Top Cited Articles
(57 articles with 148 citations as of April 2021)

• A Primary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Right Atrium: Report of a Case and Literature Review, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, 2013
• Tsutomu Sugimoto, Kazuo Yamamoto, Shinpei Yoshii
• Citations: 13 (Details)

• Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect: Overview of Surgical Options, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Kelechi Emmanuel Okonta, Michael Sanusi
• Citations: 10 (Details)

• Incidence Risk and Independent Predictors of Prolonged Air Leak in 269 Consecutive Pulmonary Resection Patients over Nine Months: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.4, 2016
• Connie Drewbrook, Samarpita Das, Dorsa Mousadoust, Dorsa Mousadoust, Dorsa Mousadoust, Basil Nasir, John Yee, Anna McGuire
• Citations: 8 (Details)

• Non-Invasive Pressure Support Ventilation in Major Lung Resection for High Risk Patients: Does It Matter?, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.3, 2012
• Bernhard C. Danner, Wolfgang Koerber, Alexander Emmert, Ulrike Olgemoeller, Hilmar Doerge, Michael Quintel, Carl-P. Criée, Friedrich A. Schoendube
• Citations: 7 (Details)

• Neonatal Marfan Syndrome: Improving the Bad Prognosis with a Strict Conservative Treatment with Carvedilol?, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Reiner Buchhorn, Tuende Kertess-Szlaninka, Sonja Dippacher, Martin Hulpke-Wette
• Citations: 5 (Details)

• Is Primary Repair of Tracheobronchial Rupture Curative?, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, 2013
• Abdel-Maged Salem, Alaa Brik, Ali Refat, Karem Elfagharany, Abdalla Badr
• Citations: 5 (Details)

• Evaluation of a New Formula for Calculating Heparin Dose for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Patients, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Aya Nakasuji, Satoshi Matsushita, Hirotaka Inaba, Taira Yamamoto, Kenji Kuwaki, Eiichi Inada, Atsushi Amano
• Citations: 4 (Details)

• Compliant to Warfarin Therapy after Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Ragab S. Shehata, Ahmed A. Elassal, Ayman A. Gabal
• Citations: 4 (Details)

• Is VATS Bullectomy and Pleurectomy an Effective Method for the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.3, 2016
• Ramzi A. Addas, Farid M. Shamji, Sudhir R. Sundaresan, Patrick James Villeneuve, Andrew J. E. Seely, Sebastien Gilbert, Donna E. Maziak
• Citations: 4 (Details)

• The Use of Fibula Free Flap for Reconstruction of Anterior Chest Wall Full-Thickness Defects, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Szumniak Ryszard, Maciejewski Adam
• Citations: 4 (Details)

• Surgical Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot in Adulthood, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.3, 2012
• Ignacio Lugones, Pablo D. Inguanzo, Diego Antoni, Marisa Di Santo, Rubén O. García
• Citations: 4 (Details)

• Esophageal Perforation Management: A Single-Center Experience, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.4, 2012
• Ramzi Addas, Jean Berjaud, Claire Renaud, Pierre Berthoumieu, Marcel Dahan, Laurent Brouchet
• Citations: 4 (Details)

• Bypass Grafting of Aberrant Circumflex Artery with Anomalous Origin and Course, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.4, 2012
• Marios E. Patronis, Sotiris C. Papaspyros, Kasra Shaikhrezai, Sai Prasad, Dharmendra Agrawal
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Michael E. DeBakey and Denton A. Cooley— Mike, the Master Assembler; Denton, the Courageous Fighter: A Personal Overview Unforgettable Past Remembrances in the 1960s, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.3, 2012
• Domingo S. Liotta
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Plication in Patients with Unilateral Diaphragm Paralysis with Thoracoscopic Verification, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.4, 2012
• Willem N. Welvaart, Kieng H. Ong, Marinus A. Paul, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, Coen A. C. Ottenheijm
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Does Gender Affect the Outcomes of Multiple Valve Heart Surgery?, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.1, 2012
• Iskander Al-Githmi
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• A Pictorial Review on the Role of 64-Slice HD MDCT in Detecting Post CABG Cardiothoracic Complications, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Ibrahim M. Helmy, Akram M. Asbeutah, Inas M. ElFiki, Osama E. Arafa
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Iatrogenic Tracheal Ruptures: Review of the Literature and Personal Experience on 11 Cases, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Bülent Aydemir, Sezai Çelik, Oya Uncu, Handan Tanrıkulu, Tamer Okay
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Incidence & Risk Factors Associated with Carotid Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Hamoud Obied, Asim Miari, Mohammed Alreshidan, Fahad Alghofaili, Mohammad Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Albaradai, Mohammed Koudieh
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Dartevelle Approach for Intra-Thoracic Subclavian Artery Aneurysm Repair, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Chris Bond, Jameel Muzaffar, Donald Adam, Ehab Bishay
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Predictors of Malignant Pathology and the Role of Trans-Thoracic Needle Biopsy in Management of Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: A 30-Year Review of a Tertiary Care Center Patient Cohort, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.4, 2016
• Anna McGuire, Patrick J. Villeneuve, Harman Sekhon, Sebastien Gilbert, Sudhir Sundaresan, Donna E. Maziak, Andrew E. J. Seely, Farid M. Shamji
• Citations: 3 (Details)

• Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Case Report, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.4, 2016
• Elias Amorim, Raimunda Ribeiro da Silva, Armando da Veiga Cruz Filho
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Open Thoracic Surgery for Removal of a Two-Year-Old Impacted Esophageal Coin, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.10 No.1, 2020
• Isaac Okyere, Samuel Gyasi Brenu, Perditer Okyere
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Preferences of the Thoracic-Surgery Academic Teaching Staff on Thoracotomy Opening/Closure and Post-Thoracotomy Pain Management, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.1, 2016
• Ali Ozdil, Tevfik Ilker Akcam, Ufuk Cagirici
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Preoperative Exercise Testing Is a Better Predictor of Postoperative Complications than Pulmonary Function Testing for Patients with Lung Cancer, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.5 No.1, 2015
• Atsushi Hata, Yasuo Sekine, Eitetsu Koh, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• The Rare Thoracic Tumor, Askin Tumors 7 Cases Report, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.2, 2014
• Mountassir Moujahid, Tarik Ziadi, Ahmed Rhari, Karim Nador, Issam Serghini, Moulay Hassan Tahiri
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Severe Mediastinal Emphysema and Tension Pneumothorax Caused by Cough-Induced Intercostal Lung Herniation, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.1, 2014
• Shinjiro Mizuguchi, Masahide Kaji, Toshihiko Yoshida, Takeshi Iwasaki, Takao Kamimori, Hiroshi Fujiwara
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Indwelling Pleural Catheter Insertion Following Inefficient Thoracoscopic Decortication in Postpneumonic Empyema: Beneficial or Contraindicated?, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Gabor Egri, Rakesh Krishnadas, Peter Froeschle
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• CT, MRI, and ¹⁸F-FDG PET-CT Findings of Pulmonary Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: A Case Report, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Riki Okita, Koichiro Yasuda, Yuji Nojima, Ai Maeda, Takuro Yukawa, Shinsuke Saisho, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Takashi Akiyama, Yasunari Miyagi, Takashi Oda, Masao Nakata
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Diaphragmatic Plication: Retrospective Study with 54 Patients, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.3, 2013
• Sezai Çelik, Serhan Tanju, İsa Döngel, Onur Gürer, Alper Toker
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Are There Early Clinical Factors to Decide Early Surgical Management for Secondary Chylothorax? A Review of 32 Cases, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, 2013
• Addas Ramzi, Thumerel Matthieu, Jougon Jacques, Delcambre Frédéric, Velly Jean-Francois
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Biomarkers and Echocardiography in the Postoperative Course of Pulmonary Resection Surgery, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.1 No.1, 2011
• David Andaluz-Ojeda, Francisco Gandía, Jose Luis Duque, Itziar Gómez, Begona De Gregorio, Jose Alberto San Román, Eduardo Villacorta
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Graft Quality Control with the Traditional Roller Pump Flow Measurement in Comparison to the Transit-Time Flow Measurement, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.1 No.2, 2011
• Hannan Dalyanoĝlu, Hiroyuki Kamiya, Mohammed Kurt, Marc Thöne, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg, Bernhard Korbmacher
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Transit-Time Flow Measurement: Letter to The Editor, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.2, 2012
• Elsayed Elmistekawy
• Citations: 2 (Details)

