Do low profile implants provide reliable stability in fixing the sternal fractures as a "fourth vertebral column" in sternovertebral injuries?

abstract：Background:Pleural effusions are common complications of various diseases. Patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) usually face poor prognosis and short life expectancy. Discriminating between MPE and benign pleural effusion remains to be difficult. The aim of our current study was to evaluate whether CD206+CD14...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pei XB,Wu XZ,Yi FS,Zhai K,Shi HZ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to detect the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of mediastinoscopic esophagectomy for early esophageal cancer. METHODS:The clinical data of 194 patients who underwent mediastinoscopic esophagectomy for early esophageal cancer in our center from December 2005 to October 2014...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang QY,Li JP,Zhang L,Jiang NQ,Wang ZL,Zhang XY

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly male patient was found to be with "nodule in upper lobe of right lung" during his health examination, although without any symptom. Chest CT at admission showed that the nodules were close to the superior vena cava, and CT reconstruction displayed an adipose space between the nodules and the superior vena c...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Peng GL,Yin WQ,Zhang X,He JX

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains associated with a poor outcome despite recent major therapeutic advances. Forecasting the outcome of patients suffering from such a syndrome is of a crucial interest and many scores have been proposed, all suffering from limits responsible for important discrepancies....

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Repessé X,Aubry A,Vieillard-Baron A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ground glass opacity (GGO) generally associated with the lepidic component of lung adenocarcinoma. However, in some cases, GGO nodules have been associated with invasive adenocarcinomas, where a lepidic component is minimal or absent. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinicopathological character...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Moon Y,Sung SW,Lee KY,Park JK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an important therapeutic option for patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis at increased risk for open surgical aortic valve replacement. Although a number of alternative vascular access sites have been developed, transfemoral access is overwhelmingly the dominant a...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Vora AN,Rao SV

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pectus excavatum has been estimated to be between 0.1% and 0.8% though a large autopsy series reports. After publication of the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum, it became widely accepted. However, there are still some complications, such as over-correction and recurrence. To reduce differences in ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Matsuo N,Matsumoto K,Taura Y,Sakakibara Y,Taniguchi D,Takagi K,Yamane Y,Obatake M,Yamasaki N,Nagayasu T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung transplantation is the only therapeutic option for end-stage pulmonary failure. Nevertheless, the shortage of donor pool available for transplantation does not allow to satisfy the requests, thus the mortality on the waiting list remains high. One of the tools to overcome the donor pool shortage is the use of ex-...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Rosso L,Zanella A,Righi I,Barilani M,Lazzari L,Scotti E,Gori F,Mendogni P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate diagnostic significance of percutaneous cavitary lavage (PCL) in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pulmonary cavitary lesions. METHODS:An alternative diagnostic method called PCL was performed on 16 patients having peripherally located pulmonary cavitary lesions with thin walls wh...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Belet U,Findik S,Ozmen Z,Atici AG,Akan H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Our study assessed the reliability of non-gated, non-contrast chest computed tomography (NCCT) (with high pitch, wide coverage, and fast gantry rotation time, reconstructed at various slice thicknesses), compared with the electrocardiography (ECG)-gated calcium scoring cardiac computed tomography (CaCT), for...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shin JM,Kim TH,Kim JY,Park CH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) form one of the most fascinating fields in pulmonary medicine. They also pose one of the greatest challenges for accurate diagnosis and proper treatment. Even within the recommended and warranted multidisciplinary approach, differentiating between one disease and another may lead to f...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kebbe J,Abdo T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The precise head to head relationships between Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters and patients' daily symptoms/activities and the disease social/emotional impact are less well defined. In this study, the correlation of COPD daily symptoms and quality of life [assessed by St. George's Respira...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mirdamadi M,Rahimi B,Safavi E,Abtahi H,Peiman S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic dissection can present in a variety of ways and one of the most documented risk factors includes systemic hypertension. Occasionally aortic dissection can be diagnosed late due to an insidious presentation. Fever has been described in people with aortic dissection but rarely as the main presenting feature. We p...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Patris V,Whiteley J,Argiriou O,Lama N,Georgiou H,Constantinou C,Argiriou M,Charitos C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The axillary vein is an easily accessible vessel that can be used for ultrasound-guided central vascular access and offers an alternative to the internal jugular and subclavian veins. The objective of this study was to identify which transducer orientation, longitudinal or transverse, is better for imaging t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： He YZ,Zhong M,Wu W,Song JQ,Zhu DM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis to the thyroid gland is uncommon compared with the frequency of primary thyroid tumors. The primary sites of metastatic thyroid tumors usually include the breast, lung, kidney and stomach. Among lung cancer types metastasizing to the thyroid, adenocarcinomas are the commonest followed by squamous and large ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Katsenos S,Archondakis S,Vaias M,Skoulikaris N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of lung biopsies by video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) in the diagnosis of undefined interstitial lung disease (ILD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The retrospective analysis was performed in 32 who patients underwent VATS for the diagnosed with ILD from Jan 2007 to Dec 20...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Luo Q,Han Q,Chen X,Xie J,Wu L,Chen R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid biopsy refers to the use of various body fluids to test for circulating biological elements derived from the tumor. Liquid biopsy has taken on an increasingly important role in lung cancer diagnosis, molecular characterization, surveillance, monitoring, and determining mechanisms of resistance. These assays can...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cecchini MJ,Yi ES

