Challenges of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: From Medical Team-Up and Diagnostic Pitfalls to Operative Skills

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which is focused on the challenges, pitfalls and controversies concerning various diseases that involve thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in terms of diagnostic (imaging findings, lymphangiography, electromyography and different procedures such as thyroid biopsy, fine needle aspiration, endobronchial biopsy of fiber optic bronchoscopy, trans-thoracic ultrasound-guided cardiac coaxial needle biopsy, etc.), intra-operative assessments, techniques, and specific skills, and post-operatory pathological and immunohistochemistry reports, management and outcomes.

We are particularly interested, but not exclusively, in diseases such as lung carcinoid, medullary thyroid carcinoma, chylothorax, thymoma, sarcomas, pulmonary hydatid cysts, pleuro-pericardial diseases, neuro-fibrous cervical thoracic tumors and lung cancer.

We thank all the researchers for their contributions to this Special Issue.

Dr. Mara Carsote
Dr. Claudiu Nistor
Dr. Adrian Ciuche
Guest Editors

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