the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery and
the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery.
Affiliated with
the Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery and
the Japan Esophageal Society.
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The use of donor hearts with valvular disease has been considered debatable in heart transplantation for many years. However, few reports indicate successful heart transplantation using donor hearts with mitra...
Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, which occasionally presents with severe symptoms such as pneumothorax or hemothorax, and shows favorable outcomes following surgical resection. It pre...
Cavernous hemangiomas are usually located in the liver, skin, and subcutaneous tissues. Although they can arise from any organ, cavernous hemangiomas rarely occur as a pulmonary tumor. We herein report a rare ...
A calcified amorphous tumor (a non-neoplastic tumor) with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare pathology that causes severe embolic events. We present a rare case of mitral valve surgery for a...
Bronchogenic cyst sometimes occurs in the mediastinum and rarely in the intrapericardial space. When located in the intrapericardial space, the main vessels or the heart can be compressed. In addition, if it i...
Thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair is a highly complicated procedure, especially among patients with severe lung disease, resulting in respiratory problems during and after the surgery. Herein, we designed a nov...
Extended sleeve lobectomy is a useful technique for avoiding pneumonectomy; however, it requires advanced surgical skills.
Micronodular thymic carcinoma with lymphoid hyperplasia is an extremely rare thymic tumor, exhibiting a variety of cell morphologies with mild to severe dysmorphism. Since few cases have been reported, the pro...
Malperfusion of the celiac artery alone, with acute aortic dissection, rarely requires early intervention. A 57-year-old woman had thrombosed type A acute aortic dissection with celiac malperfusion, for which ...
Granulosa cell tumors (GCTs) are uncommon sex cord-stromal ovarian neoplasms. We report a case of GCT presenting in the chest, 18 years after oophorectomy for ovarian cystadenocarcinoma.
Although the transposition of the aberrant left vertebral artery (ALVA) in 1-debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair requiring zone 2 coverage for thoracic aneurysm with ALVA is reported to be an effec...
Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P-MAIVF) after infective endocarditis and/or valve replacement is rarely reported, and transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac multidetector comp...
Although the ventricular septal defect (VSD) that coexists with the severe form of Ebstein’s anomaly was thought to be beneficial for hemodynamics, it is unclear whether biventricular repair is always possible...
Anastomotic leakage at the distal anastomotic site after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) occasionally leads to malperfusion or false lumen dilatation in the remnant dissected aorta. Open surge...
Pneumatoceles are a known complication of pneumonia or trauma, especially in young children. A 44-year-old male with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary hypertension underwent double lung transplant...
In lung transplantation, vascular complications are relatively rare. However, severe pulmonary artery stenosis after lung transplantation can cause clinical symptoms and lead to graft dysfunction.
Pleomorphic liposarcoma (PLPS) is a rare and aggressive subtype of liposarcoma. Here we report the case of a 45-year-old man with PLPS in the lung, which was accompanied by a massive hemothorax.
Pyoderma gangrenosum begins as a painful erythema with induration, vesicles, or hemorrhagic pustules, which develops into serous ulcers. In addition to ulcerative colitis and myelodysplastic syndrome, surgical...
Ciliated muconodular papillary tumor (CMPT) is a rare type of tumor with both benign and malignant characteristics. Herein, we report the surgical case of a 65-year-old man with CMPT. Chest computed tomography...
Among the types of lung resection procedures, pneumonectomy carries the highest risk for mortality. In recent years, bronchovascular double-sleeve lobectomy has been performed for centrally located non-small c...
Cardiac calcified amorphous tumors (CATs) are non-neoplastic cardiac tumors of unknown origin and etiology. Several simultaneous CATs rarely occur in multiple cardiac chambers. Although CATs carry a benign pro...
This is a novel case of iatrogenic airway stenosis and tracheal deviation in a patient with previous percutaneous dilational tracheostomy.
Subcutaneous extension of a perigraft seroma following thoracic aortic surgery is an infrequently encountered complication. For treatment, it is necessary to first exclude the possibility of perigraft fluid co...
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been shown to prolong the survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and have allowed complete resection for advanced lung cancer. However, immune-rel...
It has been reported that severe tricuspid regurgitation may demonstrate constrictive pericarditis-like hemodynamics. In this article, we report a surgical case of solitary severe tricuspid regurgitation in wh...
An intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst (IBC) is rare and compresses the surrounding organs, causing symptoms. Resection of an IBC leads to an improvement in symptoms. We completely resected an IBC by performing...
An aberrant right subclavian artery complicated by acute aortic dissection has been reported. Aneurysmal degeneration in the descending aorta adjacent to the Kommerell diverticulum in older patients has also b...
In severe blunt trauma, multiple organ injuries are often observed. Patients with a ruptured diaphragm and pericardium are referred to as having pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture. However, few studies have repo...
Tracheobronchial anomalies are extremely rare and are often associated with pulmonary arteriovenous anatomical anomalies. An anomalous right upper vein segment that passes between the pulmonary artery (PA) and...
Silicone stents are options for airway stenosis or obstruction. Generally, silicone stent placement needs rigid bronchoscopy, but manipulation of a rigid bronchoscope has technical difficulties in some cases. ...
The most common complication after tetralogy of Fallot repair is pulmonary valve regurgitation. However, concomitant surgery for tricuspid valve regurgitation and/or aortic dilatation is occasionally required.
Bronchial atresia is a congenital obstruction of the segmental or lobar bronchus that often leads to hyperinflation of the affected area. It can cause intractable infections and abnormal nodules in these regio...
The independent segment between the superior and basal segments is called the subsuperior segment (S*), which is rarely observed. We report a left S* segmentectomy in a patient with early-stage lung cancer.
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has caused a paradigm shift in the treatment of severe aortic stenosis. Although less invasive and good early results of TAVR have been reported, the long-term dur...
Chylothorax after thoracic surgery is a rare but severe complication. When thoracic duct ligation is performed for chylothorax, identification of the leakage site and the thoracic duct course is necessary. Adm...
Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is a life-threatening pathology that most commonly occurs after traffic accidents or a fall from a considerable height. We report a rare case of traumatic double transectio...
Neural tumors at the thoracic apex require a careful surgical technique because of the presence of vascular and neural structures and minimally invasive surgery can be challenging for these tumors, especially ...
Isolated mediastinal metastasis from a malignant tumor and small cell carcinoma of the bladder are both very rare.
A mediastinal aberrant goiter is extremely rare, characterized by independence from the thyroid gland. This tumor most commonly develops in the anterior mediastinum and should be differentiated from a thymoma....
Large mediastinal tumors are sometimes difficult to completely resect because they are surrounded by vital organs. We present the case of mediastinal liposarcoma successfully resected by the clamshell approach...
We encountered a case of a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) who developed multiple thromboses following implantable left ventricular assist device (iLVAD) implantation. We herein report this...
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most frequent congenital cardiac anomaly. We report a successful case in which the tricuspidization technique with valve-sparing aortic root replacement was used for BAV with...