This series of the Shanghai Chest journal aimed to describe the risks and indications of pneumonectomies in the third millennium in the light of innovative technologies and new therapies. Also, standard, intrapericardial and extrapleural pneumonectomies have been described by outleading authors along with indications for the procedures. In this perspective, the different items are not an all-encompassing reviews, but they contain the highlights along with the essential references for additional readings.
The role of pneumonectomy in thoracic surgery in the third millennium
Innovative functional staging and assessment of operative risk in candidates for pneumonectomy
The role of endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration in patients candidate to pneumonectomy
Physiologic consequences of pneumonectomy
Postpneumonectomy respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome: risk factors and outcome
Pneumonectomy for empyema
Pneumonectomy in pulmonary tuberculosis—to do or not to do?
Pneumonectomy for trauma and war casualties
Pneumonectomy for lung cancer
Pneumonectomy in stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer
Elucidation of clinicopathological factors associated with improved clinical outcomes for carinal pneumonectomy in T4 non-small cell lung cancer
Lung resection after pneumonectomy: is it worth the risk?
Pneumonectomy for lung metastases: the role in the modern era
The role of extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: reviewing 20-years of experience
Pneumonectomy in bronchial carcinoid tumors
Salvage pneumonectomy after definitive chemo-radiotherapy
Salvage lung surgery in long-term survivors after biological and immunotherapeutic treatments
Fundamentals of standard left and right pneumonectomy
Completion pneumonectomy—indications, practical problems and open questions
Carinal pneumonectomy: a 36-year experience
Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy
Robotic pneumonectomy
Multiport video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pneumonectomy
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pneumonectomy: an update in the evolution of this minimally invasive approach
Management of medical complications after pneumonectomy
Management of postpneumonectomy empyema and bronchopleural fistula
Postpneumonectomy syndrome
Disclosure:
The series “The Role of Pneumonectomy in Thoracic Surgery in The Third Millennium” was commissioned by the editorial office, Shanghai Chest without any sponsorship or funding. Lorenzo Spaggiari and Luca Bertolaccini are serving as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.