen endotracheal tube intubation
YongJin Chang, JinWon Shin, MinSeop Cho, DeogGon Cho
Different nodal upstaging rates and prognoses for patients with clinical T1N0M0 lung adenocarcinoma classified according to the presence of solid components in the lung and mediastinal windows
Chenyu Zhang, Kun Luan, Shaoxiang Li, Zipeng Wang, Sheng Chen, Wenxi Zhang, Ce Zhao, Ao Liu, Wenjie Jiao
Comparative outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Danial Ahmad, Brandon E. Ferrell, Abhiraj Saxena, Diana C. Jimenez, Thomas J. O’Malley, Marco A. Dispagna, Tyler Grenda, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Hemoptysis as the presenting manifestation of bronchiectasis-associated hospitalization in Korea
Hyewon Seo, Seung-Ick Cha, Jongmin Park, Jae-Kwang Lim, Ji-Eun Park, Sun Ha Choi, Yong Hoon Lee, Seung-Soo Yoo, Shin-Yup Lee, Jaehee Lee, Chang-Ho Kim, Jae-Yong Park
COVID-19 progression in hospitalized patients using follow-up in vivo CT and ex vivo microCT
Vincent Geudens, Jan Van Slambrouck, Gitte Aerts, Lynn Willems, Tinne Goos, Janne Kaes, Andrea Zajacova, Iwein Gyselinck, Celine Aelbrecht, Astrid Vermaut, Hanne Beeckmans, Marie Vermant, Charlotte De Fays, Annelore Sacreas, Lucia Aversa, Michaela Orlitova, Arno Vanstapel, Ivan Josipovic, Matthieu N. Boone, John E. McDonough, Birgit Weynand, Charles Pilette, Wim Janssens, Lieven Dupont, Wim A. Wuyts, Geert M. Verleden, Dirk E. Van Raemdonck, Robin Vos, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Laurens J. Ceulemans, Bart M. Vanaudenaerde
Value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the assessment of symptoms and quality of life in Asian patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Bora Lee, Yeon-Mok Oh, Sei Won Lee, Sang-Do Lee, Jae Seung Lee
Rapid deployment versus its conventional counterpart in aortic valve replacement: comparison of early hemodynamic outcomes
Suk Ho Sohn, Kyung Hwan Kim, Yoonjin Kang, Ji Seong Kim, Jae Woong Choi, Ho Young Hwang
Value of radiomics in differentiating synchronous double primary lung adenocarcinomas from intrapulmonary metastasis
Xiaoyu Han, Jun Fan, Yuting Zheng, Ying Wu, Osamah Alwalid, Chengyu Ding, Xi Jia, Hanting Li, Xiaohui Zhang, Kailu Zhang, Yumin Li, Jia Liu, Tingting Guo, Hongwei Ren, Heshui Shi
Use of high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 outside intensive care setting
Chak Kwan Tong, Yu Hong Chan, Cheuk Cheung Derek Leung, Chin Tong Kwok, Lo Wa Ng, Oi Fung Wong, Yiu Cheong Yeung, Tak Yin Tsang, Ngai Yin Chan, Chun Bon Law
Development and validation of a diagnostic model based on left atrial diameter to predict postoperative atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Hao Zhang, Huanyu Qiao, Bo Yang, Yifan Lu, Tao Bai, Jinrong Xue, Yongmin Liu
Predicting key gene related to immune infiltration and myofibroblast-like valve interstitial cells in patients with calcified aortic valve disease based on bioinformatics analysis
Wenyuan Lu, Cheng Sun, Jianfeng Hou
Marginal calcification of thymoma: differences in the location of calcification indicate differences in the characteristics of thymomas
Rintaro Imazu, Motoki Yano, Yuka Kitagawa, Ryotaro Katsuya, Sawako Okamaoto, Chihiro Furuta, Yuta Kawasumi, Naoki Ozeki, Emiko Takahashi, Takayuki Fukui
Primary graft dysfunction grade correlates with acute kidney injury stage after lung transplantation
Takahide Toyoda, Benjamin Louis Thomae, Viswajit Kandula, Adwaiy Jayant Manerikar, Yuriko Yagi, Emily Jeong Cerier, Rade Tomic, G. R. Scott Budinger, Ankit Bharat, Chitaru Kurihara
Safety and efficacy of two-drug combination in elderly patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer and validation of the Charlson Index as a predictor of survival
Maciej Lach, Josiane Otto, Pierre-Yves Bondiau, Rabia Boulahssass, Renaud Schiappa, Danny Jazmati, Ricarda von Krüchten, Nicolas Martin, Jérôme Doyen
Outcomes of chest drain management using only air leak (without fluid) criteria for removal after general thoracic surgery—a drainology study
Ashiq Abdul Khader, Aina Pons, Abigail Palmares, Sarah Booth, Alexander Smith, Chiara Proli, Paulo De Sousa, Eric Lim
Risk factors for the recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in patients younger than 40 years
Takao Shigenobu, Takashi Ohtsuka, Akira Yoshizu
Echocardiographic features and influencing factors of pulmonary hypertension of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in adults
Chao Xue, Xiaoyan Gu, Jiancheng Han, Ying Zhao, Ye Zhang, Yihua He
Comparison of active versus passive robotic-endoscope-holder-assisted unisurgeon uniportal thoracoscopic surgery in terms of surgical efficacy and patient safety
Yi-Yu Lin, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Ching-Yang Wu, Lan-Yan Yang, Yu-Bin Pan, Ching-Feng Wu, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Yin-Kai Chao
Real-world challenges in undertaking NTRK fusion testing in non-small cell lung cancer
Ashleigh Poh, Abdelaziz Sammour, Jared Mathai, Joanne Peverall, Chris Van Vliet, Khashayar Asadi, Sagun Parakh
Comparison of patient-reported outcomes and clinical outcomes between pleurectomy and pleural covering added to thoracoscopic bullectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Keisuke Kobayashi, Hideo Ichimura, Shuntaro Kawabata, Hisashi Suzuki, Katsuyuki Endo, Naohiro Kobayashi, Shinji Kikuchi, Yukinobu Goto, Yukio Sato
Impact of ground glass opacity in a three-dimensional analysis for pathological findings and prognosis in stage IA pure solid lung cancer
Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Watanabe, Shogo Yobita, Suiha Uchiyama, Kensuke Iguchi, Minori Nakamura, Takumi Endo
Robot-assisted thoracic surgery versus video-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal lesions
Takahiro Ochi, Hidemi Suzuki, Yuki Hirai, Takahiro Yamanaka, Hiroki Matsumoto, Taisuke Kaiho, Terunaga Inage, Takamasa Ito, Kazuhisa Tanaka, Yuichi Sakairi, Ichiro Yoshino
Tumor volume doubling time as a potential predictor of prognosis in clinical stage I lung squamous cell carcinoma
Kenta Nakahashi, Marina Nakatsuka, Makoto Endo, Satoshi Shiono
Survival with optimal medical management in a cohort of severe necrotizing bacterial lung infections
Jean-Christophe Larose, Han Ting Wang, George Rakovich
Analysis of the role of glucose metabolism-related genes in dilated cardiomyopathy based on bioinformatics
Keping Chen, Yan Shi, Haijie Zhu
Bioinformatics analysis and single-cell RNA sequencing: elucidating the ubiquitination pathways and key enzymes in lung adenocarcinoma
Tong Lu, Ran Xu, Chenghao Wang, Xiang Zhou, Rafael Parra-Medina, Roberto Díaz-Peña, Bo Peng, Linyou Zhang
Risk stratification of postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients undergoing lung cancer resection: a propensity score-matched study
Qiubo Huang, Ritika Rauniyar, Jiao Yang, Chen Zhou, Dezhong Cai, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa, Yojiro Yutaka, Riccardo Orlandi, Travis C. Geraci, Jules Lin, Huilian Hu, Ziqi Jiang, Guangqiang Zhao, Lianhua Ye
Construction of subtype classifiers and validation of a prognostic risk model based on hypoxia-associated lncRNAs for lung adenocarcinoma
Hongliang Hui, Dan Li, Yangui Lin, Haoran Miao, Yiqian Zhang, Huaming Li, Fan Qiu, Bo Jiang
Analysis of the clinical features and risk factors of kidney injury in patients with chronic heart failure—a retrospective cohort study
Xiaoran Shen, Hongliang Guo, Guglielmo Mantica, Hui Yuan
Effect of statins on pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Xiaojun Chen, Feiyan Hu, Fang Chai, Xianmei Chen
Clinical effectiveness and efficiency of a new steerable sheath technology for radiofrequency ablation in Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective comparative cohort study
Yixia Zhao, Chenglong Zhang, Liming Peng, Qiying Xie, Chunjia Chen, Li Yan, Wendong Chen

