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Benign disease

December 8, 2015
This is an edition of the annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery dedicated to minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery. It contains many approaches for thymectomy and  mediastinal masses including VATS, uniportal VATS, subxiphoid approaches and robotic approaches.   
September 14, 2015
A large left atrial myxoma arising from the posterior wall near the origin of the left pulmonary vein is very rare. This video describes the steps to remove a left atrial myxoma, and precautions to take during surgery.
April 2, 2015
250 children with tuberculosis causing central airway narrowing were evaluated.  34% needed transthoracic nodal dissection for relief of obstruction, nearely one-third of those as an urgent procedure.  Success was more common in those with bronchus intermedius or left main bronchial obstruction.  The success rate was 98%. 
August 5, 2014
The formation of endotracheal casts comprised of inflammatory debris (plastic bronchitis) is a rare but life-threatening complication of the Fontan procedure.  This summary of 14 pts so affected demonstrated a mean interval to development of plastic bronchitis of 1.5 years.  Casts were treated with outpt t-PA (13 pts) and pulmonary vasodilators.  Les
May 3, 2014
For those of you anticipating the need to perform an emergency cricothyroidotomy outside of a medical setting, this article will guide you to the best pen to use for this purpose. [Spoiler alert: Baron retractable ballpoint and BIC soft feel jumbo]

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