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  1. 30-day postoperative mortality and the effects of hospital preparedness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pooled analysis of prospective international cohort studies

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  2. From Scalpel to Algorithms in Lung Cancer Management: Precision Requires Wisdom—Beware Not Artificial Intelligence, but Natural Stupidity

    Article • Annali Italiani di Chirurgia, January 2026, Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  3. 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

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, January 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  4. The Immune Cost of the Thymus: Navigating Autoimmunity and Tumor Management in Thymic Epithelial Tumors

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  5. Predictors of Loco-Regional Recurrence After Pulmonary Non-Anatomical Metastasectomy: A Multicentre Retrospective Analysis

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  6. Recurrent Malignant Pericardial Effusion Management: The Pericardio-Peritoneal Window

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  7. Recommendations for the standardization and management of prolonged air leaks in lung surgery

    Article • European Journal of Medical Research, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  8. Artificial intelligence in NSCLC management for revolutionizing diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment optimization: A systematic review

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  9. Characterizing the Learning Curve of ION Robotic Bronchoscopy

    Article • Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, November 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  10. Fast Track Pathway for Lung Cancer: The Integration of ION Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy With Robotic Thoracic Surgical Resection

    Article • Surgical Innovation, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  11. Utility of Three-dimensional Holographic workstation for preoperative simulation of complex congenital heart surgery

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  12. From nonintubation to tubeless: redefining perioperative strategies in modern anesthesiology and thoracic surgery

    Article • Annals of Medicine and Surgery, November 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  13. Letter Re: TP53 co-mutations increase risk of recurrence in EGFR-mutated stage I lung adenocarcinoma: signal or noise?

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  14. Diaphragmatic plication for diaphragmatic paralysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical outcomes

    Article • Surgery, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  15. Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • JAMA Oncology, November 2025, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  16. 239P Dual AI models for perioperative decision support in resectable NSCLC: A real-world cohort analysis

    Article • ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  17. 163eP AI-enhanced prediction of diagnostic failure in early-stage lung cancer: Preprocedural score for ION robotic bronchoscopy

    Article • ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  18. The Price of Consensus: Reviewer disagreement, Editorial Dynamics, and Impact in Thoracic Oncology Publishing

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  19. Survival outcomes and prognostic factors in surgically resected lung carcinoids: A 25-year retrospective analysis

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  20. Biological staging in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer: molecular risk-guided adjuvant therapy

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  21. Clinicopathological Features and Prognosis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Ground-Glass Opacity: A Single-Center Experience

    Article • Cancers, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  22. Broadening the evidence base for same-day discharge after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lung resection: Methodological considerations from the VALUE trial

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  23. Correction: Robotic thymectomy for large thymomas: a multicenter study

    Article • Journal of Robotic Surgery, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  24. Pleurectomy/Decortication Versus Extrapleural Pneumonectomy in Pleural Mesothelioma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survival, Mortality, and Surgical Trends

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  25. 10-Year Long-Term Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Segmentectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  26. Small Nodules and Big Questions: A Closer Look at the RELIANT Trial

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, August 2025, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  27. Sex Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life Following Pulmonary Resection: A Systematic Review

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  28. 10-Year Long-Term Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Segmentectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • July 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  29. Impact of Surgical extent on survival in pulmonary typical carcinoids: a retrospective analysis

    Article • Updates in Surgery, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  30. Robotic thymectomy for large thymomas: a multicenter study

    Article • Journal of Robotic Surgery, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  31. “Vetus Sed Utilis”: Open Window Thoracostomy after Lung Surgery

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, June 2025, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  32. Reflections on the ThoRN Consensus: Toward a Multidisciplinary Integration

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  33. Research progress on lung cancer complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis: a narrative review

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, June 2025, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  34. Surgical Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy for Stage III NSCLC: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Cancers, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  35. The Short-Term Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on the Outcome of Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer: Is It Acceptable Nowadays?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  36. 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

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, April 2025, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  37. Multidisciplinary international expert consensus on perioperative airway management

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, April 2025, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  38. Redefining resectability: Bridging perspectives in stage III NSCLC management

    Article • Lung Cancer, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  39. The Actual Role of CPET in Predicting Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality of Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  40. Unmasking the mimic: lipoid pneumonia imitating primary lung cancer - a case report series of a diagnostic challenge

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, March 2025, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  41. Unlocking the depths: the evolution of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, March 2025, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  42. Surgeon preferences for self-treatment in locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer: Would we practice what we preach?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  43. Diverging trends in lung cancer: a 26-year analysis of sex-specific patterns and histological shifts in Northern Italy

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, January 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  44. Raising the bar: evaluating quality and consistency in clinical guidelines for surgical management of pulmonary carcinoid

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, January 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  45. The impact of SMARCA4 loss in non-small cell lung cancer therapy

    Article • Heliyon, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  46. Anatomical Versus Non-Anatomical Pulmonary Metastasectomy: A European Multicentre Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  47. T4-non-small cell lung cancer invading the thoracic aorta: the role of the hybrid operating room

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2025, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  48. Lobectomy or Sublobar Resection? Evidence-Based and AI-Enhanced Strategies for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • Medical Research Archives, January 2025, Knowledge Enterprise Journals

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  49. Immune Escape Mechanisms in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: From Biological Complexity to Actionable Targets

    Article • Immune Discovery, January 2025, SCIE Publishing Limited

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  50. The Role of Incentive Spirometry in Enhanced Recovery After Lung Cancer Resection: A Propensity Score-Matched Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  51. Development of an AI model for predicting hypoxia status and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer using multi-modal data

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, December 2024, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  52. Physics at the Cutting Edge: The Essential Science Behind Thoracic Surgery

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  53. Predictive and prognostic factors in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearranged early-stage lung adenocarcinoma

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  54. Segmentectomy vs. Lobectomy in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative and survival outcomes

    Article • Lung Cancer, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  55. Correction: Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT)

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, October 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  56. Correction: Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT) (Preprint)

    Article • October 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  57. Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT)

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, October 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  58. Optimal planning and management strategies for minimally invasive lung segmentectomies: an international Delphi consensus report

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  59. Safety and Efficacy of Salvage Surgery after Treatment With Immune‐Checkpoint Adjuvant Inhibitors for Advanced Non‐Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multicentric Study

    Article • Journal of Surgical Oncology, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  60. Harnessing artificial intelligence for breakthroughs in lung cancer management: are we ready for the future?

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, September 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  61. 1000 Robotic-assisted lobectomies for primary lung cancer: 16 years single center experience

    Article • Lung Cancer, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  62. Have lunar cycles and zodiac signs an impact on the mortality and morbidity of the lung cancer surgery?

    Article • Asian Journal of Surgery, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  63. The Role of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in pN1 (IIB/IIIA) NSCLC Patients Who Undergo Pneumonectomy: Is It Still Justified in the Modern Era?

    Article • Cancers, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  64. Revamping Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatments in Stages II and III: Preparing Healthcare for Cutting-Edge Immuno-Oncology Regimens

    Article • Cancers, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  65. Bridging the divide: addressing discrepancies between clinical guidelines, policy guidelines, and biomarker utilization

    Article • Diagnosis, August 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  66. A Multicenter Retrospective Case-Control Study on Simple vs Extended Sleeve Lobectomies

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  67. Artificial intelligence in lung cancer

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, August 2024, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  68. Pneumonectomy for broncho-pulmonary carcinoids: a single centre analysis of surgical approaches and patient outcomes

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, July 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  69. How General and Inflammatory Status Impacts on the Prognosis of Patients Affected by Lung Cancer: State of the Art

    Article • Biomedicines, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  70. Reporting of surrogate endpoints in randomised controlled trial protocols (SPIRIT-Surrogate): extension checklist with explanation and elaboration

    Article • BMJ, July 2024, BMJ

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  71. Reporting of surrogate endpoints in randomised controlled trial reports (CONSORT-Surrogate): extension checklist with explanation and elaboration

    Article • BMJ, July 2024, BMJ

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  72. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training and Automatic External Defibrillators Deployment: Strengthening Community Response to Cardiac Arrest

    Article • Emergency Care and Medicine, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  73. Mastering the maze: navigating prolonged air leak in thoracic surgery

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, July 2024, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  74. Pulmonary metastasectomy gaining ground in modern thoracic surgery

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  75. Prognostic Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Major Thoracic Trauma

    Article • Healthcare, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  76. Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Feasibility Pilot Study

    Article • Cancers, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Antonio Ammendolia

  77. The Incidence of Winged Scapula after Thoracic Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, May 2024, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  78. Joint ERS/EACTS/ESTS clinical practice guidelines on adults with spontaneous pneumothorax

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  79. Joint ERS/EACTS/ESTS clinical practice guidelines on adults with spontaneous pneumothorax

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2024, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  80. Recent advances in lung cancer research: unravelling the future of treatment

    Article • Updates in Surgery, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  81. In solid tumors, neoadjuvant or adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade increases treatment-related grade 3 or 4 adverse events

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, April 2024, American College of Physicians

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  82. Multicentre retrospective analysis on pulmonary metastasectomy: an European perspective

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  83. Bronchopleural Fistula after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: How to Manage This Life-Threatening Complication Using Both Old and Innovative Solutions

    Article • Cancers, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  84. A Podcast on Pre- or Perioperative Chemoimmunotherapy for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Shared Agreement from the Thoracic Surgeon and Oncologist Perspectives

    Article • Oncology and Therapy, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  85. On the razor's edge: navigating mature experience and the challenges of aging in modern surgery

    Article • Frontiers in Surgery, March 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  86. Advances in lung cancer surgery: the role of segmentectomy in early–stage management

    Article • Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, March 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  87. Mediastinal cellulose pack mimicking lung cancer relapsing after lobectomy

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  88. Outcomes of Patients With Early and Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Protocol for the Italian Lung Cancer Observational Study (LUCENT) (Preprint)

    Article • February 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  89. Outcomes following minimally invasive approaches vs. open extended lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of the National Cancer Database

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, February 2024, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  90. Lung cancer in the era of COVID-19

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  91. The role of the surgical volume for clinical outcomes in VATS lobectomy for lung cancer: a national large database multicenter analysis

    Article • Updates in Surgery, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  92. Anastomosis Complications after Bronchoplasty: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options Reported by a Referral Cancer Center

    Article • Current Oncology, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  93. Noncontact remote sensing of abnormal blood pressure using a deep neural network: a novel approach for hypertension screening

    Article • Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, December 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  94. Chronos, Kairos, and the environmental control against radon

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, November 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  95. Reply to Condello

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  96. Differences in selected postoperative outcomes between simple and complex segmentectomies for lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  97. A framework for the definition and interpretation of the use of surrogate endpoints in interventional trials

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  98. 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...

