This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the implementation of the Versius robotic surgical system for thoracic surgery and summarizes the ability of the Versius surgical system to successfully and safely complete a range of thoracic procedures aligned with phase 2a of the (Development) of the Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment and Long-term follow-up (IDEAL) framework for surgical innovation.
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Congenital
August 1, 2024
Button battery ingestion in children is associated with severe morbidity and mortality if not treated promptly, due to the coagulation necrosis that ensues. Formation of a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), due to tissue necrosis, is an exceedingly rare complication, albeit one that carries high mortality.
July 30, 2024
A case of fenestrated atrial septal defect closure in a six-year-old child with severe pectus excavatum and pulmonary hypertension via right vertical axillary thoracotomy. This is one of a series of challenging cases in which the authors will be expanding the limits of the right axillary thoracotomy for a wide variety of congenital heart defects.
July 26, 2024
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Meeting 2024, Max Baghai delivered a speech on port-access cardiac surgery (PACS) involving the mitral valve, tricuspid valve, ASD, cardiac tumors, and AF ablation.
July 25, 2024
As long-term outcomes of congenital heart operations continue to improve, attention has turned toward neurocognitive development. As such, there is a need for clinical tools to predict neurologic outcomes in mid- and long-term follow-ups.
July 25, 2024
In this episode of The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the best practice consensus guidelines from joint specialist societies for the treatment of patients with pectus abnormalities and summarizes the current evidence for the different treatment strategies for this condition.
July 23, 2024
A technique video on neoaortic valve repair with a subannular ring for complex trileaflet prolapse following an arterial switch operation.
July 22, 2024
The autologous innominate vein was used as a substitute for pulmonary arteries in an infant with pulmonary atresia, VSD, and complete absence of pulmonary arteries. This is a summary of the procedure and two subsequent operations on that patient, during eight years of follow up.
July 18, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Enoch Akowuah and the cardiac surgery team operating in Ghana as they visit the James Cook University Hospital in England. They discuss mission trips in Ghana, the training that is involved, and the impact the program has.
July 18, 2024
Pectus defects are a group of congenital conditions found in approximately 1 in 250 people, where the sternum is depressed back toward the spine (excavatum), protrudes forward (carinatum) or, more rarely, is a mixture of both (arcuatum or mixed defects).