Luca Bertolaccini, MD, PhD, FCCP - ESCO

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IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Via Ripamonti 435

Milan, Lombardy, IT 20141

Italy

[email protected]

Phone: +39 02 57489665

Mobile: +39 347 3042822

Fax: +39 02 56562994

Website: http://lucabertolaccini.wordpress.com/

Luca Bertolaccini, MD, PhD, FCCP

Education

Oct 2004 – Oct 2006 Università degli studi di Milano

PhD, Doctorate Degree in Thoracic Surgery

Milano, Italy

Nov 1998 – Oct 2004 Università degli Studi di Torino

MD, General Surgery Residency

Torino, Italy

Oct 1992 – Jun 1998 Università degli Studi di Torino

MD, Medical School

Torino, Italy

Experience

Apr 2019 – present Thoracic Surgeon

IEO - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Milan, Italy

Nov 2017 – Mar 2019 Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi di Bologna,

Bologna, Italy

Dec 2016 – Nov 2017 Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

AUSL Romagna Teaching Hospital,

Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Aug 2014 – Dec 2016 Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Surgery

Negrar Verona, Veneto, Italy

Sep 2009 – Aug 2014 Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Santa Croce e Carle Teaching Hospital, Thoracic Surgery Unit

Cuneo, Italy

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Nov 2004 – Aug 2009 Staff Surgeon, General and Thoracic Surgery

Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Surgery

Torino, Italy

Statistics

RG Score 41.68

Publications 314

Reads 19,359

Citations 1235

h-index 18

i-10 index 40

Awards & Grants

May 2018 Award: ESTS Grillo Award

Mar 2015 Award: CHEST Delegation Italy - Best Paper

Nov 2012 Award: FONICAP Prize 2012

Skills & Activities

Skills Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Pleural Diseases

Advanced Biostatistics Models

Languages English, French, Italian

Scientific Memberships Fellow of the American College of Chest Physician (FCCP).

Fellow of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB).

Committee member of the Society for Translational Medicine (STM).

Member of the AME Thoracic Surgery Cooperative Group.

Full Member of the American Physical Society (APS).

Full Member of the American Association for Advancement of the Science (AAAS).

Full Member of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS).

Gold Member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

Full Member of the Scandinavian Society for Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery

(SSRCTS).

Other Interests Chess

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Book Chapters

1. Luca Bertolaccini, Lorenzo Spaggiari: Surgery in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Extra-Pleural

Pneumonectomy - A Critical Appraisal. Advances in Medicine and Biology, 10/2019: pages 227-238; Nova

Science Publisher, Inc.., ISBN: 978-1-53616-686-6

2. Marco Scarci, Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Ilaria Righi, Davide Patrini, Roberto Crisci: Left VATS Upper

Lobectomy. Atlas of Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery, 04/2019: pages 141-143; , ISBN: 978-981-13-

2603-5, DOI:10.1007/978-981-13-2604-2_23

3. Luca Bertolaccini: Geometric Considerations in Uniportal VATS. Atlas of Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracic

Surgery, 04/2019: pages 33-38; , ISBN: 978-981-13-2603-5, DOI:10.1007/978-981-13-2604-2_5

4. Luca Bertolaccini, Barbara Bonfanti, Jury Brandolini, Francesca Calabrese, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Kenji

Kawamukai, Nicola Lacava, Piergiorgio Solli, Vidya Krishnan: The Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Applications in

Thoracic Surgery. Understanding Six Sigma: Concepts, Applications and Challenges, 09/2018: pages 65 - 75;

Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York (USA)., ISBN: 978-1-53614-175-7

5. L. Bertolaccini, A. Viti, C. Lauro, A. Terzi: Thyroidectomy for intrathoracic goiter: Surgical procedures, potential

complications and postoperative outcomes. 01/2014: pages 13-23;

6. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Antonio Cavallo, Alberto Terzi: Primitive Spontaneous Pneumothorax:

Classification, Treatment and Prognostic Factors. Pneumothorax: Classification, Treatment and Prognostic

Factors, First edited by Martha B. Roberts, 05/2013: chapter Primitive Spontaneous Pneumothorax:

Classification, Treatment and Prognostic Factors: pages 27 - 43; Nova Science Publisher., ISBN: 978-1-62618-

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Journal Publications

1. Paolo Mendogni, Jacopo Vannucci, Marco Ghisalberti, Marco Anile, Beatrice Aramini, Maria Teresa Congedo,

Mario Nosotti, Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea De Vico, Francesco Guerrera, Giovanna Imbriglio, Alessandro

Pardolesi, Marco Schiavon, Emanuele Russo: Epidemiology and management of primary spontaneous

pneumothorax: a systematic review. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 12/2019;,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivz290

2. Luca Bertolaccini, Lorenzo Spaggiari: Salvage pneumonectomy after definitive chemo-radiotherapy.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2019.11.07

3. F. Passiglia, S. Pilotto, F. Facchinetti, L. Bertolaccini, M. Del Re, R. Ferrara, T. Franchina, U. Malapelle, J. Menis,

A. Passaro, S. Ramella, G. Rossi, R. Trisolini, S. Novello: Treatment of Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The

2019 AIOM (Italian Association of Medical Oncology) Clinical Practice Guidelines. Critical Reviews in

Oncology/Hematology 12/2019; 146:102858., DOI:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.102858

4. Lunxu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Jie He, Todd L. Demmy, Shugeng Gao, Shanqing Li, Jianxing He, Yang Liu, Yunchao

Huang, Shidong Xu, Jian Hu, Liang Chen, Yuming Zhu, Qingquan Luo, Weimin Mao, Qunyou Tan, Chun Chen,

Xiaofei Li, Zhu Zhang, Gening Jiang, Lin Xu, Lanjun Zhang, Jianhua Fu, Hui Li, Qun Wang, Deruo Liu, Lijie Tan,

Qinghua Zhou, Xiangning Fu, Zhongmin Jiang, Haiquan Chen, Wentao Fang, Xun Zhang, Yin Li, Ti Tong, Zhentao

Yu, Yongyu Liu, Xiuyi Zhi, Tiansheng Yan, Xingyi Zhang, Qiang Pu, Guowei Che, Yidan Lin, Lin Ma, Raul Embun,

Javier Aragón, Serdar Evman, Gregor J. Kocher, Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Brunelli, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas,

Joel Dunning, Hui-Ping Liu, Scott J. Swanson, Ryabov Andrey Borisovich, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Alan Dart Loon

Sihoe, Takeshi Nagayasu, Takuro Miyazaki, Masayuki Chida, Tadasu Kohno, Agasthian Thirugnanam, Harmic J.

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Soukiasian, Mark W. Onaitis, Chia-Chuan Liu: International expert consensus on the management of bleeding

during VATS lung surgery. DOI:10.21037/atm.2019.11.142

5. Stefano Bongiolatti, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Domenico Viggiano, Sara Borgianni, Leonardo Politi, Roberto Crisci,

Carlo Curcio, Luca Voltolini, Luca Bertolaccini: Correction to: Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to

open lobectomy: analysis from a national database. Surgical Endoscopy 12/2019; 33(12)., DOI:10.1007/s00464-

019-06878-9

6. Stefano Bongiolatti, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Domenico Viggiano, Sara Borgianni, Leonardo Politi, Roberto Crisci,

Carlo Curcio, Luca Voltolini, Luca Bertolaccini: Risk factors and impact of conversion from VATS to open

lobectomy: analysis from a national database. Surgical Endoscopy 12/2019; 33(3)., DOI:10.1007/s00464-019-

06682-5

7. John Agzarian, Virginia R. Litle, Lori-Ann Linkins, Alessandro Brunelli, Laura Schneider, Peter B. Kestenholz, Hui

Li, Gaetano Rocco, Philippe Girard, Jun Nakajima, Charles Marc Samama, Marco Scarci, Masaki Anraku, Pierre-

Emmanuel Falcoz, Luca Bertolaccini, Jules Lin, sudish murthy, Wayne Hofstetter, Meinoshin Okumura,

Piergiorgio Solli, Fabrizio Minervini, Alan Kirk, James Demetrios Douketis, Yaron Shargall: International Delphi

survey of the ESTS/AATS/ISTH task force on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery: the role

of extended post-discharge prophylaxis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 11/2019;,

DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezz319

8. Luca Bertolaccini, Monica Casiraghi, Lorenzo Spaggiari: Immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant settings: a new

challenge for the thoracic surgeon?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 11/2019; 30(1).,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivz272

9. Francesco Petrella, Luca Bertolaccini, Riccardo Orlandi, Lorenzo Spaggiari: Aspergilloma Resection in a Partial

Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection of the Left Upper Lobe. DOI:10.25373/ctsnet.10257233

10. Luca Bertolaccini: Commentary: The Power (under Control) of Meta-Analysis in the Synthesis of Clinical

Knowledge. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 10/2019;, DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.062

11. Luca Bertolaccini, Hasan Batirel, Alessandro Brunelli, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Mahmoud Ismail, Antonio Martin

Ucar, Calvin S H Ng, Marco Scarci, Alan D L Sihoe, Paula A Ugalde, Firas Abu Akar, Benedetta Bedetti, Sergio

Bolufer Nadal, Jury Brandolini, Pierfilippo Crucitti, Attila Enyedi, Hiran C Fernando, Jozsef Furak, Javier Gallego-

Poveda, Carlos Galvez-Munos, Ivo Hanke, Luis A Hernandez-Arenas, Miroslav Janik, Peter Juhos, Lidia Libretti,

Paolo Lucciarini, Paolo Macrì, Stefano Margaritora, Hamid Reza Mahoozi, Dania Nachira, Alessandro Pardolesi,

Vadim Pischik, Dariusz Sagan, Hermien Schreurs, Dmitrii Sekhniaidze, Laura Socci, Davide Tosi, Akif Turna,

Fernando Vannucci, Marcin Zielinski, Gaetano Rocco: 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]. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic

Surgery 09/2019; 56(3):628-629., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezz229

12. Maurizio V Infante, Cristiano Benato, Ronaldo Silva, Gaetano Rocco, Alessandro Bertani, Luca Bertolaccini,

Alessandro Gonfiotti, Riccardo Giovannetti, Cinzia Bonadiman, Alessandro Lonardoni, Barbara Canneto,

Giovanni Falezza, Paola Gandini, Carlo Curcio, Roberto Crisci: 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 registry’ [Eur J

Cardiothorac Surg 2019, doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezz187]. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 08/2019;

56(6)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezz224

13. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco: Reply to Migliore and Hirai. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery:

official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 08/2019;, DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezz220

14. Alessio Campisi, Andrea Dell’Amore, Luca Bertolaccini, Stefano Congiu, Giampiero Dolci, Giulia Piccone, Erika

Dal Checco, Franco Stella: Urgent lung transplantation in acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: a sliding

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door or a new perspective?. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 08/2019;, DOI:10.1007/s11748-019-

01183-7

15. Luca Bertolaccini, Hasan Batirel, Alessandro Brunelli, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Mahmoud Ismail, Antonio Martin

Ucar, Calvin S H Ng, Marco Scarci, Alan D L Sihoe, Paula A Ugalde, Abu Akar, Benedetta Bedetti, Sergio Bolufer

Nadal, Jury Brandolini, Pierfilippo Crucitti, Attila Enyedi, Hiran C Fernando, Jozsef Furak, Javier Gallego-Poveda,

Carlos Galvez-Munos, Ivo Hanke, Miroslav Janik, Peter Juhos, Lidia Libretti, Paolo Lucciarini, Paolo Macrı`y,

Macrı` Macrı`y, Stefano Margaritora, Hamid Reza Mahoozi, Dania Nachira, Alessandro Pardolesi, Davide Tosi,

