Vol 18, No 3 (March 31, 2026) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

The HE scale: a consensus-based, time-aware rapid recovery scale for lung transplantation

Jiawei Chen, Jiang Shi, Chao Yang, Guilin Peng, Chunrong Ju, Hanyu Yang, Lan Lan, Hui Liu, Ying Chen, Danxia Huang, Run Li, Xin Xu, Jianxing He

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Original Article

Second primary malignancy risk after thymic epithelial tumors: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results analysis integrating multiple primary-standardized incidence ratio and competing-risk models

Jun-Nan Hu, Xiang Zhuang, Jun Peng, Hao Rong, Xin Gao, Nian Xu, Qing-Jie Chen, Ke Ma

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Estimating nasal nitric oxide from measured fractional exhaled nitric oxide and nasal fractional exhaled nitric oxide

Miki Abo, Yuriko Tsumaya, Takashi Ohki, Yoshihiro Takeda, Takafumi Kobayashi, Takayoshi Ueno, Yusuke Matsuda, Yusuke Nakade, Kenta Yamamura, Satoshi Watanabe, Noriyuki Ohkura, Johsuke Hara, Seiji Yano, Yasuhiro Gon

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Anemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of global research hotspots and emerging trends

Tingting Bi, Li Fan

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The geriatric nutritional risk index predicts pathological complete response and anastomotic leakage in esophageal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy

Jingyuan Niu, Jiahao Huang, Min Zhang, Bin Yang, Tao Lu

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Effect of surgical management for anterior mediastinal large mass: a retrospective cohort study

Zhiqiang Feng, Ansheng Mo, Jinghua Li, Guijun Qin, Kai Chen, Dinglang Chen

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Diaphragm assessment by multimodal ultrasound imaging in patients with interstitial lung disease: a prospective observational study

Yan Chen, Dazhi Zhou, Xiaolin Tan, Junhong Lin, Xufeng Lin, Shitao Lin, Si Jiang, Guoying Li

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Global, regional, and temporal trends in aortic aneurysm burden, 1990–2021: insights from the Global Burden of Disease study

Zhuohang Jiang, Ziyun Fu, Jinxing Peng, Jiayu Song, Jie Liu, Tucheng Sun

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Assessment of susceptibility to mTOR rs2295080 gene polymorphism in Guangxi Zhuang lung cancer population

Dongli Yang, Chao Zuo, Jing Cheng, Yi Liu, Yu Wang, Yongchao Qiao

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Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases among perimenopausal women, 1990–2021: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Lixiuyun Wang, Yafei Tang, Zixiang Ji, Guoqiang Yang, Jin Huang, Yonghong Feng

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Prognostic value as metabolic tumor activity on ¹⁸F-FDG uptake in thymic epithelial tumors

Kosuke Hashimoto, Kyoichi Kaira, Hisao Imai, Atsuto Mouri, Ou Yamaguchi, Ryo Taguchi, Tetsuya Umesaki, Yoshinobu Ichiki, Tomoyuki Hishida, Hiroyuki Nitanda, Ichiei Kuji, Hiroshi Kagamu

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Autofluorescence and white light bronchoscopy for the detection of tumor margins of non-small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant immunotherapy: a retrospective observational study

Xiaochai Hu, Jiangying Guo, Yicong Lu, Huaqiong Huang

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Risk factors for lower limb ischemia in minimally invasive and robotic-assisted cardiac valve surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Kazuki Noda, Kenta Nishiya, Goki Inno, Takumi Kawase, Yukihiro Nishimoto, Ryo Fujii, Yosuke Takahashi

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Global trends and research progress on immunotherapy for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer: a bibliometric analysis

Qian Deng, Na Li

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Charting the blueprint: a bibliometric analysis reveals future strategies in lung cancer targeted therapy (2003–2025)

Huijun Jia, Yuan Zhong, Constance Liew Sat Lin, Symeon Mandrinos, Fui Chee Woon, Zhugen Cao, Yifan Gong

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Thoracic paravertebral block with liposomal bupivacaine versus ropivacaine for postoperative analgesia in thoracic surgery: a randomized controlled study

Yicheng Sun, Bin Chen, Tao Liu, Lu Wang, Guangkuo Gao, Wanli Kang, Wei Liu

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Perioperative anticoagulation management in patients with left ventricular assist devices undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective study of bleeding and thrombosis

Chek Kuan Lam, Ka Lai Cally Ho, Oswald Joseph On-Jing Lee, Shing Lung Wong, Yue Yan Katherine Fan, Ka-Lam Wong

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Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of smoking-associated non-small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive analysis of genetic, therapeutic, and immunological

Hongzheng Li, Dingkun Hou, Lili Wang, Lijuan Kang, Kaibin Wang, Haitao Wang, Honglin Li

