VATS lobectomy program: the trainee perspective.

abstract：:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has without doubt been the most important advance in thoracic surgery. The general anesthesia before the tracheal intubation for VATS was often accompanied with tracheal mucosa and lung injuries, which were typically manifested as painful throat, nausea, vomiting, and other ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang L,Wang Y,Lin S,Yin P,Xu Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:As indications for heart-lung transplant (HLT) have changed to some degree in the past 30 years, this treatment is being used less frequently in children due to more advanced care of severe heart and lung disease. This is fortunate as the outcomes for HLT are poor compared to other solid organ transplants and this is ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Spahr JE,West SC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associates with several extra-pulmonary effects. Muscle dysfunction and wasting is one of the most prominent extra-pulmonary effects and contributes to exercise limitation and health related quality of life (HRQoL), morbidity as well as mortality. The loss of muscle mass is...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Lakhdar R,Rabinovich RA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beta-2 adrenergic receptor (β2AR) downregulation is critical to asthma rescue therapy; however, tolerance, also known as β2AR or bronchodilator desensitization, mechanisms potentially resulting in life-threatening rescue treatment failure remain poorly understood. METHODS:Airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ni S,Zhang Y,Wang H,Zhou J,Ding L,Liu H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous pneumothorax during pregnancy is a rare pathological condition. Few cases have been reported previously in the literature. There is no universal guideline for the management of this condition yet. We report a case of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax during twin pregnancy in a 30-year-old woman. Surgical ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Hu R,Li H,Wang G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the best available treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), requires long-term compliance to be effective. Behavioral interventions may be used to improve adherence to CPAP. We aimed to investigate whether positive or negative message framing impacts on CPAP co...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pengo MF,Czaban M,Berry MP,Nirmalan P,Brown R,Birdseye A,Woroszyl A,Chapman J,Kent BD,Hart N,Rossi GP,Steier J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report illustrates a patient who underwent supra-annular mechanical aortic valve replacement then suffered from prosthesis dysfunction, increasing pressure gradient with aortic valve. She was successfully underwent aortic valve re-replacement, sub-annular pannus removing and aortic annulus enlargement proced...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu Y,Ye X,Li Z,Zhao Q

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of the role of bronchial arteries is notable in modern days thoracic surgery. The significance of their anastomoses with adjusted structures has not yet been sufficiently rated, especially in cases of haemoptysis, heart-lung transplantations and treatment of aneurysms of the thoracic aorta. Th...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kotoulas C,Panagiotou I,Tsipas P,Melachrinou M,Alexopoulos D,Dougenis D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is defined as tuberculous infection of the tracheobronchial tree. The exact pathogenesis is unclear, and it has a heterogenous clinical course. Its diagnosis requires the clinician to have a high index of suspicion based on clinical symptoms and radiological features. Computed tomogra...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Siow WT,Lee P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphysema causes significant morbidity and mortality, incurring both financial and psychosocial costs. Alternatives to medical therapy and surgical lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) have increased interest in bronchoscopic techniques. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) is still in its infancy and additional...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ramaswamy A,Puchalski J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy is a promising treatment option for rigorously selected patients with earlystage non-small cell lung cancer. In the presented video, a 66-year-old male with a 1.6 cm suspicious nodule located at the posterior segment of the right upper lobe was treated with ana...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ma L,Liu C,Liu L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transbronchial biopsy (TBB) using radial endobronchial ultrasound with a guide sheath (REBUS-GS) has improved the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). Because of the high cost of the GS, REBUS with distance (REBUS-D) has certain advantages. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic yie...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang SJ,Zhang M,Zhou J,Zhang QD,Xu QQ,Xu X

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Complete resection is the mainstay of treatment for thymoma, but few studies have investigated the extent of resection on normal thymus. Extended thymectomy is considered the treatment of choice for myasthenic patients with thymoma, while the optimal therapy for non-myasthenic patients is still a matter of d...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Tassi V,Ceccarelli S,Zannori C,Gili A,Daddi N,Bellezza G,Ascani S,Liberati AM,Puma F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The bibliometric analysis has been performed on several topics in critical care medicine (CCM) focusing on top 100 cited articles, but the analysis on CCM literature as a whole is missing. The present study aimed to perform a complete bibliometric analysis in the field of CCM. Methods:An electronic search o...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang Z,Van Poucke S,Goyal H,Rowley DD,Zhong M,Liu N

