This video discusses the indications for lung autotransplantation and demonstrates the technical steps.
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Cancer
July 24, 2024
This video demonstrates a VATS right basilar segmentectomy for typical carcinoid, highlighting the use of indocyanine green for enhanced visualization.
July 10, 2024
This video presents a case of a robotic-assisted left lower lobectomy with intrapericardial pulmonary vein dissection and division for non-small cell lung cancer.
July 2, 2024
Dr. Mara Antonoff spoke to Dr. Cecilia Pompili on the recently published results of the CheckMate 816 trials and the importance of patient-reported outcomes.
July 1, 2024
This video demonstrates how the authors perform right upper lobectomies. There is never a perfect case, but the authors believe they are managing to reproduce great results with this technique.
June 20, 2024
This consensus paper released by the AATS puts forth 17 recommendations regarding subsolid lung nodules.
June 13, 2024
This editorial summarