Original Article
Consensus
Review Article
Surgical Technique
iMDT Corner1
Letter to the Editor
Editorial of Cough Section2
Editorial on Thymoma3
Original Article on Thymoma3
Review Article on Thymoma3
Editorial on Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases4
Original Article on Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases4
Review Article on Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases4
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1. The series “iMDT Corner” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.
2. The series “Cough Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Woo-Jung Song is serving as an unpaid Section Editor for the series.
3. The series “Thymoma” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Dragana Jovanovic and Semra Bilaceroglu served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.
4. The series “Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.
Original Article
Review Article
Case Report
Research Highlight
Short Communication
Circulating Tumor Cells
Original Article
Review Article
Uniportal VATS
Review Article on Respiratory Sleep Disorders
Review Article on Pollutional Haze
Original Article
Review Article
Editorial
Letter to the Editor
Case Report
Short Communication
Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner
Below are the latest Journal of Thoracic Disease articles published online ahead of print publication.
Review Article
Mobility during and after training: autobiography and advice to early career colleagues
Harmonisation of respiratory medicine: the success story of European curriculum development
Structured and evidence-based training of technical skills in respiratory medicine and thoracic surgery
How to prepare for academic leadership: scientific training curriculum
Prophylactic cranial irradiation in non-small cell lung cancer: evidence and future development
Auditorium of the future: e learning platform
Why do we need harmonization in thoracic surgery: a view from above by the European Union of Medical Specialists
US women in thoracic surgery: reflections on the past and opportunities for the future
Women in thoracic surgery: social media and the value of mentorship
Management of life-threatening hemoptysis in the ICU
Insights from advancements and pathbreaking research on the minimally invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation
Radiological imaging and pathological findings of small lung adenocarcinoma: a narrative review
The role of pulmonary metastasectomy for pulmonary metastasis from head and neck cancer
Radiotherapy for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer in distinct clinical indications and scenarios
Pulmonary metastasectomy: limits to credibility
Foreign body aspiration
Pulmonary metastasectomy in germ cell tumors and prostate cancer
Women in thoracic surgery: perspectives from South America
Pulmonary metastasectomy in the era of targeted therapy and immunotherapy
Pulmonary metastasectomy in renal cell carcinoma: a mainstay of multidisciplinary treatment
Lymphadenectomy in pulmonary metastasectomy
The epidemiology and biology of pulmonary metastases
Managing complications of pleural procedures
An evolving role for endobronchial ultrasonography in the intensive care unit
Wound care management: tracheostomy and gastrostomy
The intersection of bronchoscopy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Women in thoracic surgery: Asian perspective
Outcomes of robotic esophagectomy
Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal carcinoma
Medical thoracoscopy in intensive care unit
An overview of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in the intensive care unit
Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery
Anesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery
From less invasive to minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation
Minimally invasive and robotic coronary artery bypass grafting—a 25-year review
Combination of immunotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer
Patient selection and preoperative evaluation of percutaneous dilation tracheostomy in the intensive care unit
New indicators for systematic assessment of aortic morphology: a narrative review
Realities and challenges for female cardiothoracic surgeons: an African perspective
Are electronic cigarettes and vaping effective tools for smoking cessation? Limited evidence on surgical outcomes: a narrative review
Narrative review of the role of artificial intelligence to improve aortic valve disease management
Endoscopic vein harvesting
Ultrasound use in the ICU for interventional pulmonology procedures
Overview of the outcomes of robotic segmentectomy and lobectomy
Minimally invasive resection of benign cardiac tumors
Women in thoracic surgery: European perspectives
Robotic mitral valve surgery: a review and tips for safely negotiating the learning curve
Radiotherapy of brain metastasis from lung cancer in limited resource settings
Training residents in robotic thoracic surgery
The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio is associated with postoperative mortality of cardiac surgery
The national and global impact of “Women in Thoracic Surgery”
Hippocampal avoidance in prophylactic cranial irradiation for small cell lung cancer: benefits and pitfalls
Minimally invasive ventricular assist device implantation
How can men be good allies for women in surgery? #HeForShe
Robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome
Managing complications of percutaneous tracheostomy and gastrostomy
The critical role of learning from investigating and debriefing adverse events
Therapeutic bronchoscopy facilitates liberation from mechanical ventilation and improves quality of life for critically ill patients with central airway obstruction
WBRT for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: for whom and when?—Contemporary point of view
Local ablative therapy of brain metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer: benefits and limitations
Radiotherapy in brain metastases from EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Preoperative evaluation and indications for pulmonary metastasectomy
State of the art: percutaneous tracheostomy in the intensive care unit
From female surgical resident to academic leaders: challenges and pathways forward
Beyond the learning curve: a review of complex cases in robotic thoracic surgery
Results of redo pulmonary metastasectomy
Multimodal and palliative treatment of patients with pulmonary metastases
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
Management of brain metastases in elderly patients with lung cancer
Robotic lobectomy: how to teach thoracic residents
Women in thoracic surgery: lesson learned from medical industry partners
Does a thoracoscopic approach provide better outcomes for pulmonary metastases?
