The authors present the case of a mediastinal teratoma abutting the right upper lobe, compressing the superior vena cava (SVC) and innominate vein.
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January 6, 2016
This long-awaited lung cancer staging update serves as the model for the AJCC 8 update that will be published in the near future. The primary changes involve T status and an expansion of M status to include a single distant metastasis as T4c. Stage IA is now subdivided into 3 stages, IIIC has been added, and stage IV has been expanded into IVA and
January 5, 2016
The era of 3D printing to enhance thoracic surgery is here. This video describes the various ways Mayo Clinic has employed 3D printing to enhance teamwork, patient education, resident education, surgical planning, and innovation.
January 4, 2016
This video demonstrates a trans-xiphoideusal single port lobectomy in a 52-year-old female patient.
January 4, 2016
This retrospective single-center study evaluated outcomes of patients treated for flail chest using open reduction and fixation (ORIF) or non-operative management (NOM). The 41 ORIF and 45 NOM patients were similar in demographics and injury severity. Hospital and ICU LOS were longer in the ORIF group. The ORIF group also trended towards longer ti
December 30, 2015
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2015. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet editorial team presents the five most popular pieces of clinical content published in 2015.
December 28, 2015
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2015. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet editorial team presents the five most popular roundtable discussions published in 2015.
December 28, 2015
The goal of this study was to present the changes in pulmonary function after SBRT in 127 patients with clinical stage I NSCLC or a single lung metastasis. These patients were either too high risk for an operation or preferred a non-operative treatment approach.
December 26, 2015
Using CMS CABG data as a denominator, the investigators examined the penetration, completeness, and representativeness of the STS database with respect to the CMS database. The investigators found that, in 2012--the most recent year analyzed--center-level penetration was 90% and patient-level penetration was 94%.
December 24, 2015
Whether postoperative adjuvant therapy for node-positive residual disease after induction therapy and resection for esophageal cancer is unknown. This single institution study identified 101 node positive patients among 764 treated with induction therapy and surgery during 2000-2012. 45 of 101 patients who underwent adjuvant therapy, primarily chem