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In this session from the 2023 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Professor Steven Westaby spoke on notable milestones in cardiac surgery. If you like this video, register for the 13th Annual London Core Review from April 10-12, 2024. The three-day course is taught by a mixture of US and UK faculty at the Wellcome…
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. Jonathan David Spicer, a thoracic surgeon at McGill University in…
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) caused by subaortic membrane (SAM) can result in increased left ventricle (LV) systolic pressure and wall stress and LV hypertrophy. This video presents the case of a nine-year-old male with severe subvalvular stenosis caused by a discrete SAM and interventricular septum hypertrophy. The surgical technique described by Yacoub et.…
The patient is a seventy-one-year-old male with a history of Hurthle cell carcinoma who initially underwent thyroidectomy and central neck dissection, follow by radioactive iodine. He developed recurrence after 10 years with tracheal invasion, which was treated by tracheal resection via partial sternotomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. Four years later, he developed a right…
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 Leah Backhus, a thoracic surgeon at Stanford University in…
Total aortic arch replacement with the frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique has been an established solution for extended dissections, useful especially in cases where an endovascular approach is not possible (1, 2). The E-Vita Open Neo offers a unique approach for aortic arch replacement with the FET technique. This modern device focuses on getting closer…
A one-month-old baby presented to the pulmonology unit at Mansoura University Children’s Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt, with respiratory distress and a wheezy chest. A chest X-ray showed an opacified right side of the chest with a marked shift of the mediastinum to the right. A flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB) was completed and showed a primitive right…
As 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, Dr. Mark N. Awori presented on his team’s experience with the development of a cardiac surgery unit and how it connects to surgical management and outcomes of Tetralogy…
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 Cherie Erkmen, a thoracic surgeon at Temple University Health Systems…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video presents a rare surgery for secondary carinal tumors. Secondary carinal tumors are most often treated with pneumonectomy. This video demonstrates the parenchymal preservation technique. References Left secondary carinal resection and reconstruction for low-grade…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Myocardial bridging is a rare congenital anomaly presenting a segment of a coronary artery, most commonly the left anterior descending (LAD), covered by a bridge of myocardium that produces dynamic compression resulting in intermittent myocardial…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Anastomotic leaks of the esophagogastric conduit in minimally invasive esophagectomies (MIE) are associated with increased length of hospital stay, formation of anastomotic strictures, and increased morbidity and mortality rates. The authors’ study has shown that…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Pressurized intrathoracic aerosol chemotherapy (PITAC) is a novel and promising treatment for malignant pleural effusion, allowing surgeons to achieve an effective pleurodesis together with a potential anti-neoplastic effect. The treatment delivers chemotherapeutic agents via a…
In this session from the 2023 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Professor Gebrine El Khoury gave his tips and tricks for his method of mitral valve repair. If you like this video, register for the 13th Annual London Core Review from April 10-12, 2024. The three-day course is taught by a mixture of US…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video shows the preclinical use of the minimally invasive targeted resection (MiTR) system, a novel electrosurgical instrument that allows for targeted excision of a lung abnormality while using bipolar radiofrequency energy to seal blood…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Aortic valve repair procedures can be technically challenging and there are no tools to evaluate the valve intraoperatively. Echocardiography after repair is considered the standard method, but if there are no satisfactory results, another clamp…
