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  1. Correction: Casiraghi et al. The Role of Incentive Respiratory Techniques in Enhanced Recovery After Lung Cancer Resection: A Propensity Score-Matched Study. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 100
  2. The Immune Cost of the Thymus: Navigating Autoimmunity and Tumor Management in Thymic Epithelial Tumors
  3. Recurrent Malignant Pericardial Effusion Management: The Pericardio-Peritoneal Window
  4. Recommendations for the standardization and management of prolonged air leaks in lung surgery
  5. Artificial intelligence in NSCLC management for revolutionizing diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment optimization: A systematic review
  6. Characterizing the Learning Curve of ION Robotic Bronchoscopy
  7. Fast Track Pathway for Lung Cancer: The Integration of ION Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy With Robotic Thoracic Surgical Resection
  8. Utility of Three-dimensional Holographic workstation for preoperative simulation of complex congenital heart surgery
  9. From nonintubation to tubeless: redefining perioperative strategies in modern anesthesiology and thoracic surgery
  10. Letter Re: TP53 co-mutations increase risk of recurrence in EGFR-mutated stage I lung adenocarcinoma: signal or noise?
  11. Diaphragmatic plication for diaphragmatic paralysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical outcomes
  12. Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
  13. 239P Dual AI models for perioperative decision support in resectable NSCLC: A real-world cohort analysis
  14. 163eP AI-enhanced prediction of diagnostic failure in early-stage lung cancer: Preprocedural score for ION robotic bronchoscopy
  15. The Price of Consensus: Reviewer disagreement, Editorial Dynamics, and Impact in Thoracic Oncology Publishing
  16. Survival outcomes and prognostic factors in surgically resected lung carcinoids: A 25-year retrospective analysis
  17. Biological staging in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: molecular risk-guided adjuvant therapy
  18. Clinicopathological Features and Prognosis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Ground-Glass Opacity: A Single-Center Experience
  19. Broadening the evidence base for same-day discharge after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lung resection: Methodological considerations from the VALUE trial
  20. Correction: Robotic thymectomy for large thymomas: a multicenter study
  21. Pleurectomy/Decortication Versus Extrapleural Pneumonectomy in Pleural Mesothelioma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survival, Mortality, and Surgical Trends
  22. 10-Year Long-Term Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Segmentectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
  23. Small Nodules and Big Questions: A Closer Look at the RELIANT Trial
  24. Sex Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life Following Pulmonary Resection: A Systematic Review
  25. 10-Year Long-Term Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Segmentectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
  26. Impact of Surgical extent on survival in pulmonary typical carcinoids: a retrospective analysis
  27. Robotic thymectomy for large thymomas: a multicenter study
  28. “Vetus Sed Utilis”: Open Window Thoracostomy after Lung Surgery
  29. Reflections on the ThoRN Consensus: Toward a Multidisciplinary Integration
  30. Research progress on lung cancer complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis: a narrative review
  31. Surgical Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy for Stage III NSCLC: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  32. The Short-Term Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on the Outcome of Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer: Is It Acceptable Nowadays?
  33. Identification and validation of diagnostic alternative splicing events in tumor-educated platelets for non-small cell lung cancer in patients with ground-glass opacity: a multicenter study
  34. Multidisciplinary international expert consensus on perioperative airway management
  35. Redefining resectability: Bridging perspectives in stage III NSCLC management
  36. The Actual Role of CPET in Predicting Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality of Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy
  37. Unmasking the mimic: lipoid pneumonia imitating primary lung cancer - a case report series of a diagnostic challenge
  38. Unlocking the depths: the evolution of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy
  39. Surgeon preferences for self-treatment in locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer: Would we practice what we preach?
  40. Diverging trends in lung cancer: a 26-year analysis of sex-specific patterns and histological shifts in Northern Italy
  41. Raising the bar: evaluating quality and consistency in clinical guidelines for surgical management of pulmonary carcinoid
  42. The impact of SMARCA4 loss in non-small cell lung cancer therapy
  43. Anatomical Versus Non-Anatomical Pulmonary Metastasectomy: A European Multicentre Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
  44. T4-non-small cell lung cancer invading the thoracic aorta: the role of the hybrid operating room
  45. Lobectomy or Sublobar Resection? Evidence-Based and AI-Enhanced Strategies for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  46. The Role of Incentive Spirometry in Enhanced Recovery After Lung Cancer Resection: A Propensity Score-Matched Study
  47. Development of an AI model for predicting hypoxia status and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer using multi-modal data
  48. Physics at the Cutting Edge: The Essential Science Behind Thoracic Surgery
  49. Predictive and prognostic factors in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearranged early-stage lung adenocarcinoma
  50. Segmentectomy vs. Lobectomy in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative and survival outcomes
  51. Correction: Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT)
  52. Correction: Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT) (Preprint)
  53. Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT)
  54. Optimal planning and management strategies for minimally invasive lung segmentectomies: an international Delphi consensus report
  55. Safety and Efficacy of Salvage Surgery after Treatment With Immune‐Checkpoint Adjuvant Inhibitors for Advanced Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multicentric Study
