解剖学和形态学
麻醉学
听力与言语-语言病理学
行为科学
心脏和心血管系统
细胞和组织工程学
临床神经病学
危重症监护医学
牙科,口腔外科和医学
皮肤病学
急诊医学
内分泌学和新陈代谢
肠胃学和肝脏学
老人病学和老年医学
卫生保健科学和服务
血液学
免疫学
传染病
综合和补充性医学
医学伦理学
医学信息学
医学实验室技术
医学,全科和内科
医学,法律
医学,研究和试验
神经系统科学
护理
营养学和饮食学
产科医学和妇科医学
肿瘤学
眼科学
整形外科学
耳鼻喉科学
病理学
儿科学
周围血管疾病
药理学和药剂学
生理学
基本医疗保健
精神病学
公共、环境和职业卫生
放射学,核医学和医学成像
康复学
生殖生物学
呼吸系统
风湿病学
运动科学
外科学
毒理学
热带医学
泌尿学和肾脏学
病毒学
老年医学
健康政策和服务
心理学,临床
abstract::Cases of tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration are frequently encountered emergency cases of childhood; and, delays in its recognition and treatment do result in serious morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis mainly relies on taking history which should indicate what the foreign body is, when it has been aspirated and ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.12.69
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection requires an extremely complex surgical strategy and presents high risk of complications. Although many different procedures were reported to treat this aortic dissection, high mortality rate and incidences of complications still exist. This study presents a 59-year-old lady with...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.12.81
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Implementing a new technical process demands a complex preparation. In cardiac surgery this complex preparation is often reduced to visiting a surgeon who is familiar with a technique. The science of learning has identified that several steps are needed towards a successful implementation. The first step is the creati...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.10.105
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Carinal resection (CR) and sleeve pneumonectomy (SP) are one of the challenging issues in thoracic surgery and performed rarely. In spite of the knowledge of the technique, the incidence of postoperative complications is higher compared to standard resections. Adequate patient selection, improved anesthetic management...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.47
更新日期:2016-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.77
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We aimed to summarize the diagnostic accuracy of white light bronchoscopy (WLB) and advanced techniques for airway pre-cancerous lesions and early cancer, such as autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB), AFB combined with WLB (AFB + WLB) and narrow-band imaging (NBI) bronchoscopy. METHODS:We searched for eligib...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.61
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In the patients with longer-segment aortic arch hypoplasia or interruption with ventricular septal defect, surgery with homograft vessel or autologous pericardial patch to augment descending aortic arch will not result in adverse reactions caused by end-to-end anastomosis. In this study, we retrospectively a...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.43
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tumors of trachea and bronchi are uncommon and can occur in the form of benign or low- and high-grade malignant tumors. Although tracheobronchial tumors (TBTs) represent only 0.6% of all pulmonary tumors, they are clinically significant. Delays in diagnosis of these tumors commonly occur because the signs and symptoms...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.24
更新日期:2016-11-01 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
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.110
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diagnosing pleural effusion is challenging, especially in patients with malignant or benign fibrothorax, which is difficult to sample using standard flexible forceps (SFF) via flex-rigid pleuroscopy. An adequate sample is crucial for the differential diagnosis of malignant fibrothorax (malignant pleural mesothelioma, ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.92
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A retrospective analysis of patients undergoing cancer surgery suggested that using local anesthetics could reduce cancer recurrence and improve survival rate. Previous studies have indicated that local anesthetics may induce apoptosis in several kinds of cells in vitro, but the mechanism is unclear. METHOD...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.09.66
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with malignant pleural disease (MPD) was considered to be contraindication for surgery, but sometimes MPD was unexpectedly found intraoperatively. There was no consensus on the role of surgical intervention on the primary tumor in patients with MPD. The object of this resea...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.10.19
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A challenge for resection of thoracic inlet tumors lies in that high risk of injuring vital blood vessels and brachial plexus still exists during the resection. And the standard surgical approach for resection of thoracic inlet tumors has not yet been well established. METHODS:Small cervical incision-assist...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.10.52
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The lumen diameter reduction after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is well known as "restenosis". This phenomenon is due to vessel remodeling/recoil in case of no-stent strategy or, in case of stent employ, "neointimal proliferation" that consists in an excessive tissue proliferation in the luminal surface of...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.10.93
更新日期:2016-10-01 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
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.10.28
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The rate of detection of small pulmonary nodules (SPNs) has increased. Thoracoscopic resection following image-guided localization had been a reliable alternative in their treatment. We present our experience with image-guided dye localization using robotic C-arm computed tomography (CT) followed by immediat...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.09.55
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that a histone deacetylase inhibitor, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), has anti-fibrotic effect. However, the exact mechanism of its anti-fibrotic potential remains is unclear. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism of SAHA in attenuating pulmonary fibrosis by ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.08
更新日期:2016-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.46
