This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Drs. Daniel Brockman, Professor of Small Animal Surgery at The Royal Veterinary College, London, England, and Matteo Rossanese, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery at The Royal Veterinary College, about performing cardiothoracic surgery in animals.
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Thoracic
September 25, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic lobectomy with chest wall resection for invasive adenocarcinoma.
September 25, 2025
This article reviews lymph node dissection and its relationship to postoperative chylothorax in thoracic surgery. The authors analyze patterns of nodal involvement, technical considerations during mediastinal lymphadenectomy, and factors contributing to thoracic duct injury.
September 25, 2025
This article reports the first pig-to-human lung xenotransplantation, marking a major milestone in thoracic transplantation research. A six-gene-edited porcine lung was transplanted into a 39-year-old brain-dead human recipient and monitored for 216 hours.
September 24, 2025
This video illustrates a step-by-step technique for controlling vascular injuries during robotic thoracic surgery using a collagen-based hemostatic patch, preserving the minimally invasive approach and avoiding conversion to open surgery.
September 22, 2025
This video demonstrates video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for managing refractory Paget-Schroetter syndrome, featuring minimally invasive first rib resection with enhanced visualization and precision.
September 18, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Alexis Shafii, professor of surgery and surgical director of heart transplantation at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, about the first in-human BiVACOR total artificial heart implantation.
September 18, 2025
This article reviews current advances and ongoing challenges in tracheal surgery, focusing on long-segment tracheal resection and reconstruction. The authors highlight that while surgical resection with primary anastomosis remains the gold standard for localized disease, outcomes are limited in cases of extended tracheal involvement.
September 17, 2025
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning and Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF School of Medicine and thoracic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, examine multimodal therapy for mesothelioma.
September 17, 2025
This video demonstrates how to use visual cues to compensate for the lack of tactile feedback during robotic pulmonary resections, enabling the accurate identification of lesions despite the absence of physical palpation.