This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Todd Rosengart, professor and chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, about his team performing the world’s first adult robotic heart surgery in the United States.
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Thoracic
August 14, 2025
This large single-center retrospective study of 682 patients compared outcomes after sleeve lobectomy for non-small cel lung cancer (NSCLC) with and without buttressing the bronchial anastomosis using autogenous flaps.
August 14, 2025
This cadaver-based study evaluated the variations in vascular perfusion territories of the descending thoracic aorta, including variations in the anatomy of the artery of Adamkiewicz.
August 11, 2025
This video demonstrates a porcine xenograft replacement of the aortic root in a patient with severe aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis.
August 8, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, a presentation on “Staging the Mediastinum With EBUS” was delivered.
August 7, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Mara Antonoff, Associate Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Program Director for Education at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and President of Women in Thoracic Surgery, about chest tubes.
August 7, 2025
This video demonstrates a safe and effective robotic approach to left upper division trisegmentectomy, featuring careful anatomical dissection, parenchymal division, and comprehensive lymphadenectomy. It emphasizes the balance between preserving important structures while ensuring adequate lung division for tumor resection.
August 7, 2025
This single-institution study evaluated 78 patients undergoing single-anesthetic robotic bronchoscopy with intraoperative biopsy, followed by possible lung resection. Intraoperative frozen section diagnoses showed almost perfect agreement with final pathology (Cohen’s kappa 0.94), supporting their reliability for surgical decision-making.
August 7, 2025
This large, retrospective study (1997–2023) found that surgical resection offers a significant survival benefit for both stage III and stage IV pulmonary carcinoid tumors, including those with metastatic disease.
August 5, 2025
In this video, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Edward Kim, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, about his winning video, “Robot-Assisted Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy With Bronchoplasty and Thymic Flap Post Neoadjuvant Chemo/IO.”