Thoracic Guidelines

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Defining Resectability: When Do You Try to Take It Out?

September 5, 2024 | Akshay Patel

This article explores the complexities of determining resectability in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The authors emphasize that resectability, crucial for deciding treatment pathways, is best assessed by a multidisciplinary tumor board but...

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Expanding Endovascular Therapy in Trauma

December 15, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A condensed, granular and yet comprehensive discussion on a small retrospective series on mostly non-iatrogenic trauma of the subclavian and axillary arteries treated mostly by stenting. Professor Veller’s viewpoint is...

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Cystic Fibrosis

November 22, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The value for the surgical team is to be found in the systematic approach and especially the candid discussion on benefits of pulmonary transplantation, with the frank statement that may...

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Joint 2022 European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Guidelines for the Prevention of Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism in Thoracic Surgery

March 23, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

Thoracic oncology patients are a high-risk group for venous thromboembolism (VTE). The ESTS and AATS panel reviewed the evidence using the GRADE approach and made twenty-four recommendations for VTE prophylaxis,...

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Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia

June 11, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A glimpse of what could be a future for surgery……….

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Commentary: Lack of Screening Makes Primary Prevention Most Effective to Reduce the Mortality of Aortic Dissection

November 28, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A relatively recent, open-access, brief viewpoint on the utility of screening for thoracic aortic pathologies. Although the negative opinion expressed by the author may not be universally accepted, a debate...

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Understanding Thoracic Surgeons’ Perceptions of Administrative Database Analyses and Guidelines in Clinical Decision-Making

September 21, 2020 | Jessica Luc

In this article, the authors explored cardiothoracic surgeons’ perceptions of health services research and practice guidelines through open-ended, semi-structured phone interviews with cardiothoracic surgeons across the United States, highlighting gaps...

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COVID-19 Guidance for Triage of Operations for Thoracic Malignancies: A Consensus Statement From Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network

April 14, 2020 | Jessica Luc

Guidance document for the triage of operations for thoracic malignancies produced by the Thoracic Outcomes Research Network. Their recommendations emphasize the importance of shared decision making, transparency and adherence to...

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Help! What Do I Do With Those Granulomas in the Lung?

August 14, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A comprehensive audio lecture from an academic pathologist on non-malignant pulmonary lesions.

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ERAS in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Digital Chest Drains

August 7, 2019 | Tim Batchelor

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a perioperative protocol that places the patient at the center of all medical decisions. It is designed to reduce stress for the patient, alleviate...

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Debate: Lung Cancer Screening Should Be Limited to Those Recommended by the ACCP Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

January 10, 2019 | Douglas Wood…

Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Douglas Wood of the University of Washington in Seattle moderates a debate on the criteria that should be used...

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More Frequent Surveillance Following Lung Cancer Resection Is Not Associated With Improved Survival: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study

September 26, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using the National Cancer Database, the effect of the timing of computed tomography (CT) surveillance after resection of non-small cell lung cancer on survival was investigated. Survival was similar for...

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Cochrane Collaboration in Crisis as Half of its Governing Board Resigns After a Member is Expelled

September 16, 2018 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

The highly respected Cochrane Collaboration is in crisis today at its 25th annual meeting in Edinburgh as one board member is expelled and six more resign. There are more links...

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