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Lung Transplant: Current Status and Challenges

This series on “Lung Transplant: Current Status and Challenges” was edited by Dr. George Makdisi, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. This series covered the most significant and challenging issues regarding lung transplant and included renowned experts from different medical centers in the US to share their knowledge and experience.

Comprehensive Lung Cancer Care: A Continuum (Ongoing)

The series on “Comprehensive Lung Cancer Care: A Continuum” is edited by Dr. Donna E. Maziak from Surgical Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital-General Division, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada) and Dr. Patrick J. Villeneuve from Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada).

CCTS Annual Report 2022

We are pleased to present the 2022 Annual Report of Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (CCTS). CCTS has formed an internationalized editorial board of 76 members from 13 countries, published 42 articles of authors from 11 countries. Besides, it has attracted internationally diverse readers from 165 countries/regions with stably increasing website pageviews up to 53,114 in 2022. The journal also features special series exploring trending topics, as well as the Chinese Edition that enhances the links between Chinese scientists and the international medical community. Significantly, it will transition from a quarterly publication journal to a bimonthly one starting from 2023.

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery(CCTS) will begin publishing bimonthly, starting January 2023

Since its launch in March 2019, Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (CCTS) has been published continuously in 2019 and quarterly since 2020. With the growing recognition of CCTS and our authors' continued support, CCTS’ submissions have continued to increase. As a high-quality academic exchange platform, we are committed to publishing articles quickly, allowing for impactful and potentially practice-changing articles to be available to readers as soon as possible after acceptance. Therefore, we are delighted to inform you that the CCTS will become a bimonthly publication beginning in January 2023. The regular publication months will be February, April, June, August, October, December.

Lung Cancer Screening

This series on “Lung Cancer Screening” was edited by Dr. Sandra Starnes, MD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. This series systematically covered the most significant and challenging issues regarding lung cancer screening, e.g., the risks and prediction models, technologies and strategies, methods and procedures, as well as outcomes, etc. Besides, this series included renowned experts from different medical centers in the USA.

Mechanical Extracorporeal Cardio-Respiratory Supports in General Thoracic Surgery

The application of Extra-Corporeal Life Supports (ECLS) has been increasing in the last few years. Historically, extracorporeal circulation was introduced for the management of severe intraoperative hemorrhagic complications resulting in extremely poor outcomes. However, with further application of these devices in lung transplantation, thoracic surgeons have gained more experience becoming more confidence in the management of extracorporeal circulation especially in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

Recent Advances in Perioperative Care in Thoracic Surgery and Anesthesia (Ongoing)

This series on “Recent Advances in Perioperative Care in Thoracic Surgery and Anesthesia” is edited by Dr. Jean Bussieres, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada and Dr. George Rakovich, University of Montreal, Montréal, Canada. This series deals with current problems in perioperative care in thoracic surgery and focuses on anesthesia and pain control issues as well as enhanced recovery pathways in the setting of minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

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Review Article

A narrative review of the social determinants of lung cancer screening: knowledge gaps and controversies

Sakib M. Adnan, Kristine Chin, Grace X. Ma, Cherie P. Erkmen

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer—current practices and outcomes: a narrative review

Félix H. Savoie-White, Charles Antoine Menier, Arthur Vieira, Paula A. Ugalde

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Pulmonary hemodynamics and lung surgery: a narrative review

Etienne J. Couture, Christoph G. Nabzdyk

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Atelectasis in one lung ventilation: the good, the bad, and the ugly: a narrative review

Jean S. Bussières, Edouard Marques

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Prehabilitation and enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery: a narrative review

Azza Al-Abri, Danielle Sophia Shafiepour

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Perioperative pain management for thoracic surgery: a narrative review of the literature

Ariane Clairoux, Rami Issa, Marie-Ève Bélanger, Robert Urbanowicz, Philippe Richebé, Véronique Brulotte

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Original Article

Developing an artificial intelligence-based clinical decision-support system for chest tube management: user evaluations & patient perspectives of the Chest Tube Learning Synthesis and Evaluation Assistant (CheLSEA) system

Adnan El Adou Mekdachi, Jamie Strain, Stuart G. Nicholls, Jharna Rathod, Mohsen Alayche, Virginia Maria Ferreira Resende, William Klement, Nathalie Japkowicz, Sebastien Gilbert