Akif Turna, Fernando Vannucci, Marcin Zielinski, Gaetano Rocco: Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery

lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of

Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS). European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 08/2019; 56(2):1-6.,


16. Yaron Shargall, Alessandro Brunelli, sudish murthy, Laura Schneider, Fabrizio Minervini, Luca Bertolaccini, John

Agzarian, lori-ann linkins, Peter Kestenholz, Hui Li, Gaetano Rocco, Philippe Girard, Federico Venuta, Marc

Samama, Marco Scarci, Masaki Anraku, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Alan Kirk, Piergiorgio Solli, Wayne Hofstetter,

Meinoshin Okumura, James Douketis, Virginia Litle: Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in thoracic surgery

patients: an international survey. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 07/2019; 57(2).,


17. Luca Bertolaccini, Francesco Petrella, Lorenzo Spaggiari: Climbing the slope of the learning curve in the

subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery approach. DOI:10.21037/shc.2019.06.02

18. Duilio Divisi, Gino Zaccagna, William Di Francescantonio, Dorian Bardhi, Federico Calvaruso, Luca Bertolaccini,

Roberto Crisci: Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy or sympathicotomy versus clipping in the surgical

management of primary hyperhidrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. DOI:10.21037/shc.2019.07.08

19. Francesco Facchinetti, Sara Pilotto, Giulio Metro, Editta Baldini, Luca Bertolaccini, Federico Cappuzzo, Angelo

Delmonte, Stefano Gasparini, Alessandro Inno, Antonio Marchetti, Francesco Passiglia, Francesco Puma,

Umberto Ricardi, Antonio Rossi, Lucio Crinò, Silvia Novello: Treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer:

2018 guidelines of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM). Tumori 07/2019; 105(5_suppl):3-14.,

DOI:10.1177/0300891619857418

20. Maurizio V Infante, Cristiano Benato, Ronaldo Silva, Gaetano Rocco, Alessandro Bertani, Luca Bertolaccini,

Alessandro Gonfiotti, Riccardo Giovannetti, Cinzia Bonadiman, Alessandro Lonardoni, Barbara Canneto,

Giovanni Falezza, Paola Gandini, Carlo Curcio, Roberto Crisci: 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. European

Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 06/2019; 56(6):1-7., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezz187

21. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco: What is the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Uniportal VATS

Interest Group (UVIG)?. Journal of Thoracic Disease 06/2019; 11(S16)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2019.06.55

22. Luca Bertolaccini, Lorenzo Spaggiari: The radical approach to the oligometastatic not small cell lung cancer

patient: which? how? when? where?. Journal of Thoracic Disease 06/2019; 11(S15).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2019.06.28

23. Jacopo Davide Giamello, Agnese Giaccone, Marco Gallo, Luca Bertolaccini: Good-hearted people, Busca cardio-

protected city: an evidence-based public access defibrillation project. DOI:10.21037/shc.2019.05.01

24. Luca Bertolaccini: Magnetic anchoring guidance system for video-assisted thoracic surgery: the 2018 update.

DOI:10.21037/vats.2019.03.04

25. Hanyan Xu, Adam Abdul Hakeem Baidoo, Shanshan Su, Junru Ye, Chengshui Chen, Yupeng Xie, Luca

Bertolaccini, Mahmoud Ismail, Biagio Ricciuti, Calvin Sze Hang Ng, Raja M. Flores, Yuping Li: A comparison of

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EGFR mutation status in tissue and plasma cell-free DNA detected by ADx-ARMS in advanced lung

adenocarcinoma patients. 04/2019; 8(2):135-143., DOI:10.21037/tlcr.2019.03.10

26. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco: History and development of minimally invasive surgery: VATS surgery.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2019.03.01

27. Piergiorgio Solli, Jury Brandolini, Luca Bertolaccini: Tubeless thoracic surgery: Ready for prime time?. Journal of

Thoracic Disease 03/2019; 11(3)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2019.03.01

28. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco: Methodology and timing of standardization. Journal of Thoracic Disease

03/2019; 11(S16)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2019.02.35

29. Leonardo Duranti, Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Luca Tavecchio, Paolo Scanagatta, Luigi Rolli, Ugo

Pastorino: Extra-pleural pneumonectomy. Journal of Thoracic Disease 03/2019; 11(3):1022-1030.,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2019.02.61

30. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi: Approaches to the thoracic cavities. DOI:10.21037/pm.2019.03.06

31. Alessandro Broccoli, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Cinzia Pellegrini, Beatrice Casadei, Barbara Bonfanti, Luca

Bertolaccini, Claudio Agostinelli, Maurizio Boaron, Stefano Fanti, Cristina Nanni, Lisa Argnani, Pier Luigi Zinzani:

Leukemia & Lymphoma Histological findings in patients with suspected mediastinal lymphoma relapse

according to positive positron emission tomography scan during follow-up: a large retrospective analysis in 96

patients. Leukemia and Lymphoma 03/2019; 60(9)., DOI:10.1080/10428194.2019.1581931

32. Cristiana Lo Nigro, Marco Macagno, Dario Sangiolo, Luca Bertolaccini, Massimo Aglietta, Marco Carlo Merlano:

NK-mediated antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity in solid tumors: biological evidence and clinical

perspectives. DOI:10.21037/atm.2019.01.42

33. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Brunelli: Devising the guidelines: the techniques of uniportal video-assisted

thoracic surgery—postoperative management and enhanced recovery after surgery. Journal of Thoracic

Disease 01/2019; 11(S16)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2019.01.62

34. Fabrizio Minervini, Peter B. Kestenholz, Luca Bertolaccini, Benedetta Bedetti, Davide Patrini, enrico cassina,

Marco Scarci: Bleeding control during VATS major lung resection without conversion: safe and feasible?.

DOI:10.21037/atm.2018.11.38

35. Luca Bertolaccini: How to teach uniportal VATS to younger and elder generations: two different methods or any

common overlapping points?. DOI:10.21037/shc.2019.01.02

36. Luca Bertolaccini, Fabio Davoli, Alessandro Pardolesi, Jury Brandolini, Desideria Argnani, Alessandro Bertani,

Andrea Droghetti, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Duilio Divisi, Roberto Crisci, Piergiorgio Solli, Mario Nosotti, Carlo

Curcio, Dario Amore, Giuseppe Marulli, S. Nicotra, Andrea Dell’Amore, Paola Maineri, Gaetano Di Rienzo,

Camillo Lopez, Angelo Morelli, Francesco Londero, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Roberto Gasparri, Guido Baietto,

Caterina Casadio, Maurizio V Infante, Cristiano Benato, Marco Alloisio, Edoardo Bottoni, Giuseppe Cardillo,

Francesco Carleo, Franco Stella, Giampiero Dolci, Francesco Puma, Damiano Vinci, Giorgio Cavallesco, Pio

Maniscalco, Luca Ampollini, Paolo Carbognani, Alberto Terzi, Andrea Viti, Giampiero Negri, Alessandro

Bandiera, Reinhold Perkmann, Francesco Zaraca, Claudio Andretti, Camilla Poggi, Felice Mucilli, Pierpaolo

Camplese, Luca Luzzi, Marco Ghisalberti, Andrea Imperatori, Nicola Rotolo, Luigi Bortolotti, Giovanna Rizzardi,

Massimo Torre, Alessandro Rinaldo, Armando Sabbatini, Majed Refai, Mauro Roberto Benvenuti, Diego

Benetti, Alessandro Stefani, Pamela Natali, Paolo Olivo Lausi, Francesco Guerrera: Conversion due to vascular

injury during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: A multicentre retrospective analysis from the Italian

video-assisted thoracic surgery group registry. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 01/2019;,

DOI:10.1016/j.ejso.2018.12.023

37. Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Surgical approaches to video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a brief

preface. DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.12.12

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38. Giampiero Dolci, Alessio Campisi, Marco Trotta, Sara Mazzarra, Stefano Congiu, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio

Solli, Andrea Dell’Amore: The “loop” technique for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a retrospective study

of 18 patients. DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.12.05

39. Luca Bertolaccini, Francesca Calabrese, Kenji Kawamukai, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: The relativity of

operative time on the outcomes of the video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomies. Journal of Thoracic Disease

12/2018; 11(S3)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.12.90

40. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Ugo Pastorino: Is the video-assisted pulmonary segmentectomy the

preferred approach to the early stage not-small cell lung cancer?. DOI:10.21037/atm.2018.12.38

41. Luca Bertolaccini, Francesca Calabrese, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Vascular injuries during VATS

lobectomies: keep calm, compress and have a plan. DOI:10.21037/atm.2018.11.33

42. Dania Nachira, Luca Bertolaccini, Mahmoud Ismail, Marco Chiappetta, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora: How

to create a surgical database?. Journal of Thoracic Disease 11/2018;, DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.10.58

43. Kenji Kawamukai, Luca Bertolaccini, Nicola Lacava, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Barbara Bonfanti, Piergiorgio Solli:

Surgical approaches for extrapleural pneumonectomy for mesothelioma: the lower door thoracotomy.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.11.03

44. E. Caruana, L. Bertolaccini, P. Solli, M. Scarci: P1.14-01 Current Practices in the Management of Malignant

Pericardial Effusions: A Survey Amongst Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Journal of

Thoracic Oncology 10/2018; 13(10):S600., DOI:10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.903

45. Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci, Duilio Divisi, Benedetta Bedetti, Lidia Libretti, Davide Patrini, Fabrizio

Minervini, Marco Scarci: Risk-Adjusted Costs Analysis of a Multicenter Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

Activity. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 10/2018; 227(4):e99.,

DOI:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.08.267

46. Benedetta Bedetti, Davide Patrini, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci, Piergiorgio Solli, Joachim Schmidt, Marco

Scarci: Focus on specific disease-part 2: The European Society of Thoracic Surgery chest wall database. Journal

of Thoracic Disease 10/2018; 10(S29)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.05.115

47. Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Francesca Calabrese, Piergiorgio Solli: High-resolution computed tomography

in the management of the first episode of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Are we sure that more is

better?. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 09/2018; 55(3)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezy288

48. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Davide Patrini, Joachim Schmidt, Marco Scarci: Virtual simulation and

learning new skills in video-assisted thoracic surgery. DOI:10.21037/vats.2018.08.03

49. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Davide Patrini, Joachim Schmidt, Marco Scarci: Haemorrhagic

complication during a simulation of a right video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) upper lobectomy.

DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.714

50. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Davide Patrini, Joachim Schmidt, Marco Scarci: Virtual reality (VR)

simulator of a right video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) upper lobectomy. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.713

51. Luca Bertolaccini, Dania Nachira: The science behind thoracic surgery: a brief preface.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.08.01

52. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco: The forest of methodology and the writing of evidence-based medicine

papers. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 08/2018; 54(4)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezy264

53. Fabrizio Minervini, Luca Bertolaccini, Davide Patrini, Benedetta Bedetti, Lidia Libretti, Marco Scarci: Non-

intubated awake uniportal VATS: how to start?. DOI:10.21037/vats.2018.06.03

54. Fabrizio Minervini, Peter B. Kestenholz, Valentina Paolini, Alberto Pesci, Lidia Libretti, Luca Bertolaccini, Marco

Scarci: Surgical and endoscopic treatment for COPD: Patients selection, techniques and results. Journal of

Thoracic Disease 07/2018; 10(S27)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.06.156

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55. Fabrizio Minervini, Luca Bertolaccini, Davide Patrini, Benedetta Bedetti, Marco Scarci: Pros-cons debate about

the role and evolution of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.06.02

56. Luca Bertolaccini, Francesca Calabrese, Jury Brandolini, Barbara Bonfanti, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Nicola

Lacava, Piergiorgio Solli: Fat but fit for the improved survival in lung cancer surgery. Journal of Thoracic Disease

06/2018; 10(S16)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.05.199

57. Aaron R. Casha, Luca Bertolaccini, Liberato Camilleri, Alexander Manche, Marilyn Gauci, Gor Melikyan, Ruben

Gatt, Krzysztof Dudek, Piergiorgio Solli, Joseph N. Grima: Pathophysiological mechanism of post-lobectomy air

leaks. Journal of Thoracic Disease 06/2018; 10(6)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.05.116

58. Luca Bertolaccini, Maria Teresa Congedo, Alessandro Bertani, Piergiorgio Solli, Mario Nosotti: A project to

assess the quality of the published guidelines for managing primary spontaneous pneumothorax from the

Italian Society of Thoracic Surgeons. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 06/2018; 54(5).,

DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezy199

59. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli, Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia Veronesi: Four

arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection—left upper lobectomy: how to do it. 05/2018; 4.,

DOI:10.21037/jovs.2018.05.04

60. Luca Bertolaccini, Barbara Bonfanti, Kenji Kawamukai, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Nicola Lacava, Piergiorgio Solli:

Bronchoscopic management of prolonged air leak. Journal of Thoracic Disease 05/2018; 10(S27).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.04.167

61. Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: The state of the art of the minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Italy.

05/2018; 4., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2018.05.05

62. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli, Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia Veronesi: Four

arms robotic left upper lobectomy performed with da Vinci Xi System. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.517

63. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Filippo Tommaso Gallina, Barbara Bonfanti, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri,

Kenji Kawamukai, Nicola Lacava, Piergiorgio Solli: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.03.13

64. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Robotic internal mammary

lymphadenectomy: another possible minimally invasive approach to sampling lymph nodes in breast cancer

patients. 04/2018; 4., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2018.03.06


Kenji Kawamukai, Nicola La Cava, Piergiorgio Solli: Upper segmentectomy of the right lower lobe: growing

ground glass opacity of the lower lobe. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.404

66. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Robotic left internal mammary lymph

nodes dissection. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.389


Kenji Kawamukai, Nicola La Cava, Piergiorgio Solli: Lingulectomy: adenocarcinoma of the left upper lobe.

DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.403

68. Alessandro Gonfiotti, Alessandro Bertani, Mario Nosotti, Domenico Viggiano, Stefano Bongiolatti, Luca

Bertolaccini, Andrea Droghetti, Piergiorgio Solli, Roberto Crisci, Luca Voltolini: Safety of lymphadenectomy

during video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: analysis from a national database †. European Journal of

Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 03/2018; 54(4)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezy098

69. Jacopo Davide Giamello, Luca Bertolaccini, Marco Gallo: The medical conference “A cardio protected city:

community response save lives” with the presentation of the PAD project. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.119

70. Piergiorgio Solli, Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Droghetti, Alessandro Bertani, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Mario Nosotti,

Marcello Migliore, Roberto Crisci, Italian VATS Group: 2016 Annual report from the Italian VATS Group. Future

Oncology 03/2018; 14(6s):23-28., DOI:10.2217/fon-2017-0423

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71. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Barbara Bonfanti, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Kenji Kawamukai, Nicola

Lacava, Piergiorgio Solli: Results in video-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.03.05

72. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Roberto Crisci, Piergiorgio Solli: Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in

video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomies: The best is yet still to come?. Journal of Thoracic Disease 03/2018;

10(S4):S493-S496., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.02.33

73. Alessandro Gonfiotti, Domenico Viggiano, Luca Voltolini, Alessandro Bertani, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci,

Andrea Droghetti: Enhanced recovery after surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: The Italian

VATS Group* surgical protocol. Journal of Thoracic Disease 03/2018; 10(S4):S564-S570.,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.01.157

74. Jacopo Davide Giamello, Luca Bertolaccini, Marco Gallo: Good–hearted people, Busca cardio protected city: a

community of a city in the north-west of Italy involved in a public access defibrillation project.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.02.01

75. Luca Bertolaccini, Federico Cappuzzo, Piergiorgio Solli: Lung Cancer Update 2017: from the test tube to the bed.

03/2018; 6(5)., DOI:10.21037/atm.2018.02.25

76. Alessandro Gonfiotti, Domenico Viggiano, Stefano Bongiolatti, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandro

Bertani, Luca Voltolini, Roberto Crisci, Andrea Droghetti: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS ® ) in thoracic

surgical oncology. Future Oncology 02/2018; 14(7)., DOI:10.2217/fon-2017-0471

77. Pierluigi Novellis, Edoardo Bottoni, Emanuele Voulaz, Umberto Cariboni, Alberto Testori, Luca Bertolaccini,

Laura Giordano, Elisa Dieci, Lorenzo Granato, Elena Vanni, Marco Montorsi, Marco Alloisio, Giulia Veronesi:

Robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and open surgery for early stage lung cancer: Comparison of

costs and outcomes at a single institute. Journal of Thoracic Disease 02/2018; 10(2):790-798.,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.01.123

78. Federico Raveglia, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Fabrizio Minervini, Marco Scarci: VATS thymectomy:

oncological results and comparison between minimally invasive strategies. DOI:10.21037/shc.2018.01.03

79. Duilio Divisi, Luca Bertolaccini, Mirko Barone, Dario Amore, Desideria Argnani, Gino Zaccagna, Piergiorgio Solli,

Gaetano Di Rienzo, Carlo Curcio, Roberto Crisci, Italian VATS Group: National adoption of video-assisted

thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy: The Italian VATS register evaluation. Journal of Thoracic Disease

01/2018; 10(1)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.11.133

80. Duilio Divisi, Mirko Barone, Luca Bertolaccini, Gino Zaccagna, Francesca Gabriele, Roberto Crisci: Diagnostic

performance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the management of solitary

pulmonary nodule: A meta-analysis. Journal of Thoracic Disease 01/2018; 10(S7).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.12.126


Scarci: Uniportal non-intubated thoracic surgery. 01/2018; 4:18-18., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.12.09

82. Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Roberto Crisci, Gaetano Rocco: The Very Experienced Time-honoUred

Surgeons (VETUS) project. 01/2018; 4:2-2., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.12.21



patients.



patients.

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patients.

86. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Filippo Tommaso Gallina, Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia

Veronesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arms robotic right lower lobectomy for NSCLC. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.051


Veronesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arms robotic right middle lobectomy for middle lobe carcinoid.

DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.052


Scarci: Non-intubated uniportal VATS wedge resection of an indeterminate pulmonary nodule in the left upper

lobe. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.035


Veronesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arms robotic right lower lobectomy for giant bullous emphysema localised in

the right lower lobe, complicated by chronic inflammatory status. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2018.053


Veronesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary resection-right lower/middle lobectomy: How

to do it. Journal of Thoracic Disease 01/2018; 10(1):476-481., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.12.36

91. Marco Lucchi, Alfredo Mussi, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: The everlasting story of malignant pleural

mesothelioma: where do we stand?. Journal of Thoracic Disease 01/2018; 10(S2):S192-S193.,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.01.42

92. Piergiorgio Solli, Jury Brandolini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Marco Nardini, Nicola Lacava, Sergio Forti Parri, Kenji

Kawamukai, Barbara Bonfanti, Luca Bertolaccini: Diaphragmatic and pericardial reconstruction after surgery for

malignant pleural mesothelioma. Journal of Thoracic Disease 01/2018; 10(S2):S298-S303.,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.01.44

93. Francesco Zaraca, Maurizio Vaccarili, Gino Zaccagna, Pio Maniscalco, Giampiero Dolci, Birgit Feil, Reinhold

Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Can a standardised Ventilation Mechanical Test for quantitative

intraoperative air leak grading reduce the length of hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

lobectomy?. 12/2017; 3:179-179., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.11.02


Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Moderate IOAAL graded according to a VMT: leak 260 mL/min

treated with Progel application. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.537


Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Moderate IOAAL graded according to a VMT: leak 180 mL/min.

DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.535


Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Mild IOAAL graded according to a VMT: leak 60 mL/min.

DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.534


Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Severe IOAAL graded according to a VMT: leak 520 mL/min.

DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.536


Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Severe IOAAL graded according to a VMT: leak 520 mL/min

treated with Progel application. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.538

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99. Luca Bertolaccini, Benedetta Bedetti, Alessandro Pardolesi, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Scarci:

Pareto’s cost/benefits estimation of a multicentre VATS lobectomy programme. Journal of Cardiothoracic

Surgery 12/2017; 12(S1):O50.

100. Duilio Divisi, Francesca Gabriele, Luca Bertolaccini, Mirko Barone, Luca Procaccini, Gino Zaccagna, Roberto

Crisci: VATS anatomic resections for lung cancer: insights from the Italian VATS Group.

DOI:10.21037/shc.2017.11.02


Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: 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. 12/2017; 9(12)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.11.109

102. Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli: Rebuttal From Drs. Bertolaccini and Solli. Chest 11/2017; 153(3).,

DOI:10.1016/j.chest.2017.10.035

103. Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli: Counterpoint: Should Segmentectomy Rather Than Lobectomy Be the

Operation of Choice for Early Stage Non Small Cell Lung Cancer? No. Chest 11/2017; 153(3).,

DOI:10.1016/j.chest.2017.10.037

104. Alessandro Gonfiotti, Stefano Bongiolatti, Luca Bertolaccini, Domenico Viggiano, Piergiorgio Solli, Andrea

Droghetti, Alessandro Bertani, Roberto Crisci, Luca Voltolini: Thoracoscopic lobectomy for locally advanced-

stage non-small cell lung cancer is a feasible and safe approach: analysis from multi-institutional national

database. 11/2017; 3:160-160., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.09.06

105. Jury Brandolini, Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Surgical treatment of synchronous

multiple neuroendocrine lung tumours (case series): Is more always better?. 11/2017; 5(21):423-423.,

DOI:10.21037/atm.2017.08.13

106. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: The Geometric and Ergonomic Appeal

of Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 11/2017; 27(4):331-338.,

DOI:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.06.001

107. Luca Bertolaccini, B Bedetti, K Marinova, F Raveglia, Y Shargall, P Solli, A Brunelli, G Rocco, K Papagiannopoulos,

J Kuzdzal, G Massard, E Ruffini, P Falcoz, I Opitz, M Scarci, For the Members of the ESTS Pleural Diseases

Working Group: P-168QUALITY EVALUATION OF PREVIOUS GUIDELINES ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT OF

MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION FROM THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS (ESTS) PLEURAL

DISEASES WORKING GROUP. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 10/2017; 25(suppl_1):ivx280.168.

108. Duilio Divisi, L Bertolaccini, D Argnani, G Zaccagna, R Crisci, P Solli: P-090LEARNING CURVE OF VIDEO-ASSISTED

THORACOSCOPIC SURGERYLOBECTOMY: AN EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC

SURGERY REGISTER. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 10/2017; 25:ivx280.057.

