The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery

Thursday, May 14 17:00–17:30
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

JACS: Review of Activities and Future Outlook — One Year into My Presidency —

Chair

• Yukio Sato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba）

Speaker

• Shinichi Toyooka （Department of General Thoracic Surgery and Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences）

Thursday, May 14 17:30–18:10
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

DESIGN the FUTURE — Succession and Evolution —

Chair

• Shunsuke Endo （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University）

Speaker

• Yukio Sato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba）

Thursday, May 14 16:10–17:00
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Deciphering the mysteries of sleep: Wellness begins with sound sleep

Chair

• Yukio Sato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba）

Speaker

• Masashi Yanagisawa （International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS),University of Tsukuba,Tsukuba, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 9:10–11:10
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Succession: Rethinking Lymphadenectomy - Pursuing Precision and Defining Extent

Chairs

• Isao Matsumoto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University）
• Shun-ichi Watanabe （Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital）

How Much Lymphadenectomy Is Enough? Precision Nodal Dissection in the Robotic Era

 

• Yin-Kai Chao （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Taiwan）

Lymph Node Dissection for Ground-Glass Opacities in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

 

• Rene Horsleben Petersen （Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark）

Surgical Anatomy of the Tracheobronchopericardial Ligament (TBPL) and its Significance in Mediastinal Dissection

 

• Kozo Nakanishi （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Saitama Hospital, Wako, Japan）

Lymphatic Pathway–Oriented Nodal Dissection for Lung Cancer: Tips for Radical and Safe Dissection

 

• Shun-ichi Watanabe （Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan）

Lymph node dissection in lung cancer surgery following preoperative treatment

 

• Isao Matsumoto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan）

Strategy of Thoracoscopic Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection for Primary Lung Cancer at Cancer Institute Hospital

 

• Mingyon Mun （Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Tokyo, Japan）

Is lobe-specific lymph node dissection truly ‘less invasive’ compared to systematic lymph node dissection?

 

• Hiroyuki Adachi （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan）

Prediction model for zone-specific lymph node metastasis in clinical stage I–II non-small cell lung cancer

 

• Mitsuhiro Isaka （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 13:20–14:50
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Evolution: Cutting-edge Technologies in Thoracic Surgery

Chairs

• Takeshi Nagayasu （Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University）
• Jitsuo Usuda （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School）

Surgeons' Expectations for New Technology

 

• Junji Ichinose （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan）

Development of Novel Alaska Pollock Gelatin sealant for management of pulmonary air leaks

 

• Takahiro Yanagihara （Department of general thoracic surgery, University of Tsukuba, Japan）

Outcomes of Photodynamic Therapy for Metachronous Multiple Primary Lung Cancers After Lung Cancer Surgery

 

• Jitsuo Usuda （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo, JAPAN）

Validation of 'AI Guide': An AI-Driven Real-Time Navigation for Lung Nodule Identification

 

• Harushi Ueno （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Japan）

Feasibility of an AI?based intraoperative guidance model for robotic?assisted lung surgery

 

• Kenta Nakahashi （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada）

Seamless Preoperative and Intraoperative 3D Anatomical Visualization using 3D-TilePro in Robotic Surgery

 

• Naoya Kawakita （Department of Thoracic, Enodcrine Surgery and Oncology , Tokushima University Graduate School）

Friday, May 15 8:00–9:00
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

An Unforgettable Surgical Experience: Extended Surgery

Chairs

• Atsushi Watanabe （Sapporo Medical University Hospital、Hospital director, Sapporo, Japan）
• Makoto Suzuki （Department of Thoracic and Breast Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University）

Introduction of the Next-Generation Force-Feedback Surgical Assistance Robot Saroa

 

• Hironori Ishibashi （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo）

An unforgettable case of pulmonary artery bleeding during left completion pneumonectomy and carinal resection

 

• Isao Matsumoto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan）

[World’s first] A case of carinal resection & double-barrel reconstruction after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy

 

• Hiroyuki Adachi （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan）

Extensive Tracheal Cancer Resection with Mediastinal Tracheostomy and Laryngeal Preservation

 

• Ichiro Yoshino （International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital）

