An assessment of regional lung resection outcomes relative to compliance with NCCN resection guidelines was performed. Negative margins 94%, 91% anatomic, 51% hilar nodes sampled, 26% 3 mediastinal nodal stations sampled. On average, 17% of resections met all criteria, although the trend was upward over time.
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May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
Richard Whyte of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, discusses the evidence in favor of lung volume reduction surgery for patients with emphysema.
May 15, 2017
This video shows a VATS pneumonectomy in a patient with a 20-year history of bronchiectasis.
May 11, 2017
I was moved by this editorial on global health matters in a daily British newspaper by an academic medical colleague, written in response to anticipated changes in the leadership of the World Health Organisation. It is perhaps time for us surgeons to augment our administrative participation in global healthcare.
May 9, 2017
In a discussion filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, a panel talks with Daniel Gwan-Nulla regarding his video demonstrating a VATS repair of a congenital Bochdalek hernia.
May 9, 2017
This video demonstrates a VATS repair in an adult of a recurrent, congenital Bochdalek hernia with intrathoracic herniation of the left kidney and a portion of pancreas.
May 8, 2017
Researchers conducted a study, published in Nature, to investigate whether this genetic diversity could be tracked clinically.
May 3, 2017
This video shows a redo right upper lobe microlobectomy for a second primary tumor.
April 28, 2017
CTSNet is excited to announce that “McKeown Esophagectomy” by Caitlin Harrington has won first place in the 2016 Resident Video Competition.
April 27, 2017
Gonzalo Varela of Salamanca University Hospital, Spain, reviews the evidence for the operative fixation of traumatic rib fractures.