Lobectomy versus sublobar resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review.

abstract：:The failure of mitral valve repair procedures revealed in the outcomes of the recent randomized studies is suggesting the necessity for a better understanding of the biomechanical mechanisms underlying the failure of the surgical approaches. Use of biomechanical modelling and finite element analysis (FEA) in cardiovas...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Fraldi M,Spadaccio C,Mihos CG,Nappi F

更新日期：2017-06-01 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:Weekly docetaxel demonstrated similar efficacy but better tolerability than standard triweekly docetaxel, and carboplatin was less nephrotoxic, neurotoxic and emetogenic than cisplatin. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of weekly docetaxel with carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy for ad...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jiang H,Zhang X,Chen J,Zhang L,Xiong J,Zhong L,Yu F,Qian J,Yu L,Wang X,Shi G,Deng J,Xu N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Veno-venous (VV) and veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy is widely used in critically ill patients with refractory cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest or suffering from severe respiratory failure. Besides traditional ECMO cannulation, changes in patients' conditions or the occurrence...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Brasseur A,Scolletta S,Lorusso R,Taccone FS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The detection rate of ground-glass opacity (GGO) in young patients has increased year by year with the increasingly widespread use of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and the increased resolution of HRCT imaging. However, no scholars have reported the clinical characteristics and prognosis of GGO i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang J,Ma H,Ni CJ,He JK,Ma HT,Ge JF

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Alteration of tissue perfusion is a main contributor to organ dysfunction in high-risk surgical patients. The difference between venous carbon dioxide and arterial carbon dioxide pressure (pCO2 gap) has been described as a parameter reflecting tissue hypoperfusion in critically ill patients who are insufficiently resu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Huette P,Ellouze O,Abou-Arab O,Guinot PG

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discuss an appropriate strategy for treatment of invasive thymoma invading adjacent great vessels. METHODS:A retrospective study on 25 patients with invasive thymoma invading neighboring great vessels was performed. The corresponding data including clinical presentation, operation procedure, adjuvant radio-...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Sun Y,Gu C,Shi J,Fang W,Luo Q,Hu D,Fu S,Pan X,Chen Y,Yang Y,Yang H,Zhao H,Chen H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The purpose of this study is to develop a radiomics approach to predict brain metastasis (BM) for stage III/IV ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Methods:Patients with ALK-positive III/IV NSCLC from 2014 to 2017 were enrolled retrospectively. Their pretreatment thoracic CT images were...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu X,Huang L,Chen J,Wen J,Liu D,Cao J,Wang J,Fan M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided pleural cutting needle biopsy (US-guided PCNB) and the potential factors influencing diagnostic yield. Methods:From July 2014 to June 2016, a total of 147 percutaneous US-guided PCNBs in 144 patients were r...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang Y,Tang J,Zhou X,Zhou D,Wang J,Tang Q

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical feasibility and efficacy of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) anatomical pulmonary resection in patients with central lung cancer. METHODS:Between July 2004 and December 2011, 465 patients underwent anatomical pulmonary resection and systematic med...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jung HS,Kim HR,Choi SH,Kim YH,Kim DK,Park SI

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation mostly occurred in lung adenocarcinoma, rarely in squamous cell carcinoma (SQCC). EGFR mutation rate in SQCC varied in previous reports, and the efficacy of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in SQCC harboring EGFR mutation has not yet been fully evaluated....

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Fang W,Zhang J,Liang W,Huang Y,Yan Y,Wu X,Hu Z,Ma Y,Zhao H,Zhao Y,Yang Y,Xue C,Zhang J,Zhang L

更新日期：2013-10-01 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 last decade has seen significant advances in our understanding of lung cancer biology and management. Identification of key driver events in lung carcinogenesis has contributed to the development of targeted lung cancer therapies, heralding the era of personalised medicine for lung cancer. As a result, histologica...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Davidson MR,Gazdar AF,Clarke BE

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is a potential life threatening complication. Better understanding of the incidence, predictors, clinical presentation, diagnostic measures, complications and management of PVE may help ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ahmad K,Klaaborg KE,Hjortdal V,Nørgaard BL,Terkelsen CJ,Jensen K,Christiansen EH,Terp KA,Andersen G,Hvitfeldt S,Andersen HR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To evaluate the influence of tumor depth on preoperative computed tomography (CT) image, and resection margin length on local recurrence after pulmonary metastasectomy of colorectal cancer. Methods:Patients undergoing thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection for single pulmonary metastasis of colorectal canc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chung JH,Lee SH,Yi E,Lim JY,Jung JS,Son HS,Sun K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In previous study, we found elevated serum total lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) before correction of pectus excavatum and a decrease in total LDH after the deformity correction. In the present study, we analyzed total LDH activity and its isoenzyme patterns to investigate the causes of these laboratory findings...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jeong SC,Kim JJ,Kim YH,Kim IS,Han JW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic uterine cancer is a form of systemic disease. As for other solid tumours, it is advocated by some authors that in selected patients, lung metastasectomy may play a role in long-term disease control. The practice of lung metastasectomy is however open to criticism as there is lack of convincing evidence, and...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Bilancia R,Nardini M,Waller D

更新日期：2017-10-01 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: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：: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: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：BACKGROUND:Metachronous malignancy is also found in the lung cancer population and may be identified before or after diagnosis of lung cancer. No prior studies have documented lung cancer patients with metachronous malignancy and its survival impact in this population. The aim of this study was to try to clarify the su...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wen CT,Fu JY,Wu CF,Hsieh MJ,Liu YH,Wu YC,Tsai YH,Wu CY

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

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：Background:Right anterior mini-thoracotomy (MIAVR) is a promising technique for aortic valve replacement. We aimed at comparing its outcomes with those obtained in a propensity-matched group of patients undergoing sternotomy at our two high-volume centers. Methods:Main clinical and operative data of patients undergoin...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Del Giglio M,Mikus E,Nerla R,Micari A,Calvi S,Tripodi A,Campo G,Maietti E,Castriota F,Cremonesi A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new drugs delamanid and bedaquiline are increasingly used to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR-) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). As evidence is lacking, the World Health Organization recommends their use under specific conditions in adults, delamanid only being recommended in children ≥6 years o...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： D'Ambrosio L,Centis R,Tiberi S,Tadolini M,Dalcolmo M,Rendon A,Esposito S,Migliori GB

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To evaluate the safety of resection of anterior mediastinal lesions involving the left innominate vein (LIV) and analyze the risk factors affecting LIV resection safety. Methods:Patients who underwent anterior mediastinal lesion and LIV resection from January 2010 to December 2018 in the Department of Thora...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang HQ,Tian F,Wei M,Chen LH,Cheng SY,Feng Z,Ma J,Zhang TY,Guo YZ,Yin XL,Zhao ZW,Zhou YA

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), a particular neuroendocrine tumor, occupies 13% of lung cancers, with the highest mortality among cancers. Immune checkpoints inhibitors (ICIs) based on programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death one ligand (PD-L1) inhibitors and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protei...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Guo H,He Y,Chen P,Wang L,Li W,Chen B,Liu Y,Wang H,Zhao S,Zhou C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for hypertension. OSA-related hypertension is common and treatment of OSA can reduce blood pressure (BP). However, few studies have been conducted on this type of hypertension in the Chinese occupational population. Methods:We conducted a field inv...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pan M,Ou Q,Chen B,Hong Z,Liu H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00