Friday, May 15 8:00–9:00
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

An Unforgettable Surgical Experience: Complications

Chairs

• Kichizo Kaga （Department of Thoracic Surgery、Tonan Hospital）
• Hirochika Matsubara （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan）

One-Stage Thoracoplasty with Muscle Flap for Chronic Empyema with BPF after Left Upper Division Segmentectomy

 

• Hideo Ichimura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）

A Case of Bronchopleural Fistula After Right Middle and Lower Lobectomy

 

• Yukihiro Yoshida （Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital）

Bronchial–pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm fistula after sleeve lobectomy following chemoradiotherapy

 

• Yojiro Yutaka （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital）

Ruptured pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm after open-window thoracostomy: a salvage strategy

 

• Yoshiaki Takase （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University）

Friday, May 15 8:00–9:00
Room 3 (Convention Hall 200, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

An Unforgettable Surgical Experience: Minimally Invasive Surgery

Chairs

• Takashi Suda （Department of Thoracic Surgery Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center）
• Junji Ichinose （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan）

A Case of VATS Right Completion Pneumonectomy Resulting in Fatal Early Postoperative Pulmonary Artery Rupture

 

• Shinjiro Nagai （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital）

A surgical technique for systematic lymph node dissection by complete VATS in Left lung cancer

 

• Yukinobu Goto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center）

Lobectomy for living-donor lobar lung transplantation under thoracoscopic assistance

 

• Toshihiko Sato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fukuoka University Hospital）

A Thoracic Surgeon’s Commitment to Lung Preservation — A Decade of Dedication

 

• Kimihiro Shimizu （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine ）

Friday, May 15 8:00–9:00
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

An Unforgettable Surgical Experience: Challenging and Innovative Cases

Chairs

• Yasuhisa Ohde （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan）
• Tomoyuki Hishida （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan）

The surgical technique for extrapleural pneumonectomy approaching perfection

 

• Kazunori Okabe （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Bell Land General Hospital, Sakai, Japan）

Mediastinal Refixation for Postpneumonectomy Syndrome after Right Pneumonectomy for Chronic Empyema

 

• Makoto Takahama （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, JCHO Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan）

Cricotracheal Resection for Subglottic Stenosis Following Prior Dissection and Tracheostomy

 

• Kohei Hashimoto （Department of Thoracic and Thyroid Surgery, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan）

Staged Chest Closure with Lung Transplantation in Severe Pectus Excavatum after Multiple Pleurodeses

 

• Tatsuaki Watanabe （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University）

Friday, May 15 8:00–9:00
Room 5 (Conference Room 101, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

An Unforgettable Surgical Experience: Mediastinal and Chest Wall

Chairs

• Hiroyuki Sakurai （Division of Respiratory Surgery, Nihon university School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan）
• Junichi Soh （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan）

Graft excision and omental transposition for empyema following thymoma resection with vascular reconstruction.

 

• Shinsuke Matsumoto （Thoracic Surgery, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu, Japan）

Life and Death in a Young Patient: Disclosure and Dignity

 

• Takuya Watanabe （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan）

Occluded LBCV-RAA Bypass Necessitating Size Mismatch Reconstruction: A Case Report

 

• Junichi Murakami （Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Division of Chest Surgery, Yamaguchi University Hospital）

Strategy for paraganglioma of the middle mediastinum

 

• Jun Matsumoto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Northern Okinawa Medical Center, Okinawa, Japan）

Friday, May 15 8:00–9:00
Room 6 (Conference Room 202, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

An Unforgettable Surgical Experience: Rare Cases

Chairs

• Tomoshi Tsuchiya （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan）
• Soichiro Funaki （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical University）

Complete Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

 

• Yo Kawaguchi （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan）

A Case of Chronic Expanding Hematoma forcing a Revision of Treatment Strategy Due to Massive Chest Wall Bleeding

 

• Haruhiro Yukiue （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, KARIYA TOYOTA General Hospital, Aichi, Japan）

A Surgical Case of Chronic Expanding Hematoma with Thorough Preparation for Anticipated Massive Hemorrhage

 

• Kiyomi Shimoda （Respiratory deseases center, Fukujuji hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association,）

Tracheal blast injury caused by a small explosion during home hydrogen inhalation, repaired under Veno-Venous ECMO

