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The authors developed a cost-effective, high-fidelity simulation for VATS wedge resection training using an ex-vivo porcine lung with simulated lung nodules in the form of cherry tomatoes affixed... More
November 17, 2020
To introduce this video series, Tristan Yan takes you through a day of thoracic surgery at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Cancer Centre in Sydney, Australia.
November 11, 2020
This video demonstrates the tension-free closure of a large Morgagni hernia utilizing laparoscopic-assisted transabdominal sutures.
November 4, 2020
This is a video of the operative repair of a traumatic transection of the right main bronchus.
October 30, 2020
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward M. Bender of Stanford University in California, USA, moderates a discussion on how the internet plays a role in establishing and growing cardiothoracic careers.
October 28, 2020
This is a short video interview with Robin Sunley, a complementary therapist that started with Joel Dunning’s team in October of 2019.
October 15, 2020
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jessica G. Y. Luc moderates a discussion on nontechnical skills for cardiothoracic surgery.
October 12, 2020
This video demonstrates the thoracoscopic management of recurrent pleural effusion due to peritoneal dialysis (PD hydrothorax).
October 12, 2020
This video discusses how thoracic surgeons can protect themselves during worst-case scenarios during the COVID-19 pandemic, from case triage to service reactivation.
October 2, 2020
This video demonstrates the technique used to perform a robotic-assisted left lower lobe basal bisegmentectomy.
October 1, 2020
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mara Antonoff moderates a roundtable on the role of metastasectomy in pulmonary metastatic disease.