The authors conducted a randomized study involving 40 patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to compare techniques for preparing internal thoracic arteries.
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Thoracic
October 23, 2025
October 23, 2025
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being embedded into clinical research workflows, covering aspects from data processing and modeling to manuscript drafting. While the human role remains essential—particularly in hypothesis formulation, clinical interpretation and ethical oversight—it is becoming more supervisory, curatorial, or interpretive.
October 23, 2025
The NeoCOAST-2 trial, published in Nature Medicine, evaluates the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant durvalumab-based combination regimens for resectable stage IIA–IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
October 22, 2025
In this video, Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS) speaks with Dr. Tanisha Rajah about why the WTS Annual Meeting is important for trainees.
October 21, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted left upper lobe S1/2 bisegmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer in a patient with a high body mass index and poor lung function.
October 20, 2025
This video presents a seven-ring extended tracheal resection for recurrent thyroid carcinoma with laryngeal preservation, followed by reconstruction using a pedicled myocutaneous flap from the left pectoralis major.
October 16, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Marc Pelletier, division chief of cardiac surgery for the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, about patient blood management.
October 16, 2025
This review evaluates branched and fenestrated thoracic endovascular aortic repair (B-/F-TEVAR) for aortic arch pathologies. Technical success rates are high (84-100 percent), with 30-day mortality ranging from 0–25 percent and stroke rates between 3–36 percent.
October 16, 2025
This study analyzed 159 patients with mediastinal benign teratomas across five hospitals from 2014–2024, comparing subxiphoid thoracoscopic surgery with other surgical approaches. Among the 26 patients undergoing subxiphoid surgery, the median operative time was 80 minutes with 20mL of blood loss and 100 percent complete resection rates.
October 15, 2025
Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of Women in Thoracic Surgery, spoke with her colleagues Drs. Stephanie Chang and Amy Fiedler about the program highlights for the upcoming WTS Annual Meeting.