Chest Wall
This interview centers on a research paper titled “Mortality Risk and Cause of Death Associated With Removal of the Adult Thymus: Analysis of the U.S. Thymoma Population.” At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery...
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...
This interview centers on a research paper titled “Mortality Risk and Cause of Death Associated With Removal of the Adult Thymus: Analysis of the U.S. Thymoma Population.” At the 2026...
Primary chest wall sarcomas are rare malignancies that require complete surgical resection, which remains the mainstay of treatment (1). Different histological subtypes, such as chondrosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, exhibit distinct...
History A 16-year-old male with no past medical history initially presented for evaluation of xiphodynia. He reported that he had a prominent protrusion from the inferior aspect of his sternum,...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Pectus excavatum is a thoracic deformity with mainly aesthetic repercussions...
In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. David Taggart about internal mammary artery harvesting. They discuss indications, patient preparation, internal thoracic artery anatomy,...
Schwannomas are benign nerve sheath tumors that most commonly occur singularly in otherwise normal individuals. Multiple schwannomas in a single patient are most often seen in neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2),...
The chest was opened, and a self-retaining retractor was placed for adequate exposure. The aorta was exposed, and the patient was administered 300 units/kg of heparin. Venous cannulation utilized a...
A 17-year-old boy from a semi-extinct tribe of Chhattisgarh, India, presented to the NIMS EMD with a chest injury caused by an arrow that penetrated the right lateral side of...
This contemporary video demonstrates the step-by-step process of placing a pigtail catheter to treat both pneumothorax and effusion. The authors break the placement of a pigtail catheter into eight steps,...






