 Thoracic Surgery
"Thoracic Surgery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A surgical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart, lungs, and esophagus. Two major types of thoracic surgery are classified as pulmonary and cardiovascular.
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D013903
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.803
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2016 | 10 | 1 | 11 | | 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2021 | 11 | 0 | 11 | | 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2023 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Mott NM, Baskin AS, Taylor CD, Niba V, Owens K, Rove J, Cleveland J, Randhawa S, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD, Reddy RM, David EA. Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Leadership for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Nov; 120(5):967-974.
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Rizaldi AA, Larson EL, Zhou AL, Alejo DE, Wang H, Baumgartner WA, Sussman MS. Engaging the Next Generation: Evaluating the Long-term Success of a Premedical Program in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Aug; 120(2):393-400.
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Chandrabhatla AS, Narahari AK, Fronk ED, Singh A, Gray K, Qiu KT, Vasiliadis T, Nguyen JD, Teman NR, Kern JA, Preventza OA, Mehaffey JH, Roeser ME. Predictors of Academic Productivity in Cardiac Surgeons: Quality Over Quantity. J Surg Res. 2025 Apr; 308:216-223.
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Dyas AR, Stuart CM, Chanes N, Bronsert MR, Colborn KL, Henderson WG, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Comparing outcomes after emergency thoracic surgery by cardiothoracic versus other surgeons. Surgery. 2025 05; 181:109254.
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Towe CW, Kuo EY, Feczko A, Kidane B, Khullar OV, Seder CW, Schipper PH, Donahue JM, David EA, Jones LA, Habib R, ElHalabi Z, Brown LM. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2024 Update on Outcomes and Research. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Apr; 119(4):733-743.
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Woodard GA, Grau-Sepulveda M, Onaitis MW, Udelsman BV, David EA, Jacobs JP, Kosinski AS, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Lobectomy vs Sublobar Resection in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database: Importance of Patient Factors and Lymph Node Evaluation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 May; 119(5):1071-1081.
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Antonoff MB, Mitchell KG, Kim SS, Salfity HV, Kotova S, Ripley RT, Neri AL, Sood P, Gandhi SG, Elamin YY, Donington JS, Jones DR, David EA, Swisher SG, Opitz I, Hayanga JWA, Rocco G. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Clinical Practice Guideline on Surgical Management of Oligometastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Mar; 119(3):495-508.
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Crosina J, Wright F, Irish J, Rashid M, Martin T, Hirpara DH, Hunter A, Sundaresan S. Long-Term Impact of Regionalization of Thoracic Oncology Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Feb; 119(2):460-469.
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Chandrabhatla AS, Narahari AK, Qiu KT, Vasiliadis T, Nguyen JD, Singh A, Gray K, Strobel RJ, Yount KW, Yarboro LT, Kron IL, Mehaffey JH, Preventza OA, Kern JA, Teman NR. Machine Learning on 50,000 Manuscripts Shows Increased Clinical Research by Academic Cardiac Surgeons. J Surg Res. 2024 Nov; 303:71-80.
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Waldman J, Ing RJ. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Outcomes and Research. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Oct; 38(10):2166-2168.
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