New techniques and technologies are constantly being developed in surgical treatment for lung cancer. These recent CTSNet videos demonstrate some of the most popular and innovative techniques, including uniportal VATS resection, robotic assisted lobectomy, and surgical management of rare and complex lung cancers.
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Thoracic
August 7, 2023
This video demonstrates a robotic bilateral thymectomy with an emphasis on surgical anatomy and technique.
August 3, 2023
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews cardiac surgeon Faisal Bakaeen, AATS representative and lead author of a rebuttal to the recently released 2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease.
July 31, 2023
This video demonstrates robotic assisted thoracoscopic bilateral lobectomy and tangential resection of left main pulmonary artery via subxiphoid approach for synchronous non-small cell lung carcinoma.
July 28, 2023
In this episode of The Beat, Joel discusses the latest content on CTSNet and cardiothoracic surgery news.
July 25, 2023
In Colombia, undertaking a lung transplant procedure comes with some unique challenges. In an interview at AATS 2023, Dr. Eric Vinck speaks on the socioeconomic, structural, and geographic challenges of lung transplantation in Colombia.
July 20, 2023
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet EIC Joel Dunning discusses a new dissolving cardiac monitor used to treat heart disease and reviews a video demonstrating the Nikaidoh operation for aortic translocation repair, among other news and clinical content.
July 20, 2023
This study aimed to determine if socioeconomic status and region had any effect on post-transplant outcomes across different races and ethnicities. After another study found that transplant outcomes varied greatly based on multiple factors, researchers wanted to know if socioeconomic factors played into differences based on race.
July 20, 2023
This study aimed to determine whether inferior pulmonary ligament (IPL) division leads to pulmonary dysfunction in 213 upper lobectomy (UL) patients divided into two groups with division or preservation of the IPL. The authors found no difference in complication rate, dead space area, forced vital capacity, or forced expiratory volume in 1 s.