Chest Wall
A 9-day-old neonate weighing 2.2 kg, who had passed the neonatal screen for critical congenital heart disease, was re-admitted with heart failure symptoms, including lethargy and failure to thrive. A murmur was heard, and a...
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk sac tumors presenting as giant thoracic masses are rarer still. These tumors pose a dual...
This prospective European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Drainology Collaborative registry study examined chest-drain practice after pulmonary resection in 3,348 patients across 21 international centers, 88 percent of whom underwent...
This prospective cohort is the largest of its kind involving 240 pediatric patients enrolled over eight years and followed for a median of 80 weeks. Patients were screened with a...
A 63-year-old woman presented with myasthenia crisis and ptosis, for which she was treated with immunoglobulin. Her medical history included type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and hypothyroidism. A computed...
Over the last 20 years, there has been an exponential growth in technological capabilities in medicine. The quality of imaging and diagnostic tools has increased drastically. Advanced imaging and reconstruction...
In this video, the authors present the case of a 51-year-old man who suffered a high impact cyclist collision with a car. He suffered a severe right neck extension injury,...
There is currently not enough evidence to decide upon the best practice for thoracic surgery during the pandemic since the situation continues to be highly dynamic on a day-to-day basis....
The Pectus UP Implant is a minimally invasive extrathoracic surgical treatment for pectus excavatum. Surgery is customized for each patient according to information obtained from a CT scan. The patient...
Introduction Since Shoemaker first performed midline sternotomy in an elective cardiac operation in 1953, midline sternotomy has become the most common approach for most cardiac surgical operations, as this is...
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, is spreading around the world, and the outbreak continues to escalate. Clinical features of patients with coronavirus disease...
The authors present a case of mitral valve (MV) repair combined with pectus excavatum repair in a highly symptomatic 28-year-old woman. Her preoperative transesophageal (TEE) echo showed severe mitral insufficiency,...
To date, one million confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus have been reported worldwide with a death toll of over 50,000 (1). Particular concern has been raised regarding the exposure of...












