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Pope Leo XIV Undergoes Successful Lung Surgery

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Surgeons performed a uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The surgery team reported the operation took only 90...

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Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: An Interview With Finn Amundsen Dittberner

November 4, 2026 | Alice Copperwheat

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,...

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Keep Pace With Innovation: Surgical Ablation and Next-Gen LAA Closure | Medtronic Webinar

October 26, 2026 | John Doty…

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...

JANS Article

Pope Leo XIV Undergoes Successful Lung Surgery

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 175: Oral Board AI Simulator

September 24, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...

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VATS Treatment for Pulmonary Aspergilloma in a Patient With Lupus

June 10, 2019 | Zakaria El Ouali

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may suffer from complications, which are important causes of morbidity and mortality. The immunodepression of the systemic pathology itself, combined to corticosteroids and immunosuppressive...

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Subxiphoid Uniportal Nonintubated Thymectomy

May 8, 2019 | Giuseppe Aresu…

The authors present a thymectomy that was performed for a 49-year-old woman with a history of breast carcinoma who had a positron emission tomography–positive lesion at the level of the...

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Uniportal VATS Treatment of Symptomatic Pericardial Cyst

May 6, 2019 | Francesco Petrella…

Pericardial cysts are benign and rare congenital malformations with an incidence of 1 in 100,000, representing about 7% of mediastinal masses [1]. Pericardial cysts— as well as pericardial diverticula— are...

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Right Upper Lobe Microlobectomy With the Double Double

May 1, 2019 | Joel Dunning

This is a right upper lobe microlobectomy and the author uses the stapler to perform a double stapling twice, hence the “Double Double!” The procedure shown in this video is...

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Harmonic HD–Powered Right Upper Lobectomy

April 22, 2019 | Marco Nardini

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Mr Felice Granato demonstrates a thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy, which was performed for a primary pulmonary malignancy. The Harmonic HD was adopted for sealing of one of the segmental arteries...

JANS Article

Intraoperative Conversion During Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy Does Not Constitute a Treatment Failure

April 3, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Intraoperative conversion may be necessary during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer. In this study on 610 patients, Fourdrain and colleagues observed that conversion during a VATS procedure was...

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Uptake of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resections Within the Veterans Affairs

March 16, 2019 | Mark Ferguson

The institution-specific uptake of VATS for lung cancer resection in the US Veterans Affairs system was evaluated over the past 15 years. Uptake more than tripled during the study period,...

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Watch the SCTS 2019 “Take on the Experts” Video Competition

March 11, 2019 | Clinton Lloyd

Find it here: The SCTS “Take on the Experts” Video Competition On Tuesday, March 12, the top four cardiac and top three thoracic videos submitted for this session of the...