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Patient perspectives on open vs. minimally invasive thoracic surgery (PPOMITS): survey and experience from a single academic institution

Daniel Jones, Urmila Bhattacharyya, Ching Yeung, Andre Martel, Mary Hanna, Ameera Moledina, Andrew J. E. Seely, Donna E. Maziak, Sudhir R. Sundaresan, Patrick J. Villeneuve, Sebastien Gilbert

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Recent advances in perioperative care in thoracic surgery and anesthesia

George Rakovich, Jean S. Bussières

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 August 2023)

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Review Article

State of the art and operative technique for spray cryotherapy for central airway obstruction (CAO)—a narrative review

Mirza Zain Baig, Joanna F. Weber, Zaid Muslim, Al Haitham Al Shetawi, Faiz Y. Bhora

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Airway surgery in children under extracorporeal circulatory support

Arun Beeman, Madhavan Ramaswamy, Alex Robertson, James Ip, Nagarajan Muthialu

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Cannulation strategies for intraoperative mechanical cardio-respiratory support in general thoracic surgery

João Santos Silva, Jorge Pinheiro Santos, Paulo Almeida Calvinho, Anne Olland, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Additional pulmonary resection after pneumonectomy under ECMO support: a narrative review and representative case report

Dominik V. Flury, Sarah A. Deckarm, Gregor J. Kocher, Ralph A. Schmid, Jon A. Lutz

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Indications, timing and coagulation management for tracheostomy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

Massimo Baiocchi, Maria Benedetto, Vittorio Ferrari

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Anesthesiological management of major thoracic surgery with intraoperative ECMO support in adults

Stephan Ziegeler, Stefan Fischer

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Non-elective thoracic surgery in patients supported by veno-venous (VV) or veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Michael Ried, Laura Sommerauer, Till Markowiak, Sigrid Wiesner, Thomas Mueller, Alois Philipp, Christoph Unterbuchner, Marcus Creutzenberg, Dirk Lunz, Hans-Stefan Hofmann

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Surgical treatment of locally advanced T4 non-small cell lung cancer with mechanical circulatory support

Giuseppe Mangiameli, Emanuele Voulaz, Alberto Testori, Umberto Cariboni, Marco Alloisio

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Cardiopulmonary bypass and cancer dissemination and progression: myth reality, enigma, puzzle?

Li Siyuan, Danilo Tadao Wada, Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Original Article

Surgical risk and survival impact of octogenarian lung cancer patients compared to those of younger patients undergoing surgery

Haruaki Hino, Takahiro Utsumi, Natsumi Maru, Hiroshi Matsui, Yohei Taniguchi, Tomohito Saito, Tomohiro Murakawa

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 June 2023)

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Review Article

Robotic right upper lobe segmentectomy

Stephanie H. Chang, Travis C. Geraci, Amie J. Kent, Harvey Pass, Costas Bizekis, Michael Zervos, Robert J. Cerfolio

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

2023;

(30 April 2023)

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Surgical Technique

Robotic bronchial sleeve left upper lobectomy

Matthew J. Pommerening, John S. Young, M. Blair Marshall

Published online: 15 September 2023

Surgical Technique

Robotic left lower segmentectomy operations: a focused review

Amanda L. Eilers, Justin D. Blasberg

Published online: 11 September 2023

Surgical Technique

Robotic sleeve lower lobectomy

Farid Gharagozloo

Published online: 08 September 2023

Surgical Technique

Robotic-assisted left lower lobectomy

Luis J. Herrera, Gesnyr Ocean

Published online: 01 September 2023

Review Article

Lung cancer surgery for older patients: a narrative review

Haruaki Hino, Tomohiro Murakawa

Published online: 22 August 2023

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Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (ISSN: 2664-3278; Curr Chall Thorac Surg; CCTS) is an international peer-reviewed journal providing high-quality researches and information related to challenging issues on thoracic surgeries with an aim to improve current diagnosis and treatment of thoracic diseases. The journal focuses on current challenges, controversial issues and intractable situation of thoracic surgeries for pulmonary, tracheal, mediastinal, esophageal, and chest-wall diseases. It also dabbles in related specialties such as pulmonary medicine, transplantation, anesthesiology, pathology, imaging, biology, critical care medicine and nursing. More >>

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