Patient Care
Three-dimensional heart models help patients and families understand congenital heart defects at a hospital in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Cancer
May 14, 2018
Thomas and colleagues performed a retrospective analysis of patient information from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database to identify risk factors for postdischarge venous thromboembolism (VTE) following lung resection.
May 14, 2018
The authors demonstrate a hybrid uniportal VATS left upper lobectomy with chest wall resection and reconstruction.
May 11, 2018
Patient Care
May 9, 2018
This video showed the feasibility of a robotic approach to perform a lobectomy with radical lymphadenectomy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer after induction chemotherapy.
May 4, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
An article in the New York Times looks at the ethical dilemma of performing surgery for endocarditis in illicit drug users whose addictions go untreated.
May 1, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted anatomic resection of the anterior segment.
April 30, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic pulmonary parenchyma-sparing resection of a carcinoid tumor.
April 27, 2018
Patient Care
April 26, 2018
This video demonstrates the technical aspects of performing a more complex robotic segmental pulmonary resection.