    Article • Trials, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  99. Robotic-assisted tracheal resection for adenoid cystic carcinoma with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

    Article • JTCVS Techniques, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  100. 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 ...

    Article • Trials, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  101. Predictors, surrogate, and patient-reported outcomes in immunotherapy and salvage surgery for unresectable lung cancer: a single-center retrospective study

    Article • Updates in Surgery, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  102. The significance of general data protection regulation in the compliant data contribution to the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  103. Real-world survival outcomes of wedge resection versus lobectomy for cT1a/b cN0 cM0 non-small cell lung cancer: a single center retrospective analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, August 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  104. The Debate on Surgical Volume and Perioperative Outcomes

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  105. Assessment of the 90-day mortality risk score after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in the Italian VATS Group cohort

    Article • Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, July 2023, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  106. Surgical Approaches to Pancoast Tumors

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  107. Post-resectional bronchopleural fistula: aetiology, clinical management and future perspectives: a narrative review

    Article • Shanghai Chest, July 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  108. Diagnostic Performance and Cell Count of EBUS–TBNA Needle Gauges: A Prospective Trial

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  109. Next-Generation Lung Cancer Surgery: A Brief Trip into the Future of the Research

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  110. 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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, May 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  111. The Role of Immunotherapy or Immuno-Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comprehensive Review

    Article • Cancers, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  112. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

    Article • BJS, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Justin Wormald, Shoukrie Shoukrie, Dr. Bruno Martinez-Leo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Khaled AL-Sayaghi, Professor Dickon Hayne, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Pritik A Shah, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa

  113. The Role of Surgery in Primary Chest Wall Tumors: Over 20 Years’ Experience in Resection and Reconstruction

    Article • Cancers, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  114. Is It Time to Cross the Pillars of Evidence in Favor of Segmentectomies in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

    Article • Cancers, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  115. Clinical impact of vaping on cardiopulmonary function and lung cancer development: an update

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, March 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  116. Editorial: Near-infrared fluorescence guided surgery: State of the evidence from a health technology assessment perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Surgery, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  117. An evaluation of the methodological quality of published guidelines for the surgical treatment of pleural mesothelioma

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, March 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  118. Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  119. A prognostic score from a multicentric retrospective analysis of patients affected by sarcoma with metachronous lung metastases undergoing metastasectomy

    Article • Journal of Surgical Oncology, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  120. A Practical Assessment of the Postoperative Management in Lung Cancer Surgery

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  121. 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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  122. Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  123. A brief appraisal on the GRADE methodology and the development of recommendations on the management of prolonged air leaks by the PALAS Study Group

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  124. Should we use a biophysical approach in the classification and management of air leakage after lung resection?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  125. Artificial Neural Networks in Lung Cancer Research: A Narrative Review

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  126. Surgical management of superior sulcus tumors: A twenty-year experience of an oncological high volume referral centre

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  127. 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

    Article • Cancers, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  128. A retrospective validation study of the STUMBL score for emergency department patients with blunt thoracic trauma

    Article • Injury, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  129. Use of anticoagulation reversal therapy in the emergency department: a single-center real-life retrospective study

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Medicine, January 2023, World Journal of Emergency Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  130. Commentary: Brutus, Cassius, the Stars, and the Lung Cancer Screening Criteria

    Article • Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  131. Quantum surgery: the quantum mechanics insight beyond the uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approach

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2023, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  132. A Framework for the Definition and Interpretation of the Use of Surrogate Endpoints in Interventional Trials’

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  133. Minimally Invasive Anatomical Segmentectomy versus Lobectomy in Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Cancers, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  134. A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study on Superior Vena Cava Resection in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Surgery

    Article • Cancers, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  135. Factors Associated with Early Discharge after Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: Results from the Italian VATS Group Registry

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  136. ARDS after Pneumonectomy: How to Prevent It? Development of a Nomogram to Predict the Risk of ARDS after Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer

    Article • Cancers, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  137. Author Correction: AGREE-S: AGREE II extension for surgical interventions: appraisal instrument

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  138. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Dr Katerina Kasapinova, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Prof Marco Clementi, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr khaled Mohamed Abdel wahab , Gerardo Caruso, Hitesh Chopra, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr Fakher Rahim

  139. Surgical results of non-small cell lung cancer involving the heart and great vessels

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  140. How Can the EU Beating Cancer Plan Help in Tackling Lung Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer and Melanoma?

