Vol 15, No 10 (October 31, 2023): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Thoracoscopic surgery in lung cancer: the rise of the robot
Ben Shanahan, Richard Galloway, Steven Stamenkovic, Kelvin Lau, David Waller, Henrietta Wilson, Periklis Perikleous
The review of the management and prevention methods of bronchopleural fistula in thoracic surgery
Piotr Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mariusz Kasprzyk, Cezary Piwkowski
Impact of opioids on postoperative prognosis in lung cancer
Takeo Nakada, Takashi Ohtsuka
Opioid prescription guideline is important to enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery protocol
John Kit Chung Tam
Potential of dynamic chest radiography for preoperative evaluation of pleural adhesions
Shota Yamamoto, Fumio Sakamaki
One size does not fit all: prediction of presence of pleural adhesions
Junko Tokuno, Cheng-Long Huang
Prolonged air leak after lung surgery—prevalent complication without a perfect solution
Moshe Lapidot, Dan Levy Faber, Raphael Bueno
Appropriateness of concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation during redo cardiac surgery
Davorin Sef, Suvitesh Luthra, Mladen Predrijevac, Tomislav Klokocovnik, Tom C. Nguyen
The significance of digital drainage devices on standardization of air leak management after pulmonary resection
Nathan J. Alcasid, Jeffrey B. Velotta
Predicting postoperative atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery—an ongoing story
Alicia X. F. Chia, Philip Y. K. Pang

