Chest Wall

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May 15, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This video presents a case of an older patient with severe pectus who had only one Nuss bar. Over four months, the bar fractured the thin sternum and migrated over...

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May 14, 2026 | Dinesh Patel

Background Congenital absence of the mid​line sternum​ is a rare chest wall anomaly that exposes mediastinal structures and causes paradoxical respiration, leading to respiratory and feeding difficulties. This report describes...

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May 13, 2026 | Akash Mor

Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VATS) is an established approach for myasthenia gravis. The authors present a bilateral VATS thymectomy, highlighting key technical aspects. Case Description A 29-year-old male with ptosis...

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May 11, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This video demonstrates a patient in their 50s who experienced shortness of breath. Twenty years ago, they underwent pectus and breast implants to hide the defect, but now they require...

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May 8, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This video showcases a Nuss procedure performed after a previous Ravitch operation. The patient had undergone the Ravitch procedure 10 years prior, but the condition had recurred, leading to significant...

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May 8, 2026 | Donna Eaton

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on various thoracic topics, including pectus care, chest wall resection and reconstruction, and sympathectomy....

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May 7, 2026 | Hari Kumar Sampath

Advanced-stage lung cancer patients who have undergone lung resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and immunotherapy are often immunocompromised and prone to pleural space infections. A pleural window is usually not accepted by...

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April 29, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This video demonstrates the use of chrondotomies in the Nuss procedure to allow the sternum to lift more safely in the most severe pectus excavatum cases. The authors found that...