Vol 16, No 7 (July 30, 2024): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

Increased lung cancer recurrence following transthoracic needle biopsy
Seung Keun Yoon, Mi Hyoung Moon, Kyung Soo Kim, Seok Whan Moon
Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and relevant factors in patients with pulmonary nodules
Weitao Zhuang, Haijie Xu, Junhan Wu, Zijie Li, Yong Tang, Hansheng Wu, Yali Chen, Guibin Qiao
Real-world retrospective study of anti-PD-1 antibody in combination with chemotherapy as a neoadjuvant treatment strategy for locally advanced resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Can Liu, Yi Yu, Yuanyuan Shao, Lintao He, Tao Wu, Jinxiu Zheng, Jun Chen, Junhe Li
The impact of group II pulmonary hypertension on congestive heart failure patients admitted with ST elevation myocardial infarction, a nationwide study
Mohamad El Labban, Mikael R. Mir, Alexandra Abruzzo, Sydney Boike, Fayreal A. Niaz, Natasha T. Vo, Ibtisam Rauf, Syed A. Khan
Robotic-assisted ectopic mediastinal parathyroidectomy: a single institution experience and operative review for the thoracic surgeon
Christina M. Stuart, Nicolas Chanes, Adam R. Dyas, Maria B. Albuja Cruz, Christopher D. Raeburn, Robert C. McIntyre Jr, Simran K. Randhawa, Elizabeth A. David, John D. Mitchell, Robert A. Meguid
Efficacy, safety and patient satisfaction of two-stage versus single-stage computed tomography guided localization and resection of pulmonary nodules
Hei Yu Matthew Chen, Tsz Ho Andrew Wong, Ki Kwong Li, Ho Yan Howard Chan
Efficacy analysis of ALK inhibitors for treating lung squamous carcinoma patients harboring ALK rearrangement
Jingwen Wei, Wei Sun, Xiaohong Zeng, Huan Zhou, Zhengbo Song
The proximal extension of acute type A aortic dissection is associated with ascending aortic wall degeneration
Trina Chen, Ivana Kholova, Timo Paavonen, Ari Mennander
Priorities and strategy for the implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in thoracic surgery
Tomas Piler, Martin Schauer, Christopher Larisch, Julia Riedel, Reiner Neu, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Michael Ried
Development of a prognostic nomogram for patients underwent extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open cardiac surgery on hospital mortality: a retrospective cohort study
Peihe Wang, Meiling Lu, Yu Huang, Lu Sun, Zhen Han
Prognostic significance of preoperative creatine kinase in resected thymic epithelial tumors
Asato Hashinokuchi, Shinkichi Takamori, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Saito Shunichi, Kyoto Matsudo, Taichi Nagano, Fumihiko Kinoshita, Takaki Akamine, Mikihiro Kohno, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Kousei Ishigami, Tomoyoshi Takenaka, Tomoharu Yoshizumi
Efficacy of ultrasound-guided second serratus anterior plane block on postoperative quality of recovery and analgesia after video-assisted thoracic surgery: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled study
Willis Wasonga Omindo, Wei Ping, Ruixing Qiu, Shubin Zheng, Qihang Sun, Yan Qian, Ruijie Zhang, Ni Zhang, Biyun Zhou
Safety of long-term esophageal stent use for multiple indications
Bryce M. Bludevich, Benjamin A. Palleiko, Hayley Reddington, Maria Navarro, S. Alyssa Q. Uy, Mark W. Maxfield, Isabel Emmerick, Feiran Lou, Karl Fabian L. Uy
Meta-analysis and systematic review of mediastinal cryobiopsy versus endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of intrathoracic adenopathy
Roshen Mathew, Winnie Elma Roy, Elizabel Susan Thomas, Nikhil Meena, Olesya Danilevskaya
Predictors of relapse of polymyositis/dermatomyositis associated interstitial lung disease
Tomoo Kishaba, Hiroyuki Yano, Masaki Itagane, Ko Sudo, Hiroaki Nagano, Mitsuyo Kinjo
