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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Issue 12/2022

Content (11 Articles)

Atrial Fibrillation Original Article

Higher F-wave frequency associates with poor procedural success rate after Maze procedure

Rena Usui, Masato Mutsuga, Yuji Narita, Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Sachie Terazawa, Hideki Ito, Wataru Uchida, Yasuya Inden, Toyoaki Murohara, Akihiko Usui

Open Access Tocilizumab Original Article

Coronary ostial angioplasty for juvenile Takayasu arteritis involving the coronary artery using external iliac artery grafts

Tomohiro Iwakura, Shuichiro Takanashi, Akio Masuda, Miyu Hayashida, Go Haraguchi, Mamoru Nanasato, Mitsuaki Isobe, Tomoki Shimokawa

Wound Infection Original Article

Incidence and outcomes of surgical site infection after cardiovascular surgery (complete republication)

Wataru Tatsuishi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Masanao Nakai, Kazuo Tanemoto, Hiroaki Miyata, Noboru Motomura

Lung Cancer Original Article

Clinical significance of spread of lipiodol marking for pulmonary nodules and its influence on surgery

Yoshiaki Matsuura, Motohiro Nishimura, Kinya Furuichi, Rina Hirohashi, Satoshi Teramukai, Junichi Shimada, Masayoshi Inoue

Lung Cancer Original Article

Prognostic nomogram and novel risk-scoring system for small cell lung cancer with different patterns of metastases

Hongli Ruan, Huali Sun, Yu Guo, Yan Ding, Yanmei Liu, Shenpeng Ying, Peipei Lin

Open Access Skin Graft Original Article

Antibodies against complement component C5 prevent antibody-mediated rejection after lung transplantation in murine orthotopic models with skin-graft-induced pre-sensitization

Yuki Shiina, Hidemi Suzuki, Atsushi Hata, Taisuke Kaiho, Hiroki Matsumoto, Takahide Toyoda, Yuichi Sakairi, Hironobu Wada, Shinichiro Motohashi, Ichiro Yoshino

Original Article

Impacts of pleural adhesions on lobectomies for malignant lung tumors

Naohiro Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Takahiro Yanagihara, Yukinobu Goto, Hideo Ichimura, Yukio Sato

Esophageal Cancer Original Article

Impacts of complications after esophageal cancer surgery on health-related quality of life and nutritional status

Kotaro Sugawara, Koichi Yagi, Susumu Aikou, Hiroharu Yamashita, Yasuyuki Seto

Incision How to Do It

Video-assisted thoracoscopic tracheal resection with only endobronchial intubation

Chenguang Li, Lei Wan, Tao Zuo, Yiqing Yin, Zhenfa Zhang

Esophagus Resection Letter to the Editor

Postoperative pulmonary complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: some practical issues

Dipasri Bhattacharya, Antonio M. Esquinas, Mohanchandra Mandal