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robert james cerfolio

Langone Medical Center, New York University

New York City, United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Thoracic Surgery
marco scarci

Hammersmith Hospital

London, United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Thoracic Surgery
claudio andreetti

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, Italy

Associate Editor

Thoracic Surgery
marco anile

Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, Italy

Associate Editor

Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Editors

robert james cerfolio

marco scarci

claudio andreetti

marco anile

Articles

Awake versus intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pleural disease: a retrospective cohort study from a single tertiary center

Short-term prognosis, mid-and long-term clinical follow-up of bronchoscopic intervention therapy combined with bronchial artery embolization on massive hemoptysis

Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy—advancing lung cancer management

Analgesic efficacy of continuous serratus anterior plane block versus intercostal nerve block and their combination in VATS lobectomy: results from a prospective randomized trial

Research Topics

The Emerging Role of Biomarker Mutations in Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Management

Innovations and Challenges in Surgical Education

10th Anniversary of Frontiers in Surgery: Celebrating Progress and Envisioning the Future of Multidisciplinary Surgery

Surgical Approaches and Outcomes in Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathies