Four-arm robotic lobectomy for the treatment of early-stage lung cancer , 28 December 2009
Giulia Veronesi, Domenico Galetta, Patrick Maisonneuve, Franca Melfi, Ralph Alexander Schmid, Alessandro Borri, Fernando Vannucci, Lorenzo Spaggiari
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 19-25)
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Mediastinoscopy-assisted minimally invasive closure of a bronchopleural fistula: A new technique to manage an old problem , 26 October 2009
Shawn S. Groth, Jonathan D'Cunha, Natasha M. Rueth, Rafael S. Andrade, Michael A. Maddaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 244-245)
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The victim of thoracic gunshot: Assessment of the patient and management of pulmonary artery bullet embolism
Filipe Moreira de Andrade, Omar Moté Abou Mourad, Luiz Felippe Judice
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Page 254)
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Reply to the Editor
Orhan Saim Demirtürk, Hasan Hakan Atalay, Dalokay Kılıç, Rıza Türköz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages 254-256)
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Ascending aortic injury caused by a fractured sternal wire 28 years after surgical intervention of pectus excavatum , 10 September 2009
Shigetoshi Mieno, Hideki Ozawa, Takahiro Katsumata
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2010 (Vol. 140, Issue 1, Pages e18-e20)
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Type B thymoma: Is prognosis predicted only by World Health Organization classification? , 28 December 2009
Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jhingook Kim, Young Mog Shim, Joungho Han, Kwhanmien Kim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 6, Pages 1431-1435.e1)
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An adult man presenting with hemoptysis caused by mature teratoma with rupture into the bronchus and pericardium and complicated by Haemophilus influenzae infection , 11 May 2009
Karthik Jothianandan, Amit S. Tibb, Michael McLemore, Steven Keller, David W. Appel
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 5, Pages e104-e107)
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Allograft sternochondral replacement after resection of large sternal chondrosarcoma , 09 March 2009
Giuseppe Marulli, Abdel-Mohsen Hamad, Elisa Cogliati, Cristiano Breda, Andrea Zuin, Federico Rea
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages e69-e70)
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Iatrogenic phrenic nerve injury during thymectomy: The extent of the problem , 01 June 2009
Michele Salati, Giuseppe Cardillo, Luigi Carbone, Federico Rea, Giuseppe Marulli, Alessandro Brunelli, Luca Voltolini, Giuseppe Gotti, Gaetano Rocco
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages e77-e78)
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A rare complication of anorexia nervosa , 28 May 2009
Pier Luigi Filosso, Domenica Garabello, Paraskevas Lyberis, Enrico Ruffini, Alberto Oliaro
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 4, Pages e79-e80)
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Evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes with endobronchial ultrasound: The thoracic surgeon's perspective
Rafael S. Andrade, Shawn S. Groth, Natasha M. Rueth, Jonathan D'Cunha, Stefan E. Pambuccian, Michael A. Maddaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Pages 578-583)
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Thymic carcinoma associated with Sjögren's syndrome and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone , 01 September 2008
Chin-Chih Chang, Yih-Leong Chang, Yung-Chie Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages e1-e2)
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Gunshot wound of the main pulmonary artery: A case report , 05 February 2009
Hasan Hakan Atalay, Orhan Saim Demirtürk, Dalokay Kılıç, Rıza Türköz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages e17-e18)
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Solitary fibrous mediastinal tumor with coronary vascular supply: An unusual case , 19 January 2009
N. Qedra, M. Kadry, E. Ivanitskaia-Kühn, S. Buz, R. Meyer, H. Laube, R. Hetzer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 2, Pages e23-e25)
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Complete lung parenchyma–sparing resection of the right main stem bronchus and bronchus intermedius , 09 March 2009
Justin H. Booth, Roosevelt Bryant, Ara Vaporciyan, David L.S. Morales
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 1, Pages 222-224)
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Reliability of positron emission tomography–computed tomography in identification of mediastinal lymph node status in patients with non–small cell lung cancer , 19 June 2009
Maruf Şanlı, Ahmet Feridun Isik, Sabri Zincirkeser, Osman Elbek, Ahmet Mete, Bulent Tuncozgur, Levent Elbeyli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 5, Pages 1200-1205)
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Routine surgical videothoracoscopy as the first step of the planned resection for lung cancer , 15 June 2009
Contardo Vergani, Federico Varoli, Luca Despini, Sergio Harari, Enrico Mozzi, GianCarlo Roviaro
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 5, Pages 1206-1212)
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Effect of sympathectomy level on the incidence of compensatory hyperhidrosis after sympathectomy for palmar hyperhidrosis , 26 June 2009
Daniel L. Miller, Ayesha S. Bryant, Seth D. Force, Joseph I. Miller
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 581-585)
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Preventing heart injury during negative pressure wound therapy in cardiac surgery: Assessment using real-time magnetic resonance imaging , 06 July 2009
Malin Malmsjö, Rainer Petzina, Martin Ugander, Henrik Engblom, Christian Torbrand, Arash Mokhtari, Roland Hetzer, Håkan Arheden, Richard Ingemansson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 3, Pages 712-717)
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Treatment of refractory lymphangioleiomyomatosis–associated chylous effusion with a pleuroperitoneal window and omental flap , 26 August 2008
Subroto Paul, Stacey Su, Heather Edenfield, David J. Kwiatkowski, Raphael Bueno
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 2, Pages 497-498)
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Comparison of patterns of relapse in thymic carcinoma and thymoma
