 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracic Surgery" by people in this website by year, and whether "Thoracic Surgery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 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 | 11 | 1 | 12 | | 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2018 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2020 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2021 | 11 | 0 | 11 | | 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2023 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Stuart CM, Mott NM, Mungo AH, Meguid RA, Mitchell JD, Randhawa SK, Rove JY, David EA. Representation of women among cardiothoracic surgery editorial boards: Trends over the past 2 decades. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Mar; 169(3):691-698.e6.
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Teman NR, Strobel RJ, Bonnell LN, Preventza O, Yarboro LT, Badhwar V, Kaneko T, Habib RH, Mehaffey JH, Beller JP. Operating Room Extubation for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A National Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 09; 118(3):692-699.
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Towe CW, Servais EL, Brown LM, Blasberg JD, Mitchell JD, Worrell SG, Seder CW, David EA. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2023 Update on Outcomes and Research. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 03; 117(3):489-496.
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