Original Article

Barotrauma in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019—retrospective observational study
Petra Bajto, Ivana Saric, Josipa Domazet Bugarin, Nikola Delic, Svjetlana Dosenovic, Darko Ilic, Sanda Stojanovic Stipic, Bozidar Duplancic, Lenko Saric
Clinicopathological characteristics correlated with programmed cell death-ligand 1 expression in advanced lung adenocarcinoma
Hengxing Gao, Xuexue Zou, Jing Wang, Jiejun Zhou, Meng Fan, Mingwei Chen
Risk factors for aortoesophageal fistula in cT4b esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after definitive radiation therapy
Ryosuke Hirohata, Yoichi Hamai, Yuji Murakami, Manabu Emi, Ikuno Nishibuchi, Tomoaki Kurokawa, Toru Yoshikawa, Manato Ohsawa, Nao Kitasaki, Morihito Okada
Effect of local warming for arterial catheterization in adult cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Seyeon Park, Hye-Jin Kim, Wonjae Heo, Sang-Wook Shin, Ji-Uk Yoon, Gyeong-Jo Byeon, Jimin Lee, Jieun Jung, Hee Young Kim
Role of RAPID score and surgery in the management of pleural infection: a single center retrospective study
Laura Simon, Yaniss Belaroussi, Anna Vayssette, Theresa Khalife, Marielle Le Roux, Denis Debrosse, Mihaela Giol, Jalal Assouad, Harry Etienne
Outcomes of robotic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer in a National Cancer Institute-Comprehensive Cancer Center vs. National Cancer Database
Jobelle J. A. R. Baldonado, Samer A. Naffouje, Sirish Parvathaneni, Esha Roy, Eric M. Toloza, Jacques P. Fontaine
Safe and efficient 2-step implementation of totally minimally invasive esophagectomy
Troels Lading, Daniel Kjaer, Morten Bendixen, Torben Ingemann Petersen, Thomas Decker Christensen, Niels Katballe
Comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention of native coronary artery versus bypass graft in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting
Zhiqiang Yang, Qiaoyu Shao, Qiuxuan Li, Yufei Wang, Zaiqiang Liu, Shutong Dong, Xiaolong Ma, Lin Liang, Jing Liang, Fei Gao, Lixia Yang, Xiaoli Liu, Yueping Li, Yujie Zhou, Xiaoteng Ma, Dongmei Shi, Zhijian Wang
A comparison of the short-term outcomes of simple and complex segmentectomy via uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Seha Ahn, Youngkyu Moon
Efficacy of different durations of antifungal prophylaxis with nebulized amphotericin B after lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study
Chunrong Ju, Qiaoyan Lian, Xiaohua Wang, Lulin Wang, Jianheng Zhang, Yuhang Cai, Xin Xu, Rongchang Chen, Jianxing He
Significance of histologic subtype size as a prognostic indicator in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
Hyun Woo Jeon, Young-Du Kim, Sung Bo Sim
Proteomic sequencing analysis in a rat model of atrial fibrosis caused by chronic intermittent hypoxia
Bo Zhao, Hualing Wang, Lijun Cheng, Manman Wang, Jiao Li, Tianshu Gu, Wenfeng Shangguan, Shuai Miao, Weiding Wang, Xing Liu, Siyu Guan, Tong Liu, Xue Liang
Long-term clinical outcomes after initial secondary pneumothorax surgery
Mi Hyoung Moon, Kyung Soo Kim, Seok Whan Moon
Which bioabsorbable sheet is optimal for combined application with fibrin sealant against alveolar air leakage?
Hideki Itano
Effects of human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells on ovalbumin-induced asthma in mice
Yu-Long Luo, Yun-Feng Li, Yi-Ping Zhu, Jin-Qiang Liang, Di-Fei Chen, Huan-Jie Chen, Chu-Qing Huang, Jing Li, Shi-Yue Li
Safety and efficacy of noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure in general medical ward: a prospective cohort study
Nuttapol Rittayamai, Chalinee Pravarnpat, Wichian Srilam, Satit Bunyarid, Nitipatana Chierakul
Diagnostic performance of a deep learning-based method in differentiating malignant from benign subcentimeter (≤10 mm) solid pulmonary nodules
Jianing Liu, Linlin Qi, Yawen Wang, Fenglan Li, Jiaqi Chen, Sainan Cheng, Zhen Zhou, Yizhou Yu, Jianwei Wang
Feasibility of chest spiral 3D ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging for intrathoracic metastasis work-up in breast cancer
Kyung Jin Nam, Taewoo Kang, Ji Won Lee, Minhee Hwang, Jin You Kim, Jeong A Yeom, Yeon Joo Jeong
Distribution of common and rare drug resistance patterns in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates revealed by GenoType MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl assay
Zafran Khan, Yuting Zhu, Ping Guan, Jiacong Peng, Biyi Su, Shangming Ma, Daniya Ualiyeva, Khalid Jamal, Buhari Yusuf, Jie Ding, Sanjeep Sapkota, H. M. Adnan Hameed, Yaoju Tan, Yongping Lin, Jinxing Hu, Jianxiong Liu, Tianyu Zhang
Circulomic variables predict pathologic staging preoperatively in treatment-naïve non-small cell lung cancer
Nathaniel Deboever, Michael Eisenberg, Wayne L. Hofstetter, Reza J. Mehran, Ravi Rajaram, David C. Rice, Jack Roth, Boris Sepesi, Stephen G. Swisher, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Garrett L. Walsh, Mara B. Antonoff
Pattern of tumor regression after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Bin Li, Yichen Wang, Hui Yu, Haiqing Chen, Yihua Sun, Hong Hu, Yawei Zhang, Jiaqing Xiang, Yuan Li, Haiquan Chen
The role of surgeon’s intuition for acute type A aortic dissection in an era of evidence-based medicine: a prospective cohort study
Jinlin Wu, Zerui Chen, Junzhe Du, Julia Fayanne Chen, Tucheng Sun, Changjiang Yu
Serum sphingolipids aid in diagnosing adult HIV-negative patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis: a clinical cohort study
Lee-Fong Yau, Wai-Him Chan, Yuan-Xiang Li, Yang-Qing Zhan, Jie Huang, Xin-Qing Lin, Shao-Qiang Li, Jing-Lu Yang, Hu-Dan Pan, Xi-Dong Wang, Ye Qiu, Gao-Neng Fang, Zhi-Hong Jiang, Feng Ye, Jing-Rong Wang, Zheng-Tu Li
Vein graft preservation with an endothelial damage inhibitor in isolated coronary artery bypass surgery: an observational propensity score-matched analysis
Jose Lopez-Menendez, Mercedes Castro-Pinto, Edmundo Fajardo, Javier Miguelena, Miren Martín, Rafael Muñoz, Jorge Rodríguez-Roda
CT coronary artery calcification score as a prognostic marker in COVID-19
Hans-Jonas Meyer, Sebastian Gottschling, Jan Borggrefe, Alexey Surov
Osimertinib as first-line treatment for recurrent lung cancer patients with EGFR mutation
Atsushi Osoegawa, Takashi Karashima, Yohei Takumi, Takahiro Sato, Miyuki Abe, Takafumi Hashimoto, Kenji Sugio
Delayed lung injury on the nonsurgical side increases mortality in patients after lung cancer surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Lizhen Xuan, Yuxian Wang, Yijun Zheng, Song Chen, Ling Zhu, Xin Zheng, Shengyao Lin, Ming Zhong
Robotic-assisted wire saw resection of high-position rib tumors: a single-center experience
Hao Peng, Maierhaba Maitiyasen, Siqi Sheng, Jingfeng Li, Yuxuan Liu, Jing Chen, Haizhu Song, Jun Yi
Relationship between pulmonary blood flow and volume following lung resection using dynamic perfusion digital radiography
Jun Hanaoka, Kazuki Hayashi, Takuya Shiratori, Keigo Okamoto, Yoko Kataoka, Yo Kawaguchi, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Akinaga Sonoda
Outcomes of rapid deployment aortic valve replacement with concomitant cardiac procedures
Miguel Gonzalez-Barbeito, Jose M. Arribas Leal, Luis Jimenez Alfaro, Maria P. Calderon Romero, Manuel Carnero, Jose A. Sarralde, Alejandro Vazquez, Sergio J. Canovas Lopez, Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria, Francisco Gutierrez, Angel L. Fernandez, Victor Bautista-Hernandez
Identification of potential biomarkers associated with CD4+ T cell infiltration in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury using bioinformation analysis
Wenmiao Wang, Li Kang, Houqiang Li, Xinyu Sha, Jing Li, Shuai He
Bioinformatics and functional experiments reveal that MRC2 inhibits atrial fibrillation via the PPAR signaling pathway
Pengxiang Zheng, Wenjia Zhang, Jiahong Wang, Qunlin Gong, Nan Xu, Nannan Chen
Enhanced efficacy of a novel aspirator in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node dissection: a non-randomized prospective clinical trial
Taobo Luo, Xiancong Huang, Qixun Chen, Lei Cai, Chao Pan, Wenkui Mo, Jian Zeng
Efficacy and safety of anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody combination therapy in patients with advanced experienced epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistant lung adenocarcinoma: a retrospective cohort study
Chang Wan, Yiruo Zhang, Pingping Liu, Xinkuan Mei, Gang Cheng, Jingdan Pang, Sheng Chen, Jianping Xu, Jyoti Malhotra, Hesheng Qian, Yingying Du
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of stage III lung squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study
Jing Guo, Shuai-Dong Lin, Fabrizio Minervini, Travis C. Geraci, Jae Jun Kim, Chang-Yong Tong, Xin-Jian Li, Chao Cao
Changes in T lymphocyte subsets predict the efficacy of atezolizumab in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study
Yuyang Wang, Jingjuan Zhu, Na Zhou, Yun Wang, Xiaochun Zhang
Etoposide soft capsule combined with anlotinib in the third-line treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Yi-Jun Dai, Yan-Ru Qiu, Jian-Guang Lin, Yang-Bin Dai, Yun-Xia Su, Tadaaki Yamada, Shugo Uematsu, Tian-Wen Xu
Association between cigarette smoking history, metabolic phenotypes, and EGFR mutation status in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Xiaohui Zhang, Xiuyu Guo, Qiaoling Gao, Jingfeng Zhang, Jianjun Zheng, Guofang Zhao, Katsuhiro Okuda, Alfredo Tartarone, Maoqing Jiang
Long-term outcomes of robotic versus video-assisted pulmonary lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of reconstructed patient data
Panagiotis T. Tasoudis, J. Nathaniel Diehl, Aurelie Merlo, Jason M. Long

