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Join us at the 14th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (ITMIG 2024)

The 14th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (ITMIG 2024) is going to be held on October 30 – November 1, 2024, in Yokohama, Japan: https://conference.itmig.org/.

Shanghai Chest as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display at Booth No. 3 during the meeting. We warmly welcome you to visit our booth when available and join us at the event in Yokohama!

Shanghai Chest 2023 CiteScore Released: 0.7

We are pleased to announce that the Shanghai Chest (SHC) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 0.7, ranking 408 out of 551 journals in the Surgery category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, SHC reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

SHC Annual Report 2023

In 2023, with joint effort and support from all contributors, SHC made steady progress with publication of 33 articles with diverse article types. Authors were mainly from USA, Italy, Japan, UK, and China. According to the Google Analytics, SHC enjoyed a sizable number of pageviews (all together 125,256 and visitors over 60,000 worldwide, mainly from USA). For more details, please check at the following report.

Thoracic Surgery in High Risk Patients

Overall, we feel that these articles provide a comprehensive overview of the major topics and important considerations when managing high-risk patients being considered for thoracic surgery.

Lung Cancer Screening

This special series in Shanghai Chest on lung cancer screening provides insights form renowned experts in their field to important aspects of lung cancer screening going beyond just scanning persons at risk.

Second surgery

In this special series of Shanghai Chest, titled “Second Surgery”, we focus on secondary surgery for primary lung cancer and metastatic lung tumors, as well as surgical tips for complications.

Simulation-Based Education in Cardiac And Thoracic Surgery (Ongoing)

The series on “Simulation-Based Education In Cardiac And Thoracic Surgery” is edited by Prof. Leizl Joy Nayahangan from Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation(Denmark), Prof. Lars Konge from Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation(Denmark) and Prof. René Horsleben Petersen from Copenhagen University Hospital (Denmark).

Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (Ongoing)

The series on “Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma” is edited by Prof. Wickii T. Vigneswaran from Loyola University Health System (USA).

Chest Wall Surgery for Tumors in Adults and Pediatrics (Ongoing)

This Series on Chest Wall Surgery for Tumors in Adults and Pediatrics is edited by Dr. Alessandro Gonfiotti.

Complications of Thoracic Surgery – Aetiology, Management and Prevention

This series is designed to discuss several complications of thoracic surgery including aetiology, management and prevention. In this issue, we review recent literature, provides expert insight into current practice, and also identifies future directions.

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Case Report

Solitary mediastinal metastasis from breast cancer after 14 years: case report

Daisuke Kimura, Anri Kaneta, Chisaki Muto, Shuta Kimura, Takahiro Sasaki, Kengo Tani, Tsubasa Matsuo, Ryo Hatanaka, Takao Tsushima, Masahito Minakawa

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Case Report

A cautionary tale for thoracic surgery teams: unexpected surgical fire during open-window thoracostomy: a case report

Shogo Ide, Takashi Eguchi, Shuji Mishima, Shunichiro Matsuoka, Tetsu Takeda, Kentaro Miura, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, Kimihiro Shimizu

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Case Report

Giant thymolipoma in a patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: case report

David Moros, Belisario A. Ortiz, Luis F. Tapias

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Case Report

First clinical application of a surgical robot with haptic force feedback function for thoracic surgery: a case report

Yuichiro Ueda, So Miyahara, Keita Tokuishi, Hiroyasu Nakajima, Ryuichi Waseda, Takeshi Shiraishi, Toshihiko Sato

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Review Article

Biological mesh in chest wall reconstruction: state-of-the-art and our institutional experience

Marcelo F. Jiménez, Oscar Colmenares, María Teresa Gómez-Hernández

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Review Article

Learning curves for minimally invasive major lung resections: facts and action points!

Gilbert Massard, Maria Angeliki S. Pavlou, Jochen G. Schneider, Christian Grévisse, Georges Decker

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Original Article

Comparative efficacy of lobar resection and sublobar resection in patients with stage IA lung invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma: insights from the SEER database with propensity score matching

Qing Wang, Yilv Lv, Kunping Li, Gang Liu, Wentao Fang

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 July 2024)

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Case Report

Lungs under siege: exploring a rare case of diffuse alveolar-septal pulmonary amyloidosis—a case report

Ariba Moin, Mohit Mody, Ashwini Arjuna

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 April 2024)

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Case Report

A silent anomaly: congenital unilateral absence of pulmonary artery incidentally discovered in adulthood, presenting as pulmonary hypertension and chronic respiratory failure—case report

Ariba Moin, Amy Trahan, Mohit Mody, Hesham Mohamed, Ashwini Arjuna

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 April 2024)

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Review Article

Thoracic drainage management strategies in postoperative lung surgery: a narrative review

Kazuto Sugai, Tomohiro Yazawa

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 April 2024)

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Review Article

Treatment-associated quality of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Mark Jaradeh, Wickii T. Vigneswaran

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 April 2024)

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Original Article

Decisional conflict scale for elective thoracic surgery

Hiroyuki Kaneda, Takahito Nakano, Takahiro Utsumi, Tomohiro Murakawa

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 April 2024)

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Editorial

Management of pleural diseases in the 21^st century

Rahul Nayak

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 April 2024)

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Letter to the Editor

Response letter for the editorial comments on the annual report of thoracic surgery service at Shanghai Chest Hospital in 2021

Yiyang Wang, Wentao Fang

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 January 2024)

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Review Article

Postoperative pulmonary compensation after lung cancer surgery: a shift towards a modern and comprehensive model—a narrative review

Mirko Barone, Regina Frontera, Rita Vaia Liouras, Luigi Guetti, Ivan Dell’Atti, Luigi Vetrugno, Felice Mucilli, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 January 2024)