 

• Kentaro Minegishi （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan）

Friday, May 15 10:20–12:20
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Design the Future - Designing the Future of Thoracic Surgery in the Next Decade

Chairs

• Yukio Sato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba）
• Shinichi Toyooka （Department of General Thoracic Surgery and Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Okayama University）

The Future of Thoracic Surgerical Care in Japan: A Vision for the Next Decade

 

• Shinichi Toyooka （Department of General Thoracic Surgery and Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences）

Current State and Challenges of Centralization in the United States

 

• Thomas A. D’Amico （Gary Hock Professor of Surgery Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, USA）

Current status of thoracic surgery and future prospects

 

• Masayoshi Inoue （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan）

The elephant in the room in thoracic surgery

 

• Satoshi Shiono （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine,Yamagata University）

Future projection of lung cancer incidence

 

• Kota Katanoda （National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control）

Is Optimization of the Number and Distribution of Thoracic Surgeons Feasible?

 

• Ichiro Yoshino （Department of Thoracic Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital）

Friday, May 15 15:30–17:30
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Succession: Carinal resection

Chairs

• Ichiro Yoshino （Department of Thoracic Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital）
• Kenji Suzuki （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine）

Carinal resection - the chosen few

 

• Clemens Aigner （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria）

Wet Lab. Training for Carinal Resection and Reconstruction

 

• Yusuke Saeki （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba）

Strategies for Airway Management: Carinal Resection and Preoperative Airway Intervention

 

• Makoto Takahama （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Japan Community Healthcare Osaka Hospital）

Structural Tension Analysis and Tension Relieving Methods for Carinal Resection and Reconstruction

 

• Yue Cong （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan）

Usefulness and Pitfalls of Montage-Type Carinal Resection and Reconstruction

 

• Masayuki Tanahashi （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan）

Safe Extended Carinal Resection: Outcomes with Thoracoscopic Hilar Release and V-V ECMO

 

• Yoshiaki Takase （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan）

Carinal resection and reconstruction for lung cancer

 

• Kenji Suzuki （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medici ne, Tokyo, Japan）

Friday, May 15 15:30–17:00
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

NCD Research - Translating Big Data into Clinical Practice

Chairs

• Toyofumi F. Chenyoshikawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan）
• Hiroyuki Yamamoto （Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan）

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on thoracic surgery volume in Japan: An analysis of the National Clinical Database

 

• Yasushi Shintani （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, the University of Osaka）

Pulmonary Artery Injury in Anatomical Lung Resection: Findings from the NCD

 

• Hideo Ichimura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）

Real‐world database study using big data in pleura mesothelioma

 

• Masaki Hashimoto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan）

Experience in a study evaluating long-term surgical outcomes of robotic surgery for primary lung cancer

 

• Toyofumi F. Chenyoshikawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan）

Future potential of clinical research based on the real-world data using National Clinical Database

 

• Junji Ichinose （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 9:40–11:10
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Does QOL Affect Survival? -Frontiers in QOL and PRO Research in Thoracic Surgery-

Chairs

• Hideo Ichimura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）
• Cecilia Pompili （University of Hull, UK）

Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Thoracic Surgery Trials and Clinical Practice

 

• Cecilia Pompili （University of Hull, UK）

Past, Present, and Future of Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Outcome Research in Thoracic Surgery

 

• Hideo Ichimura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）

Quality of Life, what does it mean to thoracic surgeons?

 

• Aki K. Kobayashi （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan）

Activities of daily living in elderly patients after lung cancer surgery

 

• Hideo Kunitoh （Department of Medical Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan）

Post-traumatic Growth Is Associated with Overall Survival After Surgery for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

 

• Satoru Okada （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan）

Preoperative Anxiety PROs Predict Discharge QOL Decline after Lung Cancer Resection

 

• Shinnosuke Takamiya （Department of Respiratory Disease Center, Showa Medical University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 8:00–9:30
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Work Style Reform and Diversity in Thoracic Surgery

Chairs

• Masanori Tsuchida （Emeritus Professor, Niigata University）
• Rie Nakahara （Tochigi Cancer Center Department of Thoracic Surgery）

