CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Professor Enoch Akowuah about the challenges facing cardiothoracic surgery.
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Thoracic
November 20, 2024
November 18, 2024
At the 2024 European Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting, Shuben Li delivered a presentation on “Drawing Before Complex Tubeless Uniportal VATS/RATS.”
November 15, 2024
At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, President Nikolaus Bonaros presented “A Piece Is Missing in the Jigsaw.”
November 14, 2024
Uniportal robotic-assisted extended thymectomy is a minimally invasive technique that combines the benefits of robotic surgery with a single-port approach, which may provide enhanced precision and faster recovery while maintaining safety and oncological efficacy. This video demonstrates a uniportal robotic-assisted extended thymectomy.
November 14, 2024
This retrospective study evaluated using nonstapling bullectomy via manual suturing as an alternative to traditional staple bullectomy in reducing the recurrence rate of primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) in young male patients. The authors utilized hybrid VATS (hVATS) with a one-port-one-window approach for manual suturing.
November 14, 2024
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning had the opportunity to speak with Professor Enoch Akowuah about challenges facing cardiothoracic surgery.
November 13, 2024
This video demonstrates the value of the modified Lecompte maneuver when combined with pulmonary valve replacement and reduction pulmonary arterioplasty in relieving tracheobronchial compression in a child with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve-like syndrome.
November 12, 2024
The author’s technique is a simple and innovative additional strategy for avoiding a bronchopleural fistula (BPF). The method of buttressing the bronchial stump in lung resections is easily available and is not associated with any side effects.
November 11, 2024
At the 2024 European Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting, Hiran C. Fernando delivered a speech on “Transition From mVATS to uVATS.”
November 7, 2024
Recently, the CALGB 140503 trial and the JCOG0802/WJOG4607L showed the non-inferiority of sublobar resections compared to lobectomy for <2cm non-small cell lung cancer.