James Huang, Nabil P. Rizk, William D. Travis, Gregory J. Riely, Bernard J. Park, Manjit S. Bains, Joseph Dycoco, Raja M. Flores, Robert J. Downey, Valerie W. Rusch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 26-31)
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Recurrent intrathoracic thymomas: Potential prognostic importance of cell-cycle protein expression , 06 February 2009
Tommaso C. Mineo, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Alfonso Baldi, Eugenio Pompeo, Davide Mineo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 40-45)
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A difficult case: Ectopic thyroid, bronchial anomalies, and incidentaloma in a patient with lung carcinoma , 13 June 2008
Salih Topcu, Serife Tuba Liman, Aykut Elicora, Ferzat Zanuzi, Serkan Isgoren, Deniz Filinte
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 231-233)
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Aortic pseudoaneurysm compressing the left coronary artery , 14 July 2008
George V. Moukarbel, Hani Jneid, Jennifer D. Walker, Joseph M. Garasic, Thomas J. Wang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2009 (Vol. 138, Issue 1, Pages 236-237)
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A modified technique of selective lung ventilation through a tracheostomy to facilitate conservative management of iatrogenic tracheal rupture , 27 January 2009
Elizabeth Belcher, Massimo Conti, Peter Goldstraw, Simon Jordan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1562-1564)
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Predictor factors of transbronchial needle aspiration diagnostic yield in sarcoidosis
Alberto Fernández-Villar, Virginia Leiro, Maribel Botana
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 6, Pages 1578-1579)
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Management of pleural recurrence after curative resection of thymoma , 22 December 2008
Marco Lucchi, Federico Davini, Roberta Ricciardi, Leonardo Duranti, Laura Boldrini, Gerardo Palmiero, Fulvio Basolo, Alfredo Mussi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1185-1189)
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Spontaneous regression of a mediastinal thymoma , 03 June 2008
Tsai-Wang Huang, Yung-Lung Cheng, Jen-Chih Chen, Wen-Chiuan Tsai, Hung Chang, Shih-Chun Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 5, Pages 1277-1278)
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Tagged cine magnetic resonance imaging with a finite element model can predict the severity of retrosternal adhesions prior to redo cardiac surgery , 23 February 2009
Ichiro Yoshioka, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Azusa Ichinose, Kei Takase, Shoki Takahashi, Toshiro Ohashi, Masaaki Sato, Koichi Tabayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 4, Pages 957-962)
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Minimally invasive perventricular device closure of an isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defect with a newly designed delivery system: Preliminary experience
Xing Quansheng, Pan Silin, Zhuang Zhongyun, Rong Youbao, Li Shengde, Cao Qian, Duan Shuhua, Hou Kefeng, Ji Zhixian, Wu Qin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 556-559)
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Nonoperative management of an extensive tracheal injury in an 860-g preterm neonate
Christopher W. Baird, Larry T. Watts, Karen J. Lessaris
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 3, Pages 787-788)
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Reply to the Editor:
Alessandro Marra, Ludger Hillejan, Georgios Stamatis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 1, Pages 255-256)
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Stage III thymoma: Relationship of local invasion to recurrence
Tomoki Utsumi, Hiroyuki Shiono, Akihide Matsumura, Hajime Maeda, Mitsunori Ohta, Hirohito Tada, Akinori Akashi, Meinoshin Okumura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Pages 1481-1485)
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Computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound in detection and characterization of mediastinal masses
Ugo Cioffi, Matilde De Simone, Michele M. Ciulla
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Page 1606)
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Reply to the Editor:
Wael Ibrahim Awad
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 6, Page 1607)
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Recurrent sarcoma originating from the pulmonary artery 6 years after extensive thoracic resection , 06 May 2008
Christine Fegbeutel, Martin Strüber, Jan U. Becker, Florian Länger, Nicolas Dickgreber, Axel Haverich, Stefan Fischer
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 4, Pages 1093-1095)
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Pectoralis major–rectus abdominis bipedicled muscle flap in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis , 01 July 2008
Tai Suk Roh, Won Jai Lee, Dae Hyun Lew, Kwan Chul Tark
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 3, Pages 618-622)
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Dumbbell-shaped mediastinal neurogenic tumor forming a string-of-beads structure , 11 June 2008
Ryuichi Suemitsu, Hironori Matsuzawa, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Sadanori Takeo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 2, Pages 522-523)
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Rigid bronchoscopy and surgical resection for broncholithiasis and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes , 21 May 2008
Robert J. Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Lee Maniscalco
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 186-190)
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: A 10-year surgical experience in a single institution , 23 May 2008
Ke-Cheng Chen, Jin-Shing Chen, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jang-Ming Lee, Yung-Chie Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 191-198)
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Teratoma with malignant transformation in the anterior mediastinum , 21 May 2008
Katsuhiko Shimizu, Masao Nakata, Yuji Hirami, Takashi Akiyama, Kazuo Tanemoto
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 225-227)
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Carcinoid tumor nested within a bronchogenic cyst , 27 May 2008
Elliot Servais, Subroto Paul, Jeffrey L. Port, Nasser K. Altorki, Paul C. Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 227-228)
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Redon drains and underwater seal: The better of two worlds?
