Thoracic

Video
May 7, 2026 | Hari Kumar Sampath

Advanced-stage lung cancer patients who have undergone lung resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and immunotherapy are often immunocompromised and prone to pleural space infections. A pleural window is usually not accepted by...

Video
May 5, 2026 | Antonio Lima

This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 36-year-old non-smoking female who was diagnosed with a typical carcinoid tumor involving the left lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis was established through...

Article
April 30, 2026 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Change is hard, so for those who are looking for guidance on where to find specific features or further explanation about the redesigned CTSNet, you’ve come to the right place!...

Video
April 29, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This video demonstrates the use of chrondotomies in the Nuss procedure to allow the sternum to lift more safely in the most severe pectus excavatum cases. The authors found that...

Podcast
April 29, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Zhi Lin, Chief Director of Cardiovascular Surgery Division 1 at Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University in Xiamen,...

Event
September 11, 2026

Friday, September 11, 2026 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm – SERTS (the Sino-European Summit on Robotic Thoracic Surgery) was born from this shared reality. Conceived as a collaborative initiative...

JANS Article
April 16, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This study published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation evaluates the role of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) as a biomarker for predicting outcomes after lung transplantation. The authors...