  56. Harnessing artificial intelligence for breakthroughs in lung cancer management: are we ready for the future?
  57. 1000 Robotic-assisted lobectomies for primary lung cancer: 16 years single center experience
  58. Have lunar cycles and zodiac signs an impact on the mortality and morbidity of the lung cancer surgery?
  59. The Role of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in pN1 (IIB/IIIA) NSCLC Patients Who Undergo Pneumonectomy: Is It Still Justified in the Modern Era?
  60. Revamping Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatments in Stages II and III: Preparing Healthcare for Cutting-Edge Immuno-Oncology Regimens
  61. Bridging the divide: addressing discrepancies between clinical guidelines, policy guidelines, and biomarker utilization
  62. A Multicenter Retrospective Case-Control Study on Simple vs Extended Sleeve Lobectomies
  63. Artificial intelligence in lung cancer
  64. Pneumonectomy for broncho-pulmonary carcinoids: a single centre analysis of surgical approaches and patient outcomes
  65. How General and Inflammatory Status Impacts on the Prognosis of Patients Affected by Lung Cancer: State of the Art
  66. Reporting of surrogate endpoints in randomised controlled trial protocols (SPIRIT-Surrogate): extension checklist with explanation and elaboration
  67. Reporting of surrogate endpoints in randomised controlled trial reports (CONSORT-Surrogate): extension checklist with explanation and elaboration
  68. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training and Automatic External Defibrillators Deployment: Strengthening Community Response to Cardiac Arrest
  69. Mastering the maze: navigating prolonged air leak in thoracic surgery
  70. Pulmonary metastasectomy gaining ground in modern thoracic surgery
  71. Prognostic Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Major Thoracic Trauma
  72. Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Feasibility Pilot Study
  73. The Incidence of Winged Scapula after Thoracic Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study
  74. Joint ERS/EACTS/ESTS clinical practice guidelines on adults with spontaneous pneumothorax
  75. Joint ERS/EACTS/ESTS clinical practice guidelines on adults with spontaneous pneumothorax
  76. Recent advances in lung cancer research: unravelling the future of treatment
  77. In solid tumors, neoadjuvant or adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade increases treatment-related grade 3 or 4 adverse events
  78. Multicentre retrospective analysis on pulmonary metastasectomy: an European perspective
  79. Bronchopleural Fistula after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: How to Manage This Life-Threatening Complication Using Both Old and Innovative Solutions
  80. A Podcast on Pre- or Perioperative Chemoimmunotherapy for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Shared Agreement from the Thoracic Surgeon and Oncologist Perspectives
  81. On the razor's edge: navigating mature experience and the challenges of aging in modern surgery
  82. Advances in lung cancer surgery: the role of segmentectomy in early–stage management
  83. Mediastinal cellulose pack mimicking lung cancer relapsing after lobectomy
  84. Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT) (Preprint)
  85. Outcomes following minimally invasive approaches vs. open extended lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of the National Cancer Database
  86. Lung cancer in the era of COVID-19
  87. The role of the surgical volume for clinical outcomes in VATS lobectomy for lung cancer: a national large database multicenter analysis
  88. Anastomosis Complications after Bronchoplasty: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options Reported by a Referral Cancer Center
  89. Noncontact remote sensing of abnormal blood pressure using a deep neural network: a novel approach for hypertension screening
  90. Chronos, Kairos, and the environmental control against radon
  91. Reply to Condello
  92. Differences in selected postoperative outcomes between simple and complex segmentectomies for lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  93. A framework for the definition and interpretation of the use of surrogate endpoints in interventional trials
  94. Correction: Prospective randomized study on the efficacy of three-dimensional reconstructions of bronchovascular structures on preoperative chest CT scan in patients who are candidates for pulmonary segmentectomy surgery: the PATCHES (Prospective rAndo...
  95. Robotic-assisted tracheal resection for adenoid cystic carcinoma with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support
  96. Prospective randomized study on the efficacy of three-dimensional reconstructions of bronchovascular structures on preoperative chest CT scan in patients who are candidates for pulmonary segmentectomy surgery: the PATCHES (Prospective rAndomized sTudy ...
