Proposed definitions for the 8th edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual are presented.
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Thoracic
August 2, 2016
This randomized trial evaluated the efficacy of postoperative metoprolol or losartan in preventing atrial fibrillation in patients with elevated N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide who were undergoing lung resection for cancer. Among candidates, 29% (320) of patients had elevated NT-proBNP and were randomized. Both metoprolol and losartan redu
August 1, 2016
This video shows a uniportal VATS left lower lobectomy. The dissection was performed down to up, and an aberrant vein was incidentally found.
July 27, 2016
Douglas Mathisen of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, gives an in-depth talk on tracheal resection.
July 26, 2016
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS diaphragm plication for a patient with diaphragm eventration of an unknown cause.
July 24, 2016
The authors, using 2 groups of patients, 32 ECMO and 53 non-ECMO, both with a diagnosis of ARDS, describe the two groups' severity of illness, medication regimen and use or nonuse of ECMO therapy.
July 20, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, M. Blair Marshall discusses her approach to minimally invasive general thoracic surgery.
July 18, 2016
This video displays the identification and preservation of aberrant superior pulmonary vein during a uniportal VATS right lower lobectomy.
July 15, 2016
This is a retrospective National Cancer Data Base cohort study of patients with pathologic stage T3 invasive NSCLC with separate tumor nodules in the same lobe. The goal was to determine with adjuvant chemotherapy increased survival.
July 14, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a panel of experts share insights into utilizing Internet technologies to improve the practice of cardiothoracic surgery for both surgeons and patients.