Nawwar Al-Attar, Richard Raffoul, Patrick Nataf
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Page 236)
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Reply to the Editor:
Marek Gwozdziewicz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2008 (Vol. 136, Issue 1, Pages 236-237)
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A near fatal presentation of a bronchogenic cyst compressing the left main coronary artery
Fazil Azeem, Claire Rathwell, Wael I. Awad
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 6, Pages 1395-1396)
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Topical negative pressure therapy of a sternotomy wound increases sternal fluid content but does not affect internal thoracic artery blood flow: Assessment using magnetic resonance imaging
Rainer Petzina, Martin Ugander, Lotta Gustafsson, Henrik Engblom, Roland Hetzer, Håkan Arheden, Richard Ingemansson, Malin Malmsjö
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1007-1013)
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Extension of survival by resection of asynchronous renal cell carcinoma metastases to mediastinal lymph nodes
Bryan A. Whitson, Shawn S. Groth, Rafael S. Andrade, Laurel Garrett, Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, Jose Jessurun, Michael A. Maddaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 5, Pages 1022-1028)
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Transbronchial needle aspiration in sarcoidosis: Yield and predictors of a positive aspirate
Rocco Trisolini, Carmine Tinelli, Alessandra Cancellieri, Daniela Paioli, Marco Alifano, Maurizio Boaron, Marco Patelli
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 837-842)
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Remediastinoscopy in restaging of lung cancer after induction therapy
Alessandro Marra, Ludger Hillejan, Sylvia Fechner, Georgios Stamatis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 843-849)
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A novel method to reduce pericardial adhesion: A combination technique with hyaluronic acid biocompatible membrane
Yuji Naito, Toshiharu Shin'oka, Narutoshi Hibino, Goki Matsumura, Hiromi Kurosawa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 4, Pages 850-856)
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Mediastinoscopy might not be necessary in patients with non–small cell lung cancer with mediastinal lymph nodes having a maximum standardized uptake value of less than 5.3 , 21 January 2008
Benjamin Enoch Lee, Jonathon Redwine, Cameron Foster, Elma Abella, Teri Lown, Derick Lau, David Follette
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 615-619)
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Hemothorax caused by rupture of a primitive thoracic leiomyosarcoma of the thoracic aorta: Description of a case and literature review
F. Catena, R. Bianchi, L. Ansaloni, A.D. Pinna
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 3, Pages 688-689)
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Tension pneumopericardium leads to cardiac tamponade during hand-assisted ventilation in patients with uremia
Qun Su, Zhiying Feng, Tong Li, Tao Jin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 432-433)
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Multiple thoracic aortic aneurysms after mediastinitis in an infant after repair of coarctation of the aorta
Laurie E. Profitlich, Constance G. Weismann, Shubika Srivastava, Bruce D. Gelb, Kahn Nguyen, Umesh Joashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 2, Pages 444-445.e1)
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An alternative approach for chest drainage after cardiac surgery: Redon drains
Marek Gwozdziewicz, Petr Nĕmec, Andrea Steriovsky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2008 (Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 216-217)
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Feasibility of multimodality therapy including extended resections in stage IVA thymoma , 29 October 2007
James Huang, Nabil P. Rizk, William D. Travis, Venkatraman E. Seshan, Manjit S. Bains, Joseph Dycoco, Robert J. Downey, Raja M. Flores, Bernard J. Park, Valerie W. Rusch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1477-1484)
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Isolated mediastinal cystic lymphangioma in a child
Alpha Mathew Kavunkal, Jayavelan Ramkumar, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Kancheepuram N. Parimelazhagan, Vijit Koshy Cherian
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 6, Pages 1596-1597)
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Extended pneumonectomy for non–small cell lung cancer: Morbidity, mortality, and long-term results , 05 October 2007
Alessandro Borri, Francesco Leo, Giulia Veronesi, Piergiorgio Solli, Domenico Galetta, Roberto Gasparri, Francesco Petrella, Paolo Scanagatta, Davide Radice, Lorenzo Spaggiari
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1266-1272)
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Extended operation for recurrent thymic carcinoma presenting with intracaval growth and intracardiac extension
Tiziano De Giacomo, Giuseppe Mazzesi, Federico Venuta, G.F. Coloni
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1364-1365)
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Giant thymic cyst in left lower hemithorax of a healthy teenaged athlete
Cathrine Constantacos, Nicholette M. Lawson, Konstantinos I. Votanopoulos, Oluyinka Olutoye, Karen W. Eldin, Ralph D. Feigin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1373-1374)
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Four thymus-related syndromes in a case of invasive thymoma
Marco Lucchi, Andrea Viti, Roberta Ricciardi, Luigi Murri, Alfredo Mussi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1376-1378)
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Vascular obstruction related to mediastinal fibrosis: An interesting clinical entity
Pankaj Saxena, Peter J. Tesar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Page 1379)
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Reply to the Editor
Chong Zhang, Yiming Ni, Jun Zhang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 5, Pages 1379-1380)
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Thoracoscore predicts midterm mortality in patients undergoing thoracic surgery
Themistocles P. Chamogeorgakis, Cliff P. Connery, Faiz Bhora, Andy Nabong, Ioannis K. Toumpoulis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 883-887)
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Should large mediastinal hematomas be drained after endovascular repair of ruptured descending thoracic aorta?
Said Yassin, John Marek, Jess Schwartz, Jorge Wernly, Charles Dietl, Stuart Pett, Mark Langsfeld
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1040-1041)
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A giant thoracic duct cyst: An unusual cause of dysphagia
Atila Turkyilmaz, Atilla Eroglu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1082-1083)
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Superior vena cava resection without blood flow interruption
Claudio Rossella, Stefano Nazari
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Pages 1097-1098)
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Reply to the Editor
Francesco Leo, Lorenzo Spaggiari
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 4, Page 1098)
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Neurologic outcomes of thymectomy in myasthenia gravis: Comparative analysis of the effect of thymoma
Hong Kwan Kim, Min Soo Park, Yong Soo Choi, Kwhanmien Kim, Young Mog Shim, Joungho Han, Byoung Joon Kim, Jhingook Kim
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 601-607)
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Use of tissue expanders in adult postpneumonectomy syndrome
Anne Floor M. Macaré van Maurik, Bart M. Stubenitsky, Henry A. van Swieten, Vincent A.M. Duurkens, Erik Laban, Moshe Kon
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 608-612)
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Staphylococcus aureus poststernotomy mediastinitis: Description of two distinct acquisition pathways with different potential preventive approaches
Rafael San Juan, Fernando Chaves, Maria Jesus López Gude, Carmen Díaz-Pedroche, Joaquin Otero, Jose María Cortina Romero, Juan Jose Rufilanchas, Jose Maria Aguado
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 670-676)
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Left atrial myxoma: The role of multisclice computed tomography
Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Hussein Rayatzadeh, Farideh Roshanali
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 795-795.e1)
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Suppurative Salmonella thyroiditis coexistence with invasive thymoma
Ke-Cheng Chen, Yih-Leong Chang, Chien-Te Pan, Yung-Chie Lee
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 3, Pages 812-813)
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Phosphoglyceride crystal deposition disease originating from the myocardium
Fumihiro Shoji, Ichiro Yoshino, Takuro Kometani, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Maehara
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 2, Pages 508-509)
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Sentinel node identification in clinical stage Ia non–small cell lung cancer by a combined single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography system
Hiroaki Nomori, Koei Ikeda, Takeshi Mori, Shinya Shiraishi, Hironori Kobayashi, Kazunori Iwatani, Koichi Kawanaka, Toshiaki Kobayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 182-187)
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Lobectomy or pneumonectomy for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis can be performed with acceptable morbidity and mortality: A seven-year review of a single institution’s experience
Tarek Mohsen, Amany Abou Zeid, Saleem Haj-Yahia
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 194-198)
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Concurrent primary cardiac tumors
Tulsi Menon, Yuki Watanabe, David Andrews
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2007 (Vol. 134, Issue 1, Pages 263-264)
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Surgical treatment of tracheoinnominate fistula after stent-graft implantation
Enrico Maria Marone, Gloria Esposito, Andrea Kahlberg, Yamume Tshomba, Chiara Brioschi, Piero Zannini, Roberto Chiesa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1641-1643)
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Cervical ectopic thymoma
I.-Lin Hsu, Ming-Ho Wu, Wu-Wei Lai, Mu-Yen Lin, Jia-Ming Chang, Yi-Ting Yen, Yau-Lin Tseng
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1658-1659)
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Diffuse lymphangiomatosis: Are there any clinical or therapeutic standards?
