Federico Venuta of the University of Rome in Italy presents a discussion on surgery for invasive lung cancer.
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Thoracic
September 19, 2019
Using coworker reports of unprofessional behavior as a metric, surgeons' complication rates were assessed. Compared to surgeons with no reports, the complication rate for surgeons with 1-3 reports was increased 14.3%, and that for surgeons with 4 or more reports was increased 11.9%.
September 12, 2019
Filmed at the 2019 AATS Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA, moderates a discussion on dedicated research time for residents interested in cardiothoracic surgery.
September 9, 2019
In this video, the authors demonstrate a robotic decortication for a trapped lung and a bilateral lung transplantation.
September 7, 2019
Posting of a still-relevant TED video regarding the high number of suicides among physicians, a world-wide problem that relates in part to training and working conditions.
September 5, 2019
Paul E. Van Schil of Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium presents a discussion on the current status of the management of mesothelioma.
September 5, 2019
The January update of an expert panel from the American College of Chest Physicians on the expanding clinical entity of pulmonary hypertension, especially pertinent to the transplant community.
August 31, 2019
This review details the risks of surgical smoke exposure, which include lung injury and cancer. The level of risk has yet to be determined. Most operating rooms do not require smoke evacuation devices, but their use should be considered.
August 30, 2019
The authors present a unique situation where a bronchogenic cyst in an adult patient was uneventfully treated through surgical excision.
August 30, 2019
In this best evidence topic paper, the authors examined outcome and safety of innominate artery cannulation versus axillary artery cannulation in thoracic aortic surgery. There were no significant differences in mortality with innominate artery cannulation compared to axillary artery cannulation.