Thoracic

Video
March 11, 2026 | Siva Teja Devarakonda

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors demonstrate a robotic right upper...

Video
March 11, 2026 | SAJJA NAGASRI

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) right S1...

Podcast
March 5, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Drs. Mateo Marin-Cuartas, CTSNet JANS Editor and cardiac surgeon at the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at Leipzig Heart...

Video
March 5, 2026 | Muhammad Kuthubuddeen

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video features a left uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)...

JANS Article
March 5, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This PRE-HIIT randomized controlled trial published in the Annals of Surgery evaluated whether a brief, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program could improve preoperative cardiopulmonary fitness in patients awaiting complex surgery...

Video
February 27, 2026 | Mostafa AbdelHafeez

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This report details the surgical management of a post-traumatic intercostal...

Podcast
February 26, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Niv Ad, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and professor of...

JANS Article
February 26, 2026 | Jade QuSilver Contributor

This article evaluates a novel single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (VQ SPECT/CT)-derived Ventilation Perfusion Capacity Differential Index (VQCDI) for predicting post-treatment lung function in early-stage lung cancer. VQCDI combines lobar...