Charalambos Zisis, Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos, Marios Patronis, George Filippakis, Grigoris Stratakos, George Tzelepis, Ion Bellenis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1664-1665)
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Primary Ewing sarcoma invading the heart: Resection and reconstruction
Subroto Paul, Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, Daniel M. Cohen, Abraham Lebenthal, Lambros Zellos, Sary F. Aranki, David J. Sugarbaker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1667-1669)
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Thyroglossal duct cyst within the mediastinum: An extremely unusual location
Soon-Ho Chon, Sung Ho Shinn, Chul Burm Lee, Kyung Tae, Yong Seop Lee, Si-Hyong Jang, Seung Sam Paik
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 6, Pages 1671-1672)
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Giant mediastinal teratoma—bull in a china shop: Management strategies
Lakhvinder S. Vohra, Rajnish Talwar, Mala Mathur, Chadalavada Venkata R. Mohan, Naveen Chawla, Ramanathan Saranga Bharathi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1382-1383)
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False-positive mediastinal lymph node activity on positron emission tomographic scan after adjuvant treatment of gynecologic malignancies
Bryan A. Whitson, Sara J. Runge, Shawn S. Groth, Michael A. Maddaus
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 5, Pages 1385-1386)
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The combination of multiple materials in the creation of an artificial anterior chest cage after extensive demolition for recurrent chondrosarcoma
Gaetano Rocco, Flavio Fazioli, Francesco Scognamiglio, Valerio Parisi, Carmine La Manna, Antonello La Rocca, Rocco Cerra, Rosanna Accardo, Elisabetta De Lutio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1112-1114)
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Mediastinal mature teratoma with complex rupture into the pleura, lung, and bronchus complicated with mycoplasma pneumonia
Ching-Wen Yu, Ming-Jang Hsieh, Kao-Pin Hwang, Chung-Cheng Huang, Shu-Hang Ng, Sheung-Fat Ko
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 4, Pages 1114-1115)
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Experimental repair of phrenic nerve using a polyglycolic acid and collagen tube
Makoto Yoshitani, Seijun Fukuda, Shin-ichi Itoi, Shigeyuki Morino, Hiroyuki Tao, Akira Nakada, Yuji Inada, Katsuaki Endo, Tatsuo Nakamura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 726-732.e3)
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Advances in positron emission tomography technology have increased the need for surgical staging in non–small cell lung cancer
Benjamin Enoch Lee, Derek von Haag, Teri Lown, Derick Lau, Royce Calhoun, David Follette
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 746-752)
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Triple thymoma with different histologic types
Koji Kawaguchi, Noriyasu Usami, Mika Uchiyama, Simon Ito, Ayuko Yasuda, Kohei Yokoi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 826-827)
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Tracheal injury during pneumonectomy: Semi-conservative treatment
Salvatore Griffo, Paolo Stassano, Gaetano Fraioli, Mario Monaco, Marcellino Cicalese, Luigi Di Tommaso
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 827-828)
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Tension pneumopericardium and pneumothorax during spontaneous ventilation
Francesco Petteruti, Paolo Stassano, Giuseppe De Luca, Luigi Di Tommaso, Antonella Luciano, Paolo Pepino
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 829-830)
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Rare fibrosing granulomatous mediastinitis of tuberculosis with involvement of the transverse sinus
Chong Zhang, Minhua Yao, Zhefeng Yu, Lijun Jiang, Xiaoying Jiang, Yiming Ni
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 836-837)
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Comparisons of infection complications between continuous flow and pulsatile flow left ventricular assist devices
Allison R. Schulman, Timothy P. Martens, Paul J. Christos, Mark J. Russo, George M. Comas, Faisal H. Cheema, Tariq M. Naseem, Raymond Wang, Katharine A. Idrissi, Stephen H. Bailey, Yoshifumi Naka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 3, Pages 841-842)
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The Thoracic Surgery Scoring System (Thoracoscore): Risk model for in-hospital death in 15,183 patients requiring thoracic surgery , 12 January 2007
Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Massimo Conti, Laurent Brouchet, Sidney Chocron, Marc Puyraveau, Mariette Mercier, Joseph Philippe Etievent, Marcel Dahan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 325-332.e1)
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The distribution of parenchyma, follicles, and lymphocyte subsets in thymus of patients with myasthenia gravis, with special reference to remission after thymectomy
Takeshi Mori, Hiroaki Nomori, Koei Ikeda, Hironori Kobayashi, Kazunori Iwatani, Toshiaki Kobayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 364-368)
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Cardiac surgery after mediastinal radiation: Extent of exposure influences outcome , 08 January 2007
Albert S.Y. Chang, Nicholas G. Smedira, Catherine L. Chang, Monica M. Benavides, Ulf Myhre, Jingyuan Feng, Eugene H. Blackstone, Bruce W. Lytle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 404-413.e3)
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Bloodstream infections after median sternotomy at a children’s hospital
Samir S. Shah, Jessica Kagen, Ebbing Lautenbach, Warren B. Bilker, Jennifer Matro, Troy E. Dominguez, Sarah Tabbutt, J. William Gaynor, Louis M. Bell
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Pages 435-440)
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Reply to the Editor
Matthew E. Falagas, Evangelos S. Rosmarakis, Sotirios N. Prapas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 2, Page 591)
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Wide splitting of the second heart sound and systolic murmur: Not what you think
Amir Elami
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Page e1)
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Major hemorrhage and subsequent cardiac tamponade during mediastinoscopy
Jung-Jyh Hung, Yu-Chung Wu, Han-Shui Hsu, Kung-Ming Wang, Wen-Hu Hsu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 269-270)
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis in a child with chickenpox
César Pérez-Caballero Macarrón, Alfonso Pérez Palomino, José Antonio Matute de Cárdenas, Nieves Sanz Villa, Luis Moreno Fernández
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 271-272)
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Reply to the Editor
Robert J. Cerfolio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2007 (Vol. 133, Issue 1, Pages 276-277)
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Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma involving the left atrium: An infrequent pathologic occurrence
M. Ibrahim Nassar, Ramiro de la Llana, Eduardo de Bonis, Pilar Garrido, Antonio Alarcó, Rafael Méndez, Rafael Martínez-Sanz
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1460-1461)
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Closure of left-sided bronchopleural fistula by video-assisted mediastinoscopy: Is it always possible?
