Vol 17, No 3 (March 31, 2025): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Pectus excavatum revision surgery: a complex challenge requiring centralization of expertise
Nicky Janssen, Elise J. van Polen, Jean H. T. Daemen, Aimée J. P. M. Franssen, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Hans G. Van Veer, Frank V. de Paoli, Erik R. de Loos

Original Article

Risk factors and age-specific monthly patterns of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a multicenter study
Seung Keun Yoon, Hee Kyung Kim, Jiyun Lee, Young-Du Kim, Deog Gon Cho
Comorbidities associated with adult asthma according to severity: analysis of data from the National Health Insurance Sharing Service
Jung-Hyun Kim, Bo Young Park, Sun Hee Choi, Hyouk-Soo Kwon, Woo-Jung Song, Jinho Yu, Dae Jin Song, Yoon-Seok Chang, You Sook Cho, Dae Hyun Lim, Young-Joo Cho, Suk-Il Chang, Sae-Hoon Kim, Tae-Bum Kim
Bronchial thermoplasty reduces asthma exacerbation and improves quality of life in asthma with type 2 inflammation
Thanyaporn Angsuwatcharakorn, Chatuthanai Savigamin, Vorawut Thanthitaweewat, Nophol Leelayuwatanakul, Kamon Kawkitinarong, Sarita Thawanaphong, Amornpun Wongkarnjana, Nattapong Jaimchariyatam, Ketsupar Jirakran, Chanchai Sittipunt, Thitiwat Sriprasart
IRF8 and CD2 are potential targets of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer
Zhen Gao, Rui Han, Qinghao Chen, Jichao Guo, Yancheng Wang, Qian Hong, Chenguang Zhao, Juwei Mu, Jiagen Li
Comparison of patient-reported outcomes after uniportal versus multiportal video-assisted thoracoscopic sub-lobar resection
Xiang-Lin Li, De-Zhao Tang, Yi-Zhang Chen, Zi-Ying Li, Yong Tang, Cheng Deng, Qiu-Ling Shi, Gui-Bin Qiao
Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting pulmonary embolism in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Haobo Kong, Yingying Sang, Jingjing Pan, Min Liang, Zhi Geng, Ye Li
Influencing factors of 90-day readmission of patients with heart failure based on the MIMIC-IV database
Xiaohua Shen, Jiahui Yang, Xiaoyan Zhang
Video-assisted thoracoscopy with two-lung ventilation and CO2 insufflation in primary spontaneous pneumothorax: propensity score matching comparison
Ying Jie Cui, Wen Xue Piao, Yong Chae Jung, Hyun Jin Cho, Min-Woong Kang
Emerging trends and hotspots in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and oxidative stress: a bibliometric and visualized analysis from 2010 to 2024
Rui Wang, Shujie Feng, Jiajie Jiang, Yonglong Chang, Yanping Zong, Jinchen Guo
Echocardiographic characteristics of paravalvular leak following surgical aortic valve replacement: a retrospective cohort study
Yuri Hayashi, Joshua K. Russell, Cody J. Dvorak, Milena A. Gebska, Satoshi Hanada, Arun K. Singhal
Effect of needle aspiration for treatment of moderate to severe non-tension pneumothorax after transthoracic needle biopsy
Jong Hwan Jeong, Ho Cheol Kim, Jae Seung Lee, Chang-Min Choi, Wonjun Ji
The role of the stapled interlobar fissure position for intraoperative detection and postoperative diagnosis of middle lobe torsion after right upper lobectomy
Kazuto Ohtaka, Setsuyuki Ohtake, Aki Fujiwara-Kuroda, Sho Narita, Shinya Otsuka, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Akihiro Sasaki, Haruhiko Shiiya, Hideki Ujiie, Masato Aragaki, Tatsuya Kato
Clinical characteristics of the early responders in the treatment of chronic cough
Tai Joon An, Ji Hyun Shin, Seohyun Kim, Chin Kook Rhee, Ji-Yong Moon, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Kyu Yoon
Nomogram for predicting the prognosis of metastatic thymic epithelial tumors
Caiwen Huang, Hui Liu, Qihua Zou, Liping Kang, Jianliang Mai, Yongbin Lin, Ying Liang
Implementing a chest tube removal protocol in patients with thoracic trauma: a prospective clinical study
Yassir Abdulrahman, Mushreq Al-Ani, Mohammed Farhat, Hosam Khallafalla, Ahmad Abu Amr, Ahmed Ajaj, Ammar Al-Zubaidi, Talat Chughtai, Ayman El-Menyar, Mohammad Asim, Sandro Rizoli, Hassan Al-Thani
