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This interview celebrates the long career of British cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Michael E. Cowen. He leaves a legacy of pioneering robotic thoracic surgery and trainee education.
June 18, 2020
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lisa R. DeGarmo of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, Texas, moderates a discussion for advanced practice providers.
June 15, 2020
On June 12, CTSNet hosted a live event on allocating ICU resources efficiently and keeping patients safe in the post-surge era. The recorded live event is now available to view.
June 8, 2020
This video demonstrates the robotic repair of an incarcerated right-sided diaphragmatic hernia containing transverse colon.
May 25, 2020
This is a video showing how to place an epicardial LV lead using the VATS technique.
May 11, 2020
The technical challenges of a left upper lobe sleeve lobectomy in a 10-year-old boy are demonstrated in this video.
May 6, 2020
The authors discuss the case of a 32-year-old man who was referred with a diagnosis of an extragonadal germ cell tumor in the anterior mediastinum.
April 28, 2020
This is a video of a patient with a thymoma and myasthenia gravis who also has a left SVC.
April 12, 2020
This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic approach for left lung upper lobe anterior segment GGO.
April 1, 2020
This is a moderated discussion of the COVID-19 experience in South Korea during the winter of 2019-2020.
March 31, 2020
The authors present the case of a 68-year-old patient with fibrinous pericarditis with clinical and echocardiographic symptoms of tamponade.