Nicolas Venissac, Daniel Pop, Jerome Mouroux
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 6, Pages 1490-1491)
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Atypical presentation of extralobar sequestration with absence of pericardium in an adult
Gourab Datta, Jeymi Tambiah, Sheila Rankin, Amanda Herbert, Loïc Lang-Lazdunski
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1239-1240)
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Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura mimicking neurogenic tumor
Giuseppe De Luca, Salvatore Griffo, Ciriaco Cecere, Marcellino Cicalese, Luigi Di Tommaso, Mario Monaco, Paolo Stassano
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 5, Pages 1241-1242)
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Treatment of postoperative sternal dehiscence with mediastinitis: Twenty-four–year use of a single method
J. Ernesto Molina, Elaine C. Nelson, Robin R.A. Smith
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 782-787)
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Mediastinal paraganglioma: Utility of preoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Davinder S. Jassal, Umaima Fatima, Amar Thakrar, Tomas G. Neilan, Norma Rodriguez, Andrew Rosenberg, Godtfred Holmvang
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 976-977)
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Large chondrosarcoma of the rib invading the mediastinum and the spine
Hideo Morioka, Hiroo Yabe, Shinjiro Kaneko, Hironari Takaishi, Toshihiko Ueda, Masazumi Watanabe, Koichi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Toyama
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 4, Pages 986-987)
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Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis
Ravi Karra, Lisa McDermott, Sarah Connelly, Peter Smith, Daniel J. Sexton, Keith S. Kaye
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 537-543)
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Successful perioperative management of a middle mediastinal paraganglioma
Jun Matsumoto, Jun Nakajima, Eriho Takeuchi, Takeshi Fukami, Kan Nawata, Shin-ichi Takamoto
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 705-706)
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Urine drug testing in an athlete leads to the diagnosis of unsuspected mediastinal germ cell tumor
Andrew E. Newcomb, C. Peter Clarke, Cherie Y. Chiang, George Jerums
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 722-723)
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Primary malignant salivary gland tumor of the mediastinum
Sotirios Papafragkou, Ludmila Haimovici, Stewart Fox, Debasis Adhikari, Peter Chak, Andaz Shahriyour
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 3, Pages 724-725)
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Pulmonary sequestration at the posterior mediastinum in a neonate
Lu-Ting Kuo, Chien-Hwa Chang, Kuan-Ting Kuo, Dung-Cheng Chang, Hong-Shiee Lai
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 185-187)
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Carcinoma showing thymus-like elements invading the trachea
Marco Alifano, Mohamed Sadok Boudaya, Carmen Dinu, Habiba Kadiri, Jean-François Regnard
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 191-192)
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Thymectomy for paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome associated with invasive thymoma
Takashi Iwata, Kiyotoshi Inoue, Shinjiro Mizuguchi, Ryuhei Morita, Takuma Tsukioka, Shigefumi Suehiro
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 196-197)
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Pulmonary metastases of adult Wilms’ tumor 17 years after the primary site
Zisis Charalambos, Spiliotopoulos Konstantinos, Dimosthenous Kypros, Plochoras Ioannis, Pantelidaki Aikaterini, Bellenis Ion
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Pages 199-200.e1)
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Reply to the Editor
Jeffrey L. Port, David F. Yankelevitz, Nasser K. Altorki
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2006 (Vol. 132, Issue 1, Page 215)
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Restaging patients with N2 (stage IIIa) non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: A prospective study
Robert James Cerfolio, Ayesha S. Bryant, Buddhiwardhan Ojha
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1229-1235)
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Anterior surgical approaches to the thoracic outlet
M. Blair Marshall, John C. Kucharczuk, Joseph B. Shrager, Larry R. Kaiser
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1255-1260)
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Mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting as superior vena cava syndrome
Charalambos Zisis, Konstantinos Skevis, Emmanuel M. Kefaloyannis, Konstantinos Avgoustou, Ion Bellenis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages e11-e12)
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Giant thymolipoma in association with a high production of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and an increased acetylcholine antibody titer
Valerio Perna, Ricardo Morera, Ricard Ramos, Ivan Macia, Juan Moya
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 6, Pages 1412-1413)
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Nourishing vascularization of a thymoma issued from a left internal thoracic artery graft
Pascal A. Thomas, Frédéric Collart, Christophe Doddoli, Vlad Gariboldi, Guy Moulin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1196-1197)
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Aseptic mediastinal cyst caused by BioGlue 7 months after cardiac surgery
A. Szafranek, S.R. Podila, W. Al-Khyatt, E.N. Kulatilake
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 5, Pages 1202-1203)
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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pericardial window
Gaetano Rocco, Antonello La Rocca, Carmine La Manna, Francesco Scognamiglio, Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Raj Jutley, Nicola Martucci
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 4, Pages 921-922)
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Transthoracic drainage of large Streptococcus milleri liver abscess
Arul Bala, Pankaj Saxena, Igor E. Konstantinov
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 744-745)
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Ultrasonography-assisted videomediastinoscopy in superior vena cava obstruction
Eugenio Pompeo, Federico Tacconi, Mario Marino, Antonio Gatti, Tommaso Claudio Mineo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 750-751)
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Efficient clinical application of percutaneous cardiopulmonary support for perioperative management of a huge anterior mediastinal tumor
Masayoshi Inoue, Masato Minami, Hiroyuki Shiono, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Shinichi Takeda, Mitsunori Ohta, Masashi Goto, Hiroshi Takano, Yoshiki Sawa, Meinoshin Okumura
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 3, Pages 755-756)
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Fatal giant cell myocarditis after thymoma resection in myasthenia gravis
Thomas M. Joudinaud, Elie Fadel, Vincent Thomas-de-Montpreville, Sacha Mussot, Erwan M. Flecher, Phillippe G. Dartevelle
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 494-495)
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Internal thoracic vein aneurysm presenting as an anterior mediastinal mass
G. Hossein Almassi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages 500-501)
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Asymptomatic chest wall Hodgkin disease mimicking fibrosing mediastinitis
Charalambos Zisis, Emmanuel M. Kefaloyannis, Dimitra Rontogianni, Fani Michalopoulou, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Spyros A. Papiris, Ion Bellenis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2006 (Vol. 131, Issue 2, Pages e1-e2)
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Cardiac tamponade: Rare presentation of acquired pericardial-esophageal fistula
Carmelo Mignosa, Salvatore Agati, Placido Gitto, Dario Salvo, Eugenio Santo Trimarchi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1711-1712.e1)
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Acute intrathoracic gastric volvulus after laparoscopic fundoplication: Laparoscopic reduction and repair
Vishwanath Golash
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 6, Pages 1722-1723)
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Predictors of recurrence in thymic tumors: Importance of invasion, World Health Organization histology, and size , 14 October 2005
Cameron D. Wright, John C. Wain, Daniel R. Wong, Dean M. Donahue, Henning A. Gaissert, Hermes C. Grillo, Douglas J. Mathisen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 5, Pages 1413-1421)
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Lymphangiomatous hamartoma: Cause or bystander of the isolated chylopericardium?
