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Hirotsugu Notsuda
Surgery
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Open AccessThe CONUT score is associated with the pathologic grade in non-small cell lung cancer
Nutritional scores have been reported to be useful prognostic factors for various cancers. This study evaluated the usefulness of the preoperative controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score as a predictor of...
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Open AccessPrognostic value of perioperative changes in the prognostic nutritional index in patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer
This single-institution retrospective cohort study was conducted to assess the prognostic significance of perioperative changes in the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in patients who underwent surgery for n...
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Open AccessLong-term survival and clinical outcomes of delayed chest closure following lung transplantation
Delayed chest closure (DCC) is a widely accepted procedure in the context of lung transplantation (LTx); yet there are few reports detailing its long-term survival and clinical outcomes.
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Open AccessCombined left thoracoscopic and median sternotomy approach to resect aortopulmonary mediastinal paraganglioma following feeding artery embolization: a case report
Aortopulmonary mediastinal paragangliomas are rare. Complete resection of the tumor is desirable regardless of tumor size in view of the risk of sudden death induced by adjacent organ compression and poor prog...
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Positron emission tomography/computed tomography as a clinical diagnostic tool for anterior mediastinal tumors
The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in the differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal tumors.
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells protect allograft lung transplants from acute rejection via the PD-L1/IL-17A axis
Using a rat model of allograft lung transplantation, we investigated the effectiveness of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) as prophylactic and therapeutic agents against the acute rejection of lung grafts.
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Mesenchymal stem cells attenuate ischemia–reperfusion injury after prolonged cold ischemia in a mouse model of lung transplantation: a preliminary study
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) suppress inflammation and immune responses. We conducted this study to find out if MSCs attenuate ischemia–reperfusion injury in a mouse model of lung transplantation.
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Preoperative saline-filled computed tomography thoracography for awake video-assisted thoracic surgery: report of three cases
Awake video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a therapeutic option for patients with intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) complicated by impaired pulmonary function. The preoperative identifi...