• Unusual Case of Pneumothorax Caused by Costal Osteochondroma, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.4, 2012
• Rahul Vemula, Sarav Shah, Lournes J. Willekes II
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Current status of Radiologic Diagnosis for Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastases of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Retrospective Study of pN2 Cases, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.4, 2012
• Shinsuke Saisho, Koichiro Yasuda, Ai Maeda, Takuro Yukawa, Riki Okita, Yuji Hirami, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Masao Nakata
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Successful Use of Intercostal Muscle Flap in Cavitary Lung Lesions, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.1, 2013
• Alaa Brik, Abdel-Maged Salem, Khaled Mostafa
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Pulmonary Resection for Metachronous Lung Cancer Following Contralateral Pneumonectomy, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.1, 2013
• Thomas Tsitsias, Prity Gupta, Kelvin W. Lau, Nicholas Harvey, Sridhar Rathinam
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Posthorax^® Prevents Sternal Dehiscence and Instability: Preliminary Results of a Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, 2013
• Santarpino Giuseppe, Fischlein Theodor, Steffen Pfeiffer
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as a Bleeding Sternal Mass, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.2, 2012
• Juan Carlos Trujillo-Reyes, Ramón Rami-Porta, Bienvenido Barreiro-López, Clarisa González-Mínguez, Lydia Canales Aliagad, Josep Belda-Sanchís
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Worse Long Time Prognosis after CABG – A 6-Year Survival Analysis, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.2, 2012
• Lars P. Riber
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Simplified Technique for Excision of Metastasizing Leiomyoma of Suprahepatic Inferior Vena Cava with Intracardiac Extension, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.3, 2012
• Anas Sarraj, Pablo Alvarez, Paloma Corbaton, José-Manuel Nuche
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Comparison of Patient Survival after Resection for Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors Compared to Other Neuroendocrine Tumors: A United States Population Study, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.2 No.4, 2012
• Jay M. Bhatt, J. Nilas Young, David T. Cooke
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Preoperative and Postoperative Spirometry in Patients Undergoing Lobectomy for Sequelae of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.2, 2013
• Elias Amorim, Roberto Saad, Armando Veiga Da Cruz Filho
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Inflammation Biomarkers as Predictors of Pulmonary Outcomes in Cardiac Surgical Patients, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Nadera J. Sweiss, Ray Sawaqed, Kenneth V. Leeper, Heval M. Kelli, Timothy Niewold, Omar M. Lattouf
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Multilocular Thymic Cysts with Follicular Hyperplasia: Report of a Case, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.3 No.4, 2013
• Yoshinobu Ichiki, Yuichiro Kajiwara, Takayuki Hamatsu, Taketoshi Suehiro, Fumihiro Tanaka, Keizo Sugimachi
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Implications of the VerifyNow P2Y12 Assay on Patient Outcomes, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.3, 2014
• Denise A. Sutter, Gregory S. King, Marintha R. Short
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Surgical Coronary Revascularization Using an Off-Pump, No-Touch Technique: The Cyclone (Hexalon) Experience, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.4 No.4, 2014
• Jeffrey M. Schussler, Theodore T. Theologes, Baron L. Hamman
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Morbidity of Open Saphenous Vein Harvesting after Preoperative Ultrasonic Mapping, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.5 No.1, 2015
• Susumu Isoda, Tamizo Kimura, Katsunori Tanaka, Kenji Nishimura, Nozomu Yamanaka, Shin-ichi Taguchi, Keiji Uchida, Norihisa Karube, Kiyotaka Imoto
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Endotracheal Metastasis from Colon Cancer: A Rare Case, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.5 No.2, 2015
• Anna Hartmann Schmidt, Thomas Decker Christensen, Line Bille Madsen, Anette Højsgaard, Sten Schytte, Hans Kristian Pilegaard
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Experience with Porcine Acellular Dermal Collagen Mesh (Permacol™ Surgical Implant) in Chest Wall Reconstruction after Resection for Rib Osteomyelitis, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.5 No.2, 2015
• Claudia Hannele Mazzetti, Patrick Carlier, Alexis Therasse, Jean Lemaitre
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• A Resection of the Giant First Left Rib Tumor and Chest Wall Reconstruction by Transmanubrial Osteomuscular Sparing Approach, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.5 No.3, 2015
• Takanori Ayabe, Masaki Tomita, Hiroki Mori, Eiichi Chosa, Kunihide Nakamura
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Interplay between Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor in Non-Small-Cell-Lung Cancer, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.6 No.4, 2016
• Alexander Emmert, Angelika Oellerich, Laszlo Füzesi, Regina Waldmann- Beushausen, Friedrich A. Schöndube, Hanibal Bohnenberger, Bernhard C. Danner
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• The Effect of Preoperative AchR-Ab Level to the Prognosis in Operated Myasthenia Gravis Patients, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.7 No.4, 2017
• Tevfik Ilker Akcam, Ali Ozdil, Onder Kavurmaci, Ayse Gul Ergonul, Kutsal Turhan, Alpaslan Cakan, Ufuk Cagirici, Ayse Nur Yuceyar
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy: An Effective and Safe Technique in Patients with Ectopic Primary Hyperparathyroidism, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.7 No.4, 2017
• Iskander Al-Githmi
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Surgical Management of Pyothorax: A Series of 172 Cases, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.8 No.2, 2018
• Harmouchi Hicham, Rabiou Sani, Issoufou Ibrahim, Sidibe Kassim, Belliraj Layla, Ammor Fatimazahra, Lakranbi Marouane, Ouadnouni Yassine, Smahi Mohammed
• Citations: 1 (Details)

• Indication and Timing of Surgery Are Essential in Stabilization of the Chest Wall in Flail Chest Trauma Patients, Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.8 No.4, 2018
• Ali Imad El-Akkawi, Frank Vincenzo de Paoli, Morten Bendixen, Thomas Decker Christensen
• Citations: 1 (Details)