    Article • Healthcare, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  141. Correction to: Cover always the bronchial stump! A flap could prevent catastrophic complications even in complete broncho‑pleural fistula

    Article • Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  142. 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

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, July 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  143. The Interdisciplinary Management of Lung Cancer in the European Community

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  144. The “Balloon-Like” Sign: Differential Diagnosis between Postoperative Air Leak and Residual Pleural Space: Radiological Findings and Clinical Implications of the Young–Laplace Equation

    Article • Cancers, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  145. In EBUS Signo Vinces: New Indications in Thoracic Oncology for Mediastinal Lymph Node Staging Using Endobronchial Ultrasound

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, July 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  146. Impact of the extent of lung resection on postoperative outcomes of pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer metastases: an exploratory systematic review

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, July 2022, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  147. 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

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, July 2022, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  148. Cover always the bronchial stump! A flap could prevent catastrophic complications even in complete broncho-pleural fistula

    Article • Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  149. Editorial: Bench Research Behind Lung Cancer Surgery

    Article • Frontiers in Surgery, June 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  150. AGREE-S: AGREE II extension for surgical interventions: appraisal instrument

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  151. Commentary: Nothing but a toothbrush for beginning the reduction of the postoperative costs in thoracic surgery

    Article • JTCVS Open, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  152. 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

    Article • Annals of Oncology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  153. The COVID-19 repercussion on Google Trend data analyses

    Article • Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence, June 2022, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  154. AGREE‐S: AGREE II extension for surgical interventions – United European Gastroenterology and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery methodological guide

    Article • United European Gastroenterology Journal, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  155. Clinical characteristics, surgical treatments, prognosis, and prognostic factors of primary tracheal cancer patients: 20-year data of the National Cancer Center, China

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, May 2022, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  156. If a Single Swallow Does Not Make a Summer, 10 Patients Do Not Make an Alternative

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  157. Risk models to predict outcomes following lung cancer surgery: where are we at?

    Article • Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery, May 2022, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  158. Climatic factors influence on emergency department visits

    Article • Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, April 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  159. Analysis of Molecular Biomarkers in Resected Early-Stage Non-Small Cells Lung Cancer: A Narrative Review

    Article • Cancers, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  160. Pneumonectomy and broncho-pleural fistula: predicting factors and stratification of the risk

    Article • Updates in Surgery, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  161. 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

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  162. Long term results of surgery for NSCLC and aortic invasion. A multicenter retrospective cohort study

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  163. 128P Surgical management of lung metastases: A work-in-progress report from an international ESTS research group

    Article • Annals of Oncology, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  164. Outcomes of patients discharged home with a chest tube after lung resection: a multicentre cohort study

    Article • Canadian Journal of Surgery, February 2022, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  165. Lung cancer stage distribution from before COVID-19 through 18 months of the pandemic: the experience of a large-volume oncological referral centre

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  166. Comment on The Unbearable Lightness of Difference Between Statistical and Clinical Significance

    Article • Annals of Surgery Open, January 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  167. Applications of artificial intelligence to prognostic stratification of COVID-19: a narrative review

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2022, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  168. Multimodal therapy for synchronous bone oligometastatic NSCLC: The role of surgery

    Article • Journal of Surgical Oncology, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  169. Commentary: Go with the flow: The biophysical aspects of tracheal reconstructions

    Article • JTCVS Techniques, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  170. Expert consensus on perioperative immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: an editorial

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, December 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  171. Commentary: We must constantly look at things in different ways

    Article • JTCVS Techniques, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  172. Should we distinguish between intra and extrapericardial pulmonary artery involvement in NSCLC? A multicenter retrospective case-control study

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  173. A proposal for a postoperative protocol for the early diagnosis of bronchopleural fistula after lung resection surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, November 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  174. THE COVID-19 REPERCUSSION ON TELEMEDICINE: A GOOGLE TREND DATA ANALYSIS

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  175. MA01.03 PREC Multicentre Restrospective Study: A Preoperative Risk Classification for Synchronous Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  176. A methodological quality evaluation of the published guidelines and recommendations about the lung cancer screening

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Prevention, September 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  177. Mathematical Analysis of Relationships Between Airflows and Intrapleural Pressures After Video-Assisted Lobectomies>

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  178. Google Trend Data Analysis of COVID-19 Repercussion on Lung Cancer Awareness in Italy

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  179. Prospective evaluation of EBUS-TBNA specimens for programmed death-ligand 1 expression in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a pilot study

    Article • Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, August 2021, Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  180. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  181. Benefits and Harms of Lung Cancer Screening by Chest Computed Tomography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, August 2021, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  182. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  183. Tubeless video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary ground-glass nodules: expert consensus and protocol (Guangzhou)

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, August 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  184. Safety Analysis of Salvage Surgery for Advanced Stages or Metastatic Lung Cancers

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, July 2021, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  185. Clinical prognostic factors in surgically treated oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, July 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  186. Epidemiology of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: results from a systematic review and pooled analysis

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, July 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  187. The importance of being solid for a ground glass opacity of the lung

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, July 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  188. Outcomes and Safety Analysis in Superior Vena Cava Resection for Extended Thymic Epithelial Tumors

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  189. The land of the Lotus-eaters in the COVID-19 epidemic

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  190. Post-operative outcomes and quality of life assessment after thoracoscopic lobectomy for Non-small-cell lung cancer in octogenarians: Analysis from a national database

    Article • Surgical Oncology, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  191. In early stage thymoma the tumor should be resected along with the complete thymus gland

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mr Matthias CU Esch, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  192. Veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted right tracheal-sleeve pneumonectomy

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  193. 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

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  194. Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: What Is the Optimal Time Interval and Amount of Blood?

