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    Presurgical assessment of flow variability in an azygos vein aneurysm using 4D-flow MRI

    Azygos vein aneurysm (AVA) is necessary to prevent pulmonary embolism due to the outflow of a thrombus or rupture of the aneurysm. However, there is no established modality to assess the properties of AVA. Tim...

    Takuya Ikushima, Hideki Ujiie in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2022)

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    Intralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with left main coronary artery obstruction and mitral regurgitation

    A 4-year-old boy with left intralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with left main coronary artery obstruction (LMCAO) and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) was admitted to our hospital. Since the patient ...

    Yusuke Motohashi, Tatsuya Kato in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2021)

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    Surgical treatment for tracheal stent prolapse in a patient with blunt tracheal trauma

    Blunt tracheal injury is a rare but life-threatening condition. Several indications for treatment have been reported. Conservative treatment (i.e., stenting) can be performed when the patient is clinically sta...

    Shinya Otsuka, Tatsuya Kato, Hideki Ujiie in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2021)

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    Intraoperative real-time hemodynamics in intralobar pulmonary sequestration using indocyanine green and near-infrared thoracoscopy

    A 33-year-old man with left pulmonary sequestration was admitted to our hospital. We planned left basilar segmentectomy to preserve the lung function, using indocyanine green (ICG) and near-infrared thoracosco...

    Yusuke Motohashi, Tatsuya Kato in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2021)

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    Preoperative identification of clinicopathological prognostic factors for relapse-free survival in clinical N1 non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective single center-based study

    Given the difficulty in preoperatively diagnosing lymph node metastasis, patients with Stage I–III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are likely to be included in the clinical N1 (cN1) group. However, better t...

    Masato Aragaki, Tatsuya Kato, Aki Fujiwara-Kuroda in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2020)

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    Blood stasis may cause thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy

    We previously reported that arterial infarction of vital organs after lobectomy might occur only after left upper lobectomy and be caused by thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary vein stump. We hypothesize...

    Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Satoko Uemura in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2014)

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    Left upper lobectomy can be a risk factor for thrombosis in the pulmonary vein stump

    Thrombosis in the left upper pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy is a very rare but important complication because it occurs in the systemic circulation system. We previously made the first ever re...

    Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2014)

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    Limited resection and two-staged lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer with ground-glass opacity

    Lung tumors showing ground-glass opacities on high-resolution computed tomography indicate the presence of inflammation, atypical adenomatous hyperplasia, or localized bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. We adopted ...

    Kazuto Ohtaka, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2013)

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    Video-assisted thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy in a patient with lung cancer and a right aortic arch

    A right aortic arch is a rare congenital anomaly, with a reported incidence of around 0.1%. A patient with a right aortic arch underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery left lower lobectomy and mediastinal lym...

    Hideyuki Wada, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2012)

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    Extrapleural hematoma as a complication following thoracotomy for pulmonary lobectomy

    Extrapleural hematoma as a complication following thoracic surgery is rare. We report a case of an extrapleural hematoma following pleural lobectomy that resolved completely with nonsurgical treatment. A 63-ye...

    Takuro Noguchi, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2011)