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Association between cardiometabolic index and major adverse cardio-cerebral events and all-cause mortality in patients with degenerative aortic stenosis: a retrospective cohort study

Jiahao Luo, Yujie Dai, Peng Xu, Lingxin Qian, Huadong Wang, Jianfeng Xu

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Single-sterilization modified-position robotic-assisted McKeown esophagectomy versus minimally invasive approach after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Hailiang Cai, Guoqing Liao, Weijie Zhan, Yuhang Zhang, Lintong Yao, Liyu Cai, Weihuan Lin, Shaowei Wu, Jens-C. Rueckert, Luyu Huang, Haiyu Zhou

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Risk factors for treatment failure of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: results from a two-decade data analysis

Karolina Kėvelaitienė, Roma Puronaitė, Valerija Edita Davidavičienė, Birutė Nakčerienė, Edvardas Danila

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Hemodynamic and ventilatory effects of stepwise head-of-bed elevation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients undergoing high-flow nasal cannula: a prospective sequential physiological study

Yezhou Shen, Xingping Lv, Chen Li, Wei Zhou, Feng Zhu

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CT-guided coaxial four-hook localization improves precision and efficiency in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study

Xiaoya Chen, Jing Li, Haoming Guo, Runtian Cheng, Yongliang Han, Fengming Tao, Mengqi Liu, Haitao Yang, Xinghua Li, Zubin Ouyang

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Prophylaxis with diltiazem decreases arrhythmia rate when compared to beta-blocker following lobectomy

Adam R. Dyas, Christina M. Stuart, Kyle E. Bata, Michael R. Bronsert, William G. Henderson, Alyson D. Kelleher, Alison R. Barker, Simran K. Randhawa, Elizabeth A. David, John D. Mitchell, Robert A. Meguid

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Management of malignant central airway stenosis with X-ray-guided Y-shaped covered self-expanding metallic stents: evaluating efficacy and safety

Guifeng Zheng, Aiqiang Han, Xiangxu Feng, Liping Zhang, Guanghui He

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Association between glycemic variability and all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective study based on the MIMIC database

Qihuan Ma, Juan Guo, Youjing Yang, Yanmei Feng

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Long-term ipsilateral recurrence and contralateral risk following surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax in young patients: age-related differences

Daichi Ishii, Nozomi Hatanaka, Miho Aoyagi, Akihiko Tanaka, Masahiro Miyajima, Motoki Sakuraba

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Prognostic value of 3D mean CT attenuation in the solid component of resected part-solid lung adenocarcinomas

Ryohei Miyazaki, Masaya Tamura, Takashi Sakai, Naoki Furukawa, Yujiro Bunno, Marino Yamamoto, Hironobu Okada

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Quality of life after preoperative home-based exercise training in patients with lung cancer: a secondary analysis

Sara Pimenta, Pedro Machado, Cândida G. Silva, Ana Luís Garcia, Tiago Nogueira, Sónia Silva, Claúdia Lares dos Santos, Maria Vitória Martins, André Canha, Bárbara Oliveiros, Raul A. Martins, Joana Cruz

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Examined lymph node counts ≤6 are correlated with an unfavorable prognosis in stage IA NSCLC patients following sublobar resection: a retrospective study employing propensity score matching analysis

Yufeng Tang, Min Luo

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Clinical characteristics and survival analysis of non-smoking small cell lung cancer

Shuang Li, Yansu Wang, Yang Liu, Shuang Zhang

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Machine learning-based prediction of 1-year mortality risk after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Yunyun Ma, Yuqing Shi, Rui Yin

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Clinical benefits of right-lumen fiberoptic bronchoscope-guided double-lumen tube placement in thoracic surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Qinyu Bao, Zhenghuan Song, Mengyue Zhu, Shiyi Huang, Jiaqin Cai, Yihu Zhou, Lijun Wang, Jing Tan

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Association between albumin-corrected anion gap and in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study based on the MIMIC database

Yunfan Wang, Lijie Yang, Miaojuan Zhu, Xiu Shi, Runhua Xiong, Hanxiang Nie

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Comparative assessment of image quality and radiation dose: spectral purification computed tomography (Sn100kV) with adaptive iterative reconstruction for tuberculosis follow-up

Chao Yuan, Jie Yang, Yantao Huang, Chun Qin, Chao Wang, Hao Feng, Jianquan Zhong, Chaoliang He, Hongfu Dan

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Diagnostic utility of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase in tuberculous pleural effusion in patients with exudative effusion: a retrospective multicenter study (ADATPE)

Tan Kah Shien, Mas Fazlin Mohamad Jailaini, Azat Azrai Azmel, Vijayan Munusamy, Arvindran Alaga, Mohamed Faisal Abdul Hamid

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Real-world effectiveness and safety of adjuvant atezolizumab in pathological stage IIA–IIIB non-small cell lung cancer following curative surgery