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, April 2021, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  195. A risk stratification scheme for synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer developed by a multicentre analysis

    Article • Lung Cancer, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  196. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Emre Balık, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa

  197. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Professor Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Fernando Cordera, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  198. Paying Another Tribute to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Decrease of Early Lung Cancers

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  199. Role of genomics and histology diagnosis in recurrent malignant pleural effusion

    Article • Journal of Xiangya Medicine, March 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  200. The Weekday Effect on Morbidity of Lung Cancer Surgery: A Real-World Analysis

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, February 2021, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  201. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography prior to percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy reduces the incidence of hemorrhage

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, February 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  202. Predicting a Prolonged Air Leak After Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Is It Really Possible?

    Article • Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  203. The role of pneumonectomy in thoracic surgery in the third millennium

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  204. 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

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  205. A methodological evaluation of the published consensus statements, recommendations and guidelines about surgical management in the course of coronavirus disease pandemic

    Article • Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  206. Commentary: We are in the same minimally invasive boat, and we have to row in the same direction

    Article • JTCVS Techniques, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  207. Thoracic Surgical Oncology in Lombardy: How to Do It During COVID-19 Time?

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  208. Euclidean Geometry Versus Metabolic Biochemistry in the Prognostic Evaluation of Thymic Epithelial Tumors

    Article • Annals of Surgical Oncology, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  209. Age and Clinical Presentation for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  210. Synchronous Robot-Assisted Pulmonary and Urologic Resections for Cancer

    Article • Innovations Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, October 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  211. Non-intubated thoracoscopic lobectomies for lung cancer: an exploratory systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  212. Safety Analysis of Superior Vena Cava Resection for Extended Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms>

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  213. Preliminary Results of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy for Cancer

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, August 2020, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  214. Opening and closing the doors of the lockdown in Italy without forgetting lung cancer patients

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  215. Sialadenoma Papilliferum of the Bronchus: A Rare Tumour of Salivary Gland Origin

    Article • Advances in respiratory medicine, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  216. Reorganization of thoracic surgery activity in a national high-volume comprehensive cancer centre in the Italian epicentre of coronavirus disease 2019

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  217. Don’t get your wires crossed: epicardial wire-induced lung granuloma

    Article • Shanghai Chest, July 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  218. Should We Use the Olympic Spirit in the Controversy Between Surgery and Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy in Operable Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  219. Recommendations for Implementing Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography in Europe

    Article • Cancers, June 2020, MDPI AG

    David Baldwin, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  220. Treatment of Chylothorax after Lung Resection: Indications, Timing, and Outcomes

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, June 2020, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  221. The synthesis of scientific shreds of evidence: a critical appraisal on systematic review and meta-analysis methodology

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  222. Appropriate treatment approaches and prognosis of pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Xiangya Medicine, June 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  223. The hearth of mathematical and statistical modelling during the Coronavirus pandemic

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  224. Salvage pneumonectomy after definitive chemo-radiotherapy

    Article • Shanghai Chest, April 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  225. Management of medical complications after pneumonectomy

    Article • Shanghai Chest, April 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  226. Lung cancer surgery in oligometastatic patients: outcome and survival

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  227. Treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) clinical practice guidelines

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  228. Diagnosis and Treatment of Early and Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  229. Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Diseases

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  230. Approaches and Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Trauma

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  231. Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resections Techniques—Nonanatomical Pulmonary Resections

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  232. Epidemiology and management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a systematic review

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  233. International expert consensus on the management of bleeding during VATS lung surgery

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, December 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  234. International Delphi survey of the ESTS/AATS/ISTH task force on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery: the role of extended post-discharge prophylaxis

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  235. Immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant settings: a new challenge for the thoracic surgeon?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  236. Commentary: The power (under control) of meta-analysis in the synthesis of clinical knowledge

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  237. Health-related quality of life in lung cancer patients: validation of a national version of EORTC QLQ-LC29 questionnaire

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  238. Starting a uniportal VATS program - The Bonn experience

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  239. Devising the guidelines: the techniques of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery—postoperative management and enhanced recovery after surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  240. Methodology and timing of standardization

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  241. The radical approach to the oligometastatic not small cell lung cancer patient: which? how? when? where?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  242. What is the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG)?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  243. 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]

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng

  244. 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...

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  245. Reply to Migliore and Hirai

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  246. Urgent lung transplantation in acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: a sliding door or a new perspective?

    Article • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  247. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery patients: an international survey

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  248. Uniportal and three-portal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: analysis of the Italian video-assisted thoracic surgery group database

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  249. Treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: 2018 guidelines of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)

    Article • Tumori Journal, July 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  250. Climbing the slope of the learning curve in the subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery approach

    Article • Shanghai Chest, July 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  251. Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy or sympathicotomy versus clipping in the surgical management of primary hyperhidrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Shanghai Chest, July 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  252. 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

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  253. Correction to: Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open lobectomy: analysis from a national database

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  254. Good-hearted people, Busca cardio-protected city: an evidence-based public access defibrillation project

    Article • Shanghai Chest, June 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  255. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng

  256. Conversion due to vascular injury during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: A multicentre retrospective analysis from the Italian video-assisted thoracic surgery group registry

