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'The others' in thoracic surgery deserve honour, recognition and opportunity as well

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A large single-center experience of EUS-guided FNA of the left and right adrenal glands: diagnostic utility and impact on patient management

scientific article published on 13 February 2010

A multicenter pilot study of a bronchial valve for the treatment of severe emphysema

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A nondivided intercostal muscle flap further reduces pain of thoracotomy: a prospective randomized trial.

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A prospective algorithm for the management of air leaks after pulmonary resection

scientific article published in November 1998

A prospective study to determine the incidence of non-imaged malignant pulmonary nodules in patients who undergo metastasectomy by thoracotomy with lung palpation

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

A prospective, double-blinded, randomized trial evaluating the use of preemptive analgesia of the skin before thoracotomy.

scientific article published in October 2003

A risk factor paper on air leaks: Now it's time for treatment strategy papers from the only 5-tool hospital athlete-the thoracic surgeon

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

Accessing the aortopulmonary window (#5) and the paraaortic (#6) lymph nodes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

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Accuracy of computed tomography in predicting adrenal tumor size.

scientific article published in April 1993

Accuracy of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography within the clinical practice of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z4031 trial to diagnose clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer

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Achieving a 3-Star Society of Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy Ranking by Using Continuing Process Improvement, Lean Methodology, and Root Cause Analysis

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Advances in thoracostomy tube management.

scientific article published in August 2002

Air leaks and the pleural space

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Angiomyolipoma of the anterior mediastinum

scientific article published on 14 September 2007

Applying Systems Engineering to Increase Operating Room Efficiency

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Are predictive models useful in clinical medicine?

scientific article published in June 2018

Beware the malignant jellyfish

scientific article published on December 1, 2001

Call it "fast tracking" or "enhanced recovery pathways"-No matter the name, it ain't nothing new to thoracic surgeons.

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Cardiac paraganglioma.

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Cervical esophageal perforations at the time of endoscopic ultrasound: a prospective evaluation of frequency, outcomes, and patient management

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Changes in pulmonary function tests after neoadjuvant therapy predict postoperative complications.

scientific article published on September 2009

Chest tube management after pulmonary resection

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Chylothorax after esophagogastrectomy.

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Clinical Misstagings and Risk Factors of Occult Nodal Disease in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

Clinical pathway for thoracic surgery in the United States

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Commentary on robotic bronchoplasty

scientific article published on 28 March 2016

Commentary: Are we really operating on advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer?

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

Commentary: Do we have the right combatants? Should it be minimally invasive surgery versus therapy that removes no lymph nodes?

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Commentary: Why so many sleeve resections and pneumonectomies and why the nonabsorbable suture?

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Comparing robotic lung resection with thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery cases entered into the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database

scientific article published on January 2014

Comparison of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Robotic Approaches for Clinical Stage I and Stage II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database

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Complete thoracic mediastinal lymphadenectomy leads to a higher rate of pathologically proven N2 disease in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 07 July 2012

Completion pneumonectomy: a multicentre international study on 165 patients.

scientific article published on 06 March 2012

Conference discussion: Engineering bioartificial tracheal tissue using hybrid fibroblast-mesenchymal stem cell cultures in collagen hydrogels

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Consensus definitions to promote an evidence-based approach to management of the pleural space. A collaborative proposal by ESTS, AATS, STS, and GTSC.

scientific article published on August 2011

Consensus statement on definitions and nomenclature for robotic thoracic surgery

scientific article published on 23 May 2017

Cost Savings of Standardization of Thoracic Surgical Instruments: The Process of Lean

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Counterpoint: Despite staging inaccuracies, patients with non-small cell lung cancer are best served by having integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography before therapy

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Daily chest roentgenograms are unnecessary in nonhypoxic patients who have undergone pulmonary resection by thoracotomy.

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Data is as data does

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

Data-Driven Collaboration: How physicians and administration can team up to improve outcomes

scientific article published in July 2016

Debunking dogma: The arduous task of writing AATS consensus guidelines

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Decision making in the management of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with severe emphysema

scientific article published on May 2009

Decreasing Time to Place and Teach Double-Lumen Endotracheal Intubation: Engaging Anesthesia in Lean

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Decreasing the Preincision Time for Pulmonary Lobectomy: The Process of Lean and Value Stream Mapping

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer for the surgeon.

scientific article published on December 2009

Differences in epidemiology, histology, and survival between cigarette smokers and never-smokers who develop non-small cell lung cancer.

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Differences in outcomes between younger and older patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in May 2008

Different diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide as predictors of respiratory morbidity

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Differential expression and biodistribution of cytokeratin 18 and desmoplakins in non-small cell lung carcinoma subtypes

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Digital and smart chest drainage systems to monitor air leaks: the birth of a new era?

scientific article published on August 2010

Distribution and likelihood of lymph node metastasis based on the lobar location of nonsmall-cell lung cancer.