Charalambos Zisis, Dimitra Rontogianni, Eliana Charalambous, Ion Bellenis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1201-1202)
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Induction chemotherapy, surgical resection, and high-dose chemotherapy for mediastinal nonseminomatous germ-cell tumor
Hiroshi Date, Kiura Katsuyuki, Hiroshi Ueoka, Masahiro Tabata, Katsuyuki Hotta, Hideki Katayama, Itaru Kataoka, Mitsune Tanimoto
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 4, Pages 1205-1206)
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Preliminary experience with minimally invasive video-assisted surgery for thymic diseases, including myasthenia gravis, through a horizontal ministernotomy
Masazumi Watanabe, Ryohei Yozu, Koichi Kobayashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 912-913)
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Mediastinitis and pseudoaneurysm of brachiocephalic artery long after the resection of invasive thymoma and postoperative irradiation
Kenichi Okubo, Jun Isobe, Jiro Kitamura, Yoichiro Ueno
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 3, Pages 918-919)
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Surgical salvage therapy for malignant intrathoracic metastases from nonseminomatous germ cell cancer of testicular origin: Analysis of a single-institution experience
Kenneth A. Kesler, Jamison L. Wilson, Jason A. Cosgrove, Jo Ann Brooks, Ahdy Messiha, Naomi S. Fineberg, Lawrence H. Einhorn, John W. Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 2, Pages 408-415)
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Clinical-pathologic conference in cardiac surgery: Malignant schwannoma of the heart
Tomaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 202-205)
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An alternative retractor for transcervical thymectomy
Christopher B. Komanapalli, Thomas D. Person, Paul Schipper, Mithran S. Sukumar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 221-222)
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Mediastinal-like growing teratoma syndrome
Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Giulia Veronesi, Fedro Alessandro Peccatori, Giuseppe Pelosi, Marco Venturino, Roberto Gasparri, Fabio Presicci, Domenico Galetta, Lorenzo Spaggiari
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 228-229)
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Thoracoscopic approach to the resection of an azygos vein aneurysm
Thomas D. Person, Christopher B. Komanapalli, Hannan Chaugle, Paul H. Schipper, Mithran S. Sukumar
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
July 2005 (Vol. 130, Issue 1, Pages 230-231)
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Giant metastatic myxoid liposarcoma of the mediastinum: A case report
Gabriele Di Giammarco, Michele Di Mauro, Marco Pano, Sergio Cirmeni, Marco Contini, Carlo Di Lorenzo, Antonio Bivona, Gerardo Liberti
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1440-1442)
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Successful subtotal tracheal replacement (using a skin/omental graft) for dehiscence after a resection for thyroid cancer
Lorenzo Spaggiari, Luca Salvatore Calabrese, Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Giulia Veronesi, Domenico Galetta, Marco Venturino, Fausto Chiesa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1455-1456)
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A case of pulmonary sequestration with Aspergillus species infection presenting as an enlarged right paratracheal mass
S. Lohani, R. Varma, B. Leahy
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 6, Pages 1459-1460)
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Unusual impalement injury in a Jehovah’s Witness
M. Lanthaler, M. Freund, R. Margreiter, H. Nehoda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 5, Pages 1179-1180)
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Long-term graft patency after replacement of the brachiocephalic veins combined with resection of mediastinal tumors
Yasushi Shintani, Mitsunori Ohta, Masato Minami, Hiroyuki Shiono, Hirohisa Hirabayashi, Masayoshi Inoue, Goro Matsumiya, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 4, Pages 809-812)
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Tracheal compression caused by an innominate artery aneurysm after thoracic aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with Marfan disease
P.W. de Feiter, W.N.K.A. van Mook, M.J.H.M. Jacobs
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 4, Pages 943-944)
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Acute poststernotomy mediastinitis managed with debridement and closed-drainage aspiration: Factors associated with death in the intensive care unit
Jean-Louis Trouillet, Albert Vuagnat, Alain Combes, Valeria Bors, Jean Chastre, Iradj Gandjbakhch, Claude Gibert
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 518-524)
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Video-assisted mediastinoscopy: A useful technique for paratracheal mesothelial cysts
Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Francesco Leo, Jerome Mouroux
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 690-691)
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Extended right pneumonectomy with partial left atrial resection for primary leiomyosarcoma of the mediastinum
Massimiliano D'Aiuto, Giulia Veronesi, Giulio Pompilio, Roberto Gasparri, Fabio Presicci, Domenico Galetta, Paolo Biglioli, Lorenzo Spaggiari
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 3, Pages 694-695)
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Varicose pericardial vein: An unusual cause of right paracardiac opacity
Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Francesco Leo, Dorothé Ducreux, Bernard Padovani, Jérôme Mouroux
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 448-449)
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Foreign-body excretion through the bronchial stump after extrapleural pneumonectomy
Kenichi Okubo, Yasunori Kurahashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 449-450)
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Thymoma with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Report of a case
Jianjun Qin, Lunxu Liu
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Page 453)
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Traumatic rupture of retrosternal goiter: A rare case of acute superior mediastinal syndrome
Daniel Pop, Nicolas Venissac, Francesco Leo, Babou Soilihi Karimdjee, Fabrice Tiger, Jérôme Mouroux
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 2, Pages 460-461)
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Transsternal transpericardial approach for acute descending necrotizing mediastinitis
Franco Stella, Francesco Petrella
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 212-214)
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Inverse T incision provides improved accessibility to the upper mediastinum
Gabriel Mihai Marta, Clemens Aigner, Walter Klepetko
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 221-223)
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Salmonella infection in an anterior mediastinal mass
Yvonne M. Carter, Lamia Shagrun, Harvey Klein, Jeffrey Katz, David M. Jablons
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2005 (Vol. 129, Issue 1, Pages 228-230)
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Tracheal obstruction from mediastinal arteriovenous malformation
Hermes C. Grillo, Christos A. Athanasoulis
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 780-782)
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Giant superior mediastinal angioleiomyoma
Marian Vrtik, Robert I. Larbalestier, David Cameron, Ashu Gupta, Rajalingam Sinniah
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Pages 786-788)
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Reply
Pier Luigi Filosso
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Page 801)
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Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid): What if octreotide scanning is negative?