Akifumi Nakamura, Nobuyuki Kondo, Seiji Matsumoto, Masaki Hashimoto, Ayumi Kuroda, Kyoshiro Takegahara, Koji Mikami, Toshiyuki Minami, Kozo Kuribayashi, Kazuhiro Kitajima, Takashi Kijima, Soichiro Funaki

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Efficacy of Da Vinci robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery combined with three-dimensional imaging for precisive segmentectomy in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer ≤2 cm: a retrospective cohort study

Guibin Weng, Jiarong Zhang, Yijin Lin, Lin Chen, Weimin Fang, Kunshou Zhu, Yuanmei Chen

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Efficacy and safety of urokinase in the treatment of loculated pleural effusions caused by various etiologies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tingting Jiang, Wuxi Chen, Guosheng Liang, Zifeng Peng, Jiaxin Tang, Qing Tang, Liantu He

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Development and validation of a LASSO-derived prognostic model predicting postoperative cognitive dysfunction risk in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting patients

Zehua Zhang, Xiaoyu Xu, Wenxing Peng, Yifan Wang, Yang Lin

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A nationwide survey of uniportal thoracoscopic anatomical pulmonary resections in Japan

Hitoshi Igai, Takuya Watanabe, Takahiro Homma, Takashi Suda, Toshiaki Morikawa

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Comparative analysis of short-term outcomes, inflammatory markers, and complications in robotic-assisted vs. traditional thoracoscopic surgery for complex pulmonary segmentectomy

Yuhao Xu, Xuefeng Wang, Biao Deng, Zhu Liang, Zhigang Wang

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Association between intraoperative fluid volume and 30-day mortality in patients undergoing lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Yu Yi, Qin Ouyang, Xinhong Ran, Ge Luo, Xinchen Tao, Jingcheng Zou, Qiuping Wang, Jing Yu, Kai Sun, Yuanyuan Yao, Min Yan

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Experience with H anastomosis and its perioperative management protocol in minimally invasive esophagectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison with stapled non-enhanced recovery after surgery pathway

Zhenzhong Zhang, Derong Tang, Yang Hu, Jianqing Zhao, Zhiyun Xu

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A clinician-oriented machine learning model for adult asthma exacerbation prediction: comparative analysis of nine algorithms

Ning Zhang, Haiyan Chen, Congyi Xie, Jinzhan Chen

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Effectiveness of transthoracic minimally invasive device closure for perimembranous ventricular septal defects in proximity to the aortic valve

Guidong Liu, Feng Zhang, Xiaobi Huang, Wenqing Zhu

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A multimodal radiomics model to predict disease-free survival in resected non-small cell lung cancer: integrating clinicopathology, dual-energy CT, and deep learning features

Weiming Zhao, Tingting Li, Xilong Zhou, Wenjing Fan, Yaqi Wang, Huanhuan Zhou, Shuhua Li, Juan Wang, Yihong Gu, Zongyu Xie, Fang Su

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Diagnostic evaluation of pleural effusion in patients with non-small lung cancer affects time to diagnosis and treatment initiation

Julie Lin, Samira Shojaee, Basim Ali, Roland Bassett, David Ost, Horiana Grosu

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The evolving global burden of asthma among children and adolescents, 1990–2040: trends, disparities, and future projections based on Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021

Xi Chen, Dandan Ma, Hangyu Li, Yilin Liu, Guixing Xu, Guilin Zhang, Xingyu Liang, Hui Pan, Hong Zhang

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Prognostic impact of treatment modalities and examined lymph nodes count on survival in T3–4 esophageal cancer: a retrospective cohort and predictive modeling study from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database

Yu Wu, Pubo Shi, Pengjie Yang, Ting Yang, Jingjing Zhang, Shaobo Li, Li Feng, Benben Zhu, Zhifang Wu

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Development of a risk scoring model for predicting visceral pleural invasion in clinical stage T1N0M0 lung adenocarcinoma

Hye Rim Na, Mi Hyoung Moon, Kyung Soo Kim, Young-Du Kim, Seok Whan Moon, Seung Keun Yoon

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Impact of perioperative chemotherapy on survival outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing pneumonectomy: a SEER database analysis

Zhilong Xu, Ao Zeng, Yanze Yin, Keyi Chen, Abudumijiti Abuduwayiti, Jiarui Wang, Mengtao Wang, Ming Liu, Gening Jiang, Jie Dai

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Value of coronary computed tomography angiography-derived plaque multiparameter analysis for guiding the management of intermediate coronary stenosis

Danling Guo, Jinke Zhu, Guanzuan Wu, Huaifeng Li, Le Guan, Jiahu Yang, Xiaoya Zhai, Sangying Lv

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Survival risk prediction for patients with lung adenocarcinoma containing micropapillary components based on weakly supervised pathomics