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Do we measure what matters to patients and why?

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Does conversion from a minimally invasive to open procedure hurt the patient, the surgeon's ego, or the healthcare system?

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Does lung volume reduction surgery really improve bone mineral density?

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

Does minimally invasive thoracic surgery warrant fast tracking of thoracic surgical patients?

scientific article published on August 2008

Dosimetric analysis of imaging changes following pulmonary stereotactic body radiation therapy

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ERAS is 20 years old-now it's time to standardized the intra-op part of our care

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

EUS-guided FNA of the left adrenal gland in patients with thoracic or GI malignancies

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Early Oral Feeding Following McKeown Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: An Open-label, Randomized, Controlled, Noninferiority Trial

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound in patients with esophageal cancer predicted to have N0 disease

scientific article published on 23 February 2011

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) with tranbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) versus mediastinoscopy for mediastinal staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) thoracic cancer.

scientific article published in May 2012

Endobronchial valve treatment for prolonged air leaks of the lung: a case series

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration is useful for nodal staging in patients with pleural mesothelioma

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and prior negative mediastinoscopy

scientific article published in October 2005

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of foregut duplication cysts: the value of demonstrating detached ciliary tufts in cyst fluid

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Esophageal Cancer: Associations With (pN+) Lymph Node Metastases

scientific article published on January 2017

Esophageal replacement by colon interposition

scientific article published on 01 June 1995

Esophageal trauma.

scientific article published on February 2007

Extent of resection and lymph node evaluation in early stage metachronous second primary lung cancer: a population-based study

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Fast tracking after Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy.

scientific article published in October 2004

Fast-tracking pulmonary resections.

scientific article published in August 2001

Gamification in thoracic surgical education: Using competition to fuel performance.

scientific article published on 26 July 2015

General thoracic surgery is safe in patients taking clopidogrel (Plavix).

scientific article published on November 2010

Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

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Hey, pulmonologists and family doctors, please read me and see the data--It is a brave new world

scientific article published on 10 November 2015

How to get the most out of your trainees in robotic thoracic surgery-"the coachability languages"

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: is there a role for postoperative steroids?

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

Impact of race on outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

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Impact of staging transesophageal EUS on treatment and survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.

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Improving Operating Room Turnover Time in a New York City Academic Hospital via Lean

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Improving the inaccuracies of clinical staging of patients with NSCLC: a prospective trial

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Incidence, Results, and Our Current Intraoperative Technique to Control Major Vascular Injuries During Minimally Invasive Robotic Thoracic Surgery.

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Incorporating Innovation and New Technology Into Cardiothoracic Surgery

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Inflow and outflow occlusion technique of the pulmonary artery and veins for the technically difficult left upper lobectomy.

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Initial consecutive experience of completely portal robotic pulmonary resection with 4 arms

scientific article published on August 15, 2011

Innovation can emerge from a culture of standardization

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Intercostal muscle flap reduces the pain of thoracotomy: a prospective randomized trial.

scientific article published in October 2005

Intracostal sutures decrease the pain of thoracotomy

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Intraoperative solumedrol helps prevent postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema.

scientific article published in October 2003

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Is botulinum toxin injection of the pylorus during Ivor Lewis [corrected] esophagogastrectomy the optimal drainage strategy?

scientific article published in March 2009

Is palpation of the nonresected pulmonary lobe(s) required for patients with non-small cell lung cancer? A prospective study

scientific article published in February 2008

Is post-operative radiotherapy of any benefit after R0 resection for N2 disease?

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It is all about the quality of the data

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Lean, Efficient and Profitable Operating Rooms: How I Teach It.

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Left upper lobectomy after coronary artery bypass grafting.

scientific article published on 06 June 2015

Lung resection in patients with compromised pulmonary function.

scientific article published on August 1996

Mainstem bronchial sleeve resection with pulmonary preservation.

scientific article published on May 1996

Management of subcutaneous emphysema after pulmonary resection.

scientific article published on May 2008

Management of thoracic esophageal perforations☆

scientific article published on February 25, 2011

Maximum standard uptake value of mediastinal lymph nodes on integrated FDG-PET-CT predicts pathology in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Maximum standardized uptake values on positron emission tomography of esophageal cancer predicts stage, tumor biology, and survival.

scientific article published on August 2006

Mediastinal parathyroid cysts

scientific article published on 01 October 1995

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A Consensus Statement

scientific article published on 22 March 2020

Minimally invasive chest wall resection: sparing the overlying, uninvolved extrathoracic musculature of the chest.

scientific article published in November 2012

Multimodality Imaging of a Rare Case of Bronchogenic Cyst Presenting as New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in a Young Woman

