VATS Annual Report (2022)

Greetings from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Mark W. Onaitis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Here we’re glad to present the 2022 annual report of VATS. Till 2022, VATS has a total of 83 Editorial Board Members from 15 countries. 28 articles have been published last year with 50% Review Article. Corresponding authors came from 5 countries, with mostly from USA and Italy. According to the Google Analytics, website visitors of last year grew up to 34,296 with 82,862 pageviews. Several columns/special series are going on, including the new ones, “VATS Chinese Edition”, “Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2022)” and “Interviews with Outstanding Guest Editors”. For more details, please see the below report.

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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2022)

In 2022, many VATS authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Beginning in September 2022, the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) adopted the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG) joint statement and pledges to "strive for diversity in the peer review process and among the editorial boards and editorial leaders."

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery is going to receive its first impact factor in June 2023

According to the latest news of Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics on July 26, 2022, in the 2023 release of the Journal Citation Report™, all Web of Science Core Collection™ journals will receive a Journal Impact Factor (JIF)™. This means expanding the JIF from Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)™ and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)™ to include journals from the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)™ and the multidisciplinary Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)™.

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The Role of Minimally Invasive Approaches in the Pulmonary Oligometastases (Ongoing)

This special series on “The Role of Minimally Invasive Approaches in the Pulmonary Oligometastases” is co-edited by Dr. Anthony W Kim and Dr. Takashi Harano.

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Advanced Uniportal VATS (Ongoing)

This special series on “Advanced Uniportal VATS” is co-edited by Dr. Carlos Galvez Munoz and Dr. Paula A. Ugalde Figueroa.

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VATS in Older Adults (Ongoing)

This special series on “VATS in Older Adults” is edited by Dr. Mark R. Katlic, from Lifebridge Health System, Baltimore, USA.

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Lung Cancer Surgery (Ongoing)

This special series on “Lung Cancer Surgery” is edited by Dr. Michael Shackcloth and Dr. Amer Harky. This Special Series aims to understand the current practice, trends and evidence in the field of Lung Cancer Surgery.

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Simulation and Navigation Techniques in VATS/RATS (Ongoing)

This special series on “Simulation and Navigation Techniques in VATS/RATS” is edited by Dr. Seshiru Nakazawa and Dr. Hitoshi Igai.

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Non-Intubated Thoracic Surgery. A Global Perspective

This special series on “Non-Intubated Thoracic Surgery. A Global Perspective” is co-edited by Dr. Francesco Guerrera, from University of Torino, Italy; Dr. Paolo Albino Ferrari, from A. Businco Cancer Center, Italy; and Prof. Roberto Crisci, from University of L'Aquila, "G. Mazzini" Hospital, Italy.

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Robotic VS Uniportal VATS

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) and uniportal VATS are both surgical methods that represent minimally invasive surgery and have many benefits in the thoracic surgery field, but the former still has limited implementation facilities and high cost issues, the latter of which can be introduced in facilities that have VATS in place, but it is said that it will take time to acquire the technic. In this special feature, we asked five experts in each field to discuss these two minimally invasive surgeries based on their present and future prospects. In any case, we have no doubt that we now have useful minimally invasive surgery option. It would be greatly appreciated if we could contribute even a little to the development of minimally invasive surgery in the future.

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VATS in Lung Metastasectomy

In the absence of scientific evidence that demonstrates that one approach (open or VATS) is better than the other, the less invasive approach should be chosen. Therefore, there is no doubt that VATS (uniportal, multiportal or subxiphoid) represents nowadays the most used “standard practice” to remove lung metastases. Nevertheless, surgeons should never forget that the fundamental goal of the procedure of lung metastasectomy is not the minimal invasiveness of the skin incision but the prolonged survival.

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Uniportal VATS Segmentectomy

This special series on “Uniportal VATS Segmentectomy” was edited by Dr. Hitoshi Igai, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Gunma, Japan.

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Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Repairs, Transthoracic, Transabdominal, Laparoscopic, or Robotic, Which Method is Best

This special series on “Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Repairs, Transthoracic, Transabdominal, Laparoscopic, or Robotic, Which Method is Best” is edited by Dr. Rishindra M. Reddy, from Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, MI, USA.

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