Brief Report

Complete visualization using indocyanine green in thoracic surgery for pulmonary sequestration
Keita Nakanishi, Yuka Kadomatsu, Harushi Ueno, Taketo Kato, Shota Nakamura, Tetsuya Mizuno, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa

Review Article

Make a difference: implementation, quality and effectiveness of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist—a narrative review
Muriel Wyss, Michaela Kolbe, Bastian Grande
The role of CD38 in ischemia reperfusion injury in cardiopulmonary bypass and thoracic transplantation: a narrative review
Doug A. Gouchoe, Ammu Vijayakumar, Ahmed H. Aly, Ervin Y. Cui, Michael Essandoh, Richard J. Gumina, Sylvester M. Black, Bryan A. Whitson
Impact of surgical margin after sublobar resection of lung cancer: a narrative review
Masaaki Nagano, Masaaki Sato
Diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis in tuberculosis endemic area—a narrative review
Tulaton Sodsri, Robert P. Baughman, Thitiwat Sriprasart
Neutrophil bactericidal activity and host defenses in cystic fibrosis: a narrative review
Shruti Patel, Kenneth Nugent
The utility of quantitative computed tomography in cohort studies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a narrative review
Qi Dai, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Jingfeng Zhang, Zhaoxing Dong, Eugenio Pompeo, Jianjun Zheng, Jingyun Shi

Original Article on Extracorporeal Life Support in Thoracic Surgery2

Off-pump lung re-transplantation avoiding clamshell thoracotomy is feasible and safe: a single-center experience
Xin Jin, Cedric Vanluyten, Michaela Orlitová, Jan Van Slambrouck, Robin Vos, Geert M. Verleden, Laurent Godinas, Arne P. Neyrinck, Catherine Ingels, Bart M. Vanaudenaerde, Paul De Leyn, Hans Van Veer, Lieven Depypere, Yi Zhang, Dirk E. M. Van Raemdonck, Laurens J. Ceulemans

Review Article on Novel Insights into Chronic Cough3

Cough in chronic lung disease: a state of the art review
Barnaby Hirons, Katherine Rhatigan, Harini Kesavan, Richard D. Turner, Surinder S. Birring, Peter S. P. Cho
Is fractional exhaled nitric oxide a treatable trait in chronic cough: a narrative review
Ji-Ho Lee, Ji-Hyang Lee, So-Young Park, Heikki Olavi Koskela, Woo-Jung Song

Mini-Review on Clinical Update Sleep 20235

Sleep disorders and exercise: a mini-review
Neeraj Mukesh Shah, Christina Bennett, Hira Hassan, Georgios Kaltsakas

Disclosure

1. The series “GARD section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Yousser Mohammad and Luis Taborda-Barata served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. The series “Why Is the Outcome Good? Secrets of Lung Transplantation in Japan” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Masaaki Sato served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

5. 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.