Satoshi Takamori, Makoto Endo, Jun Suzuki, Hikaru Watanabe, Satoshi Shiono
{"title":"Comparison of segmentectomy and wedge resection for cT1cN0M0 non-small cell lung cancer.","authors":"Satoshi Takamori, Makoto Endo, Jun Suzuki, Hikaru Watanabe, Satoshi Shiono","doi":"10.1007/s11748-024-02058-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-024-02058-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Sublobar resection is considered a standard surgical procedure for early non-small cell lung cancer, although the survival of patients undergoing sublobar resection for clinical T1cN0M0 non-small cell lung cancer remains unclear. This study aimed to compare survival between segmentectomy and wedge resection for clinical T1cN0M0 non-small cell lung cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included patients who had undergone curative surgery for cT1cN0M0 stage IA3 non-small cell lung cancer. The overall and recurrence-free survival rates of 91 patients who underwent segmentectomy or wedge resection were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-nine (42.9%) and 52 patients (57.1%) were included in the segmentectomy and wedge resection groups, respectively. The median length of follow-up was 6.0 years (95% confidence interval 4.2 - - years) (Kaplan-Meier estimate). The 5 year overall survival rates were not significantly different between the segmentectomy and wedge resection groups (67.7% vs 52.0%, P = 0.132). The 5 year recurrence-free survival rate was worse in the wedge resection group than in the segmentectomy group (66.6% vs 46.9%, P = 0.047). In univariable analysis, spread through air spaces (hazard ratio, 5.889; 95% confidence interval, 2.357-14.715; P < 0.001) was an important prognostic factor for recurrence-free survival in the wedge resection group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The overall survival of patients who underwent segmentectomy for clinical T1cN0M0 non-small cell lung cancer was not significantly different from that of patients who underwent wedge resection. However, patients with cT1cN0M0 non-small cell lung cancer who underwent wedge resection tended to have a worse recurrence-free survival prognosis than those who underwent segmentectomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"110-117"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141554568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries in 2021: annual report by Japanese society of minimally invasive cardiac surgery.","authors":"Tomoki Shimokawa, Hiraku Kumamaru, Noboru Motomura, Hiroyuki Nishi, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Minoru Tabata, Kazuma Okamoto, Soh Hosoba, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Taichi Sakaguchi","doi":"10.1007/s11748-024-02066-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-024-02066-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Although minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) procedures are widely performed throughout Japan, nationwide data regarding treated cases are limited. Up-to-date results for cardiovascular surgery are vital for quality control in clinical practice. Presented here is the 2021 annual report based on data from the Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database (JCVSD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Records noted in the JCVSD of patients who underwent mitral valve surgery, aortic valve replacement (AVR), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), atrial septum defect (ASD) closure, or cardiac tumor resection via right or left minithoracotomy, as well as thoracoscopic- or port-assisted, or robotic-assisted approaches, in 2021 were examined. Perioperative parameters including mortality and morbidity was evaluated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 30-day and in-hospital mortalities for isolated mitral valve repair (n = 1211) were 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively, while those for all mitral valve repair (n = 2017) were 0.05% and 0.2%, respectively. More than 100 facilities were found to perform fewer than five MICS mitral valve surgery cases per year. As for MICS-AVR, 30-day and in-hospital mortalities for isolated AVR (n = 818) were 0.5% and 0.5%, respectively, while those for all AVR (n = 987) were 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively. Additionally, those for MICS-CABG (n = 400) were 0.8% and 0.5%, respectively. Those for ASD (n = 183) and cardiac tumor (n = 96), were 0.5% and 0.5%, respectively, and 0% and 1.0%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the first report of MICS results of procedures performed in Japan based on the 2021 JCVSD data. Additional results obtained with a similar data collection method are expected and details on MICS are being collected starting 2024.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"88-95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141859525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoshimasa Seike, Sophie B Green, Keita Mori, Kimberly Reid, Hitoshi Matsuda
