Thoracic
This video demonstrates the implantation of bilateral phrenic nerve pacing leads using a robotic subxiphoid approach without lung isolation. This approach was utilized because the patient presented with central hypoventilation and chronic high CO2 levels;...
Kartagener syndrome is a rare manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia characterized by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, and situs inversus. Progressive bronchiectasis may ultimately lead to end-stage respiratory failure requiring lung transplantation....
The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving with the introduction of effective neoadjuvant systemic treatments. Beyond tumor reduction, treatment response may influence...
In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory at...
This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending from the carina to the right intermediate bronchus and the superior segment of the lower...
Diaphragmatic defects involving the central tendon are uncommon and may present diagnostic uncertainty, particularly when identified incidentally on imaging. Surgical management can be technically challenging due to attenuated tissue quality...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on challenges in the management of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dr....
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Enoch Akowuah, an academic consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Newcastle University and South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, UK, and...
This study provides an in-depth molecular and evolutionary analysis of lung cancer progression, with a particular focus on the mechanisms driving metastatic spread. Using advanced genomic and transcriptomic approaches, the...
In this retrospective cohort of 253 patients with Marfan syndrome undergoing aortic surgery, the authors evaluated the impact of severe pectus excavatum (Haller index >3.5; n=62) vs non-severe or no...
In this video, the authors present the case of a 65-year-old female diagnosed with a central squamous cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe with nodal involvement in stations 5...
This video demonstrates a robotic left lower lobectomy using bedside stapling to improve efficiency and assist with the rapid flow of the operative procedure. Interestingly, with the Si system, this...
A gentleman in his 60s with advanced oesophageal cancer (cT4bN1M0) and extensive nodal disease developed a malignant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). Due to the presence of the fistula, he was not...











