Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Professor Joel Dunning presented on the importance of collaboration across the world in cardiothoracic surgery. He summarizes the efforts of CTSNet to connect middle- and low-income countries…
The high technical demands, lengthy procurement, and the elevated incidence of sternal wound complications limit the extensive usage of bilateral internal mammary artery grafting. This video proposes the use of a double docking technique to harvest bilateral internal mammary arteries with the assistance of a Da Vinci robot for the purpose of multivessel coronary revascularization. …
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 Dr. Busra Cangut about her recent survey on the positive…
In this video, the authors present the case of a thirty-seven-year-old Peruvian man who served as a veterinary assistant and presented with acute bilateral lower extremity pain. He had a history of an echinococcal cyst in the right chest after a thoracotomy with resection 30 years ago in Peru. Upon admission, CT and MRI cross-sectional…
CTSNet recently hosted the first webinar in the ESTS Women in General Thoracic Surgery Committee and the Women in Thoracic Surgery webinar series, in which experts discussed the state of gender representation in CT surgery around the world. Watch the recording below for more. Topics Covered • Cecilia Pompili: State of Gender Representation in European…
This video demonstrates a suture placement technique for aortic valve replacement that breaks with tradition. Traditionally, sutures are placed along the aortic annulus using a horizontal mattress technique, in which each pair of sutures are abutting the neighboring suture, usually within 1 mm of each other. The dogma taught is that having any gaps between…
Since its founding in 1882, the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) hospital has provided and continues to provide outstanding services to the people of New South Wales, Australia and beyond. The frontline healthcare providers are constantly under immense pressure to ensure that all patients access prompt surgical care of the highest standard. This video documents a…
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 Dr. Patrick Myers, CTSNet President and EACTS Secretary General, about…
As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Professor Salvatore Lentini discussed the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic heart disease in children. Rheumatic heart disease has been a prevalent issue for surgeons in low-and-middle-income countries…
February was a busy month for CTSNet. This month’s list of top 10 content includes an orthotopic heart transplant, recorded sessions from the London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, JANS articles highlighting recent game-changing studies, and more. 1. Orthotopic Heart TransplantationBy Debasis Das, NILANJAN DUTTA, Pradeep Narayan, Shyamal Maiti The most popular video this month…
Recurrent tricuspid valve endocarditis is a difficult problem that is not uncommon. Valvectomy is often used as a temporizing strategy until remission from drug abuse is achieved for a meaningful time. In the absence of a tricuspid valve, timing of reintervention is crucial and should precede severe irreversible right ventricle failure. Upon intervention, every effort…
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 Senior Editor Mara Antonoff spoke with Dr. Anna Olds, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at the University of…
CTSNet is happy to present the webinar recording of “Getting to the Root of Complex Aortic Procedures,” featuring panelists Dr. Eric Roselli (Cleveland Clinic), Dr. Kendall Lawrence (University of Pennsylvania), Dr. Kyle Eudailey (University of Alabama), Dr. Christopher Mehta (Northwestern Medicine), and Dr. Nimesh Desai (University of Pennsylvania). This webinar was hosted on February 21,…
This video demonstrates a bilateral anterior thoracotomy or clamshell thoracotomy. A clamshell thoracotomy is used primarily to treat cardiac tamponade as a potential cause of death. The goals are to release cardiac tamponade, control hemorrhage, and restart the heart. Still, the survival rate for this procedure remains less than 10 percent. The main indication is…
Convergent hybrid AF ablation is a safe and effective minimally invasive procedure for treating persistent atrial fibrillation. It combines epicardial radiofrequency left atrial posterior wall ablation through subxiphoid access, concomitant thoracoscopic left atrial appendage management, and pre/postprocedural transcatheter pulmonary vein isolation. In this video, the authors demonstrate a successful convergent procedure in a sixty-nine-year-old normosthenic…
In this series of videos, Dr. Vincent Gaudiani shares his experience in the new field of surgery after previous TAVR and provides his tips for safely performing redo surgery for a variety of indications including TAVR early and late failure, endocarditis, and when further valve surgery is required. Watch the entire series by following the…