A prediction model based on computed tomography characteristics for identifying malignant from benign sub-centimeter solid pulmonary nodules
Shu-Lei Cui, Lin-Lin Qi, Jia-Ning Liu, Feng-Lan Li, Jia-Qi Chen, Sai-Nan Cheng, Qian Xu, Jian-Wei Wang
Association of immune deficiency with prognosis and corticosteroid treatment benefits among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Yanan Zhou, Dongni Hou, Cuicui Chen, Yanping Yang, Ying Wang, Yuanlin Song
Robotic-assisted CT-guided percutaneous pulmonary nodules localization by hook-wire needles: a retrospective observational study
Haoming Guo, Zubin Ouyang, Xinghua Li, Yongliang Han, Fengming Tao, Mengqi Liu, Runtian Cheng, Xiaoya Chen, Fajin Lv, Haitao Yang
Impact of radiological follow-up frequency on resected lung cancer: a propensity score matching analysis
Álvaro Fuentes-Martín, Néstor J. Martínez-Hernández, Alberto Cabañero Sánchez, Santiago Figueroa Almánzar, Sergi Call, Sergio Bolufer, David Gómez de Antonio, María Fé Muñoz Moreno, Raul Embun, Ángel Cilleruelo Ramos; Spanish Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Group (GEVATS)*
Emergent robotic surgery conversions: improving operating room team performance through high fidelity simulations
Bryce Bludevich, Kevin M. Dickson, Hayley Reddington, Chelsea Jeewoo Lim, Max Hazeltine, Hannah Buettner, Anne Weaver, Jorge Yarzebski, Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick, Maksim Zayaruzny, Mamatha Kadiyala, Mark W. Maxfield, Karl Uy, Feiran Lou
Systematic review and meta-analysis of breathing exercises effects on lung function and quality of life in postoperative lung cancer patients
Jiayi Ren, Zongyue Li, Yuchen He, Hang Gao, Jin Li, Jiming Tao
Does needle gauge affect complication rates of computed tomography-guided lung biopsy?
Hamed Jalaeian, Kenneth Richardson, Konrad Kozlowski, Anmol Patel, Shree Venkat
Elevated circulating levels of neutrophil extracellular traps after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery as risk factors of postoperative atrial fibrillation and mortality
Yujin Jung, Jae Woong Choi, Ho Young Hwang, Ja Yoon Gu, Kyung Hwan Kim, Hyun Kyung Kim
The early and long-term occurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after lung cancer surgery without extended thromboprophylaxis—a single center experience with 435 patients
Henna Maria Ala-Seppälä, Mika Tapani Ukkonen, Jari Olavi Laurikka, Jahangir Ari Khan
Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung diseases and mortality post-cryobiopsy: a multicenter cohort study
Adam Austin, Johnny Jaber, Katherine Fu, Lauran Zeineddine, Mohamed Omballi, George Mckenney, Ramsy Abdelghani, Diana Espinoza, David Becnel, Hiren J. Mehta
Double-bar technique for the correction of asymmetric pectus excavatum
Wongi Woo, Duk Hwan Moon, Jimin Lee, Bong Jun Kim, Sungsoo Lee
Revision after prior failed pectus excavatum repair: higher risks and greater complications than primary surgery
Kenan A. Shawwaf, Mohamed R. Aly, Michael M. Botros, Ryan S. Moosavi, Rawan M. Zeineddine, Jesse J. Lackey, Beth Sandstrom, Juan M. Farina, Dawn E. Jaroszewski
Clinical and radiological features of a cluster of immunocompetent adolescents with varicella pneumonia: a descriptive study
Hanting Li, Lu Chen, Leqing Chen, Yanqing Fan, Yuting Zheng, Qingyue Luo, Xiaoyu Han, Heshui Shi
Effectiveness and safety of anlotinib plus anti-programmed cell death 1/ligand 1 (anti-PD-1/PD-L1) antibodies as maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy combined with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a real-world study
Pan Yang, Hu Luo, Lintao Zhao, Fu Xiong, Chunlan Tang
