This video demonstrates the health system’s previously described approach to a total minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in a hostile abdomen.
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Thoracic
March 6, 2023
March 2, 2023
This study aimed to determine risk factors that lead to hospital readmission after lobectomy.
February 28, 2023
February's list of top ten content includes the release of our 25th Anniversary celebration video, a collection pulled together for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, webinars, and more educational videos.
February 27, 2023
The "Thymic Tumors" program was led by chairpersons Maninder Kalkat, Jayanta Nandi, and Aman Coonar. View the recording of this session!
February 21, 2023
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS right segmentectomy from S7 to S10 with indocyanine green imaging.
February 20, 2023
This video presents a rare case of clinical catamenial pneumothorax with intraoperative visualization of pleural peritoneal windows, an important reminder of a rare cause of spontaneous pneumothorax.
February 16, 2023
Sleeve lobectomy is preferred to pneumonectomy for centrally located lung tumors. To report on surgical outcomes of this procedure, The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database was searched between 2007 and 2021.
February 15, 2023
Anatomical variation required a left-sided approach to esophageal mobilization for hiatal hernia repair rather because of the patient’s right-sided aorta as well as the location of her esophagus in the left hemithorax.
February 13, 2023
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive approach to a first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome.
February 9, 2023
To understand the shift toward nonsurgical management of esophageal cancer, researchers set out to determine the long-term quality of life (QOL) after esophagectomy. This study found that, in esophagectomy patients surviving more than three years, QOL did not differ significantly from the normative population reference values.