Role of radiation alone vs. concurrent chemoradiotherapy in surgically ineligible patients with tracheobronchial squamous cell carcinoma
Jeong Yun Jang, Hongryull Pyo, Kyungmi Yang, Jae Myoung Noh, Jeong Ha Lee
Efficacy and safety of different forms of ablation therapies and antiarrhythmic drugs in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Qinghua Chen, Xiaoqi Xiong, Longchang Li, Chun Gui
Implementation of a robotic-assisted thoracic surgery program for anatomical lung resections, a single surgeon’s experience
Andreas Westerlind, Maya Landenhed-Smith, Carl-Johan Malm, Göran Dellgren
Construction and analysis of the invasive prediction model for pulmonary nodules: based on clinical, CT image and DNA methylation characteristics
Qingjie Yang, Xiaoyan Sun, Shenghua Lv, Qingtian Li, Linhui Lan, Ningquan Liu, Mingyang Wang, Kaibao Han, Xinhai Feng
The significance of periostin in the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and prediction of acute exacerbations
Shi Wu, Hua Liu, Shijia Yin, Yun Wang, Xiaoxiao Liu, Zhen Ding
Krebs von den Lungen-6 as a biomarker for distinguishing between interstitial lung disease and interstitial lung abnormalities based on computed tomography findings
Jin Hwa Song, Hye-Rin Kang, Keun-Beom Cheong
Predicting the clinical prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients by predicting ALOX5 expression: a radiomics model
Peihong Hu, Mingxin Liu, Hang Gu, Haoran Liu, Qiang Li, Bo Tian
Asthma-derived genetic signature predicts lung cancer prognosis: a multi-scale omics investigation
Youpeng Chen, Enzhong Li, Yifei Xie, Zhenglin Chang, Xiaoyi Chen, Haojie Wu, Weilin Feng, Zhangkai J. Cheng, Baoqing Sun
Comparative efficacy and safety of inhaled antibiotics in managing chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Yifan Chen, Xiao Meng, Jiaxin Zhu, Shengxiao Lai, Zixuan Liu, Zhizhou Dou, Yaozhou Wu, Li Wei
Diagnostic value of GeneXpert MTB/RIF in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for pulmonary non-tuberculosis mycobacterial in acid-fast stain smear-positive and GeneXpert MTB/RIF-negative cases
Zhengxing Wu, Jichan Shi, Chaochao Qiu, Yueying Zhou, Ning Pan, Lianpeng Wu, Xiangao Jiang
Epidemiological trends and serological profiles of respiratory pathogens in Guangzhou: an 11-year retrospective study from 2013 to 2023
Wenhan Cao, Huimin Huang, Zhenglin Chang, Zhiman Liang, Yanting Fang, Lixian Li, Haiyang Li, Yu Guo, Yuqi Chen, Chengtao Zhou, Zixin Chen, Zhangkai J. Cheng, Baoqing Sun
Early and midterm outcomes of concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary artery disease in surgical repair of type A aortic dissection
Ling-Chen Huang, Yang-Xue Sun, Ze-Hua Shao, Xiang-Yang Qian, Cun-Tao Yu, Hong-Wei Guo
Single-port inflatable mediastinoscopy combined with laparoscopic esophagectomy via right cervical auxiliary operating port and sternal lifting: a safe and reliable surgical method
Jiang-Shan Huang, Wen-Wei Lin, Qi-Hong Zhong, Fei-Long Guo, Jing-Yu Wu, Zhen-Yang Zhang, Jiang-Bo Lin
Deficiency of Toll-like receptor 4 attenuates airway inflammation and remodeling in an ovalbumine-induced mouse asthma model
Lixia Hou, Sijia Song, Bo Xiao, Zhimei Li, Bingxi Zhang, Xinru Feng, Biwen Mo, Dong Yao
The synergistic effects of PM2.5 and high-fat diet on Th1/Th2 balance in model mice with asthma
Ruifeng Bai, Bingqian Liu, Tianshui Li, Heng Zhou, Xinyang Yue, Ying Liu, Yining Shan, Zhigang Li, Yongjie Wei, Jun Wu
Clinical outcomes of caregiver-led indwelling pleural catheter care and drainage at a Singapore tertiary referral hospital
Brian Lee Wei Chua, Si Ling Young, Qiao Li Tan, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong, Jane Jing Yi Wong, Ivana Gilcrist Chiew Sian Phua, Wen Ting Lim, Ken Junyang Goh
A risk score to predict postoperative complications in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer
Makhmudbek Mallaev, Nikolay Tsvetkov, Urs Simmen, Helga Bachmann, David König, Sacha I. Rothschild, Michael Tamm, Aljaz Hojski, Didier Lardinois