Work Style Reform and Diversity in Thoracic Surgery

 

• Cecilia Pompili （University of Hull, UK）

Perceptions and Working Conditions in the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery: A National Survey

 

• Hisashi Iwata （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan）

Workstyle Reform in Thoracic Surgery: Junior vs. Senior Perspectives on Diversity

 

• Shuichi Shinohara （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan）

Parenting as a Dual Full-Time Surgeon Household

 

• Yasuharu Sekine （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan）

Work style reform and diversity of thoracic surgeons at our hospital

 

• Ryoichi Kondo （Department of Thoracic Surgery, NHO Matsumoto Medical Center, Matsumoto, Japan）

Diversity and Equity in Thoracic Surgery in the Era of Work Style Reform: A Cross-Specialty Attitude Survey

 

• Naoko Ose （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan）

Friday, May 15 9:10–10:10
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Succession: Messages to the Next Generation

Chair

• Masayuki Chida （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo University）

What I Want to Pass on to the Next Generation

 

• Sakae Okumura （Thoracic Surgical Oncology Cancer Institute Hospital）

How could I have better pursued the path of a physician-scientist?

 

• Jun Nakajima （Japanese Red Cross Medical Center）

Messages to the next generation in chest surgery from perspective of a patient, hospital director and chest surgeon.

 

• Shunsuke Endo （Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University）

Friday, May 15 16:40–18:10
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Designing the Future of Thoracic Surgery - A Joint Session of Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan

Chairs

• Chung Ping Hsu （Superintendent Office, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan）
• Ngo Vi Hai （Department of Thoracic Surgery, 108 Military Central Hospital, Vietnam）
• Masayoshi Inoue （Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine）

Support for thoracic surgery in Vietnam over the past 10 years

 

• Satoshi Nagasaka （Department of general thoracic surgery, National center for global health and medicine, Tokyo, Japan）

Challenges in Preventing Postoperative Recurrence in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at the 108 Military Central Hospital

 

• Le Hai Son （Department of Thoracic Surgery, 108 Military central hospital, Vietnam）

Current Status of Thoracic Surgery in Vietnam

 

• Vu Huu Vinh （Thoracic and Vascular Center, Tam Anh Hospital, Vietnam）

Designing a Sustainable Lung Transplantation Framework in East Asia:Experience from Vietnam

 

• Shin Tanaka （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital）

Lung Cancer Screening and Treatment: Overview and Taiwan's Initiatives

 

• Han-Shui Hsu （Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan）

Building a Lung Transplant Program at VDUH: A Taiwan–Vietnam Partnership

 

• Hsao-Hsun Hsu （National Taiwan University Cancer Center / Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan）

Thursday, May 14 8:00–9:00
Room 1 (Main Convention Hall, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Challenges of Extended Resection with Major Vascular Involvement - Innovations in Surgical Techniques and Perioperative Management -

Chairs

• Yasushi Shintani （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, the University of Osaka）
• Keisuke Asakura （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine）

Thoracic Malignancy Surgery with Cardiac and Great Vessel Resection

 

• Keisuke Asakura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan）

Treatment Strategies and Outcomes of Major Vessel Resection in Our Department

 

• Kazuhito Funai （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Hamamatsu University Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan）

Pitfalls of Combined Major Vessel Resection and Reconstruction in Thoracic Malignancies

 

• Daisuke Saito （Department of Thoracic surgery, Kanazawa University）

Outcomes and Approach to Great-Vessel Resection for Locally Advanced Lung and Thymic Cancer

 

• Kenji Kimura （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan）

Thoracic Endovascular Stent Grafting for Combined Resection of Thoracic Malignancies Invading the Aortic Wall

 

• Terumoto Koike （Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University, Japan）

Technical Advances and Limitations of Vascular Resection for Thoracic Malignancies with Great Vessel Invasion

 

• Teppei Hashimoto （Department of Thoracic surgeri, University of Occupational health and environmental, Fukuoka, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 8:00–9:30
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Training Thoracic Surgeons in the Era of Minimally Invasive Surgery - Applications and Perspectives of Off-the-Job Training -

Chairs

• Norihiko Ikeda （Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University）
• Yoshinori Okada （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer,Tohoku University）