  97. Predictors, surrogate, and patient-reported outcomes in immunotherapy and salvage surgery for unresectable lung cancer: a single-center retrospective study
  98. The significance of general data protection regulation in the compliant data contribution to the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database
  99. Real-world survival outcomes of wedge resection versus lobectomy for cT1a/b cN0 cM0 non-small cell lung cancer: a single center retrospective analysis
  100. The Debate on Surgical Volume and Perioperative Outcomes
  101. Assessment of the 90-day mortality risk score after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in the Italian VATS Group cohort
  102. Surgical Approaches to Pancoast Tumors
  103. Post-resectional bronchopleural fistula: aetiology, clinical management and future perspectives: a narrative review
  104. Diagnostic Performance and Cell Count of EBUS–TBNA Needle Gauges: A Prospective Trial
  105. Next-Generation Lung Cancer Surgery: A Brief Trip into the Future of the Research
  106. Nutritional status in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and new nutritional risk screening model for active tuberculosis: a national, multicenter, cross-sectional study in China
  107. The Role of Immunotherapy or Immuno-Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comprehensive Review
  108. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
  109. The Role of Surgery in Primary Chest Wall Tumors: Over 20 Years’ Experience in Resection and Reconstruction
  110. Is It Time to Cross the Pillars of Evidence in Favor of Segmentectomies in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
  111. Clinical impact of vaping on cardiopulmonary function and lung cancer development: an update
  112. Editorial: Near-infrared fluorescence guided surgery: State of the evidence from a health technology assessment perspective
  113. An evaluation of the methodological quality of published guidelines for the surgical treatment of pleural mesothelioma
  114. Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem
  115. A prognostic score from a multicentric retrospective analysis of patients affected by sarcoma with metachronous lung metastases undergoing metastasectomy
  116. A Practical Assessment of the Postoperative Management in Lung Cancer Surgery
  117. Prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracic anatomical pulmonary resections: a clinical predicting model based on data from the Italian VATS group registry, a machine learning approach
  118. Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management
  119. A brief appraisal on the GRADE methodology and the development of recommendations on the management of prolonged air leaks by the PALAS Study Group
  120. Should we use a biophysical approach in the classification and management of air leakage after lung resection?
  121. Artificial Neural Networks in Lung Cancer Research: A Narrative Review
  122. Surgical management of superior sulcus tumors: A twenty-year experience of an oncological high volume referral centre
  123. The Impact of Surgical Experience in VATS Lobectomy on Conversion and Patient Quality of Life: Results from a Comprehensive National Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical Database
  124. A retrospective validation study of the STUMBL score for emergency department patients with blunt thoracic trauma
  125. Use of anticoagulation reversal therapy in the emergency department: a single-center real-life retrospective study
  126. Commentary: Brutus, Cassius, the Stars, and the Lung Cancer Screening Criteria
  127. Quantum surgery: the quantum mechanics insight beyond the uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approach
  128. A Framework for the Definition and Interpretation of the Use of Surrogate Endpoints in Interventional Trials’
  129. Minimally Invasive Anatomical Segmentectomy versus Lobectomy in Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  130. A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study on Superior Vena Cava Resection in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Surgery
  131. Factors Associated with Early Discharge after Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: Results from the Italian VATS Group Registry
  132. ARDS after Pneumonectomy: How to Prevent It? Development of a Nomogram to Predict the Risk of ARDS after Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer
  133. Author Correction: AGREE-S: AGREE II extension for surgical interventions: appraisal instrument
  134. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries
  135. Surgical results of non-small cell lung cancer involving the heart and great vessels
  136. How Can the EU Beating Cancer Plan Help in Tackling Lung Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer and Melanoma?
  137. Correction to: Cover always the bronchial stump! A flap could prevent catastrophic complications even in complete broncho‑pleural fistula
  138. Long-term clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of upfront surgery as a first-line therapy in biopsy-proven clinical N2 non-small cell lung cancer
  139. The Interdisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer in the European Community
  140. The “Balloon-Like” Sign: Differential Diagnosis between Postoperative Air Leak and Residual Pleural Space: Radiological Findings and Clinical Implications of the Young–Laplace Equation
  141. In EBUS Signo Vinces: New Indications in Thoracic Oncology for Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging Using Endobronchial Ultrasound
  142. Impact of the extent of lung resection on postoperative outcomes of pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer metastases: an exploratory systematic review
  143. The extent of mediastinal lymph node dissection correlates with survival of small cell lung cancer patients after resection: a propensity score-matched cohort study analysis
  144. Cover always the bronchial stump! A flap could prevent catastrophic complications even in complete broncho-pleural fistula
  145. Editorial: Bench Research Behind Lung Cancer Surgery
  146. AGREE-S: AGREE II extension for surgical interventions: appraisal instrument
  147. Commentary: Nothing but a toothbrush for beginning the reduction of the postoperative costs in thoracic surgery
  148. Corrigendum to ‘128P Surgical management of lung metastases: A work-in-progress report from an international ESTS research group’ Annals of Oncology Volume 33 Supplement 2 (2022) S91-S92
  149. The COVID-19 repercussion on Google Trend data analyses
  150. AGREE‐S: AGREE II extension for surgical interventions – United European Gastroenterology and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery methodological guide
  151. Clinical characteristics, surgical treatments, prognosis, and prognostic factors of primary tracheal cancer patients: 20-year data of the National Cancer Center, China