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  257. A comparison of EGFR mutation status in tissue and plasma cell-free DNA detected by ADx-ARMS in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, April 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng

  258. Magnetic anchoring guidance system for video-assisted thoracic surgery: the 2018 update

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, April 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  259. Bioptic verification of mediastinal lymphoma relapses suspected on the basis of FDG-PET SCAN

    Article • Leukemia & Lymphoma, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Mauurizio Boaron, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  260. Extra-pleural pneumonectomy

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  261. The relativity of operative time on the outcomes of the video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomies

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  262. Tubeless thoracic surgery: ready for prime time?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  263. Approaches to the thoracic cavities

    Article • Pediatric Medicine, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  264. NK-mediated antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity in solid tumors: biological evidence and clinical perspectives

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  265. History and development of minimally invasive surgery: VATS surgery

    Article • Shanghai Chest, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  266. Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open lobectomy: analysis from a national database

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  267. Geometric Considerations in Uniportal VATS

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  268. Bleeding control during VATS major lung resection without conversion: safe and feasible?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, January 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  269. Is the video-assisted pulmonary segmentectomy the preferred approach to the early stage non-small cell lung cancer?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, January 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  270. Vascular injuries during VATS lobectomies: keep calm, compress and have a plan

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, January 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  271. How to teach uniportal VATS to younger and elder generations: two different methods or any common overlapping points?

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  272. Surgical approaches to video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a brief preface

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  273. Left VATS Upper Lobectomy

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  274. The “loop” technique for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a retrospective study of 18 patients

    Article • Shanghai Chest, December 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  275. How to create a surgical database?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, November 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  276. Surgical approaches for extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma: the lower door thoracotomy

    Article • Shanghai Chest, November 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  277. Bronchoscopic management of prolonged air leak

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  278. Focus on specific disease-part 2: the European Society of Thoracic Surgery chest wall database

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  279. Surgical and endoscopic treatment for COPD: patients selection, techniques and results

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  280. P1.14-01 Current Practices in the Management of Malignant Pericardial Effusions: A Survey Amongst Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  281. Risk-Adjusted Costs Analysis of a Multicenter Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Activity

    Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  282. High-resolution computed tomography in the management of the first episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: are we sure that more is better?

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  283. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Using Endobronchial Valves in Severe Emphysema: Are They Better?

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  284. Multicentre Validation of a Prediction Score of Prolonged Air Leak for VATS Lobectomies

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  285. Virtual simulation and learning new skills in video-assisted thoracic surgery

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, August 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  286. The forest of methodology and the writing of evidence-based medicine papers

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  287. Non-intubated awake uniportal VATS: how to start?

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, July 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  288. Fat but fit for the improved survival in lung cancer surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  289. Pathophysiological mechanism of post-lobectomy air leaks

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  290. A project to assess the quality of the published guidelines for managing primary spontaneous pneumothorax from the Italian Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  291. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left upper lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, May 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  292. The state of the art of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Italy

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, May 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  293. Diagnostic performance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the management of solitary pulmonary nodule: a meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  294. Robotic internal mammary lymphadenectomy: another possible minimally invasive approach to sampling lymph nodes in breast cancer patients

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, April 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  295. Safety of lymphadenectomy during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: analysis from a national database†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  296. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) in thoracic surgical oncology

    Article • Future Oncology, March 2018, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  297. 2016 Annual report from the Italian VATS Group

    Article • Future Oncology, March 2018, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof Marcello Migliore

  298. Digital chest tomosynthesis: the 2017 updated review of an emerging application

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  299. Enhanced recovery after surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: the Italian VATS Group* surgical protocol

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  300. Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomies: the best is yet still to come?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  301. Lung Cancer Update 2017: from the test tube to the bed

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  302. Surgical approach in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  303. The surgeon thunderbolts in 2016 lung cancer literature

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  304. COUNTERPOINT: Should Segmentectomy Rather Than Lobectomy Be the Operation of Choice for Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? No

    Article • CHEST Journal, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  305. Rebuttal From Drs Bertolaccini and Solli

    Article • CHEST Journal, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  306. Robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and open surgery for early stage lung cancer: comparison of costs and outcomes at a single institute

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  307. Uniportal non-intubated thoracic surgery

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  308. The Very Experienced Time-honoUred Surgeons (VETUS) project

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  309. Diaphragmatic and pericardial reconstruction after surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  310. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—right lower/middle lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  311. National adoption of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: the Italian VATS register evaluation

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  312. Surgical approaches in patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  313. The everlasting story of malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  314. 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

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  315. Pros-cons debate about the role and evolution of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  316. Results in video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  317. The science behind thoracic surgery: a brief preface

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  318. VATS thymectomy: oncological results and comparison between minimally invasive strategies

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  319. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  320. Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, December 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  321. 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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, December 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  322. Thoracoscopic lobectomy for locally advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer is a feasible and safe approach: analysis from multi-institutional national database

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, November 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  323. Surgical treatment of synchronous multiple neuroendocrine lung tumours (case series): is more always better?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, November 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  324. The Geometric and Ergonomic Appeal of Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

    Article • Thoracic Surgery Clinics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  325. Molecular analysis driven video-assisted thoracic surgery resections in bilateral synchronous lung cancers: from the test tube to the operatory room

