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Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 2016, 6, 33-73 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojts

ISSN Online: 2164-3067 ISSN Print: 2164-3059

Table of Contents Volume 6 Number 4 December 2016 Incidence Risk and Independent Predictors of Prolonged Air Leak in 269 Consecutive Pulmonary Resection Patients over Nine Months: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

C. Drewbrook, S. Das, D. Mousadoust, B. Nasir, J. Yee, A. McGuire………………………………………………………33

Interplay between Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor in Non-Small-Cell-Lung Cancer

A. Emmert, A. Oellerich, L. Füzesi, R. Waldmann-Beushausen, F. A. Schöndube, H. Bohnenberger, B. C. Danner……47

Predictors of Malignant Pathology and the Role of Trans-Thoracic Needle Biopsy in Management of Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: A 30-Year Review of a Tertiary Care Center Patient Cohort

A. McGuire, P. J. Villeneuve, H. Sekhon, S. Gilbert, S. Sundaresan, D. E. Maziak, A. E. J. Seely, F. M. Shamji……………57

Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma: A Case Report

E. Amorim, R. R. da Silva, A. da Veiga Cruz Filho……………………………………………………………………………70

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