  152. If a Single Swallow Does Not Make a Summer, 10 Patients Do Not Make an Alternative
  153. Risk models to predict outcomes following lung cancer surgery: where are we at?
  154. Climatic factors influence on emergency department visits
  155. Analysis of Molecular Biomarkers in Resected Early-Stage Non-Small Cells Lung Cancer: A Narrative Review
  156. Pneumonectomy and broncho-pleural fistula: predicting factors and stratification of the risk
  157. A Delphi Consensus report from the "Prolonged Air Leak: A Survey" study group on prevention and management of postoperative air leaks after minimally invasive anatomical resections
  158. Long term results of surgery for NSCLC and aortic invasion. A multicenter retrospective cohort study
  159. 128P Surgical management of lung metastases: A work-in-progress report from an international ESTS research group
  160. Outcomes of patients discharged home with a chest tube after lung resection: a multicentre cohort study
  161. Lung cancer stage distribution from before COVID-19 through 18 months of the pandemic: the experience of a large-volume oncological referral centre
  162. Comment on The Unbearable Lightness of Difference Between Statistical and Clinical Significance
  163. Applications of artificial intelligence to prognostic stratification of COVID-19: a narrative review
  164. Multimodal therapy for synchronous bone oligometastatic NSCLC: The role of surgery
  165. Commentary: Go with the flow: The biophysical aspects of tracheal reconstructions
  166. Expert consensus on perioperative immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: an editorial
  167. Commentary: We must constantly look at things in different ways
  168. Should we distinguish between intra and extrapericardial pulmonary artery involvement in NSCLC? A multicenter retrospective case-control study
  169. A proposal for a postoperative protocol for the early diagnosis of bronchopleural fistula after lung resection surgery
  170. THE COVID-19 REPERCUSSION ON TELEMEDICINE: A GOOGLE TREND DATA ANALYSIS
  171. MA01.03 PREC Multicentre Restrospective Study: A Preoperative Risk Classification for Synchronous Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  172. A methodological quality evaluation of the published guidelines and recommendations about the lung cancer screening
  173. Mathematical Analysis of Relationships Between Airflows and Intrapleural Pressures After Video-Assisted Lobectomies>
  174. Google Trend Data Analysis of COVID-19 Repercussion on Lung Cancer Awareness in Italy
  175. Prospective evaluation of EBUS-TBNA specimens for programmed death-ligand 1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a pilot study
  176. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  177. Benefits and Harms of Lung Cancer Screening by Chest Computed Tomography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  178. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  179. Tubeless video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary ground-glass nodules: expert consensus and protocol (Guangzhou)
  180. Safety Analysis of Salvage Surgery for Advanced Stages or Metastatic Lung Cancers
  181. Clinical prognostic factors in surgically treated oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review
  182. Epidemiology of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: results from a systematic review and pooled analysis
  183. The importance of being solid for a ground glass opacity of the lung
  184. Outcomes and Safety Analysis in Superior Vena Cava Resection for Extended Thymic Epithelial Tumors
  185. The land of the Lotus-eaters in the COVID-19 epidemic
  186. Post-operative outcomes and quality of life assessment after thoracoscopic lobectomy for Non-small-cell lung cancer in octogenarians: Analysis from a national database
  187. In early stage thymoma the tumor should be resected along with the complete thymus gland
  188. Veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted right tracheal-sleeve pneumonectomy
  189. Work in progress report of a multicentre retrospective observational study to evaluate the association between the airflows and the intrapleural pressures digitally recorded after video-assisted lobectomy
  190. Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: What Is the Optimal Time Interval and Amount of Blood?
