A landmark article summarizing the early clinical experience of using a cryopreserved aortic homograft with a customized internal stent for major airway replacement.
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Trachea and Bronchi
May 20, 2018
May 19, 2018
The Thoracic community is ready to gather in Ljubljana this year for the biggest event of purely thoracic surgery interest. The full programme is availabe on the website. Looking forward to learning the latest advancements in General Thoracic Surgery directly from experts from all around the globe!
May 16, 2018
Sachdeva and Lanuti discuss the present status of cervical exenteration, a radical procedure utilized in the management of locally invasive cancers of the trachea, esophagus, and thyroid, as well as in recurrent tumors at the site of a tracheal stoma. Both a written review and video presentation are provided.
April 18, 2018
The authors present the minimally invasive management of a proximal left lower lobe carcinoid with endobronchial extension.
February 18, 2018
An interesting article describing the interface between medical 3D printing and art. It briefly outlines current and future applications, and it also describes constraints to the use of this technology.
February 5, 2018
This video demonstrates an open window thoracostomy, performed for a broncopleural fistula that occurred three months after a left pneumonectomy.
January 19, 2018
Patient Care
China and Cambodia will work together on a program to provide free heart surgery to 100 Cambodian children with congenital heart disease.
January 4, 2018
Sacha Mussot of the Marie Lannelongue Hospital in Le Plessis-Robinson, France, discusses tracheal resection.
August 9, 2017
This video demonstrates a mediastinal tracheostomy to treat laryngeal cancer that recurred after a previous total laryngectomy.
July 31, 2017
This video explains a technique for closure of a tracheocutaneous fistula, an infrequent complication of a prolonged tracheostomy.