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  1. Mathematical Analysis of Relationships Between Airflows and Intrapleural Pressures After Video-Assisted Lobectomies>

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  2. Google Trend Data Analysis of COVID-19 Repercussion on Lung Cancer Awareness in Italy

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  3. Safety Analysis of Superior Vena Cava Resection for Extended Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms>

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  4. Treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) clinical practice guidelines

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  5. Diagnosis and Treatment of Early and Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The 2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  6. Epidemiology and management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a systematic review

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  7. Immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant settings: a new challenge for the thoracic surgeon?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  8. Commentary: The power (under control) of meta-analysis in the synthesis of clinical knowledge

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  9. Health-related quality of life in lung cancer patients: validation of a national version of EORTC QLQ-LC29 questionnaire

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  10. Devising the guidelines: the techniques of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery—postoperative management and enhanced recovery after surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  11. Methodology and timing of standardization

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  12. The radical approach to the oligometastatic not small cell lung cancer patient: which? how? when? where?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  13. What is the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG)?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  14. Corrigendum to ‘Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)’  [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2019;56:224–9]

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng

  15. Corrigendum to ‘What counts more: the patient, the surgical technique, or the hospital? A multivariable analysis of factors affecting perioperative complications of pulmonary lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery from a large nationwide reg...

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  16. Reply to Migliore and Hirai

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  17. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery patients: an international survey

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  18. Treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: 2018 guidelines of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM)

    Article • Tumori Journal, July 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  19. What counts more: the patient, the surgical technique, or the hospital? A multivariable analysis of factors affecting perioperative complications of pulmonary lobectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery from a large nationwide registry

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  20. Correction to: Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open lobectomy: analysis from a national database

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  21. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng

  22. Conversion due to vascular injury during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: A multicentre retrospective analysis from the Italian video-assisted thoracic surgery group registry

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  23. A comparison of EGFR mutation status in tissue and plasma cell-free DNA detected by ADx-ARMS in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, April 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng

  24. Bioptic verification of mediastinal lymphoma relapses suspected on the basis of FDG-PET SCAN

    Article • Leukemia & Lymphoma, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Mauurizio Boaron, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  25. Extra-pleural pneumonectomy

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  26. The relativity of operative time on the outcomes of the video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomies

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  27. Tubeless thoracic surgery: ready for prime time?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  28. Approaches to the thoracic cavities

    Article • Pediatric Medicine, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  29. Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open lobectomy: analysis from a national database

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  30. Geometric Considerations in Uniportal VATS

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  31. How to create a surgical database?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, November 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  32. Bronchoscopic management of prolonged air leak

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  33. Focus on specific disease-part 2: the European Society of Thoracic Surgery chest wall database

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  34. Surgical and endoscopic treatment for COPD: patients selection, techniques and results

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  35. High-resolution computed tomography in the management of the first episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: are we sure that more is better?

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  36. The forest of methodology and the writing of evidence-based medicine papers

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  37. Fat but fit for the improved survival in lung cancer surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  38. Pathophysiological mechanism of post-lobectomy air leaks

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  39. A project to assess the quality of the published guidelines for managing primary spontaneous pneumothorax from the Italian Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  40. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left upper lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, May 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  41. The state of the art of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Italy

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, May 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  42. Diagnostic performance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the management of solitary pulmonary nodule: a meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  43. Robotic internal mammary lymphadenectomy: another possible minimally invasive approach to sampling lymph nodes in breast cancer patients

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, April 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  44. Safety of lymphadenectomy during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: analysis from a national database†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  45. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) in thoracic surgical oncology

    Article • Future Oncology, March 2018, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  46. 2016 Annual report from the Italian VATS Group

    Article • Future Oncology, March 2018, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof Marcello Migliore

  47. Digital chest tomosynthesis: the 2017 updated review of an emerging application

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  48. Enhanced recovery after surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: the Italian VATS Group* surgical protocol

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  49. Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomies: the best is yet still to come?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  50. Lung Cancer Update 2017: from the test tube to the bed

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  51. Surgical approach in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  52. The surgeon thunderbolts in 2016 lung cancer literature

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  53. COUNTERPOINT: Should Segmentectomy Rather Than Lobectomy Be the Operation of Choice for Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? No

    Article • CHEST Journal, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  54. Rebuttal From Drs Bertolaccini and Solli

    Article • CHEST Journal, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  55. Robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and open surgery for early stage lung cancer: comparison of costs and outcomes at a single institute

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  56. Uniportal non-intubated thoracic surgery

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  57. The Very Experienced Time-honoUred Surgeons (VETUS) project

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  58. Diaphragmatic and pericardial reconstruction after surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  59. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—right lower/middle lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  60. National adoption of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: the Italian VATS register evaluation

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  61. Surgical approaches in patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  62. The everlasting story of malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  63. Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy?

