A retrospective study of thoracic endovascular aortic repair timing in patients with uncomplicated type B dissection who have a smoking history.

Objective: To determine the optimal timing of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for patients with uncomplicated type B dissections who have a smoking history.

Methods: Data from 308 consecutive patients with uncomplicated type B dissections, who have a smoking history and onset-to-TEVAR time within 90 days, were analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups: Acute and subacute phases.

Effect of clinicopathologic features on survival of patients with thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine tumors: A population-based analysis.

Background: Thymic carcinomas (TCs) and thymic neuroendocrine tumors (TNETs) are aggressive cancers with poor survival outcome and limited investigation. This study is to investigate clinicopathologic features on TC and TNET patients' prognosis of a large cohort.

Materials And Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database were used to identify a total of 362 TC and TNET patients with documented clinicopathologic features we investigated.