Congenital

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August 16, 2024 | Rebecca Krey

Patient Selection Early surgical correction of ductal-dependent neonatal patients with an aortic coarctation (CoA) and distal arch hypoplasia have emerged as the current standard of care. To begin, the criteria...

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The use of robotic surgical platforms in mitral valve surgeries is an established technique with excellent outcomes (1). However, its use in congenital heart surgery currently is very limited. This...

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August 15, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning highlights the Diego Gonzalez Rivas Foundation mobile surgical unit on its first trip to Accra, Ghana. He discusses the different...

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August 13, 2024 | Avinash Prakash

Sinus venosus atrial septal defect (SVASD) encompasses 4-11percent of all atrial septal defects. Anomalous pulmonary venous connection (APVC) of some or all pulmonary veins is frequently linked to SVASD (1)....

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August 8, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the RESTORE trial for individuals with pectus excavatum. He discusses the goals for this trial, Castor EDC vs REDCap,...

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August 2, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the implementation of the Versius robotic surgical system for thoracic surgery and summarizes the ability of the Versius surgical...

JANS Article
August 1, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

Button battery ingestion in children is associated with severe morbidity and mortality if not treated promptly, due to the coagulation necrosis that ensues. Formation of a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), due...