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case involving a female patient with primary hyperparathyroidism arising from a middle mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. Initial diagnosis was made based on a history of polyuria and recurrent renal colic. At the age of 77 she underwent videoscopic assisted mediastinoscopy (VAM) for resection of the adenoma...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.87
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chest wall invasion is seen in 5% to 8% of patients presenting with lung cancer. We report a case of complete resection of a 14 cm × 9 cm pT3N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma arising from the right lower lobe and invading the lower chest wall posteriorly, in a 75 years old male, via a hybrid thoracoscopic [video-assisted t...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.24
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::China offers great opportunities for Europe in thoracic surgery training and research. Thoracic surgeons from Europe might profit from intense collaborations and on the other hand provide assist in academic structures, creating guidelines and patient follow-up strategies. With an observership award the AME Publishing ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.09.27
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::[This corrects the article on p. E83 in vol. 8, PMID: 26904259.]. ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 已发布勘误
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.09.33
更新日期:2016-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.06.60
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to determine the safety and feasibility of the use of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for non-endotracheal intubated anesthesia for patients with pectus excavatum (PE) undergoing thoracoscopic Nuss procedure. METHODS:Between July 2015 and December 2015, 30 selected patients with...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.07.52
更新日期:2016-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.07.07
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To assess the feasibility and safety of tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under non-intubated, intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous ventilation and no placement of a chest tube postoperatively compared with VATS under intubated anesthesia with single-lung mechanical ventilation. METHOD...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.02
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This video demonstrated a performance of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) right upper lobectomy with systemic lymphadenectomy. The patient had a malignant mass in his right upper lobe. The operator took a posterior to anterior approach to dissection the right upper lobe, the adjacent structures we...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.01
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Congenital pericardial defects are a rare anomaly, found during autopsy and cardiothoracic surgery. We describe a case of a 69-year-old female, with a right-sided congenital pericardial defect associated with a giant bronchogenic cyst (BC) found during surgery. The cyst was resected and the patient developed arrhythmi...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.06.65
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A well-developed clinical nomogram is a popular decision-tool, which can be used to predict the outcome of an individual, bringing benefits to both clinicians and patients. With just a few steps on a user-friendly interface, the approximate clinical outcome of patients can easily be estimated based on their clinical a...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.07.91
更新日期:2016-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.08.44
更新日期:2016-08-01 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
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.07.54
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The incidence of pulmonary nodules and lung cancer is rising. Some of this increase in incidence is due to improved pick up by newer imaging modalities. However, the goal is to diagnose these lesion, many of which are located in the periphery, by safe and relatively non-invasive methods. This has led to the emergence ...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.02.73
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a clinical imaging technique for diagnosing acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In humans and several large animals, LUS demonstrates similar specificity and sensitivity to computerized tomography (CT) scanning. Current study evaluated the degree o...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.15
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that a considerable proportion of patients with diabetes remain undiagnosed and untreated, however, it is unclear whether this is associated with more severe coronary artery disease (CAD) and microvasculature changes compared with diagnosed patients. We assessed CAD extent and se...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.61
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Children with infective endocarditis (IE) have to undergo valve replacement instead of valve repair in China due to severe valve damage. The present study is to review our experience on surgical treatment of children with IE in reference to the incidence, pathologic status, diagnosis, surgical strategies and...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.06.15
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Considerable studies have reported that NADPH oxidase (NOX) expression or activity may play an important role in the tumorigenesis of lung cancer. However, the results are inconsistent. Thus, a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in this study...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.06.31
更新日期:2016-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.90
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health concern, mostly affecting resource-constrained settings and marginalized populations. The fight against the disease is hindered by the growing emergence of drug-resistant forms whose management can be rather challenging. Surgery may play an important role to support dia...
journal_title:Journal of thoracic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.59
更新日期:2016-07-01 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
pub_type:
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.89
更新日期:2016-07-01 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
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.05.76
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00