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgery Versus Surgery Alone for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus (NEOCRTEC5010): A Phase III Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Clinical Trial

article by Hong Yang et al published 20 September 2018 in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Non-imaged pulmonary nodules discovered during thoracotomy for metastasectomy by lung palpation

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Non-small cell lung cancer 2 cm or less: robotic segmentectomy sets the gold standard against non-surgical therapy

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Novel Percutaneous Tracheostomy for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

One Hundred Planned Robotic Segmentectomies: Early Results, Technical Details, and Preferred Port Placement.

scientific article published on February 2016

Operative techniques in robotic thoracic surgery for inferior or posterior mediastinal pathology

scientific article published on January 12, 2012

Optimal care of patients with non-small cell lung cancer reduces perioperative morbidity.

scientific article published on 10 November 2010

Optimal technique for the removal of chest tubes after pulmonary resection.

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Outcomes of patients with gynecologic malignancies undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion.

scientific article published on 24 February 2012

PORT in Properly Selected Patients With Completely Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Should Not Be Quickly Dismissed

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Performing robotic lobectomy and segmentectomy: cost, profitability, and outcomes

scientific article published on May 2014

Photodynamic laser therapy for lesions in the airway

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Pneumoperitoneum after concomitant resection of the right middle and lower lobes (bilobectomy).

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Politely refuse the pen and note pad: gifts from industry to physicians harm patients

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Port Strategies for Robot-Assisted Lobectomy by High-Volume Thoracic Surgeons: A Nationwide Survey

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Posterior Mediastinal Adenomatoid Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

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Postoperative chylothorax

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

Predictors and treatment of persistent air leaks

scientific article published in June 2002

Predictors of alveolar air leaks.

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Predictors of survival and disease-free survival in patients with resected N1 non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on July 2007

Prognostic factors for survival after complete resections of synchronous lung cancers in multiple lobes: pooled analysis based on individual patient data.

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Prospective randomized trial compares suction versus water seal for air leaks

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Pryce's type I pulmonary intralobar sequestration presenting with massive hemoptysis

scientific article published on 01 April 2001

Pulmonary resection after high-dose and low-dose chest irradiation.

scientific article published in October 2005

Pulmonary resection in the 21st century: the role of robotics

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Pulmonary resection of metastatic renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 February 1994

Quality of Life After Pulmonary Resections

scientific article published on July 16, 2013

Ratio of the maximum standardized uptake value on FDG-PET of the mediastinal (N2) lymph nodes to the primary tumor may be a universal predictor of nodal malignancy in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on May 2007

Re: operative complications and early mortality after induction therapy for lung cancer

scientific article published on 27 February 2007

Recent advances in the treatment of air leaks.

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Reoperation after valve repair for mitral regurgitation: Early and intermediate results

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Reoperation for hemolytic, anaemia complicating mitral valve repair

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Repeat FDG-PET after neoadjuvant therapy is a predictor of pathologic response in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in December 2004

Report on First International Workshop on Robotic Surgery in Thoracic Oncology

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Restaging patients with N2 (stage IIIa) non-small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a prospective study.

scientific article published in June 2006

Results of an autologous tissue reconstruction for replacement of obstructed extracardiac conduits

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Retention Rate of Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopic Placed Fiducial Markers for Lung Radiosurgery.

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Rigid bronchoscopy and surgical resection for broncholithiasis and calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.

scientific article published on 19 May 2008

Robotic Anatomical Segmentectomy: An Analysis of the Learning Curve

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Robotic Approach to Combined Anatomic Pulmonary Subsegmentectomy: Technical Aspects and Early Results

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Robotic Esophagectomy for Cancer: Early Results and Lessons Learned

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Robotic Lobectomy and Segmentectomy: Technical Details and Results.

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Robotic Lung Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

scientific article published on July 2016

Robotic Sleeve Resection of the Airway: Outcomes and Technical Conduct using Video Vignettes

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Robotic Surgery

scientific article published on 26 January 2018

Robotic esophagectomy

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Robotic lobectomy can be taught while maintaining quality patient outcomes

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Robotic lobectomy: The first Indian report.

scientific article published on January 2015

Robotic resection of Stage III lung cancer: an international retrospective study.

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Robotic resection of a middle mediastinal mass

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Robotic sleeve lobectomy: technical details and early results

scientific article published on March 2016

Robotic surgery for lung resections-total port approach: advantages and disadvantages

scientific article published on 08 March 2017

Robotic surgery for posterior mediastinal pathology

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Robotic thymectomy

scientific article published on 08 August 2016

Role of surgery following induction therapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer.