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Rocco Trisolini, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  326. Case management: an up-to-date review of literature and a proposal of a county utilization

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  327. Chondroblastoma of the rib in a 47-year-old man: a case report with a systematic review of literature

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  328. Erratum to nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  329. The biostatistical minimum

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  330. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in hemothorax

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, September 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  331. Awake non-intubated thoracic surgery: an attempt of systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, September 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  332. Uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery: hilar dissection

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, September 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  333. Preliminary Data about Quality Check Evaluation of Italian VATS Group Database

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  334. Bayesian Analysis of VATS Lobectomy Expertise in Two Thoracic Surgery Units

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  335. Four arm robotic-assisted pulmonary resection-right upper lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  336. A Risk Stratification Model for Postoperative Complications following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  337. Diaphragmatic flap for primary repair in thoracic esophagectomy anastomotic leak

    Article • September 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  338. Less is more: lung-sparing direct repair of a traumatic rupture of the bronchus intermedius

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, August 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  339. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for pneumothorax and blebs/bullae

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, August 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  340. Standardized uptake value and radiological density attenuation as predictive and prognostic factors in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules: our experience on 1,592 patients

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, August 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  341. Nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, July 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  342. Intentional Segmentectomies for Stage I Lung Cancer: An Up-to-Date Systematic Review

    Article • Current Surgery Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  343. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left lower lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  344. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  345. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery en bloc chest wall resection

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, May 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  346. Pulmonary nodules in African migrants caused by chronic schistosomiasis

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  347. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy of unknown aetiology

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  348. Comparison of digital tomosynthesis and computed tomography for lung nodule detection in SOS screening program

    Article • La radiologia medica, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  349. 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

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  350. An overview of the use of artificial neural networks in lung cancer research

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  351. Pleural pressure theory revisited: a role for capillary equilibrium

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  352. Subxiphoid video-assisted major lung resections: the Believers’ speech

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  353. Tips and tricks of the propensity score methods in the thoracic surgery research

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  354. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery bronchial sleeve lobectomy

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  355. Technological advancements in thoracic surgery: a brief introduction to the future

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  356. Video-assisted thoracic surgery for extended lung cancer disease: moving into the borderlands

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  357. VATS: the age of maturity

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  358. Biportal VATS approach in the treatment of penetrating thoracic trauma: a case report

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  359. Magnetic anchoring guidance system in video-assisted thoracic surgery

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  360. Indwelling Pleural Catheters

    Article • Thoracic Surgery Clinics, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  361. The pulmonary nodule “discovered” by pneumonia: a case report

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  362. Transthoracic needle aspiration in solitary pulmonary nodule

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  363. Thoracic surgeons, mathematics, and statisticians: a new multidisciplinary team?

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  364. Learning curve and established phase for uniportal VATS lobectomies: the Papworth experience

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  365. Right side lobectomies

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  366. Reconstructive techniques after diaphragm resection and use of the diaphragmatic flap in thoracic surgery

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  367. VATS anatomic resections for lung cancer: insights from the Italian VATS Group

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  368. Current practices in the management of malignant pleural effusions: a survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz, Edward Caruana

  369. Robot-assisted lobectomy for lung cancer in the presence of intraoperatively discovered broncho-vascular anomalies affecting right upper and middle lobes

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, December 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  370. Uniportal video-thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, December 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  371. Surgical case description

    Article • ASVIDE, December 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  372. Dissection station 2 and 4 on the right hemithorax

    Article • ASVIDE, November 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  373. Nanos gigantium humeris insidentes: the awarded Cox proportional hazards model

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, November 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  374. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: the choice of localization technique for non-palpable solitary pulmonary nodule

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, September 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  375. Radioguided VATS resections of subcentimetric solitary pulmonary nodule/ground glass opacity:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  376. Revision of descriptors in forthcoming VIII edition of TNM classification of lung cancer: A single center validation study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  377. Enhanced recovery in thoracic surgery: A propensity-score matched cohort study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  378. Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusion in patients unfit for pleurodesis

    Article • September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  379. Study designs in thoracic surgery research

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  380. P-197FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR LUNG RESECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENTS: A MORBIDITY RISK STRATIFICATION MODEL

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  381. Bronchial reacutization and gastroesophageal reflux: is there a potential clinical correlation?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, August 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  382. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the detection of the gastric pepsin (Pep-test)

    Article • ASVIDE, August 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  383. Lymph Node Involvement in Deep Infiltrating Intestinal Endometriosis: Does It Really Mean Anything?

    Article • Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  384. Are the fallacies of the P value finally ended?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  385. Lymphnodal micrometastases in NSCLC: where do we stand?

    Article • Lung Cancer Management, June 2016, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  386. Open repair of pectus carinatum

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  387. Management of malignant pleural effusions in patients with trapped lung with indwelling pleural catheter: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  388. Why should we prefer the single port access thoracic surgery?

