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Open AccessAnalysis of 25 surgical cases of thymic neuroendocrine tumors and thymic carcinoma
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of patients who underwent surgical resection for thymic neuroendocrine tumors (TNET) or thymic carcinoma.
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Open AccessImpact of a pneumatic surgical robot with haptic feedback function on surgical manipulation
Although robotic-assisted surgery has the advantages of low patient burden and high precision without unsteady hand movements, the lack of tactile sensations may result in unexpected iatrogenic organ damage. T...
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Evaluation of the radiofrequency identification lung marking system: a multicenter study in Japan
The radiofrequency identification (RFID) lung marking system is a novel technique using near-field radio-communication technology. The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility and feasibility of th...
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Use of a radiofrequency identification system for precise sublobar resection of small lung cancers
The incidence of sublobar resection is increasing because of the rise in the detection of small lung cancers. However, local recurrence needs to be addressed, and several methods are needed for the resection w...
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A successful surgical tracheobronchoplasty in a case of expiratory collapse of central airways associated with tracheobronchomalacia in a severely deformed single lung patient
A 67-year-old male with a severe body deformity and a total collapse of the left lung due to infantile paralysis was admitted to a regional hospital for a spinal fracture. He suffered from cardiopulmonary arre...
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The treatment and survival of patients with postoperative recurrent thymic carcinoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma: a multicenter retrospective study
There are few data available on the outcomes of postoperative recurrent thymic carcinoma (TC) and thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (TNEC). The aim of this study is to evaluate the treatment and survival in pati...
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Severe scoliosis with an impaired pulmonary allograft function after pediatric unilateral lung transplantation
Left‐unilateral single‐lobe lung transplantation from a living donor was performed in a 4-year-old boy who suffered from severe respiratory failure caused by bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) as a result of graft ...
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Are volume-dependent parameters in positron emission tomography predictive of postoperative recurrence after resection in patients with thymic carcinoma?
This study aimed to investigate the association between the volume-dependent parameters in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) and a recurrence of thymic carcinoma. A retrospectiv...
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Backtable bronchoplasty for donor tracheal bronchus in lung transplantation
The management of a tracheal bronchus in lung transplantation is poorly studied and ill-defined. We report a case of lung transplantation performed using a donor right lung graft with an apical tracheal bronch...
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Transposition of pulmonary veins for mobilization of residual right middle and lower lobes after carinal right upper lobectomy: a unique pulmonary hilar mobilization technique for safe tension-free airway anastomosis
Unique right hilar mobilization was performed by pulmonary venous transposition of the right middle and lower lobe veins to the opening of the right upper pulmonary vein to achieve tension-free airway anastomo...
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Pulmonary artery “conduit” reconstruction using bovine pericardium following long-segment sleeve resection: a unique “in situ tailor-made” sewing method
We describe a unique technique for pulmonary artery reconstruction using a bovine pericardial conduit after long-segment sleeve resection of the pulmonary artery. In this technique, the conduit tube was not cr...
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Downregulation of DYRK2 can be a predictor of recurrence in early stage breast cancer
This study investigated the potential of DYRK2, a dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation-regulated kinase gene, to predict disease-free survival for patients with early stage breast cancer. Two hundred ...
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An Algorithm Combining Spectral Clustering and DBSCAN for Core Points
The method of spectral clustering is based on the graph Laplacian, and outputs good results for well-separated groups of points even when they have nonlinear boundaries. However, it is generally difficult to c...
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Serum level of HE4 is closely associated with pulmonary adenocarcinoma progression
The human epididymis 4 (HE4) protein is expressed in the epididymis and respiratory tract. We previously reported that HE4 is also expressed in pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The purpose of this study was to invest...
