Find them here: outstanding sessions from the 33rd EACTS Annual Meeting which took place in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Thoracic
October 1, 2019
The Hugo system includes a tower, surgeon console, surgical end effectors, and robotic arm carts.
Key aspects of the Hugo system include:
September 27, 2019
Interesting to see the long term curative results of this randomized controlled trial.
September 25, 2019
Find it here: the Second International Conference on Sublobar Resections for Lung Cancer live on CTSNet.
September 25, 2019
This video demonstrates the authors’ experience performing a left pneumonectomy using the biportal VATS approach.
September 24, 2019
In this case, the authors report on a novel technique to revascularize the left subclavian artery during a frozen elephant trunk procedure with concomitant aortic arch debranching.
September 22, 2019
The authors point out that randomized trials of incentive spirometry have failed to mitigate early postoperative fevers, traditionally attributed to atelectasis.
September 20, 2019
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. In this study, breath prophiles were collected from 143 patients and a single biomarker profile was created that detected responses to anti-PD-1 treatment with 89% accuracy.
September 19, 2019
Federico Venuta of the University of Rome in Italy presents a discussion on surgery for invasive lung cancer.
September 19, 2019
Using coworker reports of unprofessional behavior as a metric, surgeons' complication rates were assessed. Compared to surgeons with no reports, the complication rate for surgeons with 1-3 reports was increased 14.3%, and that for surgeons with 4 or more reports was increased 11.9%.