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Prof. Romano discusses the importance of having the conversation surrounding gender disparities in CT surgery and what she hopes to accomplish as STS president.
July 5, 2018
This video demonstrates the successful management of an LC2 carinal carcinoid tumor through a minimally invasive, parenchymal-sparing approach.
July 5, 2018
Gilbert Massard of the Centre Hospitalier in Strasbourg, France, discusses difficult decisions in lung cancer treatment.
July 4, 2018
Bone allograft is used in orthopedics for filling bony defects and restoring skeletal continuity. The authors have applied it to chest wall reconstruction and long-term stabilization.
July 2, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic right upper lobectomy, performed using the Cerfolio method of port placement.
June 27, 2018
The authors demonstrate a posterobasal anatomical segmentectomy of the left lower lobe, one of the most challenging sublobar resections through uniportal VATS.
June 25, 2018
This video demonstrates technical aspects of robotic-assisted decortication for fibrothorax, including port placement, robot docking, and closure.
June 20, 2018
The author details tips and tricks to help practicing surgeons complete a minimally invasive esophagectomy.
June 18, 2018
The author reviews the evaluation, staging, and thought process of disease management for a patient with oligometastatic lung cancer, focusing on the VATS right middle lobe technique, a review of the literature, and current therapeutic options.
June 14, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston moderates a discussion on the role of research for academic career advancement.
June 13, 2018
This is a video demonstrating the use of the FlexDex™ needle holder to perform a left VATS diaphragm plication.