  191. A risk stratification scheme for synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer developed by a multicentre analysis
  192. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
  193. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection
  194. Paying Another Tribute to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Decrease of Early Lung Cancers
  195. Role of genomics and histology diagnosis in recurrent malignant pleural effusion
  196. The Weekday Effect on Morbidity of Lung Cancer Surgery: A Real-World Analysis
  197. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography prior to percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy reduces the incidence of hemorrhage
  198. Predicting a Prolonged Air Leak After Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Is It Really Possible?
  199. The role of pneumonectomy in thoracic surgery in the third millennium
  200. Anatomical segmentectomy versus pulmonary lobectomy for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: patients selection and outcomes from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis
  201. A methodological evaluation of the published consensus statements, recommendations and guidelines about surgical management in the course of coronavirus disease pandemic
  202. Commentary: We are in the same minimally invasive boat, and we have to row in the same direction
  203. Thoracic Surgical Oncology in Lombardy: How to Do It During COVID-19 Time?
  204. Euclidean Geometry Versus Metabolic Biochemistry in the Prognostic Evaluation of Thymic Epithelial Tumors
  205. Age and Clinical Presentation for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
  206. Synchronous Robot-Assisted Pulmonary and Urologic Resections for Cancer
  207. Non-intubated thoracoscopic lobectomies for lung cancer: an exploratory systematic review and meta-analysis
  208. Safety Analysis of Superior Vena Cava Resection for Extended Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms>
  209. Preliminary Results of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy for Cancer
  210. Opening and closing the doors of the lockdown in Italy without forgetting lung cancer patients
  211. Sialadenoma Papilliferum of the Bronchus: A Rare Tumour of Salivary Gland Origin
  212. Reorganization of thoracic surgery activity in a national high-volume comprehensive cancer centre in the Italian epicentre of coronavirus disease 2019
  213. Don’t get your wires crossed: epicardial wire-induced lung granuloma
  214. Should We Use the Olympic Spirit in the Controversy Between Surgery and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy in Operable Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
  215. Recommendations for Implementing Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography in Europe
  216. Treatment of Chylothorax after Lung Resection: Indications, Timing, and Outcomes
  217. The synthesis of scientific shreds of evidence: a critical appraisal on systematic review and meta-analysis methodology
  218. Appropriate treatment approaches and prognosis of pleural mesothelioma
  219. The hearth of mathematical and statistical modelling during the Coronavirus pandemic
  220. Salvage pneumonectomy after definitive chemo-radiotherapy
  221. Management of medical complications after pneumonectomy
  222. Lung cancer surgery in oligometastatic patients: outcome and survival
  223. Treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) clinical practice guidelines
  224. Diagnosis and Treatment of Early and Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) Clinical Practice Guidelines
  225. Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Diseases
  226. Approaches and Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Trauma
  227. Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resections Techniques—Nonanatomical Pulmonary Resections
  228. Epidemiology and management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a systematic review
  229. International expert consensus on the management of bleeding during VATS lung surgery
  230. International Delphi survey of the ESTS/AATS/ISTH task force on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery: the role of extended post-discharge prophylaxis
  231. Immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant settings: a new challenge for the thoracic surgeon?
  232. Commentary: The power (under control) of meta-analysis in the synthesis of clinical knowledge
  233. Health-related quality of life in lung cancer patients: validation of a national version of EORTC QLQ-LC29 questionnaire
  234. Starting a uniportal VATS program - The Bonn experience
  235. Devising the guidelines: the techniques of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery—postoperative management and enhanced recovery after surgery
  236. Methodology and timing of standardization
  237. The radical approach to the oligometastatic not small cell lung cancer patient: which? how? when? where?
  238. What is the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG)?
  239. Corrigendum to ‘Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)’  [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2019;56:224–9]
  240. Corrigendum to ‘What counts more: the patient, the surgical technique, or the hospital? A multivariable analysis of factors affecting perioperative complications of pulmonary lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery from a large nationwide reg...
  241. Reply to Migliore and Hirai
  242. Urgent lung transplantation in acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: a sliding door or a new perspective?
  243. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery patients: an international survey
  244. Uniportal and three-portal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: analysis of the Italian video-assisted thoracic surgery group database
  245. Treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: 2018 guidelines of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)
  246. Climbing the slope of the learning curve in the subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery approach
  247. Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy or sympathicotomy versus clipping in the surgical management of primary hyperhidrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  248. What counts more: the patient, the surgical technique, or the hospital? A multivariable analysis of factors affecting perioperative complications of pulmonary lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery from a large nationwide registry
  249. Correction to: Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open lobectomy: analysis from a national database
  250. Good-hearted people, Busca cardio-protected city: an evidence-based public access defibrillation project
  251. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
  252. Conversion due to vascular injury during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: A multicentre retrospective analysis from the Italian video-assisted thoracic surgery group registry
  253. A comparison of EGFR mutation status in tissue and plasma cell-free DNA detected by ADx-ARMS in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients
  254. Magnetic anchoring guidance system for video-assisted thoracic surgery: the 2018 update
  255. Bioptic verification of mediastinal lymphoma relapses suspected on the basis of FDG-PET SCAN
  256. Extra-pleural pneumonectomy
  257. The relativity of operative time on the outcomes of the video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomies
  258. Tubeless thoracic surgery: ready for prime time?
  259. Approaches to the thoracic cavities
  260. NK-mediated antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity in solid tumors: biological evidence and clinical perspectives
  261. History and development of minimally invasive surgery: VATS surgery
  262. Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open lobectomy: analysis from a national database
  263. Geometric Considerations in Uniportal VATS
  264. Bleeding control during VATS major lung resection without conversion: safe and feasible?
  265. Is the video-assisted pulmonary segmentectomy the preferred approach to the early stage non-small cell lung cancer?
  266. Vascular injuries during VATS lobectomies: keep calm, compress and have a plan
  267. How to teach uniportal VATS to younger and elder generations: two different methods or any common overlapping points?
  268. Surgical approaches to video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a brief preface
  269. Left VATS Upper Lobectomy
  270. The “loop” technique for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a retrospective study of 18 patients
  271. How to create a surgical database?
  272. Surgical approaches for extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma: the lower door thoracotomy
  273. Bronchoscopic management of prolonged air leak
  274. Focus on specific disease-part 2: the European Society of Thoracic Surgery chest wall database
  275. Surgical and endoscopic treatment for COPD: patients selection, techniques and results
  276. P1.14-01 Current Practices in the Management of Malignant Pericardial Effusions: A Survey Amongst Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  277. Risk-Adjusted Costs Analysis of a Multicenter Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Activity
  278. High-resolution computed tomography in the management of the first episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: are we sure that more is better?
  279. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Using Endobronchial Valves in Severe Emphysema: Are They Better?
  280. Multicentre Validation of a Prediction Score of Prolonged Air Leak for VATS Lobectomies
  281. Virtual simulation and learning new skills in video-assisted thoracic surgery
  282. The forest of methodology and the writing of evidence-based medicine papers
  283. Non-intubated awake uniportal VATS: how to start?
  284. Fat but fit for the improved survival in lung cancer surgery
  285. Pathophysiological mechanism of post-lobectomy air leaks
  286. A project to assess the quality of the published guidelines for managing primary spontaneous pneumothorax from the Italian Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  287. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left upper lobectomy: how to do it
  288. The state of the art of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Italy
  289. Diagnostic performance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the management of solitary pulmonary nodule: a meta-analysis
  290. Robotic internal mammary lymphadenectomy: another possible minimally invasive approach to sampling lymph nodes in breast cancer patients
  291. Safety of lymphadenectomy during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: analysis from a national database†
  292. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) in thoracic surgical oncology
  293. 2016 Annual report from the Italian VATS Group
  294. Digital chest tomosynthesis: the 2017 updated review of an emerging application
  295. Enhanced recovery after surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: the Italian VATS Group* surgical protocol
  296. Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomies: the best is yet still to come?
  297. Lung Cancer Update 2017: from the test tube to the bed
  298. Surgical approach in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
  299. The surgeon thunderbolts in 2016 lung cancer literature
  300. COUNTERPOINT: Should Segmentectomy Rather Than Lobectomy Be the Operation of Choice for Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? No
  301. Rebuttal From Drs Bertolaccini and Solli
  302. Robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and open surgery for early stage lung cancer: comparison of costs and outcomes at a single institute
  303. Uniportal non-intubated thoracic surgery
  304. The Very Experienced Time-honoUred Surgeons (VETUS) project
  305. Diaphragmatic and pericardial reconstruction after surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma
  306. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—right lower/middle lobectomy: how to do it
  307. National adoption of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: the Italian VATS register evaluation
  308. Surgical approaches in patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
  309. The everlasting story of malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?
  310. Good–hearted people, Busca cardio protected city: a community of a city in the north-west of Italy involved in a public access defibrillation project
  311. Pros-cons debate about the role and evolution of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
  312. Results in video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer
  313. The science behind thoracic surgery: a brief preface
  314. VATS thymectomy: oncological results and comparison between minimally invasive strategies
  315. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy
  316. Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?
