DOI: 10.1055/s-00000085

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Issue 03 · Volume 63 · April 2015 DOI: 10.1055/s-005-28963

Editorial

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Heinemann, Markus K.: The Lost Organ
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Gaissert, Henning: Thymectomy: A Trivalent Surgical Approach?

Review

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Maurizi, Giulio; D'Andrilli, Antonio; Sommella, Lorenzo; Venuta, Federico; Rendina, Erino A.: Transsternal Thymectomy
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Mineo, Tommaso Claudio; Ambrogi, Vincenzo: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy Surgery: Tor Vergata Experience
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Rueckert, Jens; Swierzy, Marc; Badakhshi, Harun; Meisel, Andreas; Ismail, Mahmoud: Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy: Surgical Procedure and Results

Original Thoracic

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Maniscalco, Pio; Tamburini, Nicola; Quarantotto, Francesco; Grossi, William; Garelli, Elena; Cavallesco, Giorgio: Long-Term Outcome for Early Stage Thymoma: Comparison between Thoracoscopic and Open Approaches
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Zhang, Guofei; Li, Wenshan; Chai, Ying; Wu, Ming; Zhao, Baiqin; Fan, Junqiang; Zhang, Sai; Shen, Gang: Bilateral Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Masaoka Stage IIIA Thymomas
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Tagawa, Tetsuzo; Suzuki, Hidemi; Nakajima, Takahiro; Iwata, Takekazu; Mizobuchi, Teruaki; Yoshida, Shigetoshi; Yoshino, Ichiro: Long-Term Outcomes of Surgery for Thymic Carcinoma: Experience of 25 Cases at a Single Institution
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Bölükbas, Servet; Eberlein, Michael; Oguzhan, Selma; Schirren, Moritz; Sponholz, Stefan; Schirren, Joachim: Extended Thymectomy Including Lung-Sparing Pleurectomy for the Treatment of Thymic Malignancies with Pleural Spread
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Santini, Mario; Fiorelli, Alfonso; Vicidomini, Giovanni; Messina, Gaetana; Accardo, Marina: Is a Vessel-Sealing System Useful for Resection of Anterior Mediastinal Mass?

Original Cardiovascular

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Ruttkay, Tamas; Baksa, Gabor; Gotte, Julia; Glasz, Tibor; Patonay, Lajos; Galajda, Zoltan; Doll, Nicolas; Czesla, Markus: Comparative Endoscopic Anatomic Description of the Mitral Valvular Complex: a Cadaveric Study
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Ruttkay, Tamas; Czesla, Markus; Nagy, Henrietta; Götte, Julia; Baksa, Gabor; Patonay, Lajos; Doll, Nicolas; Galajda, Zoltan: Experimental Transapical Endoscopic Ventricular Visualization and Mitral Repair
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Murashita, Takashi; Okada, Yukikatsu; Kanemitsu, Hideo; Fukunaga, Naoto; Konishi, Yasunobu; Nakamura, Ken; Koyama, Tadaaki: Long-Term Outcomes after Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
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Yin, Zongtao; Wang, Huishan; Wang, Zengwei; Han, Jinsong; Zhang, Yong; Han, Hongguang: The Midterm Results of Radiofrequency Ablation and Vagal Denervation in the Surgical Treatment of Long-Standing Atrial Fibrillation Associated with Rheumatic Heart Disease