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1995, video-assisted thoracoscopic oesophagectomy (VATS), according the same surgical principles as the Japanese open surgery, has been completed in 700 patients with oesophageal cancer. Our indication for VATS is (I) no extensive pleural adhesion; (II) no contiguous tumor spread; (III) pulmonary function capabl...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Osugi H,Narumiya K,Kudou K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concomitant occurrence of atrial myxoma and esophageal carcinoma is an extremely rare entity. Here we present two cases of synchronously suffered left atrial myxoma and esophageal carcinoma. Both patients underwent simultaneous resection of two tumors via the right thoraco-abdominal approach and recovered well. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ni B,Lu X,Gong Q,Shao Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Outcome of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with platinum-based doublet chemotherapy is usually poor, with overall survival ranges from 8-13 months. However, the overall survival is improved to 21-28 months in the era of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Huang CY,Chen BH,Chou WC,Yang CT,Chang JW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In this retrospective study, we aimed to compare single-port (SP) and two-port (TP) video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the surgical resection of mediastinal tumor. Methods:Between December 2015 and October 2018, a total of 191 consecutive mediastinal tumor patients who underwent SP- or TP-VATS in th...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wu S,Liang H,Liang W,Zhang Y,Ma Y,Liu H,Yang H,Liu J,He J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that pretreatment with sivelestat therapy could attenuate ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) and lung inflammation in a rat model. METHODS:The neutrophil elastase inhibitor was administered intraperitoneally 30 min before and at the initiation of ventilation. The rats were categorized as (...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kim DH,Chung JH,Son BS,Kim YJ,Lee SG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) has expanded rapidly over the past 15 years to become an important tool in advanced general thoracic surgery practice. Intra-operative and in some cases continued post-operative ECLS is redefining the scope of complex surgical care. ECLS encompasses a spectrum of temporar...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： McRae K,de Perrot M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia is considered the cornerstone of the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Although the deleterious effects of myocardial infarction, the maximum expression of ischemia, have been extensively studied and described, the clinical effects of chronic, documented myocardial ischemia ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Rezende PC,Ribas FF,Serrano CV Jr,Hueb W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The achalasia, a common benign disease of esophagus, plays an important role in esophago-respiratory fistula, which has not yet been well recognized. In present study, a case is reported of a patient with benign esophago-pulmonary fistula secondary to a longstanding achalasia. To our knowledge, this is the fifth patie...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhu J,Ni Y,Lu Q,Li X,Wang W,Wang H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades lung cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide for both sexes. Even though cigarette smoking has been proved to be the main causative factor, many other agents (e.g., occupational exposure to asbestos or heavy metals, indoor exposure to radon gas radiation, particulate air pollution) have ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Spyratos D,Zarogoulidis P,Porpodis K,Angelis N,Papaiwannou A,Kioumis I,Pitsiou G,Pataka A,Tsakiridis K,Mpakas A,Arikas S,Katsikogiannis N,Kougioumtzi I,Tsiouda T,Machairiotis N,Siminelakis S,Argyriou M,Kotsakou M,Kess

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 60-year-old female had a nodule in the right lower lobe of the lung, which was identified as a tumor by CT and PET-CT. Then the right lower lobectomy was performed. The posterior trocar placement, different from other surgery, is in the 5th intercostals space in the anterior latissimus dorsi, which can be built by...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhao T,Chen H,Yang L,Jin H,Li Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the correlation of WHO histological classification of thymomas and thymic carcinomas (TCs) with prognosis in recently treated patient cohort compared to a historical one from a single institution. METHODS:Retrospective review of clinical charts and histological sections of 241 patients treated dur...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhu L,Zhang J,Marx A,Weiss C,Fang WT

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the recent decade, nonintubated-intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has been extensively performed and evaluated. The indicated surgical procedures and suitable patient groups are steadily increasing. Perioperative anesthetic management presents itself as a fresh issue for the iatrogenic open pneu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yang JT,Hung MH,Chen JS,Cheng YJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Whether lobe-specific lymph node dissection (L-SLND) could serve as an alternative to systematic lymph node dissection (SLND) in treating early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted this comprehensive meta-analysis to compare the effect of L-SLND with that of SLND ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Deng HY,Qin CL,Li G,Alai G,Lin Y,Qiu XM,Zhou Q

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pulmonary arterial compliance (PAC) was previously shown to be an important prognostic factor in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), in addition to the conventional pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). The product of PAC and PVR, the arterial time (RC) constant, expresses the logarithmic relationship betw...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Guigui S,Zaidi SI,Lee JJ,Elajami T,Mihos CG,Escolar E

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:High levels of thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) expression in tumour tissues are an indicator of ineffective responses to pemetrexed-based chemotherapy in various tumours, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, tumour tissues are highly heterogeneous, so a single b...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Li T,Huang JB,Lu JG,Li R,Wang Y,Shi XR,Shi MX,Zhang XD

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00