Issue 11/2019
Content (17 Articles)
Sternal wound closure in the current era: the need of a tailored approach
Antonio Nenna, Francesco Nappi, Jennifer Dougal, Umberto Satriano, Camilla Chello, Ciro Mastroianni, Mario Lusini, Massimo Chello, Cristiano Spadaccio
Preoperative frailty is associated with progression of postoperative cardiac rehabilitation in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery
Yasuhiro Arai, Toru Kimura, Yuki Takahashi, Takashi Hashimoto, Mamoru Arakawa, Homare Okamura
Significance of preoperative right ventricular function on mid-term outcomes after surgical ventricular restoration for ischemic cardiomyopathy
Koji Furukawa, Mitsuhiro Yano, Masanori Nishimura, Eisaku Nakamura, Nozomi Watanabe, Shun Nishino, Kunihide Nakamura
Efficacy of new multimodal preventive measures for post-operative deep sternal wound infection
Yasunobu Konishi, Naoto Fukunaga, Tomonobu Abe, Ken Nakamura, Akihiko Usui, Tadaaki Koyama
Midterm results and risk factors of functional single ventricles with extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Mikio Sugano, Masaya Murata, Yujiro Ide, Hiroki Ito, Kazuyoshi Kanno, Kenta Imai, Motonori Ishidou, Ryohei Fukuba, Kisaburou Sakamoto
Sarcopenia predicts poor postoperative outcome in elderly patients with lung cancer
Yo Kawaguchi, Jun Hanaoka, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Keigo Okamoto, Ryosuke Kaku, Kazuki Hayashi, Takuya Shiratori, Makoto Yoden
If post-thoracotomy pain is the target, Integrated Thoracotomy is the choice
Mohammed A. El-Hag-Aly, Mohamed G. Hagag, Heba K. Allam
Radiological findings and surgical outcomes of pulmonary metastases originating from biliary tract carcinoma
Koji Kawaguchi, Tetsuo Taniguchi, Takayuki Fukui, Shota Nakamura, Kohei Yokoi
Unexpected conversion to thoracotomy during thoracoscopic lobectomy: a single-center analysis
Celal Bugra Sezen, Salih Bilen, Cem Emrah Kalafat, Levent Cansever, Yaşar Sonmezoglu, Umut Kilimci, Mustafa Vedat Dogru, Yunus Seyrek, Celalettin Ibrahim Kocaturk
Application of decellularized allograft for primary repair of congenital heart disease in Japan
Hideto Ozawa, Takayoshi Ueno, Masaki Taira, Koichi Toda, Toru Kuratani, Yoshiki Sawa
Spontaneous ascending aortic rupture in a pregnant woman with neurofibromatosis type 1
Atsushi Tateishi, Masahiro Okada, Mikizo Nakai, Yutaka Yokota, Yosuke Miyamoto
Post-cardiotomy venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation without heparinization
Masami Takagaki, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Naoko Ikeda, Kaori Takeda, Fumihito Kasai, Kiyotaka Yahagi, Shunji Kanzaki, Shinichi Mitsuyama, Tasuku Kadowaki, Toru Kotani
Two cases of air leak syndrome after bone marrow transplantation successfully treated by the pleural covering technique
Hidenori Kunou, Ryu Kanzaki, Tomohiro Kawamura, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Yasushi Shintani, Masato Minami, Meinoshin Okumura
Behavior of primary tracheal glomus tumor, uncertain malignant potential subtype
Yuxing Jin, Samer AL Sawalhi, Deping Zhao, Haomin Cai, Ahmad M. Odeh, Huikang Xie, Jiong Song
Desmoid-type fibromatosis arising in a bifid rib chest wall
Shohei Mori, Yuki Noda, Daiki Kato, Shinichi Hirooka, Takashi Ohtsuka
Folding procedure to diminish type 3 endoleakage after open stent graft surgery with TEVAR extension
Tatushi Onzuka, Kojiro Furukawa, Eiki Tayama, Shigeki Morita, Akira Shiose
“Mantle-style” modification of Cabrol shunt for hemostasis after extended aortic reconstruction in acute type A aortic dissection
Ting-Wei Lin, Meng-Ta Tsai, Hsuan-Yin Wu