A Novel Pulsatile Excised Porcine Lung Model for Realistic Anatomic Lung Resection Training

 

• Kawamura Tomoyuki （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）

Mastering Key Elements of Pulmonary Artery Manipulation Enabled by New Concept Artificial Organ

 

• Ryuichi Waseda （Department of General Thoracic and Breast Surgery）

Establishing Open Thoracotomy Training via Thoracic Wall Models in the MIS Era

 

• Wakako Fujiwara （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University hospital, Tottori, Japan）

Off-the-Job Training in the Era of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: Initiatives at Tohoku University Hospital

 

• Yui Watanabe （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan）

Hands-On Training to Facilitate the Safe Adoption of Uniportal VATS: The JUVIG Experience

 

• Hitoshi Igai （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan）

Off-the-Job Training for Advanced General Thoracic Procedures Using 3D Models and Cadaver Training

 

• Yoshifumi Hirata （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan）

PDCA-Based VATS/RATS Off-the-Job Training for Continuous Surgical Skill Development

 

• Mari Katsuno （School of Medicine,Department of Surgery,Division of General Thoracic Surgery）

Per-RATS Training with a Multi-Articulating Instrument

 

• Makoto Imai （Nagasaki University, Department of Surgery, Respiratory Surgery

Thursday, May 14 8:00–9:30
Room 3 (Convention Hall 200, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Minimally Invasive Approaches for Thymectomy - Challenges and Perspectives Beyond Median Sternotomy

Chairs

• Yasushi Hoshikawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University）
• Masayoshi Inoue （Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine）

Technical Refinements of 3-Port VATS Total Thymectomy with Combined Resection for Thymomas ≥70 mm

 

• Sakashi Fujimori （Department of Thoracic Surgery,Respiratory Center,Toranomon Hospital,Tokyo,Japan）

Robot-assisted total thymectomy based on a lateral approach

 

• Kazuo Yoshida （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Endoscopic Surgery Center, Suwa Redcross Hospital）

KPUM Robotic Subxiphoid-Optical Thymectomy is minimally Invasive and safe.

 

• Masanori Shimomura （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine）

Subxiphoid robotic thymectomy has potential beyond median sternotomy

 

• Takashi Suda （Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center, Okazaki, Japan）

Internal Thoracic Vein–First Approach for Superior Pole Dissection in Robotic Total Thymectomy

 

• Satoshi Fumimoto （Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan）

RATS Subxiphoid Thymectomy for Large Tumors: Port-Hopping Utility and Comparison of Completed and Conversion Cases

 

• Hiroyasu Komuro （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Gifu University Hospital）

Single-Port Robot-Assisted Thymectomy: Techniques and Challenges Using the da Vinci SP

 

• Hisato Ishizawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan）

Robotic Resection of Anterior Mediastinal Tumors: Lateral versus Subxiphoid Approach

 

• Yojiro Yutaka （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital）

Thursday, May 14 13:20–14:50
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Evolution: Current Advances and Future Perspectives of RATS - Strategic Insights from Different Platforms

Chairs

• Toshihiko Sato （Fukuoka University, Department of Thoracic, Breast and Pediatric Surgery）
• Yoshimasa Maniwa （Kobe Univesity, Thoracic Surgery）

Evolution of RATS: From Thoracic Oncology to Robotic Lung Transplantation

 

• Samina Park （Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Rep. of Korea）

da Vinci SP uni-portal thoracic surgery by subxiphoid or subcostal approach

 

• Yasushi Hoshikawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan）

Strategic Application of the hinotori Robotic System in Lung Resection: Evolution Based on a Cooperative Approach

 

• Daisuke Hokka （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan）

Introduction of the Next-Generation Force-Feedback Surgical Assistance Robot Saroa

 

• Hironori Ishibashi （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo）

Xi and SP in One Community Thoracic Program: Current Practice and Future Directions

 

• Yoshimasa Inoue （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Yokahamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan）

Robot-Assisted Pulmonary Resection with the hinotori System: A Comparison with da Vinci

 

• Yasuaki Kubouchi （Department of Surgery Division of General Thoracic Surgery and Breast and Endocrine Surgery Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 9:40–11:10
Room 3 (Convention Hall 200, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Updates in Perioperative Treatment Selection - Staging and Biomarkers