Supportive care for patients with brain metastases from lung cancer
Global status of the robotic thoracic surgery
Original Article
Pulmonary metastasectomy in soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review
Video-assisted versus open thoracotomy lobectomy: comparison on lymphadenectomy and survival in early stage of lung cancer
Quantification of volume changes in the descending aorta after frozen elephant trunk procedure using the Thoraflex hybrid prosthesis for type A aortic dissection
Quality assessment of robot assisted thoracic surgical resection of non-small cell lung cancer: nodal upstaging and mediastinal recurrence
Chronic chest pain and paresthesia after video-assisted thoracoscopy for primary pneumothorax
Patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can generate sufficient inspiratory flows via Easyhaler® dry powder inhaler: a pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials
The development and validation of a nomogram for predicting brain metastases in lung squamous cell carcinoma patients: an analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database
Effects of treatment with long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) and long-acting beta-agonists (LABA) on lung function improvement in patients with bronchiectasis: an observational study
Supraclavicular lymph node metastasis in elderly patients undergoing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma radical surgery: construction of risk and prognostic predictive nomograms
SAMHD1 can suppress lung adenocarcinoma progression through the negative regulation of STING
A predictive model for identifying candidates for adjuvant chemotherapy based on recurrence risk profile of resected, node-negative (N0) non-small cell lung cancer
Prognostic nomogram for surgery of lung cancer in HIV-infected patients
Prognostic value of estimated glomerular filtration rate and presence of proteinuria in type B aortic intramural hematoma
Effect of vancomycin loading dose on clinical outcome in critically ill patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
B-type natriuretic peptide as a surrogate marker for survival in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Intra-operative events and countermeasures during esophagectomy via transcervical incision inflatable single-port mediastinoscope combined with laparoscopy
Survival and prognostic factors for patients with malignant central airway obstruction following airway metallic stent placement
The effectiveness of vitamin C for patients with severe viral pneumonia in respiratory failure
Efficacy of a novel chest tube system in a swine model of hemothorax
Elevated plasma Sirtuin2 level predicts heart failure after acute myocardial infarction
Evaluation of pembrolizumab for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective, single-centre, single-arm study
Red blood cell distribution width is associated with adverse cardiovascular events after septal myectomy
Application of prosthesis eversion method for ascending aorta replacement guarantees better clinical outcomes of type A acute aortic dissection surgery
RPB5-mediating protein promotes the progression of non-small cell lung cancer by regulating the proliferation and invasion
Cardiac surgery practice during the COVID-19 outbreak: a regionwide survey
Risk factors of chest wall invasion in non-small cell lung cancer
Hiatal hernia after robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass graft surgery
The safety and efficacy of CKD-497 in patients with acute upper respiratory tract infection and bronchitis symptoms: a multicenter, double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, controlled, phase II clinical trial
Introduction of robotic surgery leads to increased rate of segmentectomy in patients with lung cancer
Adjuvant treatment can improve prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer ≤3 cm after sublobectomy: a propensity score analysis
Smoking history and the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for treatment of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized controlled trials
The reference values of peak expiratory flow rate in Thailand children
The value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
Mutational signatures in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Association between airflow limitation and prognosis in patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Bovine pericardial versus porcine stented replacement mitral valves: early hemodynamic performance and clinical results of a randomized comparison of the Perimount and the Mosaic valves
The lower the eosinophils, the stronger the inflammatory response? The relationship of different levels of eosinophils with the degree of inflammation in AECOPD
The effects of total pleural covering on pneumothorax recurrence and pulmonary function in lymphangioleiomyomatosis patients without history of pleurodesis or thoracic surgeries for pneumothorax
Diaphragmatic hernia after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy for cancer: a retrospective analysis of risk factors and post-repair outcomes
A meta-analysis of minimally invasive surgery versus thoracotomy for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer
Correlation analysis between serum neuron-specific enolase and the detection of gene mutations in lung adenocarcinoma
Comparative study of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method and the QIAGEN therascreen PCR kit for the detection of EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer
Association between Asthma and Internet Addiction Status in Korean Adolescents
Biomechanical strength dependence on mammalian airway length
Uniport vs. multiport video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for anatomical lung resection—which is less invasive?