Donald Whitaker
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 5, Page 801)
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the mediastinum: A temporary aortic transection approach
Katsuyuki Asai, Kazuya Suzuki, Hiroshi Shimota, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Katsushi Yamashita, Teruhisa Kazui
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 4, Pages 615-617)
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Primary closure for postoperative mediastinitis in children
Richard G. Ohye, Robert B. Maniker, Holly L. Graves, Eric J. Devaney, Edward L. Bove
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2004 (Vol. 128, Issue 3, Pages 480-486)
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Surgical pitfalls during explantation of a thoracic aortic endoprosthesis
Lucian Stoica, Sidney Chocron, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Jean-François Bonneville, Joseph-Philippe Etievent
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1815-1817)
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Mediastinal parathyroidectomy with the da Vinci robot: presentation of a new technique
J. Bodner, C Profanter, R Prommegger, A Greiner, R Margreiter, T. Schmid
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1831-1832)
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Thymolipoma with high production of carbohydrate antigen 19-9
Shinichi Maekawa, Kan Okabayashi, Masafumi Hiratsuka, Masakatsu Hamada, Takayuki Shirakusa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 6, Pages 1845-1847)
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Cotton-type collagen insertion at mediastinoscopy for easier node dissection after induction chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer
Kenichi Okubo, Jun Isobe, Toshihiko Sato, Yoichiro Ueno
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 5, Pages 1532-1533)
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Multidisciplinary treatment of advanced thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid): Report of a successful case and review of the literature
Pier Luigi Filosso, Guglielmo Maria Actis Dato, Enrico Ruffini, Sergio Bretti, Franca Ozzello, Maurizio Mancuso
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1215-1219)
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Risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation after noncardiac thoracic surgery: analysis of 2588 patients
Ara A Vaporciyan, Arlene M Correa, David C Rice, Jack A Roth, W.R Smythe, Stephen G Swisher, Garrett L Walsh, Joe B Putnam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 779-786)
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Prognostic factors for myasthenic crisis after transsternal thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis
Atsushi Watanabe, Toshiaki Watanabe, Takuro Obama, Tohru Mawatari, Hisayoshi Ohsawa, Yasunori Ichimiya, Noriyuki Takahashi, Katsuyuki Kusajima, Tomio Abe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 3, Pages 868-876)
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Thymic carcinoid combined with myasthenia gravis
Ming-Ho Wu, Yau-Lin Tseng, Fen-Fen Cheng, Thy-Sheng Lin
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 584-585)
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Transposition of the lower pulmonary vein for further mobilization in carinal reconstruction after induction therapy for lung cancer
Hiroyuki Shiono, Mitsunori Ohta, Hirohisa Hirabayashi, Masato Minami, Jun Maeda, Norihisa Shigemura, Goro Matsumiya, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 586-587)
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Reply to the Editor
H. Luckraz, A.I. Ritchie
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Pages 604-605)
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Limitations on the role of vacuum-assisted closure in cardiac surgery
Giorgio M. Aru, Kenneth D. Call
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 2, Page 604)
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Mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome after cisplatin-based chemotherapy and radiotherapy for intracranial germinoma
Hisashi Iwata, Yoshio Mori, Hisato Takagi, Koyo Shirahashi, Jun Shinoda, Kuniyasu Shimokawa, Hajime Hirose
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 291-293)
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A rare case of hemangioma arising from the azygos vein: informative procedure with endobronchial ultrasonography
Sumitaka Yamanaka, Akira Sakurada, Yuji Matsumura, Chiaki Endo, Masami Sato, Takashi Kondo
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
January 2004 (Vol. 127, Issue 1, Pages 294-295)
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The immunologic role of thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis: implication of thymus-associated B-lymphocyte subset in reduction of the anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody titer
Meinoshin Okumura, Mitsunori Ohta, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Shiono, Masayoshi Inoue, Kenjiro Fukuhara, Yoshihisa Kadota, Shinichiro Miyoshi, Yoshitaka Fujii, Hikaru Matsuda
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 1922-1928)
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Chondrosarcoma arising in the trachea: a case report and review of the literature
Mary Maish, Ara A Vaporciyan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2077-2080)
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Multilocular tuberculous cyst of thymus gland
Thomas Stephen, Roy Thankachen, Bhawna Parihar, Sheila Nair, Vinayak Shukla
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 6, Pages 2093-2094)
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Fetal cardiac surgery: Simplicity versus success in a new frontier
Bradley S Allen
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
November 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 5, Pages 1254-1256)
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Thymoma: a clinicopathologic study based on the new World Health Organization classification
Kazuo Nakagawa, Hisao Asamura, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Kenji Suzuki, Haruhiko Kondo, Arafumi Maeshima, Etsuo Miyaoka, Ryosuke Tsuchiya
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1134-1140)
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Chylous leak after cervical mediastinoscopy
Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes, Nicola D'Attellis, Jalal Assouad, Alain Badia, Redha Souilamas, Marc Riquet
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
October 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 4, Pages 1199-1200)
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Management of major hemorrhage during mediastinoscopy
Bernard J Park, Raja Flores, Robert J Downey, Manjit S Bains, Valerie W Rusch
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 726-731)
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a rare benign entity
Michalis Gerazounis, Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Nikolitsa Kalantzi, Marios Moustardas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 774-776)
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the mediastinum presenting as superior vena cava syndrome
Masafumi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Yoshino, Atsushi Osoegawa, Toshifumi Kameyama, Tetsuzo Tagawa, Seiichi Fukuyama, Yoshinao Oda, Masazumi Tsuneyoshi, Yoshihiko Maehara
