Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
Practice patterns of surgical therapy for esophageal cancer This esophageal cancer management survey was posted during the months of August and September 2006. A total of 145 responses were received, the majority of which were from North American participants. Most surgeons recommend induction therapy prior to resection for regionally advanced esophageal cancer. It is interesting…
It was now 4 AM, the bronchial and pulmonary artery anastomoses were complete and the last stitch in the atrial cuff was just being finished. “Inflate the lung,” and the lifeless pale lung slowly began to move and grow ever so slightly with each new breath. After a while the vascular clamps were released and…
STSA 2006 Editor’s Note Dr. Gilbert has presented a spectacular case of ascending and transverse aortic arch replacement in a patient with a recurrent mycotic aneurysm. The approach with percutaneous venous cannulation and axillary artery cannulation with initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass prior to sternotomy is a very innovative technique that was obviously quite successful in…
By Daniel J. Beckman, MD Editor’s Note This is an elegant video clearly portraying the feasibility of pulmonary vein isolation through a thoracoscopic approach. Given the ease with which the authors have performed this procedure – obviously assuming that they went through a learning curve prior to mastering the technique – the first question that…
Gloom pervades about medicine as a profession and about cardiothoracic surgery. Trainees and young surgeons are often tainted for not having the same work ethic as older folks. There is concern that we are neither attracting “the best and the brightest,” nor is cardiothoracic surgery an attractive career. The evidence includes the fact that the…
At the spring 2006 AATS meeting in Philadelphia I had a chance to catch up with my former colleague, Dr. Leslie Kohman. We spoke for an hour, mostly catching up on mutual friends, until our conversation drifted to the future. Leslie had just made the decision to close the thoracic residency at Syracuse due to…
By V. Bautista-Hernandez, MD and V. Roques-Escolar Video:
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Dear Matt, I’m not that old, you understand, but something put me in a reflective mood as I thought about you beginning your new practice. I have, in fact, toiled in the vineyards for twenty-some years and have experienced academic, private practice, and large clinic settings. So here goes. This is a great time to…
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