All Articles

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  
Original Article 
Pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary artery hypertension
Sofia Martin-Suarez, Gregorio Gliozzi, Antonio Loforte, Fabio Niro, Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, Giulio Giovanni Cavalli, Massimiliano Palazzini, Francesco Saia, Niccolò Barbera, Marco La Monaca, Nazzareno Galiè, Davide Pacini
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
13  
Editorial 
Current surgical management for acute empyema
Satoshi Shiono
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
12  
Case Report 
Management of Iatrogenic tracheoesophageal fistula in a patient with dyskeratosis congenita: case report
Rahul Nayak, John Agzarian
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
10  
Case Report 
Mediastinal tumour with rare histology: case report
Ilaria Ceccarelli, Stylianos Korasidis, Elisa Sicolo, Agnese Nesti, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Piero Paladini, Marco Lucchi
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
9  
Review Article 
A narrative review of current treatment strategies and emerging therapies in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Élise Di Lena, Ali Aboalsaud, Christian Sirois, David Mulder, Jonathan Spicer, Lorenzo Ferri, Jonathan Cools-Lartigue
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
8  
Review Article 
The outcome of patients treated with salvage surgery after chemo-radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma
Marco Nardini, Alessandro Pardolesi
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2021;
3:
7