In May 2015, a CardioStart International medical team was scheduled to help initiate a cardiac program at Kathmandu University in Nepal, but, in the wake of a devastating earthquake, the team instead assisted with earthquake relief efforts.
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Thoracic
October 19, 2016
Philippe Dartevelle of Marie-Lannelongue Hospital and Paris-Sud University, Paris, France, discusses the complex topic of tracheal substitution.
October 17, 2016
This video shows a uniportal lobectomy in a 14-month-old patient with a left side congenital pulmonary airway malformation.
October 15, 2016
All patients undergoing surgical therapy for esophageal or gastric cancer in France 2010-2012 were evaluated for postoperative mortality stratified by comorbidity score and assessed by medical center volume (low, medium, high, very high). Most operations were performed in low volume centers.
October 15, 2016
The authors explored the relationship of nodal region and survival from adenocarcinoma of the esophagus/GEJ in patients undergoing induction therapy and transthoracic resection.
October 15, 2016
In this retrospective review, the authors queried whether a hiatal hernia (HH; >5cm) was associated with adverse outcomes after esophagectomy for cancer. After adjustment, they found that HH patients had a lower rate of complete resection and lower median survival.
October 10, 2016
In this video, the authors present a robot-assisted lingula-sparing left upper lobectomy, using segmental plane identification with near-infrared fluorescence imaging.
October 3, 2016
This video demonstrates a VATS repair of a Bochdalek hernia in a 46-year-old man.
October 2, 2016
Ruben Osnabrugge interviews EACTS Secretary General and CTSNet President Pieter Kappetein about the highlights of the 2016 EACTS Annual Meeting.
September 30, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining what to expect the first three days after cardiac surgery.