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Original Article 
Surgery for Pancoast tumors—the role of combined approaches
Francesco Puma, Alessio Gili, Lucio Cagini, Damiano Vinci, Alberto Matricardi, Valeria Berti, Alberto Italiani, Rossella Potenza, Silvia Ceccarelli
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2020;
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4  
Original Article 
Complex pulmonary resections using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Aris Koryllos, Alberto Lopez-Pastorini, Erich Stoelben
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2020;
2:
3  
Editorial 
Metastatic only primitive neuroectodermal tumor: smoke without fire can be more dangerous
Jesse Rappaport, Usman Ahmad
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2020;
2:
2  
Editorial 
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor with lung metastases and an unknown primary: a unicorn?
Adam J. Bograd
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2020;
2:
1  
Case Report 
Mediastinal lymph node metastases in thyroid cancer: surgery without limits
Elena Marrama, Vittorio Aprile, Agnese Nesti, Diana Bacchin, Gabriele Materazzi, Marco Lucchi
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
26  
Review Article 
Thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer in challenging cases: technical aspects
Carlo Curcio, Dario Amore, Dino Casazza, Alessandro Saglia, Pasquale Imitazione, Alessandro Izzo, Marco Rispoli, Moana Rossella Nespoli
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
25  
Case Report 
Synchronous multiple primary non-small cell lung cancer or intrapulmonary metastasis from an index lesion: a dilemma—case report
Soumya Guha, Roberto Cascone, Annalisa Carlucci, Panagiota Kitsanta, Laura Socci
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
24  
Review Article 
The future of surgical lung biopsy: moving from the operating room to the bronchoscopy suite
Anny Godin, Juan Carlos Molina, Julie Morisset, Moishe Liberman
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
23  
Case Report 
Giant pleural fibrous tumor: a case report
Loreto Berjón de la Vega, Mariano García-Yuste, José-María Matilla
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
22  
Review Article 
Extended surgery of antero-superior mediastinum
Vittorio Aprile, Stylianos Korasidis, Diana Bacchin, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Marco Lucchi
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
21  
Original Article 
Primary malignant chest wall tumors: surgical management and factors predicting survival
Alice Bellini, Pia Ferrigno, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Sara Rossi, Giorgio Cannone, Ivan Lomangino, Giuseppe Bellofiore, Marco Mammana, Giulia Lorenzoni, Danila Azzolina, Dario Gregori, Andrea Zuin, Andrea Dell’Amore, Federico Rea
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
20  
News 
Application of the CARE guideline as reporting standard in the Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery
Editorial Office
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
19  
Case Report 
A patient with a localized malignant pleural mesothelioma and 15-year disease-free survival
Nina Reig-Oussedik, Ramón Rami-Porta, Luis Antonio Luizaga, Josep Lloreta, Mireia Serra-Mitjans, Carme Obiols, Sergi Call, José Belda-Sanchis
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
18  
Case Report 
Pulmonary tractotomy for penetrating pulmonary injuries caused by bull horn: a case report
José-María Matilla, Loreto Berjón de la Vega
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
17  
Case Report 
Sternal resection and reconstruction with a multi-functional modular prosthesis
Haifeng Wang, Chang Chen, Zhe Shi, Zhiyi Liu, Gening Jiang
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
16  
Case Report 
Case report of primitive neuroectodermal tumor with an unknown primary presenting with multiple lung metastasis
Jack Mizelle, Jing Yang, Eric Burks, Virginia Litle, Kei Suzuki
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
15  
Case Report 
Intercostal muscle flap to reinforce the bronchial stump after video-assisted thoracic surgery pneumonectomy
Davide Tosi, Shehab Mohamed, Sara Pieropan, Cristina Diotti, Mario Nosotti
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
14  
Case Report 
Early stage of primary tracheal schwannoma mimicking a foreign body
Alfonso Fiorelli, Annalisa Carlucci, Roberto Cascone, Iacopo Panarese, Marina Accardo, Renato Franco, Mario Santini
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
13  
Case Report 
Closure of late bronchopleural fistula with atrial septal occluder
Camilla Poggi, Daniele Diso, Gaetano Tanzilli, Federico Venuta, Marco Anile
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
12  
Case Report 
Management of total esophageal obstruction after stenting for sleeve gastrectomy leak
Pamela Milito, Stefano Siboni, Daniele Bernardi, Emanuele Asti, Luigi Bonavina
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
11  
Case Report 
Surgical treatment for an infected traumatic pulmonary pseudocyst
Hitoshi Igai, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Fumi Ohsawa, Tomohiro Yazawa, Natsumi Matsuura, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
10  
Original Article 
The biological approach for sternal replacement: sternochondral allograft transplantation
Andrea Dell’Amore, Pia Ferrigno, Alessandro Pangoni, Giuseppe Natale, Eleonora Faccioli, Marco Schiavon, Marco Mammana, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Federico Rea
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
9  
Case Report 
Improved tolerance of radical lung surgery after contralateral diaphragmatic elevation correction in lung cancer patients: a stepwise approach
Maen Abdelrahim, Varun Gupta, Stefan Welter
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
8  
Clinical Guideline 
Clinical consensus on preoperative pulmonary function assessment in patients undergoing pulmonary resection (first edition)
Gening Jiang, Lei Zhang, Yuming Zhu, Chang Chen, Xiao Zhou, Jinming Liu, Peng Zhang, Hao Wang, Boxiong Xie, Haifeng Wang, Lei Jiang, Jiang Fan, Deping Zhao, Qiankun Chen, Liang Duan, Wenxin He, Yiming Zhou, Hongcheng Liu, Xiaogang Zhao, Xiong Qin, Yang Yang, Ye Ning, Dong Xie, Jie Dai
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
7  
Case Report 
Sequential unilateral lung volume reduction surgery in the setting of an azygos lobe: a case report
Joseph J. Platz, Daniel P. McCarthy, James D. Maloney
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery  
2019;
1:
6