Filmed at the 2018 EACTS Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, Vinicius Nina of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão in Brazil moderates a discussion on approaches for success in humanitarian heart surgery.
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Thoracic
March 19, 2019
This video shows the bronchoscopic evaluation of a patch tracheoplasty, performed for a 58-year-old woman who was diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis.
March 16, 2019
The institution-specific uptake of VATS for lung cancer resection in the US Veterans Affairs system was evaluated over the past 15 years. Uptake more than tripled during the study period, with a current mean of more than 50% among institutions. However, uptake ranged from 0 to 82% and was associated with increasing center volume.
March 14, 2019
Leanne Harling and Martin Elliott discuss the establishment of the UK National Tracheal Service and the evolution of tracheal surgery.
March 13, 2019
Siregar and colleagues review the methods for updating existing risk prediction models, an approach that allows models that have lost their predictive power to be adjusted to new clinical situations. When appropriate, this approach can be more efficient than creating an entirely new model.
March 13, 2019
This video highlights a unique combination of endoscopic and laparoscopic skills in the minimally invasive resection of a gastric tumor.
March 11, 2019
Find it here: The SCTS 2019 "Take on the Experts" Video Competition.
March 11, 2019
The authors control pulmonary artery bleeding during a thoracoscopic segment resection.
March 11, 2019
This article describes an unfortunate encounter between a physician and a patient via video conference, during which the physician discussed end of life options.
March 7, 2019
Gaetano Rocco of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA, argues that improved training is critical for the future of minimally invasive thoracic surgery.