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Review Article

The importance of a daily multi-disciplinary team meeting in the management of patients with thoracic trauma

Hind Elhassan, Kerry L. Bulliment, Carla Blood, Tracie Buxton, Maxine Read, Tom Cowlam, Alan Race, Anantha Anathasayanam, Kevin Morris, Syed S. A. Qadri, Vasileios Tentzeris, Michael E. Cowen, Michael R. Gooseman

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 January 2024)

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Review Article

Management of chronic pleural tuberculosis and non-tuberculous empyema in the 21st century

Pablo Pérez, Angelica Bello

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 January 2024)

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Original Article

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for patients with non-small cell lung cancer larger than 5 cm

Yiyang Wang, Yang Chen, Jiaming Wang, Tangbing Chen, Feichao Bao, Zhitao Gu, Wentao Fang

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 January 2024)

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Original Article

Compliance with preoperative instructions in thoracic surgery: impact of specialized nursing

Inés Luque Vázquez, Alejandra de la Fuente Añó, Valerio Perna, Silvia Argota Catalán, Leticia Moro Simón, Inés Centeno Tamame, Lucia Milla Collado, Mercedes Álvarez Fernández, Beatriz Gómez-Paratcha Gutiérrez, María Aymerich De Franceschi, María Rodríguez

Shanghai Chest

2024;

(30 January 2024)

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Case Report

Synchronous follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the mediastinum and gynecological cancer: a case report

Alessio Campisi, Riccardo Giovannetti, Matteo Brunelli, Pietro Antonini, Fabio Facchetti, Maurizio Infante

Shanghai Chest

2023;

(30 October 2023)

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Review Article

Cardiac myosin inhibitors in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: gaps in knowledge and future opportunities

Mehran Rahimi, Monica Ahluwalia, Ralf Martz Sulague, Jacques Kpodonu

Published online: 12 October 2024

Case Report

Complex surgical management of main bronchus stump failure: a case report highlighting treatment challenges and successful outcome

Dmitry Borisovich Giller, Sergey Sergeevich Saenko, Galina Vladimirovna Shcherbakova, Ivan Sergeevich Avdeev, Ivan Ivanovich Martel

Published online: 02 September 2024

Original Article

Patients younger than 45 years of age have superior 5-year survival in advanced esophageal cancer

Sahar A. Saddoughi, James Taswell, Grant M. Spears, William S. Harmsen, Mark S. Allen, Shanda H. Blackmon, Stephen D. Cassivi, Francis D. Nichols III, Dennis A. Wigle, K. Robert Shen

Published online: 06 August 2019

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A guide to open surgical tracheostomy

Kenneth Muscat, Andrea Bille, Ricard Simo

Published online: 30 May 2017

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Lymphocyte predominant exudative pleural effusions: a narrative review

Chang Li, Farah I. Kazzaz, Joanna M. Scoon, Rosa M. Estrada-Y-Martin, Sujith V. Cherian

Published online: 30 January 2022

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Recent advances in airway stenting

Lihua Liu, Jinliang Kong, Cheng Georg

Published online: 10 January 2020

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Postoperative subcutaneous emphysema: prevention and treatment

Joshil V. Lodhia, Sara Tenconi

Published online: 10 April 2021

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Review Article

Thoracic incisions for open surgery

Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, Laura Socci

Published online: 14 August 2017

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Complications of tracheostomy

Michelle Lee, Henrietta Wilson

Published online: 30 October 2021

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Perspective

Advancing cardiovascular care through nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice

Diana-Lyn Baptiste, Quanlei Li, Jennifer L. Milesky, Rebecca Wright

Published online: 25 February 2019

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Review Article

Surgical approaches for bronchopleural fistula

Guilherme Dal Agnol, Arthur Vieira, Ricardo Oliveira, Paula Antonia Ugalde Figueroa

Published online: 13 July 2017

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Review Article

Diagnosis and qualitative identification of hyperhidrosis

Shiri Nawrocki

Published online: 18 July 2019

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Laparoscopic anti-reflux operation: fundoplication vs. Linx—techniques and outcomes

Helene M. Sterbling, Hiran C. Fernando

Published online: 10 January 2021

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Review Article

Rigid bronchoscopy: a general overview

Amit K. Tandon

Published online: 10 April 2020

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Review Article

The role of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease

Andrea Falcetta, Stefano Leccardi, Elisa Testa, Francesca Papaleo, Luigi Fenoglio, Remo Melchio

Published online: 26 May 2018

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Review Article

Reconstructive techniques after diaphragm resection and use of the diaphragmatic flap in thoracic surgery

Piergiorgio Solli, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Alessandro Pardolesi

Published online: 14 August 2017

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Review Article

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) robotics techniques: a possible application in surgery

David Scaradozzi, Silvia Zingaretti, Arianna Ferrari

Published online: 25 January 2018

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Management of medical complications after pneumonectomy

Alessio Campisi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jizhuang Luo, Franco Stella, Wentao Fang

Published online: 10 April 2020

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Review Article

Open surgical approach and technique in left pneumonectomy

Nikolaos Kostoulas, Kostas Papagiannopoulos

Published online: 22 August 2017

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Right side lobectomies

Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli

Published online: 30 May 2017

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Lung cancer histology-driven strategic therapeutic approaches

Giulia Galli, Giulio Rossi

Published online: 10 July 2020

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Topical and systemic anticholinergic for treating hyperhidrosis

Ada Regina Trindade de Almeida, Vanessa Rocha de Moura Moreira, Fernanda Ferrari

Published online: 06 August 2019

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Shanghai Chest is an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering various aspects of benign and malignant chest diseases, including but not limited to: pulmonary diseases, tracheal and bronchial disorder, pleural diseases, esophageal disorder, mediastinal and chest wall diseases.

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