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Survey Results: Assessment of Operability for Early Stage Lung Cancer
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This survey evaluated individual practices in assessing operability for early stage lung cancer. See how your approach matches up to that of your colleagues. |
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27th EACTS Annual Meeting
24-February-2013
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The 2013 EACTS Annual Meeting will include Techno-College, Postgraduate Courses, keynote lectures, abstract sessions, focus and professional challenge sessions, workshops, wetlabs and discussion panels. The preliminary program will available this spring and the deadline for abstracts is April 1, 2013. Don’t forget that the early registration deadline is July 1, 2013! |
Left Ventricular Aneurysm Resection and LVAD Implantation Through Median Sternotomy
20-February-2013
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Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation raises technical problems in patients with end stage heart failure and huge left ventricular aneurysm. This video shows how an LVAD can be implanted safely even in patients requiring left ventricular aneurysm resection. |
CTSNet Video Roundtable - Undertreated Valve Disease and the Role of Valve Clinics
14-February-2013
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At the recent 2013 STS Annual Meeting CTSNet hosted a video roundtable with important perspectives on how valve clinic programs can assist in combating undertreated valvular heart disease. The discussion was moderated by Mike Mack, MD. |
93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
12-February-2013
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Don’t miss the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery being held in Minneapolis, MN, USA! New This Year: Case Videos, Working with Industry, and full-day Skills and Decision Making Courses. The Annual Meeting Preliminary Program and Video are online now. |
ITMIG has now collected data on over 8,000 cases
11-February-2013
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The International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) has now collected data on over 8,000 cases from over 50 centers around the world. Knowledge of thymic tumors to date has been limited by its rarity, but now this enormous amount of data which will be accessible to ITMIG members. |
New Thoracic Survey: Minimally Invasive Mediastinal Staging for Lung Cancer
01-February-2013
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Take the survey on mediastinal staging and see how your practice matches the practice patterns of your colleagues around the world. |
Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "Lateral Thinking"
30-January-2013
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Dr. Joerg Seeburger from the Heart Center, Leipzig University, leads a discussion on novel ideas in cardiac surgery and how to advance the specialty in the future. |
Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "Congenital Highlights"
24-January-2013
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Christian Schreiber, from Munich, leads a discussion on the highlights of the EACTS 2012 conference in Barcelona with regard to congenital surgery. |
Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "Highlights of the EACTS Techno-College"
15-January-2013
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At EACTS 2012 in Barcelona, Dr. Joel Dunning led a discussion on second generation TAVI valves, transapical closure devices, transaortic TAVI, transapical mitral repair, and many more issues. |
New Resident Program Profile Added
14-January-2013
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A new program profile has been added for Oregon Health & Science University Thoracic Surgery Residency. Program profiles were recently added for Cleveland Clinic, the University of Louisville, and for Johns Hopkins. |
Sponsored Video: New Options for Cardioplegia
13-January-2013
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Tiffany Boyd-Hodgson, PhD, interviews two esteemed cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr. Samuel Weinstein and Dr. Yoshiya Toyoda, on their experiences with cardioplegia options for heart surgery. |
Internal Thoracic Artery Skeletonization with an Ultrasonic Scalpel
11-January-2013
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Left internal thoracic artery (ITA) grafting to the left anterior descending artery has long become the gold standard. There is a trend for bilateral ITA grafting, commonly to left-sided arteries. The video shows ITA skeletonization, with low harvesting time, and minimal chest and graft thermal trauma. |
Most Popular Content in 2012
10-January-2013
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This month we've collected the content that was the most popular in 2012. The most popular video in 2012 was Current Techniques of Tricuspid Valve Repair. The clinical case Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Biopsy of Mediastinal Lymph Nodes, was the most popular among techniques and cases. |
Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "VATS and Robotic Lobectomy, Pushing the Boundaries"
08-January-2013
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Dr. Joel Dunning leads a discussion on VATS and robotic lobectomy, sleeve lobectomy and pneumonectomy, and new devices, as well as many other related issues. |
New Resident Program Profile Added
19-December-2012
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A new program profile has been added for Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Resident Training and Fellowship Program (PDF). Program profiles have recently been added for the University of Louisville (PDF), and for Johns Hopkins (PDF). |
The "Cone" Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve Repair in Ebstein Anomaly
14-December-2012
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This video demonstrates the cone reconstruction for tricuspid valve repair in a 35-year old patient with severe Ebstein anomaly, reduced exercise tolerance and echocardiographic and MRI findings of torrential valve regurgitation and severely enlarged right heart chambers. |
Transaortic Valvular Implantation
10-December-2012
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This video demonstrates transaortic valve replacement as an alternative to transfemoral and transapical approaches. The transaortic approach has been proposed as an alternative to the transapical route because of proposed benefits for the patients in terms of speedier recovery and reduced morbidity. |
What Content Was Popular During November?
