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Thoracic

June 14, 2021
We present a case of robotic right lower lobectomy post chemo-immunotherapy in a 74-year-old man, 2 months after he had undergone trans-hiatal esophagectomy for a synchronous T2N0 esophageal cancer.
June 11, 2021
A glimpse of what could be a future for surgery..........
June 10, 2021
This examination of readmission rates is based on data from nearly 40,000 patients from the STS Database having undergone elective pulmonary lobectomy.   Readmission was driven by complications during the index operation, notably pulmonary embolism, empyema, pleural effusion, and pneumothorax.  Improved pleural space management may offer a means to m
June 10, 2021
Over 30% of lung resection patients in the STS Database had prior exposure to opioid use.  They experienced longer length of postoperative stay, more frequent visits to the ED, and a higher incidence of readmission within 90 days.  Athough there is growing interest in standardized enhanced recovery pathways after lung resection, this challenging subs
June 10, 2021
Chyle leak remains a challenging postoperative complication to manage, and avoidance is always easier than mitigation.  The only predisposing factor identified in this study was low BMI.  Although ICU stay was longer in affected patients, operative mortality, hospital LOS, and survival were not negatively impacted by the presence of a leak. 
June 10, 2021
Challenging VATS bilobectomy of right upper and right middle lobe on a young patient post chemo/radiation treatment is shown in this video.
June 7, 2021
An electroevaporative surgical technique is a unique and effective surgical approach that can be used in all major thoracic surgical oncology cases.
June 4, 2021
Chronic and prolonged opioid use were independently associated with reduced long-term, disease-specific survival after lung cancer resection. These findings provide epidemiologic support for a biological relationship between opioid use and lung cancer progression.
June 2, 2021
Resection of Ewing sarcoma of the thoracic outlet is shown in this video.
May 26, 2021
Young patient, known case of pulmonary hypoplasia and left pulmonary artery agenesis, presented as a case of persistent pneumothorax and underwent uniportal VATS pneumonectomy.

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