109. Fabio Davoli, L Bertolaccini, D Argnani, J Brandolini, A Pardolesi, D Divisi, R Crisci, P Solli: B-002CONVERSION

DUE TO VASCULAR INJURY DURING VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY LOBECTOMY. Interactive

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 10/2017; 25(suppl_1)., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivx280.002

110. Luca Bertolaccini, B Bedetti, G Rocco, A Brunelli, K Papagiannopoulos, P Solli, Y Shargall, K Marinova, F Raveglia,

J Kuzdzal, G Massard, P Falcoz, E Ruffini, I Opitz, A Toker, H Batirel, M Scarci: P-174PLEURAL DISEASES

WORKING GROUP OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS (ESTS): UPDATE OF PROJECT AND

ONGOING RESULTS. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 10/2017; 25(suppl_1).,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivx280.174

111. Alessandro Bertani, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Mario Nosotti, Paolo Albino Ferrari, Lavinia De Monte, Emanuele

Russo, Gioacchino Di Paola, Piero Solli, Andrea Droghetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Erratum to nodal

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

Thoracic Disease 10/2017; 9(10):E976-E977., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.09.32

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112. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: The biostatistical minimum. 10/2017; 9(10).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.09.94

113. Jury Brandolini, Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Maurizio Salvi, Mirca Valli, Piergiorgio Solli:

Chondroblastoma of the rib in a 47-year-old man: A case report with a systematic review of literature. 10/2017;

9(10)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.08.137

114. Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Barbara Bonfanti, Alessandra Cancellieri, Dario De Biase, Rocco Trisolini, Stefania

Zoboli, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Giovanni Tallini: Molecular analysis driven video-assisted thoracic

surgery resections in bilateral synchronous lung cancers: From the test tube to the operatory room. 10/2017;

5(20)., DOI:10.21037/atm.2017.07.41

115. Elisa Fabbri, Maddalena De Maria, Luca Bertolaccini: Case management: An up-to-date review of literature and

a proposal of a county utilization. 10/2017; 5(20)., DOI:10.21037/atm.2017.07.26

116. Stefano Sanna, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Desideria Argnani, Marta Mengozzi, Alessandro Pardolesi,

Piergiorgio Solli: Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in hemothorax. 09/2017; 3.,

DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.08.06

117. Piergiorgio Solli, Luca Bertolaccini, Nicola Lacava, Sergio Forti Parri, Kenji Kawamukai, Barbara Bonfanti,

Alessandro Pardolesi: Uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery: hilar dissection. DOI:10.21037/vats.2017.09.02

118. Luca Bertolaccini, Gino Zaccagna, Duilio Divisi, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli, Roberto Crisci: Awake

non-intubated thoracic surgery: an attempt of systematic review and meta-analysis.

DOI:10.21037/vats.2017.08.17

119. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Bertani, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Andrea Droghetti, Duilio Divisi, Roberto Crisci,

Piergiorgio Solli: Preliminary Data about Quality Check Evaluation of Italian VATS Group Database. European

Respiratory Journal 09/2017; 50(suppl 61).

120. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Desideria Argnani, Stefano Sanna, Marta Mengozzi,

Piergiorgio Solli: Diaphragmatic flap for primary repair in thoracic esophagectomy anastomotic leak. European

Respiratory Journal 09/2017; 50(suppl 61)., DOI:10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.PA2449

121. Luca Bertolaccini, Desideria Argnani, Jury Brandolini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandra

Criscione, Francesco Borrata, Marco Nardini, Enrica Monaco, Marcello Migliore: A Risk Stratification Model for

Postoperative Complications following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy. European Respiratory

Journal 09/2017; 50(suppl 61)., DOI:10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.PA2455

122. Luca Bertolaccini, Desideria Argnani, Jury Brandolini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandra

Criscione, Francesco Borrata, Marco Nardini, Enrica Monaco, Marcello Migliore: Bayesian Analysis of VATS

Lobectomy Expertise in Two Thoracic Surgery Units. European Respiratory Journal 09/2017; 50(suppl 61).,

DOI:10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.OA3223

123. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Edited right upper lobectomy (robot

daVinci Si). DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.422

124. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arm robotic-assisted pulmonary

resection-right upper lobectomy: how to do it. Journal of Thoracic Disease 09/2017;

125. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Uniportal video-assisted thoracic

surgery for pneumothorax and blebs/bullae. 08/2017; 3:107-107., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.07.04

126. Giovanni Scognamiglio, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Benni, Fabio Davoli, Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini,

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

08/2017; 3:109-109., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.06.07

127. Duilio Divisi, Mirko Barone, Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Piergiorgio Solli, Roberto Crisci, Italian VATS

Group: Standardized uptake value and radiological density attenuation as predictive and prognostic factors in

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patients with solitary pulmonary nodules: Our experience on 1,592 patients. 08/2017; 9(8).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.06.124

128. Barbara Bonfanti, Luca Bertolaccini, Piercamillo Pavesi, Eugenio Detotto, Stefano Parini, Piergiorgio Solli, Sergio

Nicola Forti Parri: Resolution of a respiratory failure due to massive chronic pericardial effusion with a

pericardial window: the simplest is the best. DOI:10.21037/arh.2017.08.02

129. Piergiorgio Solli, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Alessandro Pardolesi: Reconstructive techniques after

diaphragm resection and use of the diaphragmatic flap in thoracic surgery. DOI:10.21037/shc.2017.08.04

130. Alessandro Bertani, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Mario Nosotti, Paolo Albino Ferrari, Lavinia De Monte, Emanuele

Russo, Gioacchino Di Paola, Piergiorgio Solli, Andrea Droghetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci: Nodal

management and upstaging of disease: Initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry. Journal of

Thoracic Disease 07/2017; 9(7):2061-2070., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.06.12

131. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arms robotic left lower

lobectomy. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2017.258

132. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Joachim Schmidt, Raffaele Rocco, Marco Scarci:

Intentional Segmentectomies for Stage I Lung Cancer: An Up-to-Date Systematic Review. 06/2017; 5(7):15.,

DOI:10.1007/s40137-017-0177-2

133. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: Four arms robotic-assisted pulmonary

resection-left lower lobectomy: How to do it. 06/2017; 9(6)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.05.29

134. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Right side lobectomies. DOI:10.21037/shc.2017.05.09

135. Agnese Giaccone, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandro Pardolesi, Jury Brandolini, Luca Bertolaccini: Video-assisted

thoracoscopic surgery en bloc chest wall resection. 05/2017; 3:73-73., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.04.04

136. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Raffaele Rocco, Joachim Schmidt, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Scarci:

Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-

analysis. 05/2017; 9(6)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.05.79

137. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Desideria Argnani, Jury Brandolini, Duilio Divisi, Alessandro Bertani,

Andrea Droghetti, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Roberto Crisci, Piergiorgio Solli: Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer after induction chemotherapy: A propensity score matched analysis on

behalf of the Italian VATS group. Annals of Oncology 05/2017; 28(s2):ii24., DOI:10.1093/annonc/mdx092

138. Felice Lo Faso, Luca Berolaccini, Fabio Davoli, Paolo Bagioni, Silvia Zago, Piergiorgio Solli: Uniportal video-

assisted thoracic surgery in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy of unknown aetiology.

DOI:10.21037/vats.2017.04.02

139. Maurizio Grosso, Roberto Priotto, Donatella Ghirardo, AlbertoTalenti, Emanuele Roberto, Luca Bertolaccini,

Alberto Terzi, Stephane Chauvie, SOS Study Group: Comparison of digital tomosynthesis and computed

tomography for lung nodule detection in SOS screening program. La radiologia medica 04/2017; 122(174).,

DOI:10.1007/s11547-017-0765-3

140. Luca Bertolaccini, Benedetta Bedetti, Alessandro Brunelli, Katerina Marinova, Federico Raveglia, Gaetano

Rocco, Yaron Shargall, Piergiorgio Solli, Gonzalo Varela, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, Gilbert

Massard, Enrico Ruffini, Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, Carlos Martinez-Barenys, Isabelle Opitz, Hasan F. Batirel,

Alper Toker, Marco Scarci, Members of the ESTS Pleural Disease Working Group: 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. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic

Surgery 04/2017; 52(2)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezx089

141. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Desideria Argnani, Jury Brandolini, Duilio Divisi, Alessandro Bertani,

Andrea Droghetti, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Roberto Crisci, Piergiorgio Solli: Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

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lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer after induction chemotherapy: A propensity score-matched analysis on

behalf of the Italian VATS group. Annals of Oncology 04/2017; 28(suppl_2)., DOI:10.1093/annonc/mdx092.001

142. Aaron R. Casha, Roberto Caruana-Gauci, Alexander Manche, Marilyn Gauci, Stanley Chetcuti, Luca Bertolaccini,

Marco Scarci: Pleural pressure theory revisited: A role for capillary equilibrium. Journal of Thoracic Disease

04/2017; 9(4):979-989., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.03.112

143. Giuseppe Aresu, Lei Jiang, Luca Bertolaccini: Subxiphoid video-assisted major lung resections: The Believers'

speech. 04/2017; 9(4)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.03.161

144. Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Alessandro Pardolesi, Antonello Pasini: An overview of the use of artificial

neural networks in lung cancer research. 04/2017; 9(4)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.03.157

145. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Tips and tricks of the propensity score methods in the

thoracic surgery research. 04/2017; 9(4)., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.03.60

146. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: VATS: the age of maturity.

DOI:10.21037/vats.2017.03.03

147. Fabio Davoli, Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

bronchial sleeve lobectomy. 03/2017; 3., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.03.03

148. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Video-assisted thoracic surgery for extended lung

cancer disease: moving into the borderlands. 03/2017; 3., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.02.09

149. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Technological advancements in thoracic surgery: a

brief introduction to the future. 03/2017; 3., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.02.08

150. DongMei Yuan, Jian-Ya Zhang, Yan-Wen Yao, Hui-Ming Sun, Guan-Nan Wu, E-Hong Cao, Luca Bertolaccini,

Tang-Feng Lv, Yong Song, written on behalf of the AME Lung Cancer Collaborative Group: The pulmonary

nodule “discovered” by pneumonia: a case report. 02/2017; 6(1):92-96., DOI:10.21037/tlcr.2017.02.01

151. Wen Yang, Hongli Jiang, Ali Nawaz Khan, Carolyn Allen, Luca Bertolaccini, Tangfeng Lv, Yong Song, Panwen

Tian, written on behalf of the AME Lung Cancer Collaborative Group: Transthoracic needle aspiration in solitary

pulmonary nodule. 02/2017; 6(1):76-85., DOI:10.21037/tlcr.2017.02.03

152. Felice Lo Faso, Fabio Davoli, Paolo Bagioni, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli: Biportal VATS approach in the

treatment of penetrating thoracic trauma: a case report. DOI:10.21037/vats.2017.02.04

153. Federico Gobbi, Dora Buonfrate, Andrea Angheben, Anna Beltrame, Matteo Bassetti, Luca Bertolaccini,

Giuseppe Bogina, Simone Caia, Silvia Duranti, Maria Gobbo, Valentina Marchese, Stefania Marocco, Maria

Merelli, Geraldo Monteiro, Alberto Terzi, Zeno Bisoffi: Pulmonary nodules in African migrants caused by

chronic schistosomiasis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 02/2017; 17(5)., DOI:10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30530-8

154. Agnese Giaccone, Piergiorgio Solli, Luca Bertolaccini: Magnetic anchoring guidance system in video-assisted

thoracic surgery. 02/2017; 2:17-17., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2017.01.13

155. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Simona Paiano, Carlo Pomari, Luca Rosario Assante, Alberto Terzi: Indwelling

Pleural Catheters: A Clinical Option in Trapped Lung. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 02/2017; 27(1-1):47-55.,

DOI:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2016.08.008

156. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli: Thoracic surgeons, mathematics, and statisticians: a

new multidisciplinary team?. 01/2017; 3:5-5., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2016.12.12

157. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Barbara Bonfanti, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio

Solli: Surgical approaches in patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer. 01/2017; 10(1).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.11.135

158. Arianna Ferrari, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Paola Oriana Di Salvia, David Scaradozzi: Digital chest

tomosynthesis: the 2017 updated review of an emerging application. 01/2017; 6(5).,