  317. Cost-effectiveness analysis of sealant impact in management of moderate intraoperative alveolar air leaks during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy: a multicentre randomised controlled trial
  318. Thoracoscopic lobectomy for locally advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer is a feasible and safe approach: analysis from multi-institutional national database
  319. Surgical treatment of synchronous multiple neuroendocrine lung tumours (case series): is more always better?
  320. The Geometric and Ergonomic Appeal of Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
  321. Molecular analysis driven video-assisted thoracic surgery resections in bilateral synchronous lung cancers: from the test tube to the operatory room
  322. Case management: an up-to-date review of literature and a proposal of a county utilization
  323. Chondroblastoma of the rib in a 47-year-old man: a case report with a systematic review of literature
  324. Erratum to nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry
  325. The biostatistical minimum
  326. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in hemothorax
  327. Awake non-intubated thoracic surgery: an attempt of systematic review and meta-analysis
  328. Uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery: hilar dissection
  329. Preliminary Data about Quality Check Evaluation of Italian VATS Group Database
  330. Bayesian Analysis of VATS Lobectomy Expertise in Two Thoracic Surgery Units
  331. Four arm robotic-assisted pulmonary resection-right upper lobectomy: how to do it
  332. A Risk Stratification Model for Postoperative Complications following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy
  333. Diaphragmatic flap for primary repair in thoracic esophagectomy anastomotic leak
  334. Less is more: lung-sparing direct repair of a traumatic rupture of the bronchus intermedius
  335. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for pneumothorax and blebs/bullae
  336. Standardized uptake value and radiological density attenuation as predictive and prognostic factors in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules: our experience on 1,592 patients
  337. Nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry
  338. Intentional Segmentectomies for Stage I Lung Cancer: An Up-to-Date Systematic Review
  339. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left lower lobectomy: how to do it
  340. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  341. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery en bloc chest wall resection
  342. Pulmonary nodules in African migrants caused by chronic schistosomiasis
  343. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy of unknown aetiology
  344. Comparison of digital tomosynthesis and computed tomography for lung nodule detection in SOS screening program
  345. A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group
  346. An overview of the use of artificial neural networks in lung cancer research
  347. Pleural pressure theory revisited: a role for capillary equilibrium
  348. Subxiphoid video-assisted major lung resections: the Believers’ speech
  349. Tips and tricks of the propensity score methods in the thoracic surgery research
  350. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery bronchial sleeve lobectomy
  351. Technological advancements in thoracic surgery: a brief introduction to the future
  352. Video-assisted thoracic surgery for extended lung cancer disease: moving into the borderlands
  353. VATS: the age of maturity
  354. Biportal VATS approach in the treatment of penetrating thoracic trauma: a case report
  355. Magnetic anchoring guidance system in video-assisted thoracic surgery
  356. Indwelling Pleural Catheters
  357. The pulmonary nodule “discovered” by pneumonia: a case report
  358. Transthoracic needle aspiration in solitary pulmonary nodule
  359. Thoracic surgeons, mathematics, and statisticians: a new multidisciplinary team?
  360. Learning curve and established phase for uniportal VATS lobectomies: the Papworth experience
  361. Right side lobectomies
  362. Reconstructive techniques after diaphragm resection and use of the diaphragmatic flap in thoracic surgery
  363. VATS anatomic resections for lung cancer: insights from the Italian VATS Group
  364. Current practices in the management of malignant pleural effusions: a survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  365. Robot-assisted lobectomy for lung cancer in the presence of intraoperatively discovered broncho-vascular anomalies affecting right upper and middle lobes
  366. Uniportal video-thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy
  367. Surgical case description
  368. Dissection station 2 and 4 on the right hemithorax
  369. Nanos gigantium humeris insidentes: the awarded Cox proportional hazards model
  370. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: the choice of localization technique for non-palpable solitary pulmonary nodule
  371. Radioguided VATS resections of subcentimetric solitary pulmonary nodule/ground glass opacity:
  372. Revision of descriptors in forthcoming VIII edition of TNM classification of lung cancer: A single center validation study
  373. Enhanced recovery in thoracic surgery: A propensity-score matched cohort study
  374. Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusion in patients unfit for pleurodesis
  375. Study designs in thoracic surgery research
  376. P-197FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR LUNG RESECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENTS: A MORBIDITY RISK STRATIFICATION MODEL
  377. Bronchial reacutization and gastroesophageal reflux: is there a potential clinical correlation?
  378. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the detection of the gastric pepsin (Pep-test)
  379. Lymph Node Involvement in Deep Infiltrating Intestinal Endometriosis: Does It Really Mean Anything?
  380. Are the fallacies of the P value finally ended?
  381. Lymphnodal micrometastases in NSCLC: where do we stand?
  382. Open repair of pectus carinatum
  383. Management of malignant pleural effusions in patients with trapped lung with indwelling pleural catheter: how to do it