Using the combined C-reactive protein and controlling nutritional status index for elderly non-small cell lung cancer
Ryohei Miyazaki, Masaya Tamura, Takashi Sakai, Naoki Furukawa, Marino Yamamoto, Hironobu Okada
Bleeding and long-term survival after lung resections: nationwide observational cohort study
Axel Dimberg, Magnus Dalén, Ulrik Sartipy
Impact of bridging veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to COVID-19 lung transplantation
Takahide Toyoda, Benjamin Louis Thomae, Taisuke Kaiho, Emily Jeong Cerier, Rade Tomic, G. R. Scott Budinger, Ankit Bharat, Chitaru Kurihara
Dynamic decline of lymphocytes predicts extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-related infections: a retrospective observational study
Tong Hao, Chenhui Jin, Dingji Hu, Changde Wu, Yike Zhu, Jianfeng Xie, Lili Huang, Jingyuan Xu, Wei Chang, Ling Liu, Fengmei Guo, Haibo Qiu, Yi Yang, Songqiao Liu
Pleural pro-gastrin releasing peptide is a potential diagnostic marker for malignant pleural effusion induced by small-cell lung cancer
Ya-Fei Wang, Qian Yang, Ling Hai, Feng Zhou, Lei Zhang, Ying-Jun Wang, Wen-Hui Gao, Li Yan, Ting-Wang Jiang, Jin-Hong Huang, Hong Chen, Qianghua Zhou, José M. Porcel, Wen-Qi Zheng, Zhi-De Hu
Establishing a risk prediction model for residual pulmonary vascular obstruction after regular anticoagulant therapy for non-high-risk pulmonary embolism
Dongping Zhu, Junfei Feng, Jie Guo, Jixian Duan, Yan Yang, Jing Leng
The prognostic value of controlling nutritional status score on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients with neoadjuvant therapy followed by esophagectomy—a retrospective research
Pinhao Fang, Jianfeng Zhou, Zhiwen Liang, Yushang Yang, Siyuan Luan, Xin Xiao, Xiaokun Li, Qixin Shang, Hanlu Zhang, Xiaoxi Zeng, Yong Yuan
Application of three-dimensional printed models with near-infrared fluorescence technology in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy: a single-center propensity-score matching analysis
Renjie Huang, Jianting Du, Guobing Xu, Xian Gong, Jiekun Qian, Shuxing Chen, Bin Zheng, Chun Chen, Zhang Yang
COVID-19 seropositive donors yield comparable post-lung transplant outcomes
Chitaru Kurihara, Taisuke Kaiho, Takahide Toyoda, Benjamin Thomae, Anne O’Boye, Jeffrey Lysne, Ankit Bharat
Application of model for end-stage liver disease as disease classification in cardiac valve surgery: a retrospective study based on the INSPIRE database
Wei Zhou, Xiaobin Liu, Xingping Lv, Tuo Shen, Shaolin Ma, Feng Zhu
The impact of incomplete revascularization on survival in minimal invasive off-pump coronary artery surgery: a propensity score analysis of 1,149 cases
Magdalena I. Rufa, Adrian Ursulescu, Juergen Dippon, Dincer Aktuerk, Samir Ahad, Ragi Nagib, Marc Albert, Ulrich Franke
The relationship between the collagen score at the anastomotic site of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and anastomotic leakage
Xiao-Feng Chen, Jun-Peng Lin, Hang Zhou, Bing-Zi Kang, Rahul Nayak, Lin Gao, Shui-Sen Jiang, Feng Wang
Relationship between preoperative FT3 levels and new-onset atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Yunfei Li, Wenqian Zhai, Zhigang Guo, Min Ren, Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Shahzad G. Raja, Savvas Lampridis, Jiange Han
Machine learning-based prediction of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting-associated acute kidney injury
Yuezi Song, Wenqian Zhai, Songnan Ma, Yubo Wu, Min Ren, Jef Van den Eynde, Paolo Nardi, Philip Y. K. Pang, Jason M. Ali, Jiange Han, Zhigang Guo
Jejunostomy feeding plus oral feeding versus intravenous nutrition plus oral feeding after esophageal cancer resection: a comparative retrospective cohort study
Maoxiu Yuan, Hai Zhang, Mingchao Wei, Caiyun Lan, Zhenyang Zhang, Ling Huang, Jianzhong Zhou, Haiquan He, Kazuo Koyanagi, Qingyi Feng, Jiangbo Lin
Exploring the impact of electrocardiographic parameters on the risk of common arrhythmias: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Guangheng Wu, Qiaoyun Zhang, Jie Zhang, Jinqi Zhu, Deqiang Zheng, Youxin Wang, Lijuan Wu
Identification of a prognostic gene signature in patients with cisplatin resistant squamous cell lung cancer
Yi Mu, Yinan Dong, Mingyang Zheng, Martin P. Barr, Giandomenico Roviello, Zhihuang Hu, Jia Liu
Effect of preoperative autologous platelet-rich plasmapheresis on postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing heart valve surgery
Manman Liu, Chao Liang, Meijing Ying, Fulvia Ortolani, Biling Wu, Jie Liu, Zhen Yang, Wanxia Xiong, Ming Ding
Application of drainage strategy with bi-pigtail catheters in patients undergoing lobectomy by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery
Pingwen Yu, Davor Stamenovic, Hiran C. Fernando, Hongxu Liu
Andrographolide sulfonate downregulation of TLR3-TRIF and amelioration of airway inflammation caused by respiratory syncytial virus infection
Na Zhou, Siyi Che, Jiao Liu, Zhenghong Jiang, Luo Ren, Yin Liu, Enmei Liu, Jun Xie
Prevalence and management of pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dan Chen, Liyun Yang, Wenhong Zhang, Jieyun Shen, Paul E. Y. Van Schil, Duilio Divisi, Nagarashee Seetharamu, Jie Gu
Surgical technical experience of adult aortic coarctation concomitant with poststenotic aneurysm or dissection
Huanyu Qiao, Bo Yang, David C. Rotzinger, Yongmin Liu
Preliminary experience of surgery after neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy for stage-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
Yizong Ding, Xiaojing Zhao, Petros Christopoulos, Travis C. Geraci, Yujie Fu
Differences in T cell-associated serum markers between ischemic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy
Yuli Huang, Lin Xuan, Qiong Xu, Jun Wang, Jie Liu
Bioinformatic analysis of differentially expressed genes in lung cancer bone metastasis and their implications for disease progression in lung cancer patients
Qiaojun Hong, Haiyan Hu, Dandan Liu, Xiaojian Hu, Zhanggui Wang, Daoping Zhou

Case Series

Sternal fixation and autologous bone grafting for post sternotomy non-union: a case series
Hiral Jhala, Patricia McFarlane, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Kamal Deep, Zahid Mahmood, Harikrishna Doshi, Nawwar Al-Attar

Review Article

Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis a narrative review primary focus on treatments
Xiaohui Luo, Fei Xiang
Values of circulating tumor DNA for non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy, progress and challenges: a narrative review
Sicheng Zhou, Cheng Shen, Yao Wang, Ziyi Zhao, Guowei Che
Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: a mini-review on its latest evidence
Hei-Shun Cheng, Charles Wong, Pui-Hing Chiu, Chun-Wai Tong, Pui-Ling Flora Miu
Pleural fluid biomarkers: a narrative review
Christopher Chan, Ken Ka Pang Chan
Clinical phenotypes of sepsis: a narrative review
Beibei Liu, Qingtao Zhou
Complex chest wall reconstruction after failure: a literature review
Debora Brascia, Giuseppe Mangiameli, Giuseppe Marulli
Chest wall resections for non-small cell lung cancer: a literature review
Luyu Huang, Feng Li, Jens Neudecker, Aron Elsner, Julia Strauchmann, Tomasz Dziodzio, Haiyu Zhou, Jens Rueckert
Novel techniques and future developments in minimally invasive pectus repair
Luzia Toselli, Gaston Bellia-Munzon, Daniela Sanjurjo, Marcelo Martinez-Ferro