Lung & Mediastinal

Video
April 1, 2025 | Mustafa Shehata

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The patient was a 38-year-old male with a history of...

Podcast
March 25, 2025 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor

In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Thomas D’Amico about VATS lobectomy. They discuss the set-up, patient positioning, port placement, dissection of hilar...

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March 11, 2025 | Allen Razavi

This is the winning video from the 2024 CTSNet Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the second and third place winners. Click here to watch Dr....

Video
March 6, 2025 | Andres Obeso

Patient Selection The main indication for thoracic truncal vagotomy is recalcitrant marginal ulcer following previous gastric surgery (1,2). This procedure helps reduce gastric acid production, promoting ulcer healing and preventing...

Video
February 20, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a benign, uncommon pulmonary anomaly characterized by the presence of a mass separated from the normal bronchopulmonary tree and a systemic aortic arterial blood supply (1). Intralobar...

Podcast
February 6, 2025 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor

In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Kim Thompson about cardiopulmonary bypass. They discuss cardiopulmonary bypass setup, the equipment—cannulas, reservoir container, pumps, heat...

Video
February 6, 2025 | Francesco Petrella

Minimally invasive thoracic approaches are usually not recommended in redo procedures when severe adhesions are expected. However, in cases involving complex adhesions of the apex of the chest, particularly with...

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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...