{"title":"Clinical insights on impact of zone 2 preemptive TEVAR on treatment strategy in uncomplicated type B aortic dissection: a 10-year outcome, study of 29 cases with zone 2 placement.","authors":"Khudeeja-Tul-Kubra, Jatin Kumar, Erum Solangi, Amina Anjum, Waseem Abbas, Faqeer Muhammad","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02316-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02316-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"922-923"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147971718","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":"A comparison of robot-assisted thoracic surgery and median sternotomy for the treatment of early-stage thymoma: a propensity score matching study.","authors":"Hirofumi Takenaka, Tetsuya Mizuno, Keita Nakanishi, Yuka Kadomatsu, Harushi Ueno, Taketo Kato, Shota Nakamura, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02294-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02294-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"890-897"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13506637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147716543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of clinical and biological characteristics by pathological subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma.","authors":"Kohei Abe, Jun Suzuki, Hikaru Watanabe, Satoshi Takamori, Tetsuro Uchida, Satoshi Shiono","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02287-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02287-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"871-879"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13506621/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147485583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sheza Irfan, Hasnain Wajeeh Saqib, Muhammad Murad Khurshid, Muhammad Hamza
{"title":"Robotic surgery for pulmonary sequestration: interpreting early advantages.","authors":"Sheza Irfan, Hasnain Wajeeh Saqib, Muhammad Murad Khurshid, Muhammad Hamza","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02311-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02311-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"926-927"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147963303","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}
Ken Nakamura, Kentaro Akabane, Kimihiro Kobayashi, Shusuke Arai, Miku Konaka, Jun Hayashi, Cholsu Kim, Hideaki Uchino, Takao Shimanuki, Tetsuro Uchida
{"title":"Impact of Zone 2 preemptive TEVAR on treatment strategy in uncomplicated type B aortic dissection: a 10-year outcome, study of 29 cases with Zone 2 placement.","authors":"Ken Nakamura, Kentaro Akabane, Kimihiro Kobayashi, Shusuke Arai, Miku Konaka, Jun Hayashi, Cholsu Kim, Hideaki Uchino, Takao Shimanuki, Tetsuro Uchida","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02276-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02276-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The indication for preemptive thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is expanding due to improved outcomes in uncomplicated type B aortic dissection (TBAD) compared with best medical therapy (BMT). Long-term outcomes and future treatment strategies for TBAD managed with preemptive TEVAR will be reported.</p><p><strong>Subjects and methods: </strong>Of 432 patients with acute TBAD treated at two centers between July 2004 and August 2024, 324 patients who completed acute BMT (1-237 months) were included. Their outcomes were compared with those of patients who did not undergo TEVAR.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 324 patients, 277 (control group: CTR) continued BMT and 47 (Zone 2 landing n = 29, Zone 3 landing n = 7, others n = 11) underwent preemptive TEVAR. Propensity score matching was performed to compare the Zone 2 TEVAR group (Z2) with the CTR. There were more patients with patent false lumen in the Z2 (41% vs. 83%, p < 0.05). Pre- and post-TEVAR aortic diameters had decreased from 43.8 ± 6.8 mm to 40.2 ± 10.0 mm (p < 0.001) at 12 months, the same value as the CTR (40.2 ± 11.7 mm). The aortic event free rate (CTR vs. Z2, 1/5/10 years) was 76/69/69% vs. 100/96/96%, respectively, (p < 0.05). Although two patients (7.1%) had aortic events (enlargement of aneurysms) after TEVAR, no aorta-related deaths.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Among patients who met the anatomic criteria, long-term outcomes of Zone 2 TEVAR performed during the subacute and early chronic phases were favorable. Preemptive TEVAR may be considered a viable treatment strategy for managing the aortic arch in the early stages of TBAD.</p>","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"838-846"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13506584/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147528238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical outcomes of lung cancer in a medium-burden region of Japan.","authors":"Takafumi Kabuto, Kaito Kitahori, Masaki Ikeda, Naohisa Chiba, Masashi Ishikawa","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02282-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02282-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"863-870"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147573419","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":"A risk prediction model using preoperative CT-based muscle and bone status for mortality and readmission after cardiac surgery in older patients.","authors":"Hirokazu Sugiura, Masahiro Takahashi, Junichi Sakata, Yosuke Yanase, Yuka Matsuda, Masanori Nakamura","doi":"10.1007/s11748-026-02293-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11748-026-02293-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12585,"journal":{"name":"General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"854-862"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147580958","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}