General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Predictors of late outcomes after concomitant tricuspid valve repair with left-sided valve surgery

• Original Article

Kazuki Noda, Naonori Kawamoto, Satoshi Kainuma, Naoki Tadokoro, Ayumi Ikuta, Satsuki Fukushima

A balanced mitral leaflet and large ring strategy avoids systolic anterior motion in Barlow’s disease

• Original Article

Tomomi Nakajima, Bryan J. Mathis, Yuji Hiramatsu, Phan Van Nguyen

Long-term results of the frozen elephant trunk technique in primary chronic type B aortic dissection

• Original Article

Hisato Ito, Saki Bessho, Yu Shomura, Noriyuki Kato, Shinji Kanemitsu, Toru Mizumoto, Koji Hirano, Yasumi Maze, Toshiya Tokui, Motoshi Takao

The efficacy of rhomboid intercostal block for pain management after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a prospective, randomized-controlled trial

• Original Article

Bahadir Ciftci, Selcuk Alver, Hande Güngör, Birzat Emre Gölboyu, Mahmut Subasi, Burak Omur, Yaşar Gokhan Gul, Mursel Ekinci

Postoperative pulmonary function of patients with lung cancer and interstitial lung abnormalities

• Open Access
• Original Article

Norifumi Tsubokawa, Takahiro Mimae, Takeshi Mimura, Atsushi Kagimoto, Atsushi Kamigaichi, Nobutaka Kawamoto, Yoshihiro Miyata, Morihito Okada

Lessons from short chest drain management for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

• Original Article

Atsushi Kagimoto, Atsushi Kamigaichi, Masayuki Ishida, Takeshi Mimura

Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant triplet chemotherapy

• Original Article

Kentaro Kubo, Shota Igaue, Daichi Utsunomiya, Yuto Kubo, Kyohei Kanematsu, Daisuke Kurita, Koshiro Ishiyama, Junya Oguma, Koichi Goto, Hiroyuki Daiko

First case of major lung resection using the hinotori™ surgical robot system

• How to Do It

Takashi Suda, Mizuki Morota, Takahiro Negi, Daisuke Tochii, Sachiko Tochii

Acknowledgment to reviewers

• Acknowledgment