Clinical Epidemiology
In this 32-year, single-center retrospective study, the authors evaluated outcomes of total arch replacement (TAR) after prior aortic surgery. Among 219 patients undergoing reoperative TAR between 1993 and 2025, procedural volume increased more than fourfold...
In this 32-year, single-center retrospective study, the authors evaluated outcomes of total arch replacement (TAR) after prior aortic surgery. Among 219 patients undergoing reoperative TAR between 1993 and 2025, procedural...
In this analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, involving 3,579 patients undergoing septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy between 2014 and 2023, patients with...
In this single-center randomized trial, 48 patients aged 12–24 undergoing the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum received intercostal nerve cryoablation (INC) or thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA). INC reduced the length...
This interview focuses on a clinical trial evaluating autologous blood pleurodesis for postoperative air leakage following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. At the 40th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting,...
