THORACIC SURGERY CLINICS www.thoracic.theclinics.com Consulting Editor VIRGINIA R. LITLE February 2021 • Volume 31 Number 1

dear colleagues, welcome to the fourth issue of the journal of cardio-thoracic medicine. we are grateful that with support and cooperation of our dear colleagues, the first year of jctm publication passed successfully. we are expecting to promote the indexing of journal of cardio-thoracic medicine in the following year. in this issue, a valuable review article has been written by dr.corlateanu ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most commonly performed procedures in spine surgery proven effective in the treatment of various cervical pathologies [1-4]. Single level ACDF is generally a safe procedure with a very good outcome carrying minimal or no complications. However, although rarely encountered, complications can arise but are generally not a source of majo...

Karjoo, M., Koop, C. E., Cornfeld, D., and Holtzapple, P. G. (1973). Archives ofDisease in Childhood, 48, 143. Pancreatic exocrine enzyme deficiency associated with asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy. Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, a constrictive thoracic chondrodystrophy present at birth, is associated with tachypnoea, recurrent pulmonary infections, and failure to thrive. In our patient, a suc...

[Purpose] We explored the effect of thoracic movement-mediated training (TMMT) on back pain and trunk range of motion (ROM) in a lower back pain (LBP) patient with lumbar flexion rotation syndrome. [Subject] A 55-year-old male LBP patient with lumbar flexion rotation syndrome. [Methods] The subject underwent TMMT, consisting of two thoracic stretching exercises and three thoracic muscle-strengt...