This study investigates the prognostic impact of tumor spread through air spaces (STAS) in early-stage synchronous multiple primary lung adenocarcinoma (sMPLA) and its interaction with surgical strategies. Among 131 patients with cT1-3N0M0 sMPLA, STAS was detected in 52 percent, including 16 percent with STAS in both tumors (bi-STAS).
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June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025
This study evaluated the effect of perioperative invasive nodal staging on nodal upstaging in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing resection.
June 25, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of a triportal, left-sided robotic thymectomy (da Vinci Xi system) performed using the robotic vessel sealer, which enabled fast, effective, and safe dissection of mediastinal structures.
June 24, 2025
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Faisal Bakaeen, Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Director of the Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Center at the Cleveland Clinic, about radial artery harvesting.
June 24, 2025
This video demonstrates a low-cost method for implementing augmented reality in robotic segmentectomy using open-source software and affordable hardware.
June 20, 2025
At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, President Husam H. Balkhy presented “Patience, Passion, and Persistence in the Pursuit of Robotic Cardiac Surgery.”
June 19, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of robot-assisted intrapericardial pneumonectomy with bronchoplasty and thymic flap reinforcement for a centrally located, post-neoadjuvant lung adenocarcinoma, highlighting advanced techniques in vascular control and intraoperative decision-making for complex thoracic oncologic surgery.
June 19, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 40-year-old patient with dysphagia who underwent a successful right-sided robot-assisted resection of an esophageal leiomyoma with no complications and discharge on postoperative day three.
June 18, 2025
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Board Member Dr. Keith Naunheim, Vallee L. and Melba Willman Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, about artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery.
June 18, 2025
This prospective observational study examined the association between Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) scores and postoperative pain in 100 patients undergoing multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy.