Publishing in open access era: focus on respiratory journals.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM OF STUDY:A significant human pathogenic bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae was recognized as a major cause of pneumonia, and is the subject of many humoral immunity studies. Diagnosis is generally made based on clinical suspicion along with a positive culture from a sample from virtually any place i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xia Y,Guo XG,Zhou S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While management of locally advanced esophageal cancer has mostly involved multimodality therapy, management of clinical T2N0 patients has been more controversial, primarily as a result of inaccurate clinical staging with existing modalities. This review article examines current literature on this topic and provides r...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Vining P,Birdas TJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Esophageal cancer is one of the most malignant gastroenterological cancers. To improve the treatment outcomes of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), a biomarker capable of predicting the malignant potential of the cancer cells is needed. The aim of the present study was to investigate th...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Sakakibara T,Ozawa S,Oguma J,Nakui M,Yamamoto S,Makuuchi H,Kajiwara H,Nakamura N

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its inception, minimally invasive surgery has made a dramatic impact on all branches of surgery. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was first described in the early 1990s and has since become popular in a number of tertiary referral centers. Propon...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cao CQ,Stine ML,Yan TD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pacing parameters may influence pacing lead life and pacemaker life. This study sought to determine whether different right atrial active-fixation lead implantation parameters are associated with chronic pacing performance. Methods:A retrospective observational study was conducted on all consecutive patient...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chen MR,Zhang FL,Wang WW,Chen XH,Chen JH,Chen LL

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) remains a serious complication after surgery for lung cancer with bronchial resection. A free pericardial fat pad (FPFP) is applied in high-risk cases to reduce BPF frequency. BPF may occur 6 months after surgery. Thus, we evaluated the residual FPFP volume at 6 months after surg...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Nagashima T,Ito H,Samejima J,Nemoto D,Eriguchi D,Nakayama H,Woo T,Masuda M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Aspirin therapy improves saphenous vein graft (SVG) patency in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), however, its use in the pre-operative period remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) to update the eviden...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Solo K,Lavi S,Choudhury T,Martin J,Nevis IF,Kwok CS,Kotronias RA,Nishina N,Sponga S,Ayan D,Tzemos N,Mamas MA,Bagur R

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory information arising from the airways is processed in a distributed brain network that encodes for the discriminative and affective components of the resultant sensations. These higher brain networks in turn regulate descending motor control circuits that can both promote or suppress behavioural responses. Here...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： McGovern AE,Ajayi IE,Farrell MJ,Mazzone SB

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical procedures of pleural cavity are crucial to complete the diagnoses or planning treatment of pleural effusions with an unknown aetiology. Traditionally, the transthoracic approach has been the most used procedure to study the pleural cavity. The subxiphoid video-thoracoscopy is becoming an alternative to the t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Martínez-Téllez E,Trujillo-Reyes JC,Guarino M,Rami-Porta R,Belda-Sanchis J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has become an accepted method for the treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The standard VATS approach is an intercostal one which is often followed by postoperative pain due to injury of the intercostal nerve. The non-intercostal t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zieliński M,Gwozdz P,Wilkojc M,Kosinski S,Fryzlewicz E,Nabialek T,Pankowski J,Kwiatkowski R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central venous catheters (CVCs) have an important role in the management of critically ill patients. In contrast to the immediate complications after CVC insertion, the late complications were difficult to be noticed without high suspicion despite their life-threatening outcome. We report a rare but fatal delayed vasc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kim YJ,Kim WY

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased recognition of advantages, over the last decade, of minimizing surgical trauma by operating through smaller incisions and its direct impact on reduced postoperative pain, quicker recovery, improved cosmesis and earlier return to work has spurred the minimally invasive cardiac surgical revolution. This transi...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mandal K,Alwair H,Nifong WL,Chitwood WR Jr

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to reveal the short-term outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy without tracheal intubation compared with intubated general anesthesia with one-lung ventilation (OLV). METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of our institutional database of consec...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Guo Z,Yin W,Pan H,Zhang X,Xu X,Shao W,Chen H,He J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Post-polio syndrome is characterised by symptoms of fatigue, pain and new-onset neuromuscular weakness, and emerges decades after the initial poliovirus infection. We sought to evaluate the only post-polio syndrome specific self-management programme in the United Kingdom. Methods:This was a retrospective st...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Curtis A,Lee JS,Kaltsakas G,Auyeung V,Shaw S,Hart N,Steier J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Multimorbidity is increasing common in Brazilian adults. Comorbid chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes are often inaccurately diagnosed or ineffectively treated. The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) aims to strengthen health systems to prevent and control non-c...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Bachmann MO,Bateman ED,Stelmach R,Cruz ÁA,Pacheco de Andrade M,Zonta R,Zepeda J,Natal S,Cornick R,Wattrus C,Anderson L,Lombard C,Fairall LR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Prolonged air leak is the most common complication after pulmonary resection surgery. Water submersion test (WST) has been used to check for air leak. However, it is cumbersome under the circumstances of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). This study aimed to devise a new air leak detection method that i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yang HC,Chang HY

