Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Jill Ley moderates a discussion with Teresa Kieser, Richard Van Valen, and Melissa Rochon on infection prevention and the management of surgical wounds.
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Thoracic
May 16, 2018
Sachdeva and Lanuti discuss the present status of cervical exenteration, a radical procedure utilized in the management of locally invasive cancers of the trachea, esophagus, and thyroid, as well as in recurrent tumors at the site of a tracheal stoma. Both a written review and video presentation are provided.
May 16, 2018
The authors present a useful resource in the management of pulmonary sequestration, with consideration given to advancements in robotic technology.
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 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 8, 2018
This systematic review by Udelsman and colleagues assesses the clinical successes and setbacks of the current methods of airway replacement. Twenty-one studies, focusing primarily on the clinical translation of circumferential or near circumferential tracheal substitutes, were included in the final assessment.
May 7, 2018
This video demonstrates a transmanubrial approach to resect a subclavicular recurrence of breast cancer after multimodal treatment.
May 3, 2018
A stimulating discussion of the Vienna paper that advances elective ECMO support for bilateral pulmonary transplantation.
May 3, 2018
The latest on portable venovenous ECMO in a cohort in which half of the subjects died after a resource-intensive treatment. The results of the relevant EOLIA trial are keenly awaited.