All Articles

Review Article 
Role of immunotherapy in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review
Virginia Calvo, Belén Sierra-Rodero, Alberto Cruz-Bermúdez, Mariano Provencio
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
38  
Review Article 
Implementation of eras for patients undergoing esophagectomy: a narrative review of the current literature and latest evidence
Gianluca Perroni, Christopher Johnson, Sandeep Khandhar, Giulia Veronesi, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Hiran C. Fernando
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
37  
Review Article 
Narrative review of the role of bronchoscopy in airway complications after lung transplantation
Alfredo Jalilie
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
36  
Review Article 
A narrative review of indocyanine green near-infrared fluorescence imaging technique: a new application in thoracic surgery
Fudong Wang, Yuan Weng, Jiqun Geng, Jun Zhu
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
35  
Original Article 
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: lessons learned
Gary S. Schwartz, Britton Blough, Kara Monday, Rebecca Weddle, Christopher Hebert, Cedric Spak, Uriel Sandkovsky, Robert L. Gottlieb, Omar Hernandez, Kaitlyn Lingle, Dan Meyer
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
34  
Editorial 
Tracheoesophageal fistula
Tutku Soyer
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
33  
Editorial Commentary 
Solitary pulmonary nodules: what to do when the resection margin is too close
Daniel P. Dolan, Scott J. Swanson
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
32  
Case Report 
A novel technique of oblique resection and reconstruction in a post-tracheotomy tracheoesophageal fistula: a case report
Xiaogang Liu, Qiuyuan Li, Wei Huang, Ming Liu, Haifeng Wang, Gening Jiang
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
31  
Case Report 
When magnetic resonance imaging is needed: malignant pleural mesothelioma with transdiaphragmatic infiltration and localized appearance—a case report
Raphael S. Werner, Gioia Fischer, Ilhan Inci, Isabelle Opitz, Thomas Frauenfelder
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
30  
Review Article 
Lung transplantation: challenges in the COVID-19 era, a narrative review of the literature
Francisco Gregorio Alvarez-Aquino, Sadia Shah
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
29  
Review Article 
Carinal resection and reconstruction with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support
Francesco Petrella, Lorenzo Spaggiari
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
28  
Review Article 
Tracheal and carinal resections in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: a trend to a minimally invasive approach
William Guido-Guerrero, Albert Bolaños-Cubillo, Alejandro García-Pérez, Diego González-Rivas
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
27  
Review Article 
Management of stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer: role of surgery
Niki Iranpour, Jacqueline K. Olive, Mara B. Antonoff
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
26  
Review Article 
Immunotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: current evidence and future perspectives
Alice Indini, Erika Rijavec, Claudia Bareggi, Francesco Grossi
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
25  
Surgical Technique 
Video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper sleeve lobectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for central non-small cell lung cancer
Zhuoqi Jia, Weiru Zhou, Shuo Li, Yong Zhang, Guangjian Zhang, Junke Fu
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
24  
Editorial 
Introduction to current challenges in thoracic surgery special series: how to evaluate, diagnose and treat small lung nodules
Daniel P. Dolan, Scott J. Swanson
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
23  
Editorial 
Controversies in the management of stage IIIa non-small-cell lung cancer
Fabrizio Minervini, Marco Scarci
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
22  
Case Report 
An exceptionally large sarcoma of the thoraco-abdominal wall with ingrowth in the pericardium and stomach: a case report
Alexander P. W. M. Maat, Mischa M. Zuijdendorp, Geert J. L. van Leenders, Alexander Hirsch, Joost Rothbarth
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
21  
Case Report 
New diagnosis of myasthenia gravis presenting as myasthenic crisis after radical thymectomy: a case report
Rahul Nayak, Ryan Rebello, Yaron Shargall
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
20  
Case Report 
Classic biphasic pulmonary blastoma: importance of early treatment—a case report
Rommel Carrasco, Montserrat Blanco, Daniel Otero, Eva García-Fontán
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
19  
Surgical Technique 
Novel thoracoscopic lymph node dissection techniques for left upper lobectomy with a fused fissure
Yosuke Matsuura, Junji Ichinose, Masayuki Nakao, Sakae Okumura, Mingyon Mun
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
18  
Review Article 
Review of the learning curve of video-assisted thoracic surgery & robotic-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomies—similarities and differences
Piero Paladini, Fabiola Meniconi, Marco Ghisalberti, Luca Luzzi, Tommaso Ligabue, Lisa De Leonibus, Roberto Corzani
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
16  
Review Article 
Diverticulosis and its complications in the foregut and small bowel
Simon Roh, Yulia N. Matveeva, John Keech, Kalpaj Parekh, Evgeny V. Arshava
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
15  
Original Article 
Surgery in large anterior mediastinal mass: case series of Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Ammar Ahmad, Narasimman Sathiamurthy, Benedict Dharmaraj, Narendran Balasubbiah, Diong Nguk Chai, Amiruddin Nik Mohamed Kamil, Muthukkumaran Thiagarajan
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
14