Chairs

• Hiroyuki Suzuki （Department of Chest Surgery, Fukushima Medical University）
• Yasuhiro Tsutani （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery Kindai University）

Biomarker studies for peri-operative immune-checkpoint inhibitors treatment in non-small lung cancer

 

• Hiroyuki Suzuki （Department of Chest Surgery, Fukushima Medical University）

Utility of response assessment after 1 cycle of neoadjuvant ICI-based therapy for surgical decision-making in NSCLC

 

• Naohiro Kobayashi （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tsukuba University Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan）

Perioperative Therapy in NSCLC: Stage- and Biomarker-Guided Personalization

 

• Keiju Aokage （National Cancer Center Japan East Hospital）

Clinical and Pathological Predictors of Responce to Perioperative ICI Combination Therapy in NSCLC

 

• Yuki Ozaki （Department of Chest Surgery, Fukushima Medical University）

非小細胞肺癌における術前ニボルマブおよび化学療法併用療法の手術アウトカム：NivoLuminate第1回中間解析

 

• Otsuki Ayumu （Department of Pulmonology, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan）

Neoadjuvant ICI Therapy in Elderly Patients: Evidence from Japanese Real World Data and the National Cancer Database

 

• Taichi Matsubara （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan）

Real-world outcomes of unresected NSCLC following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy: CReGYT-04 study

 

• Takaki Akamine （Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan）

Assessment of the Optimal Timing for Initiation of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Neoadjuvant Therapy

 

• Akira Hamada （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 13:20–14:50
Room 3 (Convention Hall 200, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Preventing Recurrence after Segmentectomy — Defining Indications and Intraoperative Strategies

Chairs

• Kimihiro Shimizu （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine）
• Satoshi Shiono （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine,Yamagata University）

Optimal endpoint for node-negative NSCLC remains elusive

 

• Hideo Kunitoh （Department of Medical Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan）

Avoiding Local Recurrence in Segmentectomy: Imaging Stratification and Margin Management

 

• Jun Suzuki （Department of Surgery 2, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine）

Boundary for the optimal indication of segmentectomy in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

 

• Aritoshi Hattori （Juntendo University, General Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan）

Institutional Strategies and Unresolved Issues for Improving the Quality of Anatomical Segmentectomy

 

• Hidemi Suzuki （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine）

Postoperative outcomes of pulmonary segmentectomy optimized for curability and functional preservation

 

• Kazutoshi Hamanaka （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine）

The Deauville 5-point scale as a predictor of STAS in pathological stage I lung adenocarcinoma

 

• Ryo Miyata （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan）

臨床病期Stage IA非小細胞肺癌患者に対する縮小切除後のステープラー断端部局所再発の危険因子

 

• Yutaro Koike （Department of thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA）

Prognosis After Complex Segmentectomy: A Single-Institution Study of 542 Segmentectomies

 

• Katsutoshi Seto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan）

Friday, May 15 9:10–10:40
Room 3 (Convention Hall 200, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Designing the Future of Lung Transplantation in Japan

Chairs

• Tatsuya Kato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hokkaido University Hospital）
• Masaaki Sato （Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital）

Lung Transplantation at Duke University: Implications for the Future of Lung Transplantation in Japan

 

• Hiroshi Date （Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, USA）

Designing the future of lung transplantation

 

• Clemens Aigner （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria）

The Current State and Future of Lung Transplantation in Japan

 

• Toyofumi F. Chenyoshikawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan）

Future Perspectives of Lung Transplantation in Japan: Multi-Institutional Collaboration and Network Development

 

• Hisashi Oishi （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University）

Designing Japan’s Future Lung Transplant System: ECMO Care and Interregional Networks

 

• Tatsuaki Watanabe （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University）

Impact of Transplant Physician Collaboration in Lung Transplantation: First Positive VXM Case

 

• Takashi Kanou （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Osaka）

Inter-institutional collaboration in organ procurement from brain-dead lung transplantation.

