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Thoracic
December 20, 2023
This video demonstrates a left lower lobectomy in a patient with a history of smoking, COPD, and ischemic cardiopathy and a pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma staged T4N0. The patient was first addressed and treated by chemo-immunotherapy before being restaffed and led to surgery.
December 14, 2023
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of CT surgery information—and breaking cardiothoracic surgery news and research from around the world.
December 13, 2023
This video demonstrates the first European use of a new cordless energy device for lung resection.
December 7, 2023
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of CT surgery information—and breaking cardiothoracic surgery news and research from around the world.
December 6, 2023
CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. David Waller about the MARS-2 mesothelioma clinical trial. They discussed various discrepancies in the trial that make it difficult to apply to real-world mesothelioma treatment.
December 4, 2023
This video demonstrates a novel minimally invasive two-stage approach to the treatment of dysphagia lusoria.
November 30, 2023
The authors of this paper note that the surgical landscape has changed in the last two years. They suggest that the multidisciplinary team should avoid a diagnostic wedge resection if segmentectomy would be the definitive and recommended operation. In that case, advanced navigation techniques should be used for diagnosis.
November 30, 2023
Although video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is associated with less pain than open surgery, there are still several complications that arise due to poor postoperative control with VATS.