DOI:10.21037/atm.2017.08.18

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159. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Jury Brandolini, Piergiorgio Solli: The surgeon thunderbolts in 2016 lung

cancer literature. 01/2017; 6(5)., DOI:10.21037/atm.2017.06.46

160. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Scarci: Learning curve and established phase for

uniportal VATS lobectomies: The Papworth experience. 01/2017; 9(1-1):138-142., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.01.03

161. Marco Scarci, Edward Caruana, Luca Bertolaccini, Benedetta Bedetti, Alessandro Brunelli, Gonzalo Varela,

Kostas Papagiannopoulos, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, Gilbert Massard, Enrico Ruffini, Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Isabelle

Opitz, Hasan Batirel, Alper Toker, Gaetano Rocco, on behalf of the ESTS Malignant Pleural Effusion Working

Group: Current practices in the management of malignant pleural effusions: A survey among members of the

European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 12/2016; 24(3).,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivw373

162. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia Veronesi: Robot-assisted

lobectomy for lung cancer in the presence of intraoperatively discovered broncho-vascular anomalies affecting

right upper and middle lobes. 12/2016; 2:175-175., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2016.11.11

163. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Marco Scarci: Uniportal video-thoracoscopic

mediastinal lymphadenectomy. DOI:10.21037/vats.2016.11.01

164. Alessandro Pardolesi, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia Veronesi: Surgical case

description. DOI:10.21037/asvide.2016.486

165. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Fabio Davoli, Piergiorgio Solli: Nanos gigantium humeris insidentes:

The awarded Cox proportional hazards model. Journal of Thoracic Disease 11/2016; 8(11).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.84

166. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: the choice of

localization technique for non-palpable solitary pulmonary nodule. Journal of Visualized Experiments 09/2016;

2., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2016.08.11

167. Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini: Study designs in thoracic surgery research. Journal of Thoracic

Disease 09/2016; 8(9):E932-E934., DOI:10.21037/jtd.2016.09.06

168. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Simona Paiano, Luca Rosario Assante, Carlo Pomari, Alberto Terzi: Outpatient

management of malignant pleural effusion in patients unfit for pleurodesis. European Respiratory Journal

09/2016; 48(S60):2527., DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA2527

169. Benedetta Bedetti, Guillermo Martinez, Luca Bertolaccini, Joanne Irons, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Scarci:

Enhanced recovery in thoracic surgery: A propensity-score matched cohort study. European Respiratory Journal

09/2016; 48(S60):2507., DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA2507

170. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Carlo Pomari, Luca Rosario Assante, Simona Paiano, Alberto Terzi: Revision of

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

European Respiratory Journal 09/2016; 48(S60):1991., DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.OA1991

171. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Matteo Salgarello, Giancarlo Gorgoni, Alberto Terzi: Radioguided VATS

resections of subcentimetric solitary pulmonary nodule/ground glass opacity. European Respiratory Journal

09/2016; 48(S60):1989., DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.OA1989

172. Benedetta Bedetti, L. Bertolaccini, G. Martinez, J. Irons, N. Panagiotopoulos, P. Solli, M. Scarci: TRIPORTAL

VERSUS UNIPORTAL VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR MAJOR ANATOMICAL LUNG RESECTIONS:

A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHED ANALYSIS. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 09/2016; 23(suppl

1):i14.3-i15., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivw260.50

173. P. Solli, A. Terzi, M. Scarci, A. Viti, B. Bedetti, K. Bahkhri, A. Coonar, Luca Bertolaccini: FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR

LUNG RESECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENTS: A MORBIDITY RISK STRATIFICATION MODEL. Interactive

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 09/2016; 23(suppl 1):i53.2-i53., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivw260.195

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174. Carlo Pomari, Luisa Mauroner, Simona Paiano, Luca Rosario Assante, Luca Bertolaccini, Giacomo Ruffo, Paride

Mainardi, Paolo Bocus, Andrea Geccherle, Sergio Ivan Albanese, Stefano Ciaffoni: Bronchial reacutization and

gastroesophageal reflux: Is there a potential clinical correlation?. 08/2016; 4(16).,

DOI:10.21037/atm.2016.08.40

175. Benedetta Bedetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Piegiorgio Solli, Marco Scarci: Learning Curve for Uniportal Video-Assisted

Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomies: The Papworth Experience. Innovations 06/2016; 11:S65.,

DOI:10.1097/IMI.0000000000000267

176. Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Giuseppe Bogina, Luca Bertolaccini: Lymph Nodal Micrometastases in NSCLC: Where

do we Stand?. 05/2016; 5(2)., DOI:10.2217/lmt-2016-0009

177. Roberto Rossini, Daniela Monsellato, Luca Bertolaccini, Anna Pesci, Giuseppe Zamboni, Marcello Ceccaroni,

Giacomo Ruffo: Lymph Node Involvement in Deep Infiltrating Intestinal Endometriosis: Does It Really Mean

Anything?. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 04/2016; 23(5)., DOI:10.1016/j.jmig.2016.03.021

178. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Are the fallacies of the P value finally ended?. 03/2016; 8(6).,

DOI:10.21037/jtd.2016.04.48

179. Marco Scarci, Luca Bertolaccini, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Benedetta Bedetti: Open repair of pectus

carinatum. 03/2016; 2:50., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2016.02.15

180. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Management of malignant pleural effusions in patients with

trapped lung with indwelling pleural catheter: how to do it. 03/2016; 2:44., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2016.02.06

181. Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Andrea Viti: Why should we prefer the single port access thoracic surgery?.

03/2016; 2., DOI:10.21037/jovs.2016.02.11

182. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Gaetano Rocco: Geometric and ergonomic characteristics of the

uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach. 03/2016; 5(2):118-22.,

DOI:10.21037/acs.2015.12.05

183. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Management of malignant pleural effusions in patients with

trapped lung with indwelling pleural catheter: how to do it.

184. Argante Ciocci, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini: The game theory in thoracic surgery: From the

intuitions of Luca Pacioli to the operating rooms management. 12/2015;, DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-

1439.2015.10.31

185. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: Biologic therapy and gene therapy in the multimodality treatment

of malignant pleural mesothelioma. 10/2015; 3(17):248., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.09.40

186. Simona Paiano, Luca Bertolaccini, Carlo Pomari, Luca Rosario Assante, Alberto Terzi: EBUS TBNA negative

lymph nodes risk stratification model: A tool for multidisciplinary team. European Respiratory Journal 09/2015;

46(59):1745., DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.OA1745

187. Luca Bertolaccini, Giulia Felloni, Matteo Salgarello, Carlo Pomari, Simona Paiano, Luca Rosario Assante, Andrea

Viti, Alberto Terzi: Preoperative predictive value of 18FDG CT/PET tumor metabolic parameters & SUV lymh

nodes/tumor ratio in NSCLC. European Respiratory Journal 09/2015; 46(59):1743.,

DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.OA1743

188. Luca Bertolaccini, Simona Paiano, Carlo Pomari, Luca Rosario Assante, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Safety and

advantages of VATS biopsy in diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. European Respiratory Journal 09/2015;

46(59):1518., DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA1518

189. Luca Bertolaccini, Matteo Salgarello, Giancarlo Gorgoni, Alberto Terzi: Radioguided video-assisted resection of

non-palpable solitary pulmonary nodule/ground glass opacity: how to do it. 07/2015; 1:9.,

DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2221-2965.2015.07.04

190. Alberto Manassero, Matteo Bossolasco, Maurizio Meineri, Susanna Ugues, Chrysoula Liarou, Luca Bertolaccini:

Spread patterns and effectiveness for surgery after ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block in adult day-case

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patients scheduled for umbilical hernia repair. Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology 07/2015;

31(3):349-53., DOI:10.4103/0970-9185.161671

191. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Digital tomosynthesis in lung cancer: State of the art. 07/2015;

3(10)., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.06.03

192. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: "Old people suffer the ravages of the years": Changes of

treatments in elderly patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer. 06/2015; 3(9):114.,

DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.06.02

193. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: The Statistical point of view of Quality: The Lean Six Sigma

methodology. Journal of Thoracic Disease 04/2015; 7(4):E66-8., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.04.11

194. Luca Bertolaccini, Giulia Felloni, Matteo Salgarello, Andrea Viti, Andrea Bianchi, Alberto Terzi: PREOPERATIVE

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FRACTAL BIOPSY OF THYMIC EPITHELIAL NEOPLASM. Annals of Oncology

04/2015; 26(Supplement 1):i51-i54., DOI:10.1093/annonc/mdv053.2

195. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Chiara Tavella, Roberto Priotto, Donatella Ghirardo, Maurizio Grosso, Alberto

Terzi, on the behalf of the SOS Study Group: Lung cancer detection with digital chest tomosynthesis: First round

results from the SOS observational study. 04/2015; 3(5)., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.03.41

196. Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini: A practical overview on probability distributions. Journal of

Thoracic Disease 03/2015; 7(3):E03-7., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.01.37

197. Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Francesco Ricchetti, Filippo Alongi: Surgery or stereotactic ablative radiation

therapy: How will be treated operable patients with early stage not small cell lung cancer in the next future?.

02/2015; 3(2-2)., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.01.06

198. Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Matteo Salgarello: The Importance of Being Solid or Partially Solid for a Solitary

Pulmonary Nodule. Journal of thoracic oncology: official publication of the International Association for the

Study of Lung Cancer 02/2015; 10(2):e8., DOI:10.1097/JTO.0000000000000430

199. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Gaetano Rocco: Geometric and ergonomic characteristics of the

uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approach. DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.12.05

200. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Ergon-trial: ergonomic evaluation of single-port access versus

three-port access video-assisted thoracic surgery. Surgical Endoscopy 12/2014; 28(12)., DOI:10.1007/s00464-

014-4024-6

201. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Pivotal Role of

Nodal Status. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 10/2014; 98(4):1526., DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.026

202. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Elvio Russi, Marco Merlano, Ida Colantonio, Alberto Terzi: CLINICAL IMPACT OF

RADICAL LOCO-REGIONAL SURGERY IN SYNCHRONOUS OLIGOMETASTATIC NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER.

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 10/2014; 19(S1):201., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivu276.201

203. James MD* Huang, Usman MD* Ahmad, Alberto MD‡ Antonicelli, Ann Christine¶ Catlin, Wentao MD# Fang,

Daniel MD** Gomez, Patrick MD‡‡ Loehrer, Marco MD§§ Lucchi, Edith MD†† Marom, Andrew MD‖‖

Nicholson, Enrico MD¶¶ Ruffini, William MD† Travis, Paul MD## Van Schil, Heather MD*** Wakelee,

Xiaopan PhD§ Yao, Frank MD‖ Detterbeck, Luca Bertolaccini: Development of the International Thymic

Malignancy Interest Group International Database: An Unprecedented Resource for the Study of a Rare Group

of Tumors. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 10/2014; 9(10):1573-1578., DOI:10.1097/JTO.0000000000000269

204. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Lung cancer risk prediction model based on data of the SOS trial

(single center non-randomized lung cancer early detection trial). European Respiratory Journal 09/2014;

44(S58):1919.

205. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Maurizio Grosso, Alberto Terzi: SOS study: Lung cancer detection with chest

digital tomosynthesis. European Respiratory Journal 09/2014; 44(S58):1918.