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cell tumors, like teratoma, typically occur in young adults in their second to fourth decade with equal sex distribution. We firstly report a very rare case of a huge tumor compressed the vital structures of the mediastinum that was diagnosed in a 21-year-old woman at 39 weeks of gestation during a routine prenat...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yang M,Shen C,Du H,Wang Y,Che G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) using the da Vinci robotic system for mediastinal mass resection and to describe the surgical approach for masses in different mediastinal regions. Methods:We retrospectively reviewed data from...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chen K,Zhang X,Jin R,Xiang J,Han D,Zhang Y,Li H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sarcopenia is closely associated with surgical complications in patients with certain cancers. In this study we assessed the relationship between sarcopenia and postoperative complications in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods:We retrospectively analysed of patients who underwent tho...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu J,Zheng B,Zhang S,Zeng T,Chen H,Zheng W,Chen C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This editorial comments on the study by Lee et al. which reported on the use of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) as first strategy after resection of stage IIIA-pN2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). After completion of PORT, 41% of patients received postoperative chemotherapy (POCT). The five-year overall survival ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kepka L,Socha J,Rucinska M,Wasilewska-Tesluk E,Komosinska K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Thoracoscopic surgery (TS) has been used more commonly as a less invasive procedure for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) than conventional thoracotomy (TH) in Japan. However, limited evidential data are available to compare the treatment efficacy of TS and TH. The purpose of this study was to r...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Nakao M,Ichinose J,Matsuura Y,Nakagawa K,Okumura S,Mun M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Reconstruction of the aorto-mitral curtain (AMC) for invasive double-valve infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare and challenging procedure. This study presents the short- and mid-term results of reconstruction of AMC in a single center. Methods:From 2016 to 2019, 14 patients with invasive double-valve under...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jiang X,Liu J,Khan F,Tang R,Zhang Y,Gu T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) and small vessel (SV) disease are two major predictors of adverse outcome in patients treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), even when last generation metallic drug-eluting stents (DES) are used. Bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) technology has been recently developed to overcome the di...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Masiero G,Mojoli M,Ueshima D,Tarantini G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Radical resection is the cornerstone for patients with early stage of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, fatal disease recurs in about 30-70% of resected cases. The circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is one of the main causes of recurrence of cancer. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is also a potential pr...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liang H,Huang J,Wang B,Liu Z,He J,Liang W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) is widely used for the treatment of chronic arrhythmia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of postoperative complications and the risk factors in patients with PPI. Methods:The clinical data of 124 patients who underwent PPI in our hospital f...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jing S,Hu S,Ma S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sleeve resection allows for preservation of lung parenchyma and improved long-term outcomes when compared with pneumonectomy. Little is known about minimally invasive sleeve resection, especially indications, feasibility, technical aspects, complications, and outcomes. We reviewed our institutional experienc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Caso R,Watson TJ,Khaitan PG,Marshall MB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although N-ERC/mesothelin (N-ERC) is an attractive diagnostic and treatment monitoring biomarker for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), its clinical utility for predicting the prognosis has not yet been clarified. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the serum N-ERC level can accurately predict...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mori T,Tajima K,Hirama M,Sato T,Kido K,Iwakami S,Sasaki S,Iwase A,Shiomi K,Maeda M,Hino O,Takahashi K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal puncture site of computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) by the comparison of clinical and radiological characteristics of TB patients stratified to different histopathological results...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhou Z,Dong Y,Li C,Wang D,Lv Y,Lv P,Pang Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To describe a single-institutional experience with an innovative technique using CT-guided injection of autologous blood for localization of nonpleural-based pulmonary nodules prior to thoracoscopic excisional biopsy in pediatric patients. Methods:A retrospective review of all patients under the age of 18 w...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Sheikh F,Brandt RJ,Tsapakos MJ,Baertschiger RM,Croitoru DP

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is a relatively rare but often fatal and rapidly progressive disease. Most studies of PM are case reports or case series with limited numbers of patients, and focus on immunocompromised patients. We investigated the clinical manifestations, imaging features, treatment, and outcome...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Peng M,Meng H,Sun Y,Xiao Y,Zhang H,Lv K,Cai B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00