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Routine mediastinoscopy and esophageal ultrasound fine-needle aspiration in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who are clinically N2 negative: a prospective study.

scientific article published in December 2006

Satellite pulmonary nodule in the same lobe (T4N0) should not be staged as IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in November 2006

Satisfaction and compensatory hyperhidrosis rates 5 years and longer after video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathotomy for hyperhidrosis.

scientific article published on 2 January 2014

Starting a Robotic Program in General Thoracic Surgery: Why, How, and Lessons Learned

scientific article published on May 6, 2011

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung malignancies: preliminary toxicity results using a flattening filter-free linear accelerator operating at 2400 monitor units per minute.

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Surgical management of a giant thoracic angiomyolipoma.

scientific article published on June 2007

Surgical techniques and results for partial or circumferential sleeve resection of the pulmonary artery for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in June 2007

Survival after resection of synchronous non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in September 2011

Survival and outcomes of pulmonary resection for non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly: a nested case-control study.

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Survival and quality of life at least 1 year after pneumonectomy.

scientific article published on November 2012

Survival of patients with true pathologic stage I non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published in September 2009

Survival of patients with unsuspected N2 (stage IIIA) nonsmall-cell lung cancer.

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Technical and operational modifications required for evolving robotic programs performing anatomic pulmonary resection

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Technical aspects and early results of robotic esophagectomy with chest anastomosis.

scientific article published on 19 August 2012

Technique of robotic segmentectomy

scientific article published on 14 October 2017

Technique, Outcomes With Navigational Bronchoscopy Using Indocyanine Green for Robotic Segmentectomy

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Techniques for lung surgery: a review of robotic lobectomy

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

The 100 most cited articles on thoracic surgery management of lung cancer

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

The 30- versus 90-day operative mortality after pulmonary resection.

scientific article published in June 2010

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Statement: A Tool Kit to Assist Thoracic Surgeons Seeking Privileging to Use New Technology and Perform Advanced Procedures in General Thoracic Surgery.

scientific article published on March 2016

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus for the Surgical Treatment of Hyperhidrosis

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

The Utility of Near-Infrared Fluorescence and Indocyanine Green During Robotic Pulmonary Resection

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

The accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration, integrated positron emission tomography with computed tomography, and computed tomography in restaging patients with esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

scientific article published in June 2005

The accuracy of integrated PET-CT compared with dedicated PET alone for the staging of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer

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The athleticism of surgery and life: super performing at work and at home...and beacons of light

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

The benefits of continuous and digital air leak assessment after elective pulmonary resection: a prospective study.

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The clinical stage of non-small cell lung cancer as assessed by means of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomographic/computed tomographic scanning is less accurate in cigarette smokers.

scientific article published on 20 November 2006

The efficacy of restaging endobronchial ultrasound in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after preoperative therapy.

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The ethics of transparency: publication of cardiothoracic surgical outcomes in the lay press

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The incidence and management of postoperative chylothorax after pulmonary resection and thoracic mediastinal lymph node dissection.

scientific article published on 06 May 2014

The incidence, etiology, and prevention of postresectional bronchopleural fistula

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

The long-term survival of robotic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: A multi-institutional study.

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

The management of anticoagulants perioperatively.

scientific article published on February 2012

The management of chest tubes in patients with a pneumothorax and an air leak after pulmonary resection.

scientific article published in August 2005

The maximum standardized uptake values on integrated FDG-PET/CT is useful in differentiating benign from malignant pulmonary nodules.

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The maximum standardized uptake values on positron emission tomography of a non-small cell lung cancer predict stage, recurrence, and survival.

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The prevalence of nodal upstaging during robotic lung resection in early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

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The quantification of postoperative air leaks.

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The removal of chest tubes despite an air leak or a pneumothorax

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

The safety and efficacy of mediastinoscopy when performed by general thoracic surgeons.

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The treatment of patients with stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer from N2 disease: who returns to the surgical arena and who survives

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The true false negative rates of esophageal and endobronchial ultrasound in the staging of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

scientific article published on August 2010

The utility of positron emission tomography in staging of potentially operable carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: Results of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060 trial

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Thoracoscopic and robotic dissection of mediastinal lymph nodes.

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Tips and tricks to decrease the duration of operation in robotic surgery for lung cancer

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Total port approach for robotic lobectomy

scientific article published on May 2014

Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Right-Sided Aortic Arch

scientific article published on 01 May 1998

Transesophageal echocardiographic findings of an intracavitary cardiac metastasis from a neuroendocrine thymic carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Transition from video-assisted thoracoscopic to robotic esophagectomy: a single surgeon's experience

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using single-lumen endotracheal tube anesthesia.

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Virtual or Augmented Reality to Enhance Surgical Education and Surgical Planning

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

What is value health care and who is the judge?

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

When is it best to repeat a 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan on patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy?

scientific article published in October 2007

Women with pathologic stage I, II, and III non-small cell lung cancer have better survival than men.

scientific article published in December 2006

Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration: clinical staging data

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Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration: neoadjuvant pathologic staging data.

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Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration: pathologic staging data.

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