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 870-872)
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Rigid sternal fixation in the cardiac transplant population
David H Song, Jayant P Agarwal, Valluvan Jeevanandam
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 3, Pages 896-897)
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Evaluation of vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of poststernotomy mediastinitis
Patrick W Domkowski, Monica L Smith, Denis L Gonyon, Carol Drye, Mary Kay Wooten, L.Scott Levin, Walter G Wolfe
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 386-389)
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A giant gastroenteric cyst associated with pectus excavatum and compression of the thoracic duct: a case report
Ismail Reisli, Olgun Kadir Aribas, Yavuz Koksal, Mustafa Cihat Avunduk, Hasan Koc
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2003 (Vol. 126, Issue 2, Pages 584-585)
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Efficiency of a gas diffuser and influence of suction in carbon dioxide deairing of a cardiothoracic wound cavity model
Peter Svenarud, Mikael Persson, Jan van der Linden
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1043-1049)
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Ruptured bronchial artery aneurysm associated with sarcoidosis
Hon Chi Suen, Charles C. DuMontier, John Boeren, Wayne Charland, Bill B. Daily
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1153-1154)
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Thoracic splenosis: Mimicry of a neurogenic tumor
Costas S. Bizekis, Bradley Pua, Lawrence R. Glassman
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1155-1156)
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A gauze sponge cannot act as a gas diffuser in cardiac surgery when it gets wet
Jan van der Linden, Mikael Persson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Pages 1178-1179)
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Reply
Sven Martens
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 5, Page 1179)
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Mediastinal metastases from testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumors: Patterns of dissemination and predictors of long-term survival with surgery
Kenneth A. Kesler, Jo Ann Brooks, Karen M. Rieger, Naomi S. Fineberg, Lawrence H. Einhorn, John W. Brown
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 4, Pages 913-923)
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Surgical management of sternoclavicular joint infections
Harold M. Burkhart, Claude Deschamps, Mark S. Allen, Francis C. Nichols, Daniel L. Miller, Peter C. Pairolero
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
April 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 4, Pages 945-949)
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Major bleeding complicating deep sternal infection after cardiac surgery
Alon Yellin, Yael Refaely, Michael Paley, David Simansky
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 554-558)
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Sternal puncture allows an early diagnosis of poststernotomy mediastinitis
Sidney Benlolo, Joaquim Matéo, Laurent Raskine, Omar Tibourtine, Alain Bel, Didier Payen, Alexandre Mebazaa
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 611-617)
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Spontaneous right cervicothoracic lymphocoele
Francis J. Podbielski, Heron E. Rodriguez, Risal S. Djohan, Mark M. Connolly, A.Alan Conlan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 736-737)
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Thymectomy in ocular myasthenia gravis
Marco Lucchi, Alfredo Mussi, Roberta Ricciardi, Carlo Alberto Angeletti
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Pages 740-741)
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Reply
Peter F. Roberts, John R. Benfield, Federico Venuta
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
March 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 3, Page 741)
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Vacuum-assisted closure as a treatment modality for infections after cardiac surgery
Heyman Luckraz, Fiona Murphy, Steve Bryant, Susan C. Charman, Andrew J. Ritchie
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 301-305)
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Clinical-pathologic conference: Cutaneous paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with benign encapsulated thymoma
Renee S. Hartz, Philip J. Daroca
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 400-406)
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Resection of anterior mediastinal tumor through a ministernotomy: Preliminary experience with ten cases
Philippe Icard, Olivier Le Page, Massimo Massetti, Barbara Alkofer, Jean Philippe Le Rochais, André Khayat
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 432-434)
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Aggressive multimodality treatment of invasive thymic carcinoma
Michael A. Greene, Mark A. Malias
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
February 2003 (Vol. 125, Issue 2, Pages 434-436)
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Bilateral pneumothorax, pneumonia, and pneumomediastinum after injection of a hard drug into the neck
Pier Luigi Filosso, Anna Arslanian, Enrico Ruffini, Maurizio Mancuso
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
December 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 6, Pages 1233-1234)
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Correlation between tumor angiogenesis and invasiveness in thymic epithelial tumors
Masaki Tomita, Yasunori Matsuzaki, Masao Edagawa, Masayuki Maeda, Tetsuya Shimizu, Masaki Hara, Toshio Onitsuka
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 493-498)
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Pneumopericardium after blunt chest trauma: A sign of severe injury?
Thierry C. Roth, Ralph A. Schmid
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 630-631)
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Middle mediastinal thymoma
Kenji Kojima, Kohei Yokoi, Haruhisa Matsuguma, Tetsuro Kondo, Yukari Kamiyama, Kiyoshi Mori, Seiji Igarashi
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
September 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 3, Pages 639-640)
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Mediastinal hemangioma: Successful treatment by alpha-2a interferon and postchemotherapy resection
Pankaj Kumar, Ian Judson, Andrew G. Nicholson, George Ladas
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
August 2002 (Vol. 124, Issue 2, Pages 404-406)
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Hodgkin disease of thymic origin
Antonio Ríos Zambudio, Juan Torres Lanzas, Pedro José Galindo Fernández, María José Roca Calvo, Pascual Parrilla Paricio
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
June 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 6, Pages 1208-1210)
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Vacuum-assisted closure therapy guided by C-reactive protein level in patients with deep sternal wound infection
Ronny Gustafsson, Per Johnsson, Lars Algotsson, Sten Blomquist, Richard Ingemansson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
May 2002 (Vol. 123, Issue 5, Pages 895-900)
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