Incidence of second malignancies in patients with thymic carcinoma and thymic neuroendocrine tumor.

Objectives: Thymic carcinoma and thymic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) are rare and are more likely to develop second malignancies. The purpose of this study was to explore the incidence and lifetime risk of second malignancies in thymic carcinoma and thymic NET.

Methods: The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and the age-adjusted cancer incidence of the thymic carcinoma and thymic NET patients with second malignancies were retrospectively calculated by using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

Double purse-string suture technique for circular-stapled anastomosis during robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.

Background: With the advantage of the robotic suturing capacity, the purse-string suture is technically simple and convenient. This study aimed to present our technical aspects and initial results of robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy using two purse-string sutures for circular-stapled anastomosis.

Methods: After stomach mobilization, gastric conduit formation, esophagus mobilization and two-field lymphadenectomy, the first robotic hand-sewn purse-string suture was applied to the esophageal muscular layer with an adequate margin above the tumor.

Perioperative Clinical Features of Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenoma: A Case Series.

Rare ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma can result in persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism. In this article, we summarized the perioperative outcomes of six patients with mediastinal parathyroid adenoma. All patients underwent minimally invasive surgery (MIS).

Safety and feasibility of a modularized procedure for trans-subxiphoid robotic extended thymectomy.

Background: The purpose of this study was to introduce an "eight-step modularized procedure (M-RET)" for trans-subxiphoid robotic extended thymectomy for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). Its safety and feasibility were further verified in this study.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 87 consecutive MG patients who underwent trans-subxiphoid robotic extended thymectomy at our institution between September 2016 and August 2021.

The LINC00452/miR-204/CHST4 Axis Regulating Thymic Tregs Might Be Involved in the Progression of Thymoma-Associated Myasthenia Gravis.

Background: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects neuromuscular junctions and is usually associated with immune disorders in the thymoma. The competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) hypothesis has been demonstrated to be an intrinsic mechanism regulating the development of several autoimmune diseases; however, the mechanism where the ceRNA network regulates immune cells in patients with thymoma-associated MG (TAMG) has rarely been explored.

Methods: RNA-seq data and clinical information of 124 patients with thymoma were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database.

Double-Docking Technique, an Optimized Process for Intrathoracic Esophagogastrostomy in Robot-Assisted Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy.

Background: Though robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy has been increasingly applied, intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy is still a technical barrier. In this retrospective study, we introduced a double-docking technique for intrathoracic esophagogastrostomy to optimize surgical exposure and facilitate intrathoracic anastomosis. Moreover, we compared the clinical outcomes between the double-docking technique and anastomosis with a single-docking procedure in robotic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.

Patterns of metastasis and prognosis of elderly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients in stage IVB: a population-based study.

Background: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has been listed among the most common esophageal cancers (ECs). Patients are generally relatively old in terms of their age at diagnosis of ESCC. A retrospective, population-based study appraising 537 elderly ESCC patients who suffered distant metastasis (DM) in stage IVB from 2010 to 2016 was performed.

Surgical Tips to Improve Completeness of Transsubxiphoid Robotic Extended Thymectomy.

Removal of adipose tissues located behind the left innominate vein and at the aortocaval groove is technically complex for minimally invasive extended thymectomy. The study describes the technical tips of the subxiphoid robotic procedure to remove these adipose tissues. Extended thymectomy by the presented procedure was performed in 39 patients, and 6 patients were diagnosed with ectopic thymic tissues behind the left innominate vein.

Rare location and drainage pattern of right pulmonary veins and aberrant right upper lobe bronchial branch: A case report.

Background: Complex aberration in lung is rare, which may increase risk of vascular injury and cause ligation of wrong pulmonary vein or bronchus by mistake during lung surgery, and result in sever complication like pulmonary congestion or atelectasis.

Case Summary: A 44-year-old female was admitted for a ground glass nodule (24 mm in diameter) in her right upper lobe. Video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) right upper lobectomy with lymph nodes dissection was performed.

Fabrication of More Oxygen Vacancies and Depression of Encapsulation for Superior Catalysis in the Water-Gas Shift Reaction.

Fabrication of sufficient oxygen vacancies and exposure of active sites to reactants are two key factors to obtain high catalytic activity in the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. However, these two factors are hard to satisfy spontaneously, since the formation of oxygen vacancies and encapsulation of metal nanoparticles are two inherent properties in reducible metal oxide supported catalysts due to the strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) effect. In this work, we find that addition of alkali to an anatase supported Ni catalyst (Ni/TiO(A)) could well regulate the SMSI to achieve both more oxygen vacancies and depression of encapsulation; therefore, more than 20-fold enhancement in activity is obtained.

Regulation of Strong Metal-Support Interaction by Alkaline Earth Metal Salts.

Classical strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) is of significant importance to heterogeneous catalysis, where electronic promotion and encapsulation of noble metal by reducible support are two main intrinsic properties of SMSI. However, the excessive encapsulation will inevitably hamper the contact between active sites and reactant, leading to reduced activity in catalysis. Herein, alkaline earth metal salts are employed to depress the encapsulation of Ru nanoparticles in Ru/TiO catalyst in the present study.

Metastasis Patterns and Prognosis of Elderly Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Stage IVB: A Population-Based Study.

Background: Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is the most common kind of esophageal cancer. Age at diagnosis of advanced EAC is greater. Studies about practice patterns for elderly EAC patients with distant metastasis (DM) in stage IVB are limited.

The 100 most cited papers on thymic epithelial tumours: a bibliometric analysis.

Bibliometric analysis can help us analyse the most influential papers, authors, research institutions in a discipline or topic and analyse the impact of these papers on a specific field. Our purpose is to identify the 100 most cited papers about thymic epithelial tumours (TETs) and analyse their key characteristics. We use certain search terms in the Web of Science database to identify the 100 most cited papers, and analysed the first author, country of the first author, institution, journal, type of paper, number of citations, and citation rate.