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206. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: What is the role of lymph nodal metastases and lymphadenectomy

in the surgical treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinomas and carcinoids?. Interactive Cardiovascular and

Thoracic Surgery 09/2014; 19(6)., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivu281

207. Kondo K, Van Schil P, Detterbeck FC, Okumura M, Stratton K, Giroux D, Asamura H, Crowley J, Falkson C, Filosso

PL, Giaccone G, Huang J, Kim J, Lucchi M, Marino M, Marom EM, Nicholson AG, Ruffini E, Staging, Participating

Institutions of the Thymic Domain. Collaborators Goldstraw P, Rami-Porta R, Ball D, MacCallum P, Beer D,

Beyruti R, Bolejack V, Chansky K, F.C. Detterbeck, W.E.E. Eberhardt, Edwards J, Galateau-Sallé F, Gleeson F,

Groome P, Kennedy C, Kim YT, Kingsbury L, Kondo H, Krasnik M, Kubota K, Lerut A, Lyons G, van Meerbeeck J,

Mitchell A, Nakano T, Brompton R, Nowak A, Peake M, Rice T, Rosenzweig K, Rusch V, Saijo N, Sculier JP,

Shemanski L, Suzuki K, Tachimori Y, Thomas CF Jr, Travis W, Tsao MS, Turrisi A, Vansteenkiste J, Watanabe H,

Wu YL, Baas P, Erasmus J, Hasegawa S, Inai K, Kernstine K, Kindler H, Krug L, Nackaerts K, Pass H, Rice D,

Blackstone E, Call Caja S, Ahmad U, Girard N, Haam SJ, Bae MK, Gomez DR, Ströbel P, Marx A, Saita S, Wakelee

H, Bertolaccini L, Vallieres E, Scott W, Su S, Park B, Marks J, Khella S, Shen R, Rosenberg M, Tomulescu V,

Foroulis C, Lang-Lazdunski L, Billè A, Maessen JG, Keijzers M, van Veer H, Wright C, Facciolo F, Palmieri G,

Buonerba C, Ferguson M, Marulli G, Loehrer P, Kalkat M, Rohrberg K, Daugaard G, Toker A, Erus S, Kimmich M,

Brunelli A, Refai M, A.G. Nicholson, Lim E, Park IK, Wagner J, Tieu B, Fang W, Zhang J, Yu Z, Han Y, Li Y, Chen K,

Chen G, Fujii Y, Nagai K, Nakajima J, Ikeda N, Haraguchi S, Onuki T, Yoshino I, Tsuchida M, Takahashi S, Yokoi K,

Hanyuda M, Niwa H, Date H, Maniwa Y, Miyoshi S, Iwasaki A, Okamoto T, Nagayasu T, Tanaka F, Suzuki M,

Yoshida K, Okuma Y, Horio H, Matsumura A, Higashiyama M, Suehisa H, Sano Y, Al Kattan K, Cerfolio R,

Gebitekin C, de Antonio D, Kernstine KH, Altorki N, Novoa N, Scarci M, Voltolini L, Weder W, Zurek W, Arame A,

Casadio C, Carbognani P, Donati G, Keshavjee S, Klepetko W, Moser B, Lequaglie C, Liberman M, Mancuso M,

Nosotti M, Spaggiari L, Thomas PA, Rendina E, Venuta F, Anile M, Schützner J, Rocco G.: 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.. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 09/2014; 9(9):S81-7.

208. Detterbeck FC, Stratton K, Giroux D, Asamura H, Crowley J, Falkson C, Filosso PL, Frazier AA, Giaccone G, Huang

J, Kim J, Kondo K, Lucchi M, Marino M, Marom EM, Nicholson AG, Okumura M, Ruffini E, Van Schil P, Staging,

Participating Institutions of the Thymic Domain. Collaborators Goldstraw P, Rami-Porta R, Ball D, MacCallum P,

Beer D, Beyruti R, Bolejack V, Chansky K, Detterbeck F, W.E.E. Eberhardt, Edwards J, Galateau-Sallé F, Gleeson

F, Groome P, Kennedy C, Kim YT, Kingsbury L, Kondo H, Krasnik M, Kubota K, Lerut A, Lyons G, van Meerbeeck

J, Mitchell A, Nakano T, Brompton R, Nowak A, Peake M, Rice T, Rosenzweig K, Rusch V, Saijo N, Sculier JP,

Shemanski L, Suzuki K, Tachimori Y, Thomas CF Jr, Travis W, Tsao MS, Turrisi A, Vansteenkiste J, Watanabe H,

Wu YL, Baas P, Erasmus J, Hasegawa S, Inai K, Kernstine K, Kindler H, Krug L, Nackaerts K, Pass H, Rice D,

Blackstone E, Call Caja S, Ahmad U, Girard N, Haam SJ, Bae MK, Gomez DR, Ströbel P, Marx A, Saita S, Wakelee

H, Bertolaccini L, Vallieres E, Scott W, Su S, Park B, Marks J, Khella S, Shen R, Rosenberg M, Tomulescu V,

Foroulis C, Lang-Lazdunski L, Billè A, Maessen JG, Keijzers M, van Veer H, Wright C, Facciolo F, Palmieri G,

Buonerba C, Ferguson M, Marulli G, Loehrer P, Kalkat M, Rohrberg K, Daugaard G, Toker A, Erus S, Kimmich M,

Brunelli A, Refai M, Nicholson A, Lim E, Park IK, Wagner J, Tieu B, Fang W, Zhang J, Yu Z, Han Y, Li Y, Chen K,

Chen G, Fujii Y, Nagai K, Nakajima J, Ikeda N, Haraguchi S, Onuki T, Yoshino I, Tsuchida M, Takahashi S, Yokoi K,

Hanyuda M, Niwa H, Date H, Maniwa Y, Miyoshi S, Iwasaki A, Okamoto T, Nagayasu T, Tanaka F, Suzuki M,

Yoshida K, Okuma Y, Horio H, Matsumura A, Higashiyama M, Suehisa H, Sano Y, Al Kattan K, Cerfolio R,

Gebitekin C, de Antonio D, Kernstine KH, Altorki N, Novoa N, Scarci M, Voltolini L, Weder W, Zurek W, Arame A,

Casadio C, Carbognani P, Donati G, Keshavjee S, Klepetko W, Moser B, Lequaglie C, Liberman M, Mancuso M,

Nosotti M, Spaggiari L, Thomas PA, Rendina E, Venuta F, Anile M, Schützner J, Rocco G, Filosso L: The

IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: proposal for an evidence-based stage classification

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system for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors.. Journal of Thoracic

Oncology 09/2014; 9(9):S65-72.

209. Nicholson AG, Detterbeck FC, Marino M, Kim J, Stratton K, Giroux D, Asamura H, Crowley J, Falkson C, Filosso

PL, Giaccone G, Huang J, Kondo K, Lucchi M, Marom EM, Okumura M, Ruffini E, Van Schil P, Staging, Prognostic

Factors Committee, Members of the Advisory Boards, Participating Institutions of the Thymic Domain.

Collaborators Goldstraw P, Rami-Porta R, Ball D, MacCallum P, Beer D, Beyruti R, Bolejack V, Chansky K,

Detterbeck F, W.E.E. Eberhardt, Edwards J, Galateau-Sallé F, Gleeson F, Groome P, Kennedy C, Kim YT,

Kingsbury L, Kondo H, Krasnik M, Kubota K, Lerut A, Lyons G, Marom E, van Meerbeeck J, Mitchell A, Nakano T,

Brompton R, Nowak A, Peake M, Rice T, Rosenzweig K, Rusch V, Saijo N, Sculier JP, Shemanski L, Suzuki K,

Tachimori Y, Thomas CF Jr, Travis W, Tsao MS, Turrisi A, Vansteenkiste J, Watanabe H, Wu YL, Baas P, Erasmus

J, Hasegawa S, Inai K, Kernstine K, Kindler H, Krug L, Nackaerts K, Pass H, Rice D, Blackstone E, Call Caja S,

Ahmad U, Girard N, Haam SJ, Bae MK, Gomez DR, Ströbel P, Marx A, Saita S, Wakelee H, Bertolaccini L,

Vallieres E, Scott W, Su S, Park B, Marks J, Khella S, Shen R, Rosenberg M, Tomulescu V, Foroulis C, Lang-

Lazdunski L, Billè A, Maessen JG, Keijzers M, van Veer H, Wright C, Facciolo F, Palmieri G, Buonerba C, Ferguson

M, Marulli G, Loehrer P, Kalkat M, Rohrberg K, Daugaard G, Toker A, Erus S, Kimmich M, Brunelli A, Refai M,

Nicholson A, Lim E, Park IK, Wagner J, Tieu B, Fang W, Zhang J, Yu Z, Han Y, Li Y, Chen K, Chen G, Fujii Y, Nagai K,

Nakajima J, Ikeda N, Haraguchi S, Onuki T, Yoshino I, Tsuchida M, Takahashi S, Yokoi K, Hanyuda M, Niwa H,

Date H, Maniwa Y, Miyoshi S, Iwasaki A, Okamoto T, Nagayasu T, Tanaka F, Suzuki M, Yoshida K, Okuma Y,

Horio H, Matsumura A, Higashiyama M, Suehisa H, Sano Y, Al Kattan K, Cerfolio R, Gebitekin C, de Antonio D,

Kernstine KH, Altorki N, Novoa N, Scarci M, Voltolini L, Weder W, Zurek W, Arame A, Casadio C, Carbognani P,

Donati G, Keshavjee S, Klepetko W, Moser B, Lequaglie C, Liberman M, Mancuso M, Nosotti M, Spaggiari L,

Thomas PA, Rendina E, Venuta F, Anile M, Schützner J, Rocco G.: 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.. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 09/2014; 9(9):S73-80.

210. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: The chicken-and-egg debate about statistics and research. Journal

of Thoracic Disease 09/2014; 6(9):1349-1350., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.26

211. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: To Seed or Not to Seed - The Open Question of Mesothelioma

Intervention Tract Metastases. Chest 09/2014; 146(3):e111-e112., DOI:10.1378/chest.14-0822

212. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: Results of Extended Intrathoracic Lymphadenectomy in Course of

Thymectomy for Thymic Carcinoma. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 09/2014; 9(10):S225.

213. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Lucia Boschetto, Antonello Pasini, Alessandro Attanasio, Alberto Terzi, Claudio

Cassardo: Analysis of spontaneous pneumothorax in the city of Cuneo: environmental correlations with

meteorological and air pollutant variables. Surgery Today 08/2014; 45(5)., DOI:10.1007/s00595-014-1014-1

214. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Moving beyond the boundary: The emerging role of video-assisted

thoracic surgery for bronchoplastic resections. Journal of Thoracic Disease 07/2014; 6(9).,

DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.16

215. Luca Bertolaccini, A. Viti, A. Terzi: B-001ERGON – TRIAL: ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF SINGLE-PORT ACCESS

VERSUS THREE-PORT ACCESS VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic

Surgery 06/2014; 18(suppl 1-suppl 1):S1., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivu167.1

216. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Marco Merlano, Ida Colantonio, Elvio Russi, Alberto Terzi: Surgical management

in oligometastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: A critical analysis from a single center multidisciplinary team.

Journal of Thoracic Oncology 04/2014; 9(4):S42.

217. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Chiara Tavella, Roberto Priotto, Donatella Ghirardo, Grazia Giovinazzo, Claudia

Vinay, Maurizio Grosso, Alberto Terzi: LUNG CANCER DETECTION WITH CHEST DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS:

RESULTS FROM THE SOS OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 04/2014; 9(4):S15.

