The authors discuss the challenges of creating a successful transplant system in Colombia, where surgeons tackle socioeconomic and technological hurdles with creative solutions.
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Thoracic
April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning focuses on all the latest news and clinical content in cardiothoracic surgery.
April 23, 2024
In this video, the authors demonstrate a redo pulmonary vein stenosis correction in a twenty-three-month-old child after an initial correction of totally anomalous pulmonary venous return in the first month of life.
April 22, 2024
Editor in Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Bernard Park, a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, about his pioneering work in robotic thoracic surgery and how the landscape has changed.
April 19, 2024
This week on the one-year anniversary of The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Professor Paul Sergeant about the future of education in cardiothoracic surgery.
April 18, 2024
This large-scale review of the Dutch Lung Cancer Audit for Surgery Database summarizes the variability in the current practice in surgical care for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A total of 1,851 patients were reviewed. The most performed surgical procedure across the country was a bullectomy with pleurodesis (83 percent).
April 18, 2024
This study reviews 44 patients with stage IB (larger than 4 cm) to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer who were treated on sequential platform arms of the NEOSTAR trial. Twenty-two patients were treated with nivolumab and chemotherapy and 22 patients were treated with ipilimumab, nivolumab, and chemotherapy.
April 17, 2024
This interview celebrates the long career of British cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Michael E. Cowen. He leaves a legacy of pioneering robotic thoracic surgery and trainee education.
April 15, 2024
Tracheal resection with dorsal mucosectomy and primary anastomosis is a surgical technique that can be used to treat patients with benign tracheal stenosis, including post-intubation tracheal stenosis.
April 11, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the recent recall of Abiomed Impella left-sided heart pumps with special guest and heart failure expert Ashraf Abou El Ela.