 

• Yasushi Matsuda （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University, AIchi, Japan）

Friday, May 15 15:30–17:00
Room 3 (Convention Hall 200, 2F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Surgery after Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer - Tips and Pitfalls in Perioperative Management and Surgical Strategies

Chairs

• Hiroyuki Ito （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center）
• Hidetaka Uramoto （ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University）

Pulmonary Artery Clamping during Robot-Assisted Lung Resection after Neoadjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy

 

• Naoyuki Okabe （Chest Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine）

Surgical Challenges and Strategies for Lung Cancer After Immunotherapy

 

• Shinji Otani （Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Hospital, Toon, Japan）

Perioperative Management and Surgical Strategies in Preoperative Chemoimmunotherapy

 

• Masaru Takenaka （Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmetal Health, Kitakyushu, Japan）

Achieving less invasive procedures compared to surgery-first strategy: Is resection of all tumor spread necessary?

 

• Noriaki Sakakura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Japan）

Prediction of ICI-Related Interstitial Lung Disease: Insights from Surgically Treated Lung Cancer Patients

 

• Tetsuya Isaka （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center）

Tolerability of Neoadjuvant Immunochemotherapy in Elderly Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

 

• Hayato Konno （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Cancer Center）

Patient selection of perioperative immunotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

 

• Nozomu Motono （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan）

Outcomes of Lung Cancer Resection After Neoadjuvant ICI: Comparison With NAC and Salvage Surgery

 

• Yojiro Yutaka （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital）

Thursday, May 14 13:20–14:50
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Confronting Giant Tumors - Evolving Surgical Approaches and Reconstructive Innovations

Chairs

• Fumihiro Tanaka （Second Department of Surgery (Chest Surgery)）
• Kenichi Okubo （Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo）

Surgical approach for giant mediastinal tumor

 

• Isao Matsumoto （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan）

Combined median sternotomy and TMA for large superior mediastinal tumors

 

• Satona Tanaka （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan）

Surgical Treatment Strategies for Thoracic Malignant Tumors Involving Extended Anterior Chest Wall Excision

 

• Ayaka Asakawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo）

Surgical Approach for a Giant Intrathoracic Tumor Extensively Adjacent to the Diaphragm

 

• Yukio Watanabe （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan）

Surgical Approaches for Resection of Giant Thoracic Tumors

 

• Eriko Fukui （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, The University of Osaka, Japan）

Usefulness of the Supine Approach for Huge Thoracic Tumors: Sternotomy With Anterolateral or Clamshell Thoracotomy

 

• Yusuke Saeki （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）

Hemi-clamshell approach after neoadjuvant immunotherapy for giant lung cancer

 

• Ken Onodera （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan）

Thursday, May 14 9:40–10:40
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Management Strategies for Superior Sulcus Tumors - Updates in Perioperative Therapy and Surgical Approaches

Chairs

• Yukinori Sakao （Teikyo University）
• Takashi Ohtsuka （The Jikei University）

Challenges in Therapeutic Development for Superior Sulcus Tumor: The DEEP OCEAN Trial

 

• Keiju Aokage （National Cancer Center Japan East Hospital）

Surgical Outcomes of Superior Sulcus tumor

 

• Masayuki Tanahashi （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan）

Evolution of Surgical Approaches for Superior Sulcus Tumors in the Era of Minimally Invasive Surgery

 

• Yuichi Saito （Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine）

Treatment strategy for superior sulcus tumors based on outcomes of induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery

 

• Ryo Wakejima （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Science Tokyo ）

Surgical Outcomes of Superior Sulcus Tumors and Efforts Toward Minimally Invasive Surgery

 

• Akie Horikiri （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan）

Friday, May 15 10:50–12:20
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Pulmonary Artery Bleeding: Clinical Realities and Management

Chairs

• Keitaro Matsumoto （Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University）
• Hiroyoshi Tsubochi （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University）

The Realities of Pulmonary Artery Bleeding That Thoracic Surgeons Must Confront: Insights from an NCD Analysis

 

• Hideo Ichimura （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan）

Management of Intraoperative Pulmonary Artery Bleeding

 

• Yukihiro Yoshida （Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital）

Management of Pulmonary Arterial Bleeding Using Lymph Node Forceps in Minimally Invasive Lung Resection

 

• Hiroshi Yabuki （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Miyagi Cancer Center）

