Chest Wall

Video
May 29, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

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...

Article
May 22, 2025 | Avery Smith…

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,...

Video
April 18, 2025 | Miquel Villanueva Moreno…

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...

Podcast
February 25, 2025 | Alice Copperwheat…

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,...

Video
February 13, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

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),...

Video
February 5, 2025 | Raed Abdulkareem…

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...

Video
January 30, 2025 | Chowdary Astra…

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...

Video
November 21, 2024 | Ryan Nowrouzi…

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,...