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, December 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  64. Cost-effectiveness analysis of sealant impact in management of moderate intraoperative alveolar air leaks during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, December 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  65. Thoracoscopic lobectomy for locally advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer is a feasible and safe approach: analysis from multi-institutional national database

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, November 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  66. Surgical treatment of synchronous multiple neuroendocrine lung tumours (case series): is more always better?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, November 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  67. The Geometric and Ergonomic Appeal of Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

    Article • Thoracic Surgery Clinics, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  68. Molecular analysis driven video-assisted thoracic surgery resections in bilateral synchronous lung cancers: from the test tube to the operatory room

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Rocco Trisolini, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  69. Case management: an up-to-date review of literature and a proposal of a county utilization

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  70. Chondroblastoma of the rib in a 47-year-old man: a case report with a systematic review of literature

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  71. Erratum to nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  72. The biostatistical minimum

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, October 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  73. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in hemothorax

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, September 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  74. Four arm robotic-assisted pulmonary resection-right upper lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  75. Less is more: lung-sparing direct repair of a traumatic rupture of the bronchus intermedius

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, August 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  76. Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for pneumothorax and blebs/bullae

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, August 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  77. Standardized uptake value and radiological density attenuation as predictive and prognostic factors in patients with solitary pulmonary nodules: our experience on 1,592 patients

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, August 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  78. Nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, July 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  79. Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left lower lobectomy: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  80. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  81. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery en bloc chest wall resection

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, May 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  82. Pulmonary nodules in African migrants caused by chronic schistosomiasis

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  83. Comparison of digital tomosynthesis and computed tomography for lung nodule detection in SOS screening program

    Article • La radiologia medica, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  84. A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  85. An overview of the use of artificial neural networks in lung cancer research

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  86. Pleural pressure theory revisited: a role for capillary equilibrium

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  87. Subxiphoid video-assisted major lung resections: the Believers’ speech

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  88. Tips and tricks of the propensity score methods in the thoracic surgery research

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  89. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery bronchial sleeve lobectomy

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  90. Technological advancements in thoracic surgery: a brief introduction to the future

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  91. Video-assisted thoracic surgery for extended lung cancer disease: moving into the borderlands

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  92. Magnetic anchoring guidance system in video-assisted thoracic surgery

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  93. Indwelling Pleural Catheters

    Article • Thoracic Surgery Clinics, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  94. The pulmonary nodule “discovered” by pneumonia: a case report

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  95. Transthoracic needle aspiration in solitary pulmonary nodule

    Article • Translational Lung Cancer Research, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  96. Thoracic surgeons, mathematics, and statisticians: a new multidisciplinary team?

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  97. Learning curve and established phase for uniportal VATS lobectomies: the Papworth experience

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  98. Right side lobectomies

    Article • Shanghai Chest, January 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  99. Current practices in the management of malignant pleural effusions: a survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  100. Robot-assisted lobectomy for lung cancer in the presence of intraoperatively discovered broncho-vascular anomalies affecting right upper and middle lobes

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, December 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  101. Uniportal video-thoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomy

    Article • Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, December 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  102. Surgical case description

    Article • ASVIDE, December 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  103. Dissection station 2 and 4 on the right hemithorax

    Article • ASVIDE, November 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  104. Nanos gigantium humeris insidentes: the awarded Cox proportional hazards model

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, November 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  105. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: the choice of localization technique for non-palpable solitary pulmonary nodule

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, September 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  106. Radioguided VATS resections of subcentimetric solitary pulmonary nodule/ground glass opacity:

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  107. Revision of descriptors in forthcoming VIII edition of TNM classification of lung cancer: A single center validation study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  108. Enhanced recovery in thoracic surgery: A propensity-score matched cohort study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  109. Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusion in patients unfit for pleurodesis

    Article • September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  110. Study designs in thoracic surgery research

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, September 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  111. P-197FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR LUNG RESECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENTS: A MORBIDITY RISK STRATIFICATION MODEL

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  112. Bronchial reacutization and gastroesophageal reflux: is there a potential clinical correlation?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, August 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  113. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the detection of the gastric pepsin (Pep-test)

    Article • ASVIDE, August 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  114. Lymph Node Involvement in Deep Infiltrating Intestinal Endometriosis: Does It Really Mean Anything?

    Article • Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  115. Are the fallacies of the P value finally ended?

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, June 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  116. Lymphnodal micrometastases in NSCLC: where do we stand?

    Article • Lung Cancer Management, June 2016, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  117. Open repair of pectus carinatum

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  118. Management of malignant pleural effusions in patients with trapped lung with indwelling pleural catheter: how to do it

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  119. Why should we prefer the single port access thoracic surgery?

