This video demonstrates how to use visual cues to compensate for the lack of tactile feedback during robotic pulmonary resections, enabling the accurate identification of lesions despite the absence of physical palpation.
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September 17, 2025
September 11, 2025
This report by Adjei and colleagues describes a prolonged course of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation.
September 10, 2025
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, thoracic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, regarding his paper, Time to Surgery in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Optimal Diagnosis-to-Resection Interval to Reduce Mortality.
September 4, 2025
A retrospective analysis of 7,856 adult lung transplants from 2006 to 2023, comparing short (≤7 days) vs long (>7 days) durations of donor ventilation showed no significant difference in rates of primary graft dysfunction, 90-day graft survival, or recipient survival at one, three, and five years.
August 28, 2025
A retrospective study using the US Medicare database compared outcomes for patients with advanced emphysema who underwent endobronchial valve (EBV) therapy vs lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
August 28, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical technique of pneumopexy to prevent lung torsion after open right upper lobectomy in a patient with adenocarcinoma, highlighting the intraoperative steps, postoperative recovery, and the rationale for addressing a gap in the published literature.
August 21, 2025
This preclinical study explores the surgical technique and advantages of selective pulmonary artery perfusion with blood flow occlusion (SPAP-BFO) for targeted lung therapy.
August 15, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Madava Djearaman, a consultant cardiothoracic radiologist at University Hospital Birmingham, delivered a presentation titled “Targeted Lung Health Check Program.”
August 7, 2025
This single-institution study evaluated 78 patients undergoing single-anesthetic robotic bronchoscopy with intraoperative biopsy, followed by possible lung resection. Intraoperative frozen section diagnoses showed almost perfect agreement with final pathology (Cohen’s kappa 0.94), supporting their reliability for surgical decision-making.
August 7, 2025
This large, retrospective study (1997–2023) found that surgical resection offers a significant survival benefit for both stage III and stage IV pulmonary carcinoid tumors, including those with metastatic disease.