Pieter Kappetein, Secretary General of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), previews the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Thoracic
October 1, 2015
This video demonstrates a right upper microlobectomy and its differences from traditional VATS lobectomy.
October 1, 2015
This single institution study evaluated patients with traumatic rib fracture treated with rib fixation vs medical management; patients were propensity score matched. RF pts experienced a lower incidence of re-intervention for retained hemothorax, a lower incidence of empyema, and a lower incidence of readmision.
September 29, 2015
The IPAL (index of prolonged air leak, PAL) score was published in 2011 for open lung resections. This paper validates the score on approx. 1000 lobectomy and approx. 200 segmentectormy patients who underwent videoassisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
September 29, 2015
This presidential address by Alper Toker at the 23rd Conference of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons in Lisbon identifies the current era in thoracic surgery as one of creative destruction where technological innovation replaces previous concepts with benefits for both patients and surgeons.
September 27, 2015
One fourth of lung cancer patients are never smokers, consisting of 53% of women with lung cancer and 15% of men; the majority of these are adenocarcinomas. Estrogens interact with two types of receptors, ERα and ERβ, and may play a role in the development of lung cancer.
September 23, 2015
This is a fabulous grand round presentation from Tom D'Amico documenting the history and the future of thoracoscopic lobectomy. A Must see for thoracic surgeons
September 23, 2015
This video demonstrates a thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy for persistent hemoptysis from a left upper lobe PAVM, despite multiple embolizations.
September 21, 2015
In this video, the authors demonstrate their first robotic left pneumonectomy for a pT2N1 neoplasm.
September 17, 2015
This single-center study analyses outcomes of living-donor lobar lung transplantations. Eight out of 38 patients who survived more than three months developed chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Six of these eight patients had undergone bilateral transplantation.