Postoperative lung injury is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery that
impacts significantly on health-care expenditures and largely has been believed to result from …

Lung ischemia–reperfusion (IR) injury is one of the most important complications following
lung transplant and cardiopulmonary bypass. The pulmonary dysfunction following lung IR …

Observational studies on transfusion in trauma comparing high versus low plasma:erythrocyte
ratio were prone to survivor bias because plasma administration typically started later …

Purpose: Activation of MET oncogene as the result of amplification or activation mutation
represents an emerging molecular target for cancer treatment. We comprehensively studied …

Background The role of cancer cell FOXP3 in tumorigenesis is conflicting. We aimed to study
FOXP3 expression and regulation, function and clinical implication in human non-small cell …

Purpose According to the lung cancer staging project, T1a (≤ 2 cm) non–small-cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) should be additionally classified into ≤ 1 cm and > 1 to 2 cm groups. This …

Purpose We investigated the correlation between the number of examined lymph nodes (ELNs)
and correct staging and long-term survival in non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by …

Study objectives Quality of life (QOL) following video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) major
lung resection has not been systematically studied. This study was designed to evaluate the …

Objective: We conducted a double-blinded randomized controlled trial to investigate the
short-to mid-term neurosensory effect of prophylactic ilioinguinal neurectomy during …

Background: The effect of extended prophylactic antibiotic therapy on postoperative
infective complications such as wound infection and intra‐abdominal abscess for non‐perforated …