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Prof. Romano discusses the importance of having the conversation surrounding gender disparities in CT surgery and what she hopes to accomplish as STS president.
August 31, 2023
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org and breaking cardiothoracic surgery news and research from around the world.
August 28, 2023
This video demonstrates a biportal VATS fissure last lower bilobectomy with intraoperative pulmonary artery clamping test to verify functional operability in an eighty-five-year-old frail patient with inconclusive preoperative functional evaluation.
The Role of Surgery for Early Lung Cancer Segmentectomy and Lobectomy: Birmingham Review Course 2021
August 25, 2023
This is a recorded session from the 2021 Birmingham Review Course.
August 15, 2023
New techniques and technologies are constantly being developed in surgical treatment for lung cancer. These recent CTSNet videos demonstrate some of the most popular and innovative techniques, including uniportal VATS resection, robotic assisted lobectomy, and surgical management of rare and complex lung cancers.
August 7, 2023
This video demonstrates a robotic bilateral thymectomy with an emphasis on surgical anatomy and technique.
July 31, 2023
This video demonstrates robotic assisted thoracoscopic bilateral lobectomy and tangential resection of left main pulmonary artery via subxiphoid approach for synchronous non-small cell lung carcinoma.
July 25, 2023
In Colombia, undertaking a lung transplant procedure comes with some unique challenges. In an interview at AATS 2023, Dr. Eric Vinck speaks on the socioeconomic, structural, and geographic challenges of lung transplantation in Colombia.
July 19, 2023
This video shows minimally invasive sleeve resection and reconstruction of the distal bronchus intermedius for a carcinoid tumor.
July 12, 2023
This video demonstrates multidisciplinary management of oligometastatic ALK+ NSCLC in a patient with advanced disease previously managed with targeted therapy and eventual left upper lobectomy who on follow-up was noted to have oligoprogressive disease.