Original Article on Current Status of Diagnosis and Forecast of COVID-191

Multi-source dynamic ensemble prediction of infectious disease and application in COVID-19 case
Jianping Huang, Yingjie Zhao, Wei Yan, Xinbo Lian, Rui Wang, Bin Chen, Siyu Chen

Original Article on Novel Insights into Chronic Cough2

A smartphone-based application for cough counting in patients with acute asthma exacerbation
Ji-Su Shim, Byung-Keun Kim, Sae-Hoon Kim, Jae-Woo Kwon, Kyung-Min Ahn, Sung-Yoon Kang, Han-Ki Park, Heung-Woo Park, Min-Suk Yang, Min-Hye Kim, Sang Min Lee

Original Article on Clinical Update Sleep 20233

Screening and treatment of pre-bariatric surgical patients with obesity related sleep disordered breathing
Michael C. F. Cheng, Patrick B. Murphy, Kai Lee, Barbara McGowan, Nicholas Hart, Amanda Piper, Joerg Steier

Editorial on Extracorporeal Life Support in Thoracic Surgery4

Extracorporeal life support in thoracic surgery
Ilhan Inci

Editorial on Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities5

Special series: minimally invasive treatment of pectus deformities
Jean H. T. Daemen, Frank-Martin Haecker, Erik R. de Loos

Surgical Technique on Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities5

Modification of the Abramson procedure for minimally invasive repair of pectus carinatum: introduction of a pectus carinatum compression system
Nicky Janssen, Jean H. T. Daemen, Aimée J. P. M. Franssen, Yanina J. L. Jansen, Hans G. L. Van Veer, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Horacio Abramson, Erik R. de Loos

Disclosure

1. The series “Current Status of Diagnosis and Forecast of COVID-19” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Jing Cheng, Tao Xu, Zifeng Yang and Wenda Guan served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

2. The series “Novel Insights into Chronic Cough” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Woo-Jung Song and Kian Fan Chung served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

3. 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.

4. The series “Extracorporeal life support in thoracic surgery” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Ilhan Inci served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

5. The series “Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Erik R. de Loos, Jean H. T. Daemen and Frank-Martin Haecker served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.