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218. Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi, Andrea Bianchi, Luca Bertolaccini: Is a positron emission tomography-computed

tomography scan useful in the staging of thymic epithelial neoplasms?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic

Surgery 03/2014; 19(1)., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivu068

219. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Antonio Cavallo, Mirella Fortunato, Andrea Bianchi, Alberto Terzi: 18-Fluorine

fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the pretreatment evaluation of thymic epithelial

neoplasms: A metabolic biopsy confirmed by Ki-67 expression. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery:

official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 02/2014; 46(3).,

DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezu030

220. Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Grazia Giovinazzo, Maurizio Grosso, Alberto Terzi: Radiofrequency ablation for

stage I non-small-cell lung cancer in the functionally inoperable patient. 02/2014; 3(1):35 - 41.,

DOI:10.2217/lmt.13.69

221. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Eleonora Lanzi, Mirella Fortunato, Stephane Chauvie, Andrea Bianchi, Alberto

Terzi: 18Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography total glycolytic

volume in thymic epithelial neoplasms evaluation: A reproducible image biomarker. General Thoracic and

Cardiovascular Surgery 01/2014; 62(4)., DOI:10.1007/s11748-014-0374-1

222. Alberto Terzi, Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini: Transaxillary access to aortopulmonary window and paraaortic

nodes. Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 12/2013; 22(9)., DOI:10.1177/0218492313516326

A. Viti, L. Bertolaccini, A. Cavallo, A. Bianchi, M. Fortunato, A. Terzi: 127 * 18-FLUORINE

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN THE PRETREATMENT EVALUATION OF

THYMIC EPITHELIAL NEOPLASMS: A "METABOLIC BIOPSY" CONFIRMED BY KI-67 EXPRESSION.

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 10/2013; 17(suppl 2):S100-S100.,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivt372.127

223. Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini: Is lung cancer screening possible with digital chest tomosynthesis?. 10/2013;

2(5-5):337-339., DOI:10.2217/lmt.13.36

224. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Antonio Cavallo, Alberto Terzi: Results of Li-Tho trial: a prospective randomized

study on effectiveness of LigaSure (R) in lung resections. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery: official

journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 09/2013; 45(4)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezt445

225. Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Geometrical characteristics of uniportal VATS.

Journal of Thoracic Disease 08/2013; 5(Suppl 3):S214-6., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.04.06

226. Luca Bertolaccini, A. Viti, A. Cavallo, A. Terzi: B-006RESULTS OF LI-THO TRIAL: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED

STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF LIGASURE® IN LUNG RESECTIONS. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic

Surgery 07/2013; 17(suppl 1-suppl 1):S1-S62., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivt288.6

227. Emilpaolo Manno, Mauro Navarra, Luciana Faccio, Mohsen Motevallian, Luca Bertolaccini, Abdou Mfochivè,

Marco Pesce, Andrea Evangelista: Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit: The “ICU-Sound”

Protocol. Survey of Anesthesiology 06/2013; 57(3):108-109., DOI:10.1097/01.sa.0000428772.86661.bc

228. Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Liliana Comello, Donatella Ghirardo, Roberto Priotto, Maurizio

Grosso: Lung Cancer Detection with Digital Chest Tomosynthesis. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 06/2013;

8(6):685-692., DOI:10.1097/JTO.0b013e318292bdef

229. Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Liliana Comello, Donatella Ghirardo, Roberto Priotto, Maurizio

Grosso, for the SOS Study Group: Lung Cancer Detection with Digital Chest Tomosynthesis: Baseline Results

from the Observational Study SOS. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 06/2013; 8(6):685-92.,

DOI:10.1097/JTO.0b013e318292bdef.

230. L. Bertolaccini, E. Lanzi, A Viti, S. Chauvie, A Bianchi, A Cavallo, A Terzi: 37O 18-F FDG PET TOTAL GLYCOLYTIC

VOLUME IN THYMIC EPITHELIAL NEOPLASMS EVALUATION: AN EASILY REPRODUCIBLE IMAGE BIOMARKER.

Lung Cancer 05/2013; 80(1):S16-S17., DOI:10.1016/S0169-5002(13)70258-7

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231. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Giovanni Di Perri, Alberto Terzi: Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis:

The phoenix of thoracic surgery?. Journal of Thoracic Disease 04/2013; 5(2):198-9., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-

1439.2012.03.18

232. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Antonio Cavallo, Alberto Terzi: Correlation sometimes implies causation: Possible

roles of correlation analysis between 18fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed

tomography and thymic epithelial neoplasms. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery: official journal of

the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 01/2013; 44(1)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezs686

233. Pier Luigi Filosso, Claudia Galassi, Enrico Ruffini, Stefano Margaritora, Luca Bertolaccini, Caterina Casadio,

Marco Anile, Federico Venuta: Thymoma and the increased risk of developing extrathymic malignancies: A

multicentre study. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery: official journal of the European Association for

Cardio-thoracic Surgery 01/2013; 44(2)., DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezs663

234. Emilpaolo Manno, Mauro Navarra, Luciana Faccio, Mohsen Motevallian, Luca Bertolaccini, Abdou Mfochivè,

Marco Pesce, Andrea Evangelista: Deep Impact of Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit The "ICU-sound"

Protocol. Anesthesiology 10/2012; 117(4):801-9., DOI:10.1097/ALN.0b013e318264c621

235. L Bertolaccini, A Viti, A Gorla, A Terzi: Home-management of malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling

pleural catheter: Ten years experience. European journal of surgical oncology: the journal of the European

Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 09/2012; 38(12).,

DOI:10.1016/j.ejso.2012.08.021

236. Luca Bertolaccini, Lucia Boschetto, Claudio Cassardo, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: Neural networks analysis of

spontaneous pneumothorax development. European Respiratory Journal 09/2012; 40(56):183s.

237. Andrea Antonelli, Roberto Torchio, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Fabrizio Rolfo, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Carlo

Gulotta, Vito Brusasco, Riccardo Pellegrino: Contribution of β-adrenergic receptors to exercise-induced

bronchodilatation in healthy humans. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 07/2012; 184(1):55-9.,

DOI:10.1016/j.resp.2012.07.007

238. Luca Bertolaccini, Claudio Cassardo, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi: The relationship between meteorological

variations and the onset of spontaneous pneumothorax. Surgery Today 06/2012; 43(3)., DOI:10.1007/s00595-

012-0226-5

239. Alberto Manassero, Susanna Ugues, Luca Bertolaccini, Matteo Bossolasco, Alberto Terzi, Giuseppe Coletta: A

very early stage of obstructive fibrinous tracheal pseudo-membrane formation. 06/2012; 4(3):320-2.,

DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2012.05.10

240. Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Gorla, Andrea Viti: Surgery for the treatment of the tuberculosis-

destroyed lung: to protect or not to protect the bronchial stump?. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery:

official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 05/2012; 43(1).,

DOI:10.1093/ejcts/ezs259

241. Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Elvira Spada, Franco Acchiardi, Donatella Ghirardo: Not palpable? Role of

radio-guided video-assisted thoracic surgery for nonpalpable solitary pulmonary nodules. General Thoracic and

Cardiovascular Surgery 05/2012; 60(5):280-4., DOI:10.1007/s11748-011-0906-x

242. H. Hansen, L. Bertolaccini, J. Kuzdzal: Risk is not our business: safety of thoracic surgery in patients using

antiplatelet therapy CONFERENCE DISCUSSION. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 02/2012;

14(2):165-166.

243. Luca Bertolaccini, Corrado Lauro, Roberto Priotto, Alberto Terzi: It sometimes happens: Late tracheal rupture

after total thyroidectomy. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 01/2012; 14(4):500-1.,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivr126

244. M Navarra, L Faccio, M Motevallian, L Bertolaccini: Ultrasonography in the Intensive Care Unit. Anesthesiology

01/2012; 117(4):696-8.

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245. Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Gorla, Andrea Viti, Sarah Palmisano, Giuseppe

Coletta: Risk is not our business: Safety of thoracic surgery in patients using antiplatelet therapy. Interactive

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 11/2011; 14(2):162-6., DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivr005

246. Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: eComment: The Six Sigma approach: from mobile phones to chest tubes.

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 11/2011; 13(5):493., DOI:10.1510/icvts.2011.280941A

247. Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi: eComment: The evaluation of sample size: Vice

and virtue of statistics?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 11/2011; 13(5):479.,

DOI:10.1510/icvts.2011.270280A

248. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Gorla, Alberto Terzi: eComment: About the localization techniques

of solitary pulmonary nodules. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 06/2011; 13(1):28.,

DOI:10.1510/icvts.2011.266932A

249. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi, Andrea Bianchi: eComment: The standardize uptake value:

light and shade of positron emission tomography. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 06/2011;

12(6):969., DOI:10.1510/icvts.2010.258103A

250. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi: eComment: The sound of silence: The harmonic analysis in

thoracic surgery. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 04/2011; 12(4):544.,

DOI:10.1510/icvts.2010.243691A

251. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Gorla, Alberto Terzi: eComment: Bronchial anastomosis: To wrap

or not to wrap?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 04/2011; 12(4):538.,

DOI:10.1510/icvts.2010.258228A

252. Alberto Terzi, Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Luca Luzzi, Andrea Bianchi, Andrea Campione, Alberto

Comino, Alberto Biggi: Usefulness of 18-F FDG PET/CT in the pre-treatment evaluation of thymic epithelial

neoplasms. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 03/2011; 74(2):239-43.,

DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.02.018

253. L Bertolaccini, G Rizzardi, L Luzzi, A Terzi: Treatment of Late Tracheomediastinal Fistula following Diagnostic

Mediastinoscopy Treated by Multiple Pedicled Muscle Flaps. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon 03/2011;

59(6):364-6., DOI:10.1055/s-0030-1250481

254. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi: eComment: Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery

resection: the Copernican revolution of a geometrical approach in thoracic surgery?. Interactive Cardiovascular

and Thoracic Surgery 03/2011; 12(3):516., DOI:10.1510/icvts.2010.256222A

255. L. Bertolaccini, G. Rizzardi, F. Acchiardi, D. Ghirardo, E. Spada, A Terzi: 71PD NOT ONLY THE FINGERS: ROLE OF

RADIO-GUIDED VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY IN NON-PALPABLE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES.

Lung Cancer 02/2011; 71:S37., DOI:10.1016/S0169-5002(11)70208-2

256. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Mary Jo Filice, Alberto Terzi: 'Six Sigma approach' - an objective strategy

in digital assessment of postoperative air leaks: A prospective randomised study. European journal of cardio-

thoracic surgery: official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 02/2011; 39(5):e128-

32., DOI:10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.12.027

257. Giovanna Rizzardi, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: Bronchial Carcinoid Tumours in Children–A Review.

European Oncology and Haematology 01/2011; 07(03)., DOI:10.17925/EOH.2011.07.03.196

258. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi: eComment: A golden key can open any door of new

protocol: The use of continuous digital measurement for postoperative air leak. Interactive Cardiovascular and

Thoracic Surgery 01/2011; 12(1):31., DOI:10.1510/icvts.2010.248716A

259. Giovanna Rizzardi, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: There is a hole in the lung!. 12/2010; 2(4):253.,

DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.02.04.6

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260. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Mary Jo Filice, Elvira Spada, Alberto Terzi: The "ending neglect" of

roentgenograms in penetrating chest trauma. 12/2010; 2(4):197-8., DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2072-

1439.2010.02.04.3

261. Luca Bertolaccini, Giovanna Rizzardi, Alberto Terzi: Letter to the editor. Re:. Initial experience with a synthetic

sealant PleuraSeal™ after pulmonary resections: a prospective study with retrospective case matched controls.

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 10/2010; 5:93., DOI:10.1186/1749-8090-5-93

262. Luca Bertolaccini, Paraskevas Lybéris, Emilpaolo Manno: Lung sealant and morbidity after pleural decortication:

A prospective randomized, blinded study. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 05/2010; 5(1):45.,

DOI:10.1186/1749-8090-5-45

263. Luca Bertolaccini, Laura Alemanno, Gaetano Rocco, Claudio Cassardo: Air pollution, weather variations and

primary spontaneous pneumothorax. 03/2010; 2(1):9-15.