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The purpose of this study was to systematically assess the subjective and objective outcomes of macrolide therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Methods:PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases were searched for clinical trials detailing the effects of macrolide therapy in patients with CRS and published up...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shen S,Lou H,Wang C,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is reportedly overexpressed in most esophageal tumors, but most targeted therapies showed no efficacy in non-selected patients. This study aims at investigating the adaptive cetuximab subset in a cohort of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patient-derived xenog...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhu H,Wang C,Wang J,Chen D,Deng J,Deng J,Fan J,Badakhshi H,Huang X,Zhang L,Cai J,Guo S,Qian W,Nie Y,Li Q,Zhao K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The novel HeartMate 3 (Abbott, Chicago, IL, USA) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was worldwide first implanted by Prof. Schmitto and his team in 2014 at the Hannover Medical School, Germany and received CE Mark approval in October, 2015 following completion of a clinical trial. Methods:Although HeartM...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Schmitto JD,Krabatsch T,Damme L,Netuka I

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the case of a 42-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with hemangioma in the pericardium connected to the main pulmonary artery. Chest CT revealed a hypodense, well-marginated, mass-like lesion, probably connected to the main pulmonary artery, and multiple heterogeneous attenuations were ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kim IS,Kim JJ,Choi SY,Jeong SC,Chang E,Kim YH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the incidences of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obstructive ventilatory dysfunction, and obstructive small airway disease and their risk factors in a health check-up population, with an attempt to inform the early diagnosis and treatment of COPD. METHODS:Subjects who aged 20 years...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu G,Chen Z,Cao X,Wang Y,Yang P

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：:Epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum is uncommon disease, which is defined as the herniation of the mucosa and submucosa through the muscle layers of the esophageal wall in distal third of the esophagus. Traditionally, thoracotomy has been the preferred surgical approach. Recently, many surgeons have attempted minimally...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kang DK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexible bronchoscopes are being continuously improved, and an ultrathin bronchoscope with a working channel that allows the use of a radial-type endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) probe is now available. The ultrathin bronchoscope has good maneuverability for passing through the small bronchi and good accessibility to p...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Oki M,Saka H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgical use of robots has evolved over the last 10 years. However, the academic experience with robotic lung segmentectomy remains limited. We aimed to analyze our lung segmentectomy experience with robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. METHODS:Prospectively recorded clinical data of 21 patients who underwe...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Toker A,Ayalp K,Uyumaz E,Kaba E,Demirhan O,Erus S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The different levels of health information technology (IT) adoption and its integration into hospital workflow can affect the maximization of the benefits of using of health IT. We aimed at sharing our experiences and the journey to the successful adoption of health IT over 13 years at a tertiary university hospital i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yoo S,Hwang H,Jheon S

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recurrence of pectus excavatum (PE) is not an uncommon problem after open repair using the Ravitch technique. The optimal approach for redo surgery is still under debate, especially in adults with less chest wall pliability. Aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness and efficacy of the minimally in...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kocher GJ,Gstrein N,Jaroszewski DE,Ewais MM,Schmid RA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00