    Article • Journal of Visualized Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  120. Geometric and ergonomic characteristics of the uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach

    Article • Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, March 2016, AME Publishing Company

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  121. Preoperative predictive value of 18FDG CT/PET tumor metabolic parameters & SUV lymh nodes/tumor ratio in NSCLC

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  122. EBUS TBNA negative lymph nodes risk stratification model: A tool for multidisciplinary team

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  123. Safety and advantages of VATS biopsy in diagnosis of interstitial lung disease

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  124. 165P * PREOPERATIVE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FRACTAL BIOPSY OF THYMIC EPITHELIAL NEOPLASM

    Article • Annals of Oncology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  125. The Importance of Being Solid or Partially Solid for a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  126. Spread patterns and effectiveness for surgery after ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block in adult day-case patients scheduled for umbilical hernia repair

    Article • Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, January 2015, Medknow

    Dr Alberto Manassero, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  127. Ergon-trial: ergonomic evaluation of single-port access versus three-port access video-assisted thoracic surgery

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  128. Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Pivotal Role of Nodal Status

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  129. What is the role of lymph nodal metastases and lymphadenectomy in the surgical treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinomas and carcinoids?: Table 1:

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  130. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: Proposal for an Evidence-Based Stage Classification System for the Forthcoming (8th) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  131. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: Proposals for the N and M Components for the Forthcoming (8th) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  132. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: Proposals for the T component for the Forthcoming (8th) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  133. To Seed or Not to Seed

    Article • CHEST Journal, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  134. Analysis of spontaneous pneumothorax in the city of Cuneo: environmental correlations with meteorological and air pollutant variables

    Article • Surgery Today, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  135. Is a positron emission tomography–computed tomography scan useful in the staging of thymic epithelial neoplasms?: Table 1:

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  136. 18-Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the pretreatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms: a metabolic biopsy confirmed by Ki-67 expression

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  137. Radiofrequency ablation for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer in the functionally inoperable patient

    Article • Lung Cancer Management, February 2014, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  138. 18Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography total glycolytic volume in thymic epithelial neoplasms evaluation: a reproducible image biomarker

    Article • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  139. Transaxillary access to aortopulmonary window and paraaortic nodes

    Article • Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, December 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  140. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Malignancies Staging Project: Development of a Stage Classification for Thymic Malignancies

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  141. Is lung cancer screening possible with digital chest tomosynthesis?

    Article • Lung Cancer Management, October 2013, Future Medicine

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  142. Results of Li-Tho trial: a prospective randomized study on effectiveness of LigaSure(R) in lung resections

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  143. Lung Cancer Detection with Digital Chest Tomosynthesis: Baseline Results from the Observational Study SOS

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  144. Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

    Article • Survey of Anesthesiology, June 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  145. Correlation sometimes implies causation: possible roles of correlation analysis between 18fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and thymic epithelial neoplasms

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  146. Thymoma and the increased risk of developing extrathymic malignancies: a multicentre study†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  147. Home-management of malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling pleural catheter: Ten years experience

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  148. Contribution of β-adrenergic receptors to exercise-induced bronchodilatation in healthy humans

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  149. Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

    Article • Anesthesiology, October 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  150. The relationship between meteorological variations and the onset of spontaneous pneumothorax

    Article • Surgery Today, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  151. Surgery for the treatment of the tuberculosis-destroyed lung: to protect or not to protect the bronchial stump?

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  152. Not palpable? Role of radio-guided video-assisted thoracic surgery for nonpalpable solitary pulmonary nodules

    Article • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  153. It sometimes happens: late tracheal rupture after total thyroidectomy

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  154. Risk is not our business: safety of thoracic surgery in patients using antiplatelet therapy

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, November 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  155. Usefulness of 18-F FDG PET/CT in the pre-treatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms

    Article • Lung Cancer, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  156. eComment: The Six Sigma approach: from mobile phones to chest tubes

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  157. eComment: The evaluation of sample size: vice and virtue of statistics?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  158. eComment: About the localization techniques of solitary pulmonary nodules

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  159. The standardize uptake value: light and shade of positron emission tomography

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  160. ‘Six Sigma approach’ — an objective strategy in digital assessment of postoperative air leaks: a prospective randomised study

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  161. Bronchial anastomosis: to wrap or not to wrap?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  162. The sound of silence: the harmonic analysis in thoracic surgery

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  163. Treatment of Late Tracheomediastinal Fistula following Diagnostic Mediastinoscopy Treated by Multiple Pedicled Muscle Flaps

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, March 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  164. Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery resection: the Copernican revolution of a geometrical approach in thoracic surgery?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  165. 71PD NOT ONLY THE FINGERS: ROLE OF RADIO-GUIDED VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY IN NON-PALPABLE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES

    Article • Lung Cancer, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  166. Bronchial Carcinoid Tumours in Children — A Review

    Article • European Oncology & Haematology, January 2011, Touch Digital Media, Ltd.

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  167. A golden key can open any door of new protocol: the use of continuous digital measurement for postoperative air leak

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  168. Letter to the editor

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  169. Conservative management of cardiac haemangioma

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  170. Lung sealant and morbidity after pleural decortication: a prospective randomized, blinded study

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  171. Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax in Patient With Previous Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis for Right Recurrent Pneumothorax

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  172. Physiology of the Lungs in Microgravity

    Article • Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, November 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  173. 153PD MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION BY CHRONIC INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER

    Article • Lung Cancer, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  174. Malignant Pleural Effusions: Review of Treatment and Our Experience

    Article • Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, January 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  175. Inguino-scrotal hernia of a double district ureter: case report and literature review

    Article • Hernia, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  176. P-807 Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusions

    Article • Lung Cancer, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  177. New Approaches in the Management of Septic Shock

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry - Immunology Endocrine & Metabolic Agents, September 2003, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini