Minimally Invasive Surgery
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, CTSNet Senior Editor—Residents and Training...
Off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) requires effective and reliable coronary stabilization. Although the Octopus Nuvo stabilizer has been used for this purpose, its positioning and adjustment may depend...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...
The authors present a case of left atrial tumor excision combined with mitral and tricuspid valve repair and coronary revascularization, performed through a left anterior minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal...
In this episode of The Atrium, host Alice Copperwheat speaks with Bernard Park, Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs of the Thoracic Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York,...
A 69-year-old woman with a body surface area of 1.8 m² presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion (New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III), severe aortic regurgitation, and an ascending...
Hear from Drs. John R. Doty, Sanjay Khicha, John Puskas, John “Jack” Pirris, and Joseph W. Wilson as they discuss the latest evidence, real-world surgical experience, and evolving perspectives in...
In this video, the authors present a case of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) repaired via right axillary thoracotomy. A 5-month-old, 6 kg...
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Rawn Salenger, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, USA, spoke with T. Sloane Guy,...
A 24-year-old male presented with chest pain and dizziness. His medical history was notable for emphysematous lung changes, most likely related to heavy smoking. Holter monitoring performed after admission demonstrated...
The neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy pathway has become the standard of care for patients with resectable, locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer without actionable mutations. Its increasing use has introduced novel technical...
This talk features Jae Suk Yoo from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and Asan Medical Center, speaking...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...






