New Format for ATS Discussion ForumThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery Discussion Forum has resumed with a new format. Each month, we will select an article from The Annals for discussion within the Surgeon's Forum of the CTSNet Discussion Forum Section. The articles chosen will rotate among the six dilemma topics covered under the Surgeon's Forum, which include: General Thoracic Surgery, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplantation, Lung Transplantation, and Aortic and Vascular Surgery.
Once the article selected for discussion is published in the online version of The Annals, we will post a notice on the CTSNet home page with a free link to the full-text article. Readers wishing to comment can post their own commentary in the discussion forum for that article, which will be informally moderated by The Annals Internet Editor.
We encourage all surgeons to participate in this interesting exchange and to avail themselves of the other valuable features of the CTSNet Discussion Forum and web site.
Tom R. Karl, MD
Internet Annals Editor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
e-mail: karl@email.chop.edu
