The role of surgery in high grade neuroendocrine tumours of the lung.

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：:With accumulation of experiences in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, complete VATS sleeve lobectomy (SL) has been carried out in more and more medical centers. We here presented a procedure of sleeve right upper lobectomy by complete VATS for a 62-year-old male patient with central squamous cell carci...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Guo J,Liu Y,Liang C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of open lung biopsy (OLB) in determining the specific diagnosis and the related complications in patients with undiagnosed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. METHODS:This single center, retrospective study included adult kidney transplant patients who underwe...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Tomotani DY,Bafi AT,Pacheco ES,de Sandes-Freitas TV,Viana LA,de Oliveira Pontes EP,Tamura N,Tedesco-Silva H Jr,Machado FR,Freitas FG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of appropriate recipients for lung transplantation is an evolving discipline. As experience with the procedure has developed over the last decades, the identification of transplant candidates has also changed as transplant centers strive to safely provide the therapy to as many patients possible. The Int...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Weill D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Navigation bronchoscopy has reached a new horizon in its evolution. Combining with real-time imaging modalities, such as cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and augmented fluoroscopy (AF), navigation success can finally be confirmed with high degree of accuracy in real-time. With utilization of this modality, additio...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cheng GZ,Liu L,Nobari M,Miller R,Wahidi M

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Even though benign tracheobronchial tumors are quite rare, they still can induce airway obstruction, result in suffocation, and need emergent management to remove the obstructing lesions and make the respiratory tracts unobstructed. Although the preferred therapy is surgery, it is still difficult to deal with the tumo...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Gao H,Ding X,Wei D,Cheng P,Su X,Liu H,Zhang T

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Transcatheter procedures offer less invasive approaches allowing rapid recovery and earlier hospital discharge. A number of international guidelines have defined the role of echocardiography spanning diagnosis, detailed anatomical assessment, device sizing and selection, peri-procedure guidance and post device surveil...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Rana BS

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：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：:A 22-year-old young man with a history of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) was admitted to our hospital due to difficult-to-control heart failure. A thoracic X-ray showed multiple nodules at the both pulmonary hilus and upper lobe of the right lung. Computed tomography (CT) angiography of the thorax confirmed a...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liao Y,Chen KH,Huang GY,Song W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel targeted therapy for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and oncogenic mutations along with poor performance status (PS) sometimes evokes a "Lazarus" response. Moreover, for critically ill patients with NSCLC and respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) in the intensive care unit (I...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chien CR,Chen HJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:The medical management of bronchiectasis includes confirming the diagnosis of the disease, evaluating the patient for possible underlying etiologies and then properly assessing the patient for appropriate therapies. Patients with bronchiectasis are heterogeneous and a personalized approach to each patient is needed in...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： O'Donnell AE

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a well-established imaging modality with numerous proven applications across multiple clinical disciplines. More recently, CBCT has emerged as an important imaging tool for bronchoscopists, primarily used during transbronchial biopsy of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLS). For t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Setser R,Chintalapani G,Bhadra K,Casal RF

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Glomus tumors (GTs) of the trachea are very rare neoplasms that usually arise from the distal portion of the respiratory tree. The origin of these tumors is modified smooth muscle cells of glomus bodies. In this study, we describe two cases of GT of the trachea, as well as the histologic features of these tumors and t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang C,Ma Y,Zhao X,Sun PL,Zhang YM,Huang M,Zhu Y,Jin SX

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral pleural invasion (VPI) had been demonstrated as an aggressive sign in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC). However, its incidence and clinical relevance in early lung cancer showing ground glass nodules (GGNs) has not been clarified. METHODS:All consecutive surgically treated patients with solitary...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhao LL,Xie HK,Zhang LP,Zha JY,Zhou FY,Jiang GN,Chen C

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Various approaches and markers for marking the lungs prior to lung tumor resection have been reported. In clinical practice, the hook wire localization method is often used owing to the simplicity of the technique. However, although rare, this method is associated with air embolism, which can be lethal. Beca...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Tanaka Y,Matsumoto I,Takata M,Saito D,Yoshida S,Tamura M,Koda W,Waseda R,Takemura H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 85-year-old woman was found to have a nodule in the left S6 of the lung on computed tomography (CT); the pathological diagnosis from the CT-guided biopsy was adenoid cystic carcinoma. We accordingly performed left lower lobectomy. Pathologically, the biphasic cell population showed admixtures in varying proportions...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Nakamura A,Takuwa T,Kondo N,Watanabe T,Hirota S,Hasegawa S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate determination of the diagnosis and the stage of lung cancer play a critical role to ensure that patients are provided the optimal treatment. However, the process is usually beyond complex. Early studies have suggested lymph nodes (LNs) >1.0 cm in size on computed tomography (CT) are considered as metastatic n...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xia Y,Zhang B,Zhang H,Li W,Wang KP,Shen H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The interleukin 28 receptor alpha (IL28RA) gene was indicated to be associated with apoptosis. However, it was not clear whether long non-coding RNA 260 (lncRNA 260)-specific siRNA targeting IL28RA gene could inhibit hypoxic reoxygenation (H/R) cardiomyocytes injury or not. To explore the mechanisms underlyi...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Gong G,Yang XX,Li Y,Geng HY,Yang ZJ,Wang LS,Kim HJ,Lu XZ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. E83 in vol. 8, PMID: 26904259.]. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors：

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To review our experience of transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach (TMA) for resection of various lesions involving the thoracic inlet and to prove the feasibility and safety of the approach. Methods:Retrospective review of 58 consecutive cases, from April 2007 to January 2016, with surgical resectio...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pan X,Gu C,Wang R,Zhao H,Yang J,Shi J

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Ultrasound imaging has gained importance in pulmonary medicine over the last decades including conventional transcutaneous ultrasound (TUS), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). Mediastinal lymph node (MLN) staging affects the management of patients with both operable and inoperable lung c...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jenssen C,Annema JT,Clementsen P,Cui XW,Borst MM,Dietrich CF

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular structure related compression of esophagus is rather rare. Aberrant right subclavicular artery accounts for the majority of the rare entity, while the thoracic aorta aneurysm is a more dangerous type, called as dysphagia aortica. Delay in diagnosis and treatment of the dysphagia aortica predisposes to rup...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang WP,Yan XL,Ni YF,Zhang T,Han Y,Li XF,Lu Q

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can occur during the treatment of several diseases and in several interventional procedures as a complication. It is a difficult situation to handle and special care should be applied to the patients. Mechanical ventilation is used for these patients and several parameters ar...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Terzi E,Zarogoulidis K,Kougioumtzi I,Dryllis G,Kioumis I,Pitsiou G,Machairiotis N,Katsikogiannis N,Lampaki S,Papaiwannou A,Tsiouda T,Madesis A,Karaiskos T,Zaric B,Branislav P,Zarogoulidis P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Optimal preservation of endothelial integrity of the vessels used as aortocoronary grafts is a crucial determinant of long-term clinical success of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The purpose of this study was to evaluate an impact of two common techniques to harvest left internal thoracic artery (LI...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Puslecki M,Buczkowski P,Nowicki M,Sujka-Kordowska P,Ligowski M,Misterski M,Stefaniak S,Dąbrowski M,Dabrowska A,Bocianski M,Szarpak L,Ruetzler K,Jemielity M,Perek B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00