Use of Soft Coagulation for Intraoperative Pulmonary Vessel Bleeding: A Case Series

 

• Jun Miyagi （Department of Respiratory Surgery, Okinawa Red Cross Hospital）

Analysis of pulmonary artery injury and strategy for robot assisted thoracic pulmonary resection

 

• Daisuke Kimura （Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan）

Management and Preventive Strategies for Pulmonary Artery Injury in Thoracic Surgery: An Institutional Case Series

 

• Kentaro Minegishi （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan）

Attitude and Management of Pulmonary Artery Bleeding During Anatomical Lung Resection

 

• Yoshifumi Snao （Respiratory Center, Minami-Matsuyama Hospital, Matsuyama city, Japan）

Friday, May 15 15:30–16:30
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Treatment Strategies for Recurrence after Segmentectomy - Diagnosis and Treatment Selection

Chairs

• Hisashi Saji （Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, St. Marianna Univ. School of Medicine）
• Hidemi Suzuki （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine）

Study of Nine Cases of Staple-line Recurrence or Granuloma After Segmentectomy

 

• Mai Nishina （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan）

Nodules along the staple Line after segmentectomy: differentiation from granulomas and Treatment

 

• Koei Ikeda （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan）

Recurrence After Pulmonary Segmentectomy at Our Institution

 

• Takuya Nagashima （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Japan）

Prognostic factors for survival after postoperative recurrence of lung cancer

 

• Mariko Fukui （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan）

Completion Lobectomy for Local Recurrence after Segmentectomy: A Multicenter ESSG-02 Study

 

• Takuya Watanabe （Division of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan）

Local Treatment Outcomes for New Lesions in the Residual Lobe After Segmentectomy: A Multicente Study

 

• Yuta Hosoda （Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences）

Friday, May 15 9:10–10:10
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Strategies for Refractory Air Leaks

Chairs

• Akira Iyoda （Division of Chest Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine）
• Tomohiro Murakawa （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University）

Experimental Study of Bronchoscopic Bronchial Occlusion Using Alaska Pollock Gelatin for Pneumothorax

 

• Kazuto Sugai （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan）

Surgical Treatment Strategy Using Free Adipose Tissue for Intractable Unresectable Pulmonary Fistula

 

• Makoto Tomoyasu （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan）

Muscle Flap Transposition for Refractory Air Leak after Lung Cancer Surgery

 

• Kantaro Hara （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan）

Partial Thoracoplasty for Basal Bronchopleural Fistula: A Strategy to Control Diaphragm-Driven Negative Pressure

 

• Jun Atsumi （Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Shibukawa Medical Center, Gunma, Japan）

Safety and Utility of Awake Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for High-Risk Refractory Pneumothorax

 

• Kenji Tsuboshima （Pneumothorax Research Center, Nissan Tamgawa Hospital, Japan）

Friday, May 15 10:15–11:15
Room 4 (Conference Room 102, 1F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Approaches to Segmentectomy - VATS, RATS, or (Mini-)Thoracotomy?

Chairs

• Morihito Okada （Department of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University）
• Masato Kanzaki （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University）

Comparison of the perioperative outcomes between uVATS lobectomy and segmentectomy for early-stage NSCLC

 

• Hitoshi Igai （Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan）

Our initiatives to introduce robot-assisted segmentectomy for lung cancer

 

• Tetusya Mizuno （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan）

Perioperative and Midterm Outcomes of RATS vs VATS Segmentectomy in Lung Cancer

 

• Daisuke Nakamura （Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine）

Clinical outcomes and technical considerations of RATS and hybrid VATS segmentectomy

 

• Norifumi Tsubokawa （Department of Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University）

Friday, May 15 9:10–10:40
Room 2 (Convention Hall 300, 3F, Tsukuba International Congress Center)

Salvage surgery

Chairs

• TBD
• Keitaro Matsumoto （Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University, Japan）

Salvage Surgery in Oligometastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

 

• Isabelle Opitz （Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland）

Our Experience with Salvage Surgery after ICI Therapy for NSCLC

 

• Masaru Takenaka （Second Department of Surgery, University od Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan）

Current Status and Outcomes of Salvage Surgery After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Lung Cancer

 

• Mariko Fukui （Department of Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan）

TBD

 

• TBD