Christopher Anderson

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May 6, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Recommendations for intraoperative lymph node evaluation are uniform regardless of whether a primary tumor is clinical T1a or T2a according to TNM 8th edition for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We quantified nodal...

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April 29, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be effective for refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in patients with influenza, but its utility in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is uncertain....

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April 29, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect (cAVSD) is achieved with low mortality. However, there is a high rate of reoperation on the left atrioventricular valve (LAVV), which is often attributed...

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April 29, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

An epidemic in the United States is Heart failure, and transplantation remains the most definitive therapy. We describe multidecade trends in posttransplant graft survival, adjusted for concurrent changes in the...

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April 12, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Segmentectomy is rising in popularity as a parenchyma-sparing alternative for anatomic lung resection. This study sought to investigate temporal changes in patient selection, case volume, and outcomes for segmentectomy using...

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April 12, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

This study both examined the outcomes of children (

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April 8, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons current (STS) guidelines recommend delaying coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) for several days or performing platelet function testing in stable patients who received P2Y12...

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April 8, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is linked with negative outcomes and raised cost. We evaluated the impact of a high-value care discharge protocol on readmission, length of stay...

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March 25, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Cardiothoracic surgeon Igor Mokryk, MD, PhD, spent last week taking his family on a 370-mile journey from Kyiv, Ukraine, to the Polish border. While there they joined aound 2 million...

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March 24, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Several surgical associations have given a new statement in response to the new Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) definitions for aortic valve clinical studies. They took issue with a few...

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March 24, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

Doctors at Duke University Hospital have successfully transplanted a heart combined with a processed allogeneic thymus tissue. The recipient was a baby who of six months and has now just...

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March 22, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

This is a joint position statement from EACTS, LACES, ASCVTS, AATS, and STS regarding the VARC-3 Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research.

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March 17, 2022 | Christopher AndersonSilver Contributor

The link between blood transfusion and adverse outcome is well noted in cardiac surgery. However, the rising significance of each unit transfused, whether red blood cell (RBC) or non-RBC, is...