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Critical Care

August 8, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the RESTORE trial for individuals with pectus excavatum. He discusses the goals for this trial, Castor EDC vs REDCap, and the statistical plan.
August 2, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the implementation of the Versius robotic surgical system for thoracic surgery and summarizes the ability of the Versius surgical system to successfully and safely complete a range of thoracic procedures aligned with phase 2a of the (Development) of the Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment and Long-term follow-up (IDEAL) framework for surgical innovation. 
July 29, 2024
In this CTSNet original webinar, Senior Editor and thoracic surgeon Dr.
July 25, 2024
In this episode of The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the best practice consensus guidelines from joint specialist societies for the treatment of patients with pectus abnormalities and summarizes the current evidence for the different treatment strategies for this condition.
July 23, 2024
CTSNet Board Member Marjan Jahangiri spoke with Dr. Joseph E. Bavaria about the different approaches to bicuspid aortic valve repair.
July 18, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Enoch Akowuah and the cardiac surgery team operating in Ghana as they visit the James Cook University Hospital in England. They discuss mission trips in Ghana, the training that is involved, and the impact the program has.
July 5, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Albert Jauregui Abularach about his work as a pioneer in robotic lung transplantation.
July 2, 2024
This video is made for surgical assistants and shows a breakdown of how to reliably close a midsternal incision.
June 28, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the recently published MARS 2 trial, an AATS consensus document on management of subsolid lung nodules, and the long-term outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation.
June 21, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses a new cardiothoracic surgery conference in Iraq and his insights on the newest surgical robot technology.

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