Joel Dunning
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Enoch Akowuah, an academic consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Newcastle University and South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and Dr. Matthias Raschpichler, a cardiac...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...
This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial approaches for appropriately selected patients. It provides guidance on patient selection, techniques, risks, transplantation considerations,...
This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Surgeons performed a uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The surgery team reported...
Welcome to the seveth of twelve videos that compose the series “Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches” by Professor Tristan D. Yan. To learn more about the series and see...
Mediastinitis represents an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication following median sternotomy, with incidences ranging from 0.25-5% (1). It may result from direct hematogenous spread of bacteria or from the extension...
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Joel Dunning speaks with Oscar Howard “Bud” Frazier about his career. Dr Frazier trained with Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley while they were...
This is a case of the use of the Artisential VATS Wristed Instruments and also an automated camera holder bringing together two excellent technologies to simulate as closely as possible...
This Beat episode, featuring Joel Dunning, MD, focuses on survivors’ longitudinal functional status of ECMO after COVID-19, a trial on advanced reperfusion strategies, an analysis on the decrease in all...
Welcome to the sixth of twelve videos that compose the series “Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches,” by Professor Tristan D. Yan. To learn more about the series and see...
This is a video of a patient who had a large tumor which was invading the parenchyma of all three lobes and therefore clearly not suitable for a sleeve resection....
Welcome to the fifth of twelve videos that compose the series “Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches,” by Professor Tristan D. Yan. To learn more about the series and see...