264. Luca Bertolaccini, Paraskevas Lybéris, Emilpaolo Manno, Ferdinando Massaglia: Spontaneous Bilateral

Pneumothorax in Patient With Previous Thoracoscopic Pleurodesis for Right Recurrent Pneumothorax. The

Annals of thoracic surgery 12/2009; 88(6):e68., DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.035

265. Scanagatta P, Veronesi G, Pelosi G, Funicelli L, Borri A, Galetta D, Gasparri R, Petrella F, Bertolaccini L, Solli P,

Spaggiari L: Occult lung cancer detected at CT screening 15 years after craniotomy for a single brain metastasis.

Minerva pneumologica 11/2009; 48(4):389-94.

266. Luca Bertolaccini, Paraskevas Lyberis, Emilpaolo Manno, Ferdinando Massaglia: Physiology of the Lungs in

Microgravity. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 11/2009; 5(4):236-238.,

DOI:10.2174/157339809790112438

267. L. Bertolaccini, P. Lybéris, E. Manno, F. Massaglia: 153PD MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION

BY CHRONIC INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER. Lung Cancer 05/2009; 64(1):S64-S64., DOI:10.1016/S0169-

5002(09)70276-4

268. Shahida Bashir, Shekhar A Ghamande, Salim Surani, Vidya Krishnan, Siva Ramachandran, Neelam Konnur,

Raghu M Reddy, Shyamsunder Subramanian, Kanta Velamuri, Luca Bertolaccini: Sleep Abnormalities in

Pulmonary Disease. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 01/2009; 5(4).

269. E Manno, L Bertolaccini, A Berra, S Burchielli: A New Personal Percutaneous Tracheostomy Approach: A

Preliminary Animal Study.

270. Luca Bertolaccini, Paraskevas Lybéris, Stefania Soncini, Giovanni Di Perri, Emilpaolo Manno: Clinical

characteristic lung cancer in HIV-infected patients.

271. L Bertolaccini, C Zamprogna, L Barberis, M Navarra, E Manno, A D'Urso, F Massaglia: Malignant pleural

effusions: review of treatment and our experience. Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials 02/2007; 2(1):21-5.,

DOI:10.2174/157488707779318080

272. G. Morino, M. Baldan, E. D'Onofrio, A. Melotto, L. Bertolaccini: Aids and Surgery.

273. L Bertolaccini, L Barberis, E Manno, F Massaglia: Seldinger Approach Of Pleural Effusion Drainage In Emergency

Department.

274. L Bertolaccini, G Giacomelli, R E Bozzo, L Gastaldi, M Moroni: Inguino-scrotal hernia of a double district ureter:

Case report and literature review. Hernia 11/2005; 9(3):291-3., DOI:10.1007/s10029-004-0296-4

275. L Bertolaccini, C Zamprogna, A D'Urso, L Barberis, E Manno, F Massaglia: P-807 Outpatient management of

malignant pleural effusions. Lung Cancer 07/2005; 49(2):S331., DOI:10.1016/S0169-5002(05)81300-5

276. L Bertolaccini, L Kocholla, F Massaglia, R Di Chio, L Bonatti, V Canino: AIDS e chirurgia.

277. G.Morino, M.Baldan, E.D'Onofrio, A.Melotto, L.Bertolaccini: Aids and Surgery.

278. L Bertolaccini, F Massaglia, A D’Urso, L Barberis, E Manno, C Zamprogna: MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS:

MANAGEMENT WITH CHRONIC INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETER.

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279. Bertolaccini L, Barberis L, Massaglia F, Manno E: New Approaches in the Management of Septic Shock. Current

Medicinal Chemistry - Immunology Endocrine & Metabolic Agents 09/2003; 3(3):251-259.,

DOI:10.2174/1568013033483393

280. M Frascio, P Corrado, E Traverso, D Serra, Y Prato, B Ricci, P Gastaldo, S Palermo, M Mantero, A Camisassi, L

Bertolaccini, E Berti Riboli: [Utilization of a multidisciplinary protocol for postoperative pain treatment]. Tumori

07/2003; 89(4 Suppl):244-5.

281. L Bertolaccini, C Zamprogna, A D'Urso, F Massaglia: [The treatment of malignant pleural effusions: the

experience of a multidisciplinary thoracic endoscopy group]. Tumori 07/2003; 89(4 Suppl):233-6.

282. L Bertolaccini: The role of surgery in the treatment of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. Minerva

chirurgica 05/2003; 58(2):223-9.

283. Luca Bertolaccini: Conference discussion.

284. L Bertolaccini, G Olivero: Apoptosis role in hepatic graft rejection. Minerva chirurgica 11/2002; 57(5):587-95.

285. L Bertolaccini, G Olivero: Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC): A clinical and genetic entity.

Minerva chirurgica 03/2002; 57(1):63-72.

286. L Bertolaccini, V Canino: Recent advances for thromboembolic disease prophylaxis and treatment in general

surgery.

287. L Bertolaccini, G Olivero: Cancer immunotherapy. A future therapeutical choice?. Minerva chirurgica 05/2001;

56(2):183-91.

288. L Bertolaccini, G Olivero: [Treatment of pain in the oncologic patient]. Minerva chirurgica 12/2000; 55(11):779-

86.

289. A Allione, P Bernabei, L Rigamonti, L Bertolaccini, L Mallucci, G Forni, F Novelli: Differential IFNγR expression

controls the growth or apoptosis of human malignant T cells..

Conference Proceedings

1. Benedetta Bedetti, Arianna Rimessi, Philipp Schnorr, Iris Matsanis, Donatas Zalepugas, Marco Scarci, Luca

Bertolaccini, Davide Patrini, Joachim Schmidt: Starting a uniportal VATS program - The Bonn experience. ERS

International Congress 2019 abstracts; 09/2019, DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA1076

2. Luca Bertolaccini, Marcello Giani, Enrico Ruffini, Massimo Torre, Lorenzo Rosso, Paola Faverio, Fabrizio

Minervini, Marco Scarci: Health-related quality of life in lung cancer patients: validation of a national version of

EORTC QLQ-LC29 questionnaire. ERS International Congress 2019 abstracts; 09/2019,

DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.OA3789

3. Fabrizio Minervini, Wael C. Hanna, Alessandro Brunelli, Forough Farrokhyar, Takuro Miyazaki, Luca

Bertolaccini, Marco Scarci, Michal Coret, Kristen Hughes, Laura Schneider, Yessica Lopez-Hernandez, Christian

Finley, John Agzarian, Yaron Shargall: Outcomes of patients discharged home with a chest tube following

Anatomical Lung Resection: a multicenter Cohort Study. STS 2019, San Diego; 01/2019

4. Edward Joseph Caruana, Luca Bertolaccini, Piergiorgio Solli, Marco Scarci: Current Practices in the Management

of Malignant Pericardial Effusions: A Survey Amongst Members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

19th World Conference on Lung Cancer, Toronto, Canada; 09/2018

5. Luca Bertolaccini, Benedetta Bedetti, Davide Patrini, Yaron Shargall, Piergiorgio Solli, Emanuele Pirondini,

Roberto Crisci, Marco Scarci: Multicentre Validation of a Prediction Score of Prolonged Air Leak for VATS

Lobectomies. ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts; 09/2018, DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-

2018.OA3847

6. Luca Bertolaccini, Fabrizio Minervini, Piergiorgio Solli, Benedetta Bedetti, Alberto Pesci, Roberto Crisci, Marco

Scarci: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Using Endobronchial Valves

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in Severe Emphysema: Are They Better?. ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts; 09/2018,

DOI:10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.OA3845

7. Luca Bertolaccini, B Bedetti, K Marinova, F Raveglia, Y Shargall, P Solli, A Brunelli, G Rocco, K Papagiannopoulos,

J Kuzdzal, G Massard, E Ruffini, P Falcoz, I Opitz, M Scarci: QUALITY EVALUATION OF PREVIOUS GUIDELINES

ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION FROM THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC

SURGEONS (ESTS) PLEURAL DISEASES WORKING GROUP. ESTS 2017 Annual Meeting, Innsbruck; 10/2017,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivx280.168

8. Duilio Divisi, Luca Bertolaccini, Desideria Argnani, Gino Zaccagna, Roberto Crisci, Piergiorgio Solli: LEARNING

CURVE OF VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERYLOBECTOMY: AN EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL

VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY REGISTER. ESTS Annual Meeting 2017, Innsbruck; 10/2017,

DOI:10.1093/icvts/ivx280.057

9. Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Bertani, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Andrea Droghetti, Duilio Divisi, Roberto Crisci,

Piergiorgio Solli: Preliminary Data about Quality Check Evaluation of Italian VATS Group Database. ERS

International Congress 2017 abstracts; 09/2017, DOI:10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.OA3222

10. Luca Bertolaccini, Benedetta Bedetti, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Davide Patrini, Marco Scarci: Virtual Reality

Simulators Training Curriculum for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: An Objective Structured

Assessment of Technical Skills Acquisition. Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 53rd Annual Meeting, Houston,

Texas (USA); 01/2017

11. Maurizo Grosso, Liliana Comello, Roberto Priotto, Emanuele Roberto, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi,

Stephane Chauvie: Diagnostic Accuracy of Digital Tomosynthesis of the Chest for Nodules Detection in Lung

Cancer Screening Program. Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual

Meeting; 12/2013

12. Maurizo Grosso, Liliana Comello, Roberto Priotto, Luca Bertolaccini, Emanuele Roberto, Alberto Terzi,

Stephane Chauvie: Lung Cancer Early Diagnosis with Digital Chest Tomosynthesis: First Year Results from the

SOS Study. Radiological Society of North America 2012 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting; 11/2012

13. A Terzi, L. Bertolaccini, A Viti, L. Comello, R. Priotto, M. Grosso: EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEST DIGITAL

TOMOSYNTHESIS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER: FIRST-YEAR RESULTS FROM OBSERVATIONAL

STUDY. JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY; 06/2012

14. A Bianchi, A Gallamini, A Borra, L Bertolaccini, B Malkowski, M Razzouk-Cadet, J Darcourt, S Peano, S Chauvie,

A Biggi: Dual Point Acquisition baseline FDG-PET can play a role in predicting outcome of Hodgkin Lymphoma

patients with bulky lesions.. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING; 01/2012

15. Maurizo Grosso, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi, Enrico Peano, Luigi Ferro: Lung Cancer Early Diagnosis with

Digital Chest Thomosynthesis: Initial Results from the SOS Study. Radiological Society of North America 2011

Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting; 11/2011

16. L Bertolaccini, G Rizzardi, P Scanagatta, A Bianchi, A Biggi, A Campione, A Comino, A Terzi: STANDARDIZED

UPTAKE VALUES OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PET/CT) AS MALIGNANT

PREDICTOR IN THYMOMA. JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY; 01/2010

Technical Reports

Andrea Viti, Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi: VATS Left Lower Lobectomy for Bronchiectasis. Report number:

https://youtu.be/-rhc23V3Olc, Affiliation: Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Research Hospital - Cancer Care Center

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Editorial Activity • Associate Editor of Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

• Assistant Editor of European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

• Editor in Chief of the Statistics Corner Column of the Journal of Thoracic Diseases.

• Editorial Board Member: Journal of Thoracic Diseases; Annals of Translational Medicine; Journal of Visualized

Surgery; Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Journal; Shanghai Chest.

• Reviewer Board Member: European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Interactive Journal of Cardiothoracic

Surgery, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of Thoracic Diseases, etc.

Milan, 23 January 2020

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