Bacteriology, antibiotic resistance and risk stratification of patients with culture-positive, community-acquired pleural infection
Prevalence and clinical significance of pleural effusion in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a retrospective study
Clock dial integrated positioning combined with single utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a new localization method for lung tumors
Clinical mid-term outcomes of the Chinese-made CL-V bileaflet mechanical heart valve in Chinese patients
Chemoradiation as a nonsurgical treatment option for early-stage esophageal cancers: a retrospective cohort study
How the COVID-19 pandemic changed treatment of severe aortic stenosis: a single cardiac center experience
Risk factors for and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients received DeBakey type I aortic dissection repairment
Seasonal interest in pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum: a retrospective analysis of Google Trends data
Efficacy and safety of omitting chest drains after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Editorial
Methodology of curriculum development
Specialist training in Europe: introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Thoracic Diseases
The intersection of interventional pulmonology and critical care
Treatment of brain metastases from lung cancer: challenging the historical nihilism concerning prognosis
Outcomes and technique of robotic diaphragm plication
Modern management of pulmonary metastases (Preface)
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery—a Fad or the Future?
Time for change: women leading in cardiothoracic surgery, a global perspective
Letter to the Editor
Careful consideration should be paid in the new imaging modality evaluation
What should we realistically expect from robotic bronchoscopy in the near future?
Endobronchial valves: a bridge to definitive surgical management in COVID-19 recurrent pneumothorax
Robotic bronchoscopy: is it classic?
Virtual-assisted lung mapping: is it actually better than finger palpation?
What is the optimal large airway size reduction value to determine malacia: exploratory bronchoscopic analysis in patients in Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
An extended modification of transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach: salvage resection for recurrent superior sulcus lung cancer after definitive chemoradiotherapy
Why does pulmonary vein thrombus predominantly develop after left upper lobectomy?
Surgical Technique
Implementation of simulation-based crisis training in robotic thoracic surgery: how to improve safety and performance?
Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis surgical techniques and outcomes
Robotic pulmonary segmentectomy
Technique of robotic esophagectomy
Erratum
Erratum to impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on sleep
Erratum to clinical implication of MEN1 mutation in surgically resected thymic carcinoid patients
- Thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors: A population-based study of survival
- Treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer
- Effect of intersubject variability of extrathoracic morphometry, lung airways dimensions and respiratory parameters on particle deposition
- Delays in the diagnosis of lung cancer
- Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC: Recent advances and controversies
- Inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer: Current treatment and role of vinorelbine
- Successful treatment of primary pulmonary melanoma
- Effect of intersubject variability of extrathoracic morphometry, lung airways dimensions and respiratory parameters on particle deposition
- Prospective comparative study of single-layer versus double-layer closure of leg wounds after long saphenous vein harvest in coronary artery bypass graft operations
- Early enteral infusion of traditional Chinese medicine preparation can effectively promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function after esophageal cancer surger
- Investigation of quality of life and relevant influence factors in patients awaiting lung transplantation
- High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer
- A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Thymic neoplasm: a rare disease with a complex clinical presentation
