Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
This video presents the case of a rare complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a thirty-three-year-old woman with lung metastases from colon cancer. The patient has a medical history of metastatic colon cancer, smoking, and alcohol use. Previous surgeries include segmental colon and liver resections. Massive pulmonary necrosis and tension pneumothorax developed after ablation and…
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. Editor in Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Professor Raja Flores, chief of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai School…
Watch Robert J.M. Klautz, M.D., Ph.D., from Leiden University present data analysis demonstrating hemodynamic performance that can generally be expected for specific valve models and sizes. Disclaimer The information in this video is intended only for healthcare professionals in countries where these Medtronic products and therapies are approved or available for use. The content may…
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. Edward Soltesz, a cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, discuss and demonstrate his method for performing a Bio-Bentall procedure and myectomy. Disclaimer The information…
The classic cone repair was defined by Da Silva based on the Carpentier experience for tricuspid valve repair in Ebstein anomaly (1). This operation mainly consists of separating the tricuspid valve leaflets from the annulus, proximal displacement, and rotation of the leaflets to cover the entire new annular area when the septal leaflet is absent…
A collection of congenital cardiac defects known as TAPVC are those in which the pulmonary veins empty into the right atrium or any of its branches. Based on the level of the anomalous connecting vein’s connection, TAPVCs are divided into four categories: supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, and mixed. By determining whether restricted pulmonary venous drainage is…
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 Prof. Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Alan Sihoe, a thoracic surgeon at CUHK Medical…
In our previous video, a radial artery to LIMA ‘T’ graft was performed without manipulating the ascending aorta. In this video, Professor Tristan Yan performs a side-to-side LIMA to LAD anastomosis as part of the no-touch anaortic off-pump surgery. This technique was first pioneered by Dr. Don Ross and Dr. John Bereton at the Royal…
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. While at the Cleveland Clinic, Prof. Joel Dunning made sure to highlight the importance of an effective allied health team in the cardiothoracic surgery department. In…
The Patient In this video, the authors present the case of a minimally invasive resection of an infected CCAM in an adult. The patient is a twenty-nine-year-old African-American man who presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath and a productive green frothy cough for one and a half weeks. His past medical history…
CTSNet recently hosted the second webinar in the ESTS Women in General Thoracic Surgery Committee and the Women in Thoracic Surgery webinar series, in which experts discussed women as leaders in cardiothoracic surgery. Watch the recording below for more. Topics Covered Jessica Donington: Women in CT Surgery Institutional Leadership Nuria Novoa: Women in CT Surgery…
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 Faisal Bakaeen recount the history of innovation in CABG surgery at Cleveland Clinic and discuss his contemporary strategies for safe and effective CABG using…
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 Dr. Ikenna Okereke, the cardiac surgery division chief at Henry Ford…
The ArtiSential wristed instruments have been developed by the South Korean company LIVSMED. Because of difficult access to robotic surgery, our thoracic team has introduced the ArtiSenital bipolar precise dissectors for anatomical lung resection (1). The fully articulating wristed motion provides wristed manipulations that are similar to robotic-assisted surgery but in the hands of the…
Tracheobronchomalacia is a degenerative condition of the central airways that that can result in excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC) upon expiration. Clinically, patients present with dyspnea on exertion, exercise intolerance, and/or recurrent pulmonary infections. Tracheobronchoplasty, or surgical stabilization by plication of the membranous airway with mesh, may improve symptoms in carefully selected patients (1). 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 Leonard N. Girardi, a cardiac surgeon at Weill Cornell…