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  389. Geometric and ergonomic characteristics of the uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach

    Article • Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  390. Preoperative predictive value of 18FDG CT/PET tumor metabolic parameters & SUV lymh nodes/tumor ratio in NSCLC

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  391. EBUS TBNA negative lymph nodes risk stratification model: A tool for multidisciplinary team

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  392. Safety and advantages of VATS biopsy in diagnosis of interstitial lung disease

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  393. 165P * PREOPERATIVE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FRACTAL BIOPSY OF THYMIC EPITHELIAL NEOPLASM

    Article • Annals of Oncology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  394. The Importance of Being Solid or Partially Solid for a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  395. Spread patterns and effectiveness for surgery after ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block in adult day-case patients scheduled for umbilical hernia repair

    Article • Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, January 2015, Medknow

    Dr Alberto Manassero, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  396. Ergon-trial: ergonomic evaluation of single-port access versus three-port access video-assisted thoracic surgery

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  397. Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Pivotal Role of Nodal Status

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  398. What is the role of lymph nodal metastases and lymphadenectomy in the surgical treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinomas and carcinoids?: Table 1:

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  399. 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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  400. 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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  401. 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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  402. To Seed or Not to Seed

    Article • CHEST Journal, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  403. Analysis of spontaneous pneumothorax in the city of Cuneo: environmental correlations with meteorological and air pollutant variables

    Article • Surgery Today, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  404. Is a positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan useful in the staging of thymic epithelial neoplasms?: Table 1:

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  405. 18-Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the pretreatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms: a metabolic biopsy confirmed by Ki-67 expression

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  406. Radiofrequency ablation for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer in the functionally inoperable patient

    Article • Lung Cancer Management, February 2014, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  407. 18Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography total glycolytic volume in thymic epithelial neoplasms evaluation: a reproducible image biomarker

    Article • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  408. Transaxillary access to aortopulmonary window and paraaortic nodes

    Article • Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, December 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  409. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Malignancies Staging Project: Development of a Stage Classification for Thymic Malignancies

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  410. Is lung cancer screening possible with digital chest tomosynthesis?

    Article • Lung Cancer Management, October 2013, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  411. Results of Li-Tho trial: a prospective randomized study on effectiveness of LigaSure(R) in lung resections

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  412. Lung Cancer Detection with Digital Chest Tomosynthesis: Baseline Results from the Observational Study SOS

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  413. Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

    Article • Survey of Anesthesiology, June 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  414. Correlation sometimes implies causation: possible roles of correlation analysis between 18fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and thymic epithelial neoplasms

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  415. Thymoma and the increased risk of developing extrathymic malignancies: a multicentre study†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  416. Home-management of malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling pleural catheter: Ten years experience

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  417. Contribution of β-adrenergic receptors to exercise-induced bronchodilatation in healthy humans

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  418. Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

    Article • Anesthesiology, October 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  419. The relationship between meteorological variations and the onset of spontaneous pneumothorax

    Article • Surgery Today, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  420. Surgery for the treatment of the tuberculosis-destroyed lung: to protect or not to protect the bronchial stump?

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  421. Not palpable? Role of radio-guided video-assisted thoracic surgery for nonpalpable solitary pulmonary nodules

    Article • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  422. It sometimes happens: late tracheal rupture after total thyroidectomy

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  423. Risk is not our business: safety of thoracic surgery in patients using antiplatelet therapy

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, November 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  424. Usefulness of 18-F FDG PET/CT in the pre-treatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms

    Article • Lung Cancer, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  425. eComment: The Six Sigma approach: from mobile phones to chest tubes

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  426. eComment: The evaluation of sample size: vice and virtue of statistics?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  427. eComment: About the localization techniques of solitary pulmonary nodules

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  428. The standardize uptake value: light and shade of positron emission tomography

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  429. ‘Six Sigma approach’ — an objective strategy in digital assessment of postoperative air leaks: a prospective randomised study

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  430. Bronchial anastomosis: to wrap or not to wrap?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  431. The sound of silence: the harmonic analysis in thoracic surgery

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  432. Treatment of Late Tracheomediastinal Fistula following Diagnostic Mediastinoscopy Treated by Multiple Pedicled Muscle Flaps

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, March 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  433. Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery resection: the Copernican revolution of a geometrical approach in thoracic surgery?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  434. 71PD NOT ONLY THE FINGERS: ROLE OF RADIO-GUIDED VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY IN NON-PALPABLE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES

    Article • Lung Cancer, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  435. Bronchial Carcinoid Tumours in Children — A Review

    Article • European Oncology & Haematology, January 2011, Touch Digital Media, Ltd.

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  436. A golden key can open any door of new protocol: the use of continuous digital measurement for postoperative air leak

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  437. Letter to the editor

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  438. Conservative management of cardiac haemangioma

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  439. Lung sealant and morbidity after pleural decortication: a prospective randomized, blinded study

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  440. Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax in Patient With Previous Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis for Right Recurrent Pneumothorax

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  441. Physiology of the Lungs in Microgravity

    Article • Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, November 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  442. 153PD MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION BY CHRONIC INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER

    Article • Lung Cancer, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  443. Malignant Pleural Effusions: Review of Treatment and Our Experience

    Article • Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, January 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  444. Inguino-scrotal hernia of a double district ureter: case report and literature review

    Article • Hernia, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  445. P-807 Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusions

    Article • Lung Cancer, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  446. New Approaches in the Management of Septic Shock

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry - Immunology Endocrine & Metabolic Agents, September 2003, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini