At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, leading surgeons presented tips on how residents can prepare for a career in minimally invasive and robotic cardiothoracic surgery.
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Thoracic
July 3, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Ari Wes, Partner at Peninsula Plastic Surgery and CEO and Cofounder of Orchid Surgical, about clinical surgery video production.
July 3, 2025
This video demonstrates that utilizing indocyanine green during minimally invasive surgery for pulmonary sequestration allows for maximal parenchymal preservation.
July 3, 2025
This retrospective single-center study analyzed 143 patients who underwent chest wall resection and reconstruction from 2010–2023. Among these, 55.2 percent had lung cancer invading the chest wall, predominantly adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
July 3, 2025
This multicenter retrospective study compared video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) for anterior mediastinal lesions in 1,076 patients across three Chinese centers.
July 3, 2025
This retrospective single-center study evaluated the impact of 3D airway reconstruction on planning tracheobronchial stent insertion for malignant central airway obstruction (MCAO) in 136 patients from 2012 to 2024. Forty patients underwent stenting with preoperative 3D reconstruction, while 96 had standard planning.
June 30, 2025
This video demonstrates a step-by-step video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for an intrapericardial left pneumonectomy due to a centrally located lung tumor, highlighting key technical tips.
June 27, 2025
At the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) 33rd Annual Meeting, Dr. Nuria M. Novoa, Chief of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at University Hospital Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda in Madrid and the 2024-2025 ESTS President, delivered the presidential address titled “Learning and Teaching—A Never Ending Story.”
June 26, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. David Kalfa, the incoming Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the Heart Institute at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, about allogenic mitral valve transplants.
June 26, 2025
This study evaluated the impact of the interval between diagnosis and surgery on mortality in patients with early-stage non-small cell lunger cancer (NSCLC).