Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Michael Edward Cowen has retired from Castle Hill Hospital, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust after more than 30 years as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon. Appointed in the early 1990s, Dr. Cowen began as a consultant at a very young age and has continued over the subsequent decades, retiring as one of the longest…
This video is a part of CTSNet’s World’s Best Centers for Cardiothoracic Surgery: United States series. View every video in the World’s Best series and stay tuned for more. Watch Professor Marc Gillinov, Department Chairman of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, discuss the talented cardiothoracic team at the center. Prod. Gillinov also talks…
At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting. CTSNet Global Editor Emily Farkas spoke with Professor Rawn Salenger, a cardiac surgeon at University of Maryland Saint…
Tetralogy of Fallot with an absent pulmonary valve is physiologically distinctive from other forms of TOF due to tracheobronchial compression resulting from massive dilatation of the main pulmonary artery and branches and abnormal branching of segmental arteries. Symptomatic newborns and infants have a poor prognosis because of severe central pulmonary artery dilatation and bronchial compression.…
CTSNet is pleased to present the webinar recording of “Contemporary Insights on Minimally Invasive Surgery,” featuring panelists Dr. Husam H. Balkhy (University of Chicago), Dr. Robert L. Smith (Baylor Scott & White), and Dr. Yuji Kawano (MedStar Washington Hospital Center). This webinar was hosted on April 10, 2024 by CTSNet in collaboration with Edwards Lifesciences.…
The Patient This patient is a thirty-four-year-old man with a previous history of heart surgery during childhood and used a pacemaker. He had a car accident in August 2022 with traumatic brain injury and a need for orotracheal intubation. He remained intubated for five days with conservative treatment for the neurological injury and was hospitalized…
Total arterial anaortic off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is an elegant cardiac procedure. It is important not to rush through the OPCAB surgery. Instead, try to get into the rhythm! In this video series, Professor Yan has demonstrated some reproducible techniques that utilize all arterial grafts (“Total Arterial,” for best long-term performance) and avoid any…
This video presents the case of the third redo slide tracheoplasty and esophagoplasty following a button battery ingestion in a previously healthy fifteen-month-old child. The patient presented to the emergency department due to vomiting and a possible foreign body ingestion. A sibling had reported that the patient licked a battery and possibly had it in…
At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting. CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Professor Olugbenga Okusanya, a thoracic surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University…
This video is a part of CTSNet’s World’s Best Centers for Cardiothoracic Surgery: United States series. View every video in the World’s Best series and stay tuned for more. Watch Dr. Nicholas G. Smedira, surgical director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center at Cleveland Clinic, discuss the key components of a successful septal myectomy and demonstrate…
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is a heterogeneous cardiac disease with a complex anatomical substratum. Surgery is fundamental not only in bringing symptoms relief, but also survival benefit. In experienced centers, surgery can be low risk and deliver excellent outcomes. To do so, many anatomical components must be investigated with meticulous imaging to develop a tailored surgical…
This video illustrates a robotic assisted right apical S1 lung anatomical segmentectomy and radical lymphadenectomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) performed with the DaVinci Xi surgical system. The video highlights the importance of using 3D reconstruction to guide the surgical procedure and face the anatomical and technical challenges of lung complex segmentectomies approached by…
This is the winning video in the 9th Annual Resident Video Competition. View the interview with the winner. There are three types of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS): neurogenic (the majority of cases), arterial, and venous. Neurogenic TOS requires extensive workup prior to surgery, and Botox injections into the scalene muscles can both treat and diagnose the…
This is a recording of an educational webinar held by LifeNet Health in collaboration with Infirmary Health System featuring Dr. Kareem Bedeir and Dr. Peter Pluscht. The presenters discussed the evidence supporting the Ross procedure as the most favorable AVR modality in selected patients. The webinar also highlights the presenters’ preferred surgical technique and touches…
In an interview with CTSNet Allied Health Editor Jill Ley, Cristina Ruiz Segria and Richard van Valen introduce the EACTS Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Fellowship in partnership with AtriCure. The fellowship allows nurses and allied health professionals to earn a €5,200 grant and visit a cardiothoracic center in Europe. During this time, fellows can…
In this series of surgical videos by Professor Tristan Yan from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia, he demonstrates essential techniques of total arterial anaortic off-pump bypass grafting, using the left internal mammary artery and left radial artery to achieve complete surgical revascularization. In this video, he rotates the heart toward the right…
