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Dr. Todd Demmy, Clinical Chair of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, has put together an impressive Video Atlas of Thorascopic Lobectomy. The Video Atlas demonstrates the basic tools, concepts, and other technology that enable the VATS lobectomy procedure. Click Here to view the…
Led by Dr. Raphael Bueno (Program Director and Associate Division Chief of Thoracic Surgery), Dr. R. Morton Bolman, III (Chief of Cardiac Surgery), Dr. Pedro Del Nido (Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Children’s Hospital), and Dr. David J. Sugarbaker (Chief of Thoracic Surgery), the Thoracic residency program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)/Children’s Hospital Medical…
Thoracoscopic segmentectomy may be an excellent, minimally-invasive option for patients with small lung cancers or limited cardiopulmonary reserve.
CTSNet hosted a very lively Video Roundtable discussion at the recent 2013 STS Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA, on issues surrounding the two major minimally invasive techniques for removing parts of the lung. Scott Swanson, MD of Boston, MA, moderated the Roundtable, and Robert Cerfolio, MD of Birmingham, AL, Daniel Miller, MD of Atlanta,…
Presented at the STS 2011 Annual Meeting Surgical techniques for repair of insufficient bicuspid aortic valves are now quite reproducible. Outcome analyses have shown low late valve-related complication and failure rates. This video illustrates bicuspid repair techniques emphasizing inter-patient variability and operative decision-making. Videos and operative echocardiograms from 4 patients are shown to illustrate the…
The CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart (TAH) is a biventricular orthotopic pneumatic pulsatile pump that totally replaces the native ventricles and valves and is currently approved as a bridge to heart transplatation in selected patients. The system consists of two artificial ventricles connected by two drivelines tunnelled under the skin, to an external air driver responsible…
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Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly with a bimodal presentation that requires surgical intervention. This video illustrates a safe and minimally invasive approach to surgical correction for this anomaly performed on an adult patient. Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly with a bimodal presentation (1-3). The infantile manifestation is severe with significant mortality,…
Thomas Bruce Ferguson, MD was born on May 6th, 1923 in Oklahoma City, OK. He was the grandson of Thompson Benton Ferguson and Elva Shartell Ferguson, pioneer Oklahomans, founders and publishers of the Watonga Republican newspaper, and the sixth territorial governor of Oklahoma. He was the third child of Walter Scott Ferguson and Lucia Loomis…
Carolyn Elaine Reed, M.D. died on November 16, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina following a short but courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg, President, MUSC stated, “Dr. Reed was the consummate clinician – dedicated to the complete care of her patients. Many of them developed close personal relationships with her, not just because…
Surgery for Emphysema Professor Robert J. McKenna, Jr., MD is Medical Director of Thoracic Surgery and Trauma at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA. He pioneered the anterior approach for VATS lobectomy and has by far the largest experience in this technique. However, he has also served as the principal investigator on several trials, including the Z0030 trial on lymph node staging…
Patient Selection Esophageal diverticula are acquired conditions almost always occurring in adults where the epithelium-lined blind pouch arises from the esophagus. They are categorized primarily by anatomic location and etiology into pulsion and traction diverticula. Zenker and epiphrenic diverticula are false diverticula, while midthoracic diverticula are usually traction diverticula that occur secondary to mediastinal inflammation…
Taped at the STS 49th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, this roundtable discussion focuses on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and the role surgeons and the entire heart team play in the TAVR procedure. Moderated by Michael J. Mack, MD, speakers for this discussion include Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, Neal Kleiman, MD, and Vinod H.…
Figure 1: Olympus BF-UC160F-OL8 endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscope. Saline filled syringe attached to balloon inflation port. Mediastinoscopy is the ‘gold standard’ method for determining the presence of nodal metastases in the mediastinum. Generally performed as an outpatient surgical procedure, it is associated with a low rate of serious adverse effects (<1%) and the procedure is highly…
Editor Note Patient Selection This procedure was introduced for the management of patients with complex transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and pulmonary stenosis (PS). The technique has proven especially useful in the subset of patients with anatomic variables that complicate the performance of a Rastelli repair, which include:…
Editors Note Patient Selection The superior cavopulmonary anastomosis is the first of two operations used in a staged Fontan approach for definitive palliation of functionally single ventricle hearts. It was introduced into the palliative strategy to reduce the volume load on the hypertrophied single ventricle that pumps in parallel to the pulmonary and systemic circulations.…
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