Yichao Wang, Liang Zhou, Qihui Cai, Niu Niu, Weibo Qi

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Radiomics differences between GOLD I–II and GOLD III–IV in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Zhiwei Li, Chaoping Wang, Yufei Sun, Hanchao Wang, Xiaochuan Wang, Ya Li, Haixin Wang, Ziqiang Chen, Xiaobin Luo, Xinxin Yu, Yong Li, Tao Zhu

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Thoracoscopic lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung carcinoma: initial experience from a newly established Israeli center

Boris Giller, Sharbel Azzam, Nahum Nesher, Marina Kolody, Yacov Abramov, Vladimir Varenkin, Ruth Shaylor, Idit Matot, Ofer Merimsky, Michael Peer

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Molecular characteristics of proximal and distal esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma

Xiao Qin, Lin Xu, Xiaozhen Wang, Youchao Qi, Wei Zhong, Bin Shang, Zhou Wang, Gang Chen

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Sublobar resection combined with furmonertinib in peripheral solid EGFR-mutated stage IA3 lung adenocarcinoma patients with pulmonary dysfunction: a retrospective multi-institutional study

Jialing Zhang, Haoyan Niu, Xiaodan Weng, Hao Zhou, Hao Shen, Yiming Xu, Xiaodong Zhang, Yu Lu, Honggang Ke, Fei Wang

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Equivalence of neoadjuvant and perioperative therapies in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Junge Liu, Haodong Lu, Xinyao Zheng, Fangfang Shen, Wei Guo

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Short-term outcomes of Perceval sutureless valve replacement in patients with type 0 bicuspid aortic valve

Baiyu Tian, Jiangang Wang, Cheng Zhao, Wenbo Zhang, Fei Meng, Tiange Luo

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A multisource cue fusion-based method for coronary artery stenosis detection in digital subtraction angiography

Dingce Sun, Zhongnan Liu, Wenyuan Yu, Hongli Liu, Bokang Zhai, Bo Zhao, Hongbo Xin, Hui Hu, Yang Yu

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Impact of liver metastasis on the efficacy of first-line chemoimmunotherapy in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Yue-Li Sun, Ying-Long Peng, Kai Yin, Hai-Yan Tu

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Yifei Sanjie Formula in improving the response to PD-1 blockade by lung cancer through the attenuation of the USP7-NR1H4-bile acid metabolism axis

Yangzi Ren, Yuanliang Li, Chongkai Fang, Zhiqiang Chen, Zhiwei Xiao

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Brief Report

Impact of non-tumor size related features on staging in non-small cell lung cancer: a population-level analysis of the SEER-medicare database

Ravi Rajaram, Barbara H. Johnson, Qing Huang, Balaji Laxmanan, Stephen Johnston, Aisha Hasan, James M. Giuffre, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Anil Vachani, Clifford Robinson, Kiran Devisetty

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Review Article

Imaging advances of predicting spread through air spaces (STAS) in lung cancer: a narrative review

Hui Chen, Qiuzhen Xu, Xuyan Liu, Qing Zhang, Yanni Fan

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Application of bedside ultrasound assessment of diaphragmatic function in preparing tracheostomised patients for ventilator liberation and decannulation: a narrative review

Yan Li, Shan-Shan Wang, Kai-Yi Li, Zi-Nan Zhang, Ye-Ping Chen, Jia-Yi Xia

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The impact of best practice meetings on clinical outcomes in surgical and oncological care: a scoping review

Janne van den Hurk, Felix Hers, Lars van de Sanden, Barend M. E. Mees, Grard A. P. Nieuwenhuijzen, Mark M. J. Nielen, Rob H. A. Verhoeven, Misha D. P. Luyer, Bas P. L. van Wijnhoven, Michel W. J. M. Wouters

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The impact of perfusate filtration or exchange on lung function during ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP): a systematic review

Maira Machhiwala, Ryaan El-Andari, Parham Hassanzadeh, Adrien Lam, Daniel Gutierrez, Max Buchko, Darren H. Freed, Jayan Nagendran

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Lighting the path: a narrative review of non-molecular intraoperative lung imaging modalities

Tyler Lunow-Luke, Josephine E. Chang, Robert Painter, Carlin Lee, Ronak Naik, Johnathan Tran, Chris Campbell, Gordon T. Kennedy, Anthony J. Durkin, Hari B. Keshava

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3D printing as an innovative tool in personalized management of complex airway diseases: a literature review

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NODRAIN study protocol: a non-interventional, prospective study for evaluating the effectiveness of intraoperative ventilation for the prediction of postoperative air leak in major pulmonary resections by conventional or robotic thoracoscopy

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Influence of PAI-1 gene polymorphism on the effectiveness of tezepelumab in individuals with severe asthma: a study protocol for a prospective, non-randomized, interventional, comparative trial

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