The authors queried the NCDB to compare outcomes for patients undergoing induction chemotherapy vs chemoradiotherapy followed by resection for esophageal cancer. The vast majority received chemoradiotherapy (87.5%), which was associated with a better pCR rate and a lower positive margin rate than chemotherapy. 30 and 90-day mortality rates were si
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Thoracic
November 23, 2016
November 21, 2016
This video demonstrates a VATS procedure performed on a 16-year-old male who had been stabbed in the right lower chest.
November 18, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining how to continue recovery at home after undergoing cardiothoracic surgery.
November 17, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Daniela Molena discusses her approach to minimally invasive and robotic esophageal surgery.
November 16, 2016
Dirk Van Raemdonck of University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, presents an overview of mediastinal masses.
November 15, 2016
This is a video of a robotic left lower lobe sleeve lobectomy.
November 8, 2016
This video demonstrates cyst drainage via a uniportal VATS approach.
November 7, 2016
In this video, the authors demonstrate a robot-assisted Nissen fundoplication with Collis wedge gastroplasty.
November 4, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining side-effects and complications that may arise after cardiac surgery.
November 3, 2016
Joel Dunning interviews the current Editors-in-Chief of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.