{"title":"Outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for complicated type B acute aortic dissection from a multicenter Japanese post-market surveillance study.","authors":"Yoshimasa Seike, Sophie B Green, Keita Mori, Kimberly Reid, Hitoshi Matsuda","doi":"10.1007/s11748-025-02123-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-025-02123-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>A primary goal of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for type B acute aortic dissection (BAAD) is exclusion of the primary entry tear with a suitable stent graft (SG) to reestablish true lumen flow and promote aortic remodeling. This study aimed to determine the safety and efficacy of a conformable thoracic SG in a Japanese population with complicated BAAD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between 2016 and 2017, 43 patients with complicated BAAD were enrolled in this prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter post-market surveillance study at 27 sites in Japan. All patients underwent TEVAR using the Gore TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis (CTAG) (W.L. Gore and Associates, Flagstaff, AZ).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most common TEVAR indication for complicated BAAD was malperfusion (41.9%; 24 out of 43) and aortic rupture was observed in 32.5% of patients (14 out of 43). All SG implants were successfully completed and there was no patient with surgical conversion. Thirty-day mortality was 7.0% (3 out of 43) and one patient (2.3%) experienced spinal cord ischemia during hospitalization. Entry tear exclusion was achieved in 91.3% of patients at 1 month, and 95.7% at 24 months. Through 24 months after TEVAR, no retrograde type A aortic dissection was observed and distal stent graft induced new entry was observed in two patients (4.7%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>TEVAR utilizing the CTAG device for complicated BAAD in Japan demonstrated a low incidence of perioperative mortality and complications. Complications directly attributed to the SG including RTAD and dSINE were uncommon and the midterm outcomes were deemed satisfactory.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143074521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John Nolan, Audrey Rachel Wijaya, I Komang Adhi Parama Harta
{"title":"Meta-analysis of BITA versus SITA grafting in diabetic patients: evidence from propensity score-matched studies.","authors":"John Nolan, Audrey Rachel Wijaya, I Komang Adhi Parama Harta","doi":"10.1007/s11748-024-02060-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-024-02060-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It has been demonstrated that the use of bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafting in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) improves long-term survival in comparison to the use of a single internal thoracic artery (SITA) graft. However, the optimal transplantation technique for diabetic patients remains undetermined. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the effectiveness and safety of BITA and SITA CABG in diabetic patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive search of Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed was conducted for studies with propensity score-matched comparing between BITA and SITA grafting in diabetic patients. The main goal was to know mid- to long-term mortality, and the supplementary results included incidence of deep sternal wound infection, 30-day mortality, and incidence of reoperation due to hemorrhage.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The meta-analysis included 11 studies involving 3762 diabetic patients with matched propensity scores. Compared to SITA grafting, BITA grafting was associated with a significant reduction in long-term mortality (HR 0.78; 95% CI 0.67-0.91), P = 0.03, I<sup>2</sup> = 54%. There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of 30-day mortality, reoperation for bleeding, cerebrovascular accident, or renal failure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>BITA grafting appears to provide better overall survival than SITA grafting in patients with diabetes. However, using BITA grafting is associated with a greater risk of deep sternal wound infection. These findings may help guide the choice of grafting technique in diabetic patients undergoing CABG.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"80-87"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141626451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complex segmentectomy for non-palpable small lung cancer adjacent to the incomplete interlobar fissure using radiofrequency identification.","authors":"Kentaro Miura, Takashi Eguchi, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, Kei Sonehara, Masamichi Komatsu, Kimihiro Shimizu","doi":"10.1007/s11748-024-02087-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-024-02087-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary segmentectomy for small non-palpable tumors, such as lung cancer or pulmonary metastasis, is challenging owing to possible insufficient surgical margins. Particularly, extensive segmentectomy beyond the second lobe may be required to obtain a sufficient surgical margin for a tumor adjacent to an incomplete interlobar fissure. Radiofrequency identification (RFID) marking systems have proven beneficial for detecting small lung tumors during surgery. Herein, we present two representative cases of complex segmentectomy (left-side video-assisted thoracoscopic extended S<sup>8</sup> + S<sup>9</sup> segmentectomy and left-side robot-assisted thoracoscopic extended S<sup>1+2</sup> b + c segmentectomy) for small lung cancer adjacent to an incomplete interlobar fissure. Extensive segmentectomy was avoided, and preservation of lung parenchyma was feasible using an RFID system. The patients could undergo segmentectomy safely with a sufficient surgical margin. In conclusion, an RFID system facilitates secure and safe precise segmentectomy while minimizing the resected pulmonary volume.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"118-122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142406323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of respiratory secretion culture in the surgical outcome prediction of bacterial empyema.","authors":"Chia-Chi Liu, Ya-Fu Cheng, Yi-Ling Chen, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang, Wei-Heng Hung, Bing-Yen Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11748-025-02124-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-025-02124-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Thoracic empyema is a serious infection. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is a recommended treatment, and pleural fluid and tissue cultures are collected intraoperatively. The combination of a pleural peels tissue culture and a pleural fluid culture improves the positive culture rate. We aimed to investigate the role of respiratory secretion cultures to determine the optimal management for improving surgical outcome.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study analyzed 225 adult patients with phase II/III thoracic empyema who underwent thoracoscopic decortication. Respiratory secretion cultures were obtained and compared with pleural cultures. Key outcomes were culture positivity and pathogen consistency, with secondary outcomes including intensive care unit stay, hospital stay, and mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 225 empyema patients with either a positive pleural fluid culture or a positive pleural peel tissue culture. Of these, 76 patients had positive respiratory secretion culture findings during hospitalization. The most common pathogen species were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (44%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (16%) in the respiratory secretion cultures and Streptococcus spp. (38%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (12%) in the pleural cultures. There were 30 patients having a common pathogen in the respiratory secretion culture and in the pleural fluid/tissue culture. Poor outcome measures were found in these patients, including the longer use of antibiotics preoperatively [2.50 (1.00-6.00) days versus 5.00 (2.75-11.00) days, p = 0.006] and a higher mortality rate during hospitalization (40.0% versus 17.4%, p = 0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Respiratory secretion cultures are vital for predicting surgical outcomes in bacterial empyema, and prompt specimen collection can improve patient survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143074440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyriakos Spiliopoulos, Andrew V Xanthopoulos, Konstantinos Sideris, Dimitrios Magouliotis, John Skoularigis
{"title":"Implications for prosthesis selection in dialysis patients undergoing aortic valve replacement.","authors":"Kyriakos Spiliopoulos, Andrew V Xanthopoulos, Konstantinos Sideris, Dimitrios Magouliotis, John Skoularigis","doi":"10.1007/s11748-024-02104-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-024-02104-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"123-124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142618138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Segmentectomy versus lobectomy: does FEV1.0 change accurately reflect the postoperative cardiopulmonary function?","authors":"Yusuke Fujibayashi, Masahiko Takata, Noriaki Tsubota, Yoshimasa Maniwa","doi":"10.1007/s11748-024-02052-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-024-02052-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The postoperative respiratory function has been compared between lobectomy and segmentectomy based on the resting spirometric change in many previous studies. However, spirometric change has only been assessed in static conditions, and it is unclear whether it accurately reflects the cardiopulmonary function.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used spirometry and a 6-min walk test to evaluate patients who underwent lobectomy and segmentectomy and examined the changes in heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), and saturation of percutaneous oxygen (SpO<sub>2</sub>) before and after walking between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The present study included 24 patients who underwent segmentectomy and 21 who underwent lobectomy. There was no significant difference in the reduction of the median forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1.0) after surgery. In the 6-min walk test, the increase in HR and RR after surgery has no significant differences between lobectomy and segmentectomy (HR: p = 0.372 and RR: p = 0.131). However, the two groups showed a significant difference in the reduction of SpO<sub>2</sub> (p < 0.001). In addition, correlation analysis found that the more the number of resected segments, the more the reduction of SpO<sub>2</sub> with a statistical significance (p = 0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients who received segmentectomy showed to suppress the reduction of SpO<sub>2</sub> with a statistical difference after the 6-min walk test in comparison to those who received lobectomy. These results suggest that segmentectomy has less impact on the cardiopulmonary function and the 6-min walk test is useful for evaluating the postoperative cardiopulmonary function.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"96-101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141418570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}