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Thoracic
April 28, 2020
This is a video of a patient with a thymoma and myasthenia gravis who also has a left SVC.
April 27, 2020
This manuscript outlines the difficulties of providing safe thoracic surgery during COVID-19 and details solutions for overcoming these challenges.
April 22, 2020
"We were all worried about the availability of ventilators but actually you've got to have enough people to run them." Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Joel Dunning, decided to do something about it by redeploying as an ICU Nurse for the NHS, setting a great example for all clinicians being asked to consider roles outside of the comfort zone.
April 21, 2020
Jessica Luc, Shanda Blackmon, Mahesh Ramchandani, and Nahush Mokadam discuss the topic of telemedicine for the cardiothoracic surgeon during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
April 21, 2020
CTSNet invites you to participate in the COVID-19 Message Board to offer advice, insights, algorithms, and technical tips, and to pose questions for the cardiothoracic community regarding COVID-19.
Prognostic Factors Related to Postoperative Survival in the Newly Classified Clinical T4 Lung Cancer
April 21, 2020
This manuscript by Yamanashi et al retrospectively looks into the outcome of patients with newly classified clinical T4 lung cancer. They report 93 patients who underwent surgical treatment during a 10-year study period.
April 17, 2020
Mara Antonoff moderates a discussion with Lisa Brown, Tom Varghese, and Erin Corsini about managing an early academic career without conferences.
April 16, 2020
Joined by an expert panel of surgical colleagues, Emily Farkas moderates a session covering ethical questions for surgeons surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 16, 2020
A prepublication manuscript describing a balanced system for multidimensional decision making about timing of surgery in the COVID era.