  384. Why should we prefer the single port access thoracic surgery?
  385. Geometric and ergonomic characteristics of the uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach
  386. Preoperative predictive value of 18FDG CT/PET tumor metabolic parameters & SUV lymh nodes/tumor ratio in NSCLC
  387. EBUS TBNA negative lymph nodes risk stratification model: A tool for multidisciplinary team
  388. Safety and advantages of VATS biopsy in diagnosis of interstitial lung disease
  389. 165P * PREOPERATIVE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FRACTAL BIOPSY OF THYMIC EPITHELIAL NEOPLASM
  390. The Importance of Being Solid or Partially Solid for a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  391. Spread patterns and effectiveness for surgery after ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block in adult day-case patients scheduled for umbilical hernia repair
  392. Ergon-trial: ergonomic evaluation of single-port access versus three-port access video-assisted thoracic surgery
  393. Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Pivotal Role of Nodal Status
  394. What is the role of lymph nodal metastases and lymphadenectomy in the surgical treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinomas and carcinoids?: Table 1:
  395. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: Proposal for an Evidence-Based Stage Classification System for the Forthcoming (8th) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors
  396. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: Proposals for the N and M Components for the Forthcoming (8th) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors
  397. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: Proposals for the T component for the Forthcoming (8th) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors
  398. To Seed or Not to Seed
  399. Analysis of spontaneous pneumothorax in the city of Cuneo: environmental correlations with meteorological and air pollutant variables
  400. Is a positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan useful in the staging of thymic epithelial neoplasms?: Table 1:
  401. 18-Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the pretreatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms: a metabolic biopsy confirmed by Ki-67 expression
  402. Radiofrequency ablation for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer in the functionally inoperable patient
  403. 18Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography total glycolytic volume in thymic epithelial neoplasms evaluation: a reproducible image biomarker
  404. Transaxillary access to aortopulmonary window and paraaortic nodes
  405. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Malignancies Staging Project: Development of a Stage Classification for Thymic Malignancies
  406. Is lung cancer screening possible with digital chest tomosynthesis?
  407. Results of Li-Tho trial: a prospective randomized study on effectiveness of LigaSure(R) in lung resections
  408. Lung Cancer Detection with Digital Chest Tomosynthesis: Baseline Results from the Observational Study SOS
  409. Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit
  410. Correlation sometimes implies causation: possible roles of correlation analysis between 18fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and thymic epithelial neoplasms
  411. Thymoma and the increased risk of developing extrathymic malignancies: a multicentre study†
  412. Home-management of malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling pleural catheter: Ten years experience
  413. Contribution of β-adrenergic receptors to exercise-induced bronchodilatation in healthy humans
  414. Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit
  415. The relationship between meteorological variations and the onset of spontaneous pneumothorax
  416. Surgery for the treatment of the tuberculosis-destroyed lung: to protect or not to protect the bronchial stump?
  417. Not palpable? Role of radio-guided video-assisted thoracic surgery for nonpalpable solitary pulmonary nodules
  418. It sometimes happens: late tracheal rupture after total thyroidectomy
  419. Risk is not our business: safety of thoracic surgery in patients using antiplatelet therapy
  420. Usefulness of 18-F FDG PET/CT in the pre-treatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms
  421. eComment: The Six Sigma approach: from mobile phones to chest tubes
  422. eComment: The evaluation of sample size: vice and virtue of statistics?
  423. eComment: About the localization techniques of solitary pulmonary nodules
  424. The standardize uptake value: light and shade of positron emission tomography
  425. ‘Six Sigma approach’ — an objective strategy in digital assessment of postoperative air leaks: a prospective randomised study
  426. Bronchial anastomosis: to wrap or not to wrap?
  427. The sound of silence: the harmonic analysis in thoracic surgery
  428. Treatment of Late Tracheomediastinal Fistula following Diagnostic Mediastinoscopy Treated by Multiple Pedicled Muscle Flaps
  429. Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery resection: the Copernican revolution of a geometrical approach in thoracic surgery?
  430. 71PD NOT ONLY THE FINGERS: ROLE OF RADIO-GUIDED VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY IN NON-PALPABLE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES
  431. Bronchial Carcinoid Tumours in Children — A Review
  432. A golden key can open any door of new protocol: the use of continuous digital measurement for postoperative air leak
  433. Letter to the editor
  434. Conservative management of cardiac haemangioma
  435. Lung sealant and morbidity after pleural decortication: a prospective randomized, blinded study
  436. Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax in Patient With Previous Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis for Right Recurrent Pneumothorax
  437. Physiology of the Lungs in Microgravity
  438. 153PD MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION BY CHRONIC INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER
  439. Malignant Pleural Effusions: Review of Treatment and Our Experience
  440. Inguino-scrotal hernia of a double district ureter: case report and literature review
  441. P-807 Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusions
  442. New Approaches in the Management of Septic Shock