09-December-2012
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The CTSNet "Most Read" list provides a quick look at what content on CTSNet was most popular during the month of November. Highlighted are items found on the "Most Read" list for the first time. The November list includes three new videos. Take a look at the Top 50 Articles or Videos Viewed During November 2012 and discover what CTSNet content you might have missed! |
Medical University of South Carolina Grieves the Loss of Carolyn E. Reed, MD
30-November-2012
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Dr. Reed died on November 16, 2012. She achieved an international reputation as a thoracic surgeon and oncologist with specific expertise in lung and esophageal cancer. Dr. Reed was a renowned surgical educator and was elected to membership in the most prominent surgical organizations, serving in important leadership roles in many of these organizations. |
In Memoriam – Harold C. Urschel, Jr, MD
16-November-2012
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Harold Clifton Urschel, Jr, passed away on November 12, 2012, aged 82. He was a past President of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Texas Surgical Association. |
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Training and Instruction Survey Results
15-November-2012
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This survey assesses how current practitioners developed MIE skills and how they are passing their knowledge on to others. Read the results of the survey and learn about current formal and informal educational aspects regarding this technique. |
CTSNet Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "Thoracic Mesothelioma"
12-November-2012
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At the recent EACTS meeting Dr. Doug Wood led a discussion on the treatment of limited stage mesothelioma. Topics included MARS Trial, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) vs. extended pleurectomy and decortication. |
New iPad and iPhone App: Heart Chart
08-November-2012
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Heart Chart is a great tool for the practicing or training cardiac surgeon. With nothing but your finger, draw bypass grafts, repair and replace valves, and make a record of all the other operations you do as a heart surgeon. |
Repair of an Aortopulmonary Window with Interrupted Aortic Arch
06-November-2012
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Aortopulmonary window associated with interrupted aortic arch is a rare malformation. This video shows the one-stage repair of the defect in a 2.4 kg neonate. |
What Content Was Popular During October?
05-November-2012
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The CTSNet "Most Read" list provides a quick look at what content on CTSNet was most popular during the month of October. Highlighted are items found on the "Most Read" list for the first time. Among the new items is a new type of video for CTSNet–a roundtable discussion that took place at the recent EACTS 2012 Annual Meeting. Take a look at the October Top 50 Articles or Videos and discover what CTSNet content you might have missed! |
CTSNet Roundtable at the 2012 EACTS Annual Meeting: "What Does the Ideal CABG Look Like?"
29-October-2012
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Dr. Michael Mack talks with Drs. Johannes Bonatti, Ivy Modrau, Philippe Kolh, and Thoralf Sundt about the nature of the ideal CABG procedure in cardiac surgery today, and what it will look like in the future. |
Assessment of Operability for Early Stage Lung Cancer
22-October-2012
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The current survey evaluates personal practices in assessing operability for early stage lung cancer. See how your approach matches up to that of your colleagues! |
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A Dacron sleeve around the dilated ascending aorta is a simple technique that allows the ascending aorta to adopt the shape of the Dacron tube graft which avoids wrinkle formation, dislocation and erosion. |
Robotic Thymectomy via Right Chest Approach
08-October-2012
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A right robotic thymectomy is described for the treatment of myasthenia gravis and thymoma. Early results are comparable to sternotomy and VATS approaches. A novel technique using ICG for contralateral phrenic nerve identification is also described. |
Stephan Schueler, MD, PhD
21-September-2012
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Prof. Stephan Schueler is a past president of ISHLT and of the ESCVS. He helped to set up both the Berlin Heart Centre, and a new centre in Dresden before moving to the Freeman Hospital, where he leads the Ventricular Assist Device Programme, which is the subject of this interview. Also shown are his implantation technique and an interview with one of his patients. |
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