What is the advantage of a thoracoscopic lobectomy over a limited thoracotomy procedure for lung cancer surgery?

H Nomori, H Horio, T Naruke, K Suemasu - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2001 - Elsevier
Background. To clarify any advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
over anterior limited thoracotomy (ALT) for lobectomy in lung cancer, we compared the two …

Segmentectomy for ground-glass-dominant lung cancer with a tumour diameter of 3 cm or less including ground-glass opacity (JCOG1211): a multicentre, single-arm …

…, H Matsuguma, T Kondo, N Ikeda, H Horio… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Although segmentectomy is a widely used surgical procedure, lobectomy is the
standard procedure for resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to …

Prognostic factors after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer and rationale for determining surgical indications: a retrospective analysis

…, M Shiba, J Nakajima, S Okumura, H Horio… - Annals of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We aimed to identify prognostic factors after pulmonary metastasectomy for
colorectal cancer and propose the clinical application of them. Furthermore, we endeavored to …

Tumor cell–derived angiopoietin-like protein ANGPTL2 is a critical driver of metastasis

…, K Miyata, H Odagiri, T Masuda, M Harada, H Horio… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Strategies to inhibit metastasis have been mainly unsuccessful in part due to insufficient
mechanistic understanding. Here, we report evidence of critical role for the angiopoietin-like …

Difference in the impairment of vital capacity and 6-minute walking after a lobectomy performed by thoracoscopic surgery, an anterior limited thoracotomy, an …

H Nomori, T Ohtsuka, H Horio, T Naruke, K Suemasu - Surgery today, 2003 - Springer
Purpose: Postoperative vital capacity (VC) and the 6-min walking (6MW) test were used to
compare the differences in impairment of the pulmonary function and walking capacity in …

Pulmonary metastasectomy for pulmonary metastases of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

…, J Nakajima, I Yoshino, N Ikeda, H Horio… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The lung is the major organ for distant metastasis from head and neck
cancers, and pulmonary metastasectomy is indicated for selected cases. The efficacy of surgical …

Fluoroscopy-assisted thoracoscopic resection of lung nodules marked with lipiodol

H Nomori, H Horio, T Naruke, K Suemasu - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. To localize small and deeply situated pulmonary nodules under thoracoscopy
with roentgenographic fluoroscopy, we developed a marking procedure that uses both …

Double stenting for esophageal and tracheobronchial stenoses

H Nomori, H Horio, Y Imazu, K Suemasu - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2000 - Elsevier
Background. We examined the complications and outcomes of placing stents for both
esophageal and tracheobronchial stenoses. Methods. We placed stents for both esophageal and …

A simple risk scoring system for predicting acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia after pulmonary resection in lung cancer patients

…, A Watanabe, J Nakajima, H Niwa, H Horio… - General thoracic and …, 2015 - Springer
Objective Lung cancer patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) who have undergone
pulmonary resection often develop acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia (AE) in the post…

Prognostic significance of preoperative neutrophil–lymphocyte ratios in patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer after complete resection

Y Takahashi, H Horio, T Hato, M Harada… - Annals of surgical …, 2015 - Springer
Background The immune system has been shown to play an important role in preventing
cancer progression. The neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been proposed to be an …