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    Can the Japanese National Clinical Database risk calculator predict long-term survival of patients who undergo palliative segmentectomy for primary lung cancer?

    Selection criteria for palliative limited surgery in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can vary by institution or surgeon. We retrospectively reviewed outcomes of poor-risk patients who underwen...

    Tomoyuki Nakano, Hiroyoshi Tsubochi in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2021)

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    Extended sleeve lobectomy for interlobar lymph node metastasis invading the bronchus from peripheral lung cancer

    Although extended sleeve lobectomy has been used as an alternative to pneumonectomy for the treatment of centrally located lung cancer, the validity of this surgical procedure is unclear in patients with perip...

    Hiroyoshi Tsubochi, Yoshihiko Kanai in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2011)

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    Thymic clear cell carcinoma

    We report a 42-year-old man with a rare thymic clear cell carcinoma. Marked nodal metastases involved right hilar, mediastinal, and left supraclavicular regions. Complete resection including thymothymectomy, c...

    Tomoyuki Nakano, Shunsuke Endo in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2010)

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    Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess without cervical spread

    Cervical infections can cause neck phlegmonosa and occasionally develop lethal mediastinitis. We report a 52-year-old man with a retropharyngeal abscess causing descending mediastinis without cervical spread. ...

    Shunsuke Endo, Hiroyoshi Tsubochi in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2008)