Comparing erector spinae plane (ESP) and thoracic paravertebral (TPV) block analgesic effect after elective video-assisted thoracic surgery: a randomized, multiple-blinded, non-inferiority trial
Roberto Dossi, Miriam Patella, Barbara Barozzi, Gaston Dellaferrera, Adele Tessitore, Isabella Gimigliano, Stefano Cafarotti, Andrea Saporito
The value of fibrosis score and 18F-FDG by positron emission tomography-computed tomography in lung cancer patients with interstitial lung disease
Rui Xu, Lijie Yin, Guangliang Qiang, Liping Fu
Risk factors for pulmonary embolism: a case-control study
Geng Yang, Shaoping Nie
Completion lobectomy after thoracoscopic segmentectomy on the left side should be approached with thoracotomy
Stefano Bongiolatti, Giovanni Mugnaini, Alberto Salvicchi, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Sara Borgianni, Domenico Viggiano, Luca Voltolini
Comparison of laser-guided technology and conventional manual percutaneous lung biopsy: a single-center retrospective study
Zijian Li, Shuo Hu, Lei Leng, Cheng Ding, Jun Zhao, Li Ye, Xinyu Song, Ziqing Shen
Effect of respiratory phase on three-dimensional quantitative parameters of pulmonary subsolid nodules in low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer
Hanxiao Zhang, Wenting Tu, Zhengwei Zhang, Xiuxiu Zhou, Li Fan, Shiyuan Liu
Characteristics of symptoms among outpatients following the discontinuation of the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy in China: insights from an online nationwide cross-sectional survey in 2022
Yunfu Wu, Mingming Wang, Xing Lv, Jie Chen, Liqiang Song
Tetramethylpyrazine mitigates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting the HMGB1/TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway in mice
Xu He, Guo-Feng Chen, Wei-Ting Tao, Xiao-Jia Huang, Ye Lin, Jing Sun, Yan Li
Lifestyle change during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: implications for continuous positive airway pressure adherence in obstructive sleep apnea patient
Yo Suzuki, Ayako Inoshita, Naoko Sata, Erina Ishimizu, Shoko Suda, Ryo Naito, Takatoshi Kasai, Fumihiko Matsumoto
Single-port compared to multi-port video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy: a propensity-matched study
Guibin Weng, Weikun Su, Alfonso Fiorelli, Yijin Lin, Lin Chen, Hong Zhang, Weimin Fang
Increased expression of FBW7 may improve the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma after pemetrexed chemotherapy by transforming the epithelial-to-mesenchymal process
Jun Chen, Haiyan Pan, Yingying Zhou, Liyun Xu, Nawa Lin, Hanibal Bohnenberger, Zhijun Chen
Development and validation of CT radiomics diagnostic models: differentiating benign from malignant pulmonary nodules and evaluating malignancy degree
Jun Zhu, Jiayu Tao, Maoshan Zhu, Jiaqiang Liu, Chonggang Ma, Ke Chen, Yuxuan Wang, Xiaochen Lu, Yuichi Saito, Bin Ni
The value of perioperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio combined with the prognostic nutritional index for predicting anastomotic leakage after minimally invasive esophagectomy
Xianneng He, Jinxian He, Haofeng Cen, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Noriyuki Hirahara, Chengbin Lin, Keyun Zhu, Weiyu Shen
Development and validation of multi-sequence magnetic resonance imaging radiomics models for predicting tumor response to radiotherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Shangqun Liu, Yan Lv, Liwen Duan, Chengcheng Wang, Helong Wang, Songliu Hu, Baptiste Abbar, Jianyu Xu
Association of interferon regulator factor 1 upregulation with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Yuheng Ye, Min Zhou, Di Yin, Yi Wang, Jiancheng Lin, Jiayan Sun, Xiaowan Wang, Qiang Guo
Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Mingxi Wang, Dandan Wei, Zhen Cui, Yangyang Zhou, Chuntong Yin, Zhengguang Zhou, Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Guowen Wang
Relationship between the expression of striated preferentially expressed gene (SPEG) and the development of atrial fibrillation
Jiaochang Wei, Lanqing Yu, Yuhua Liu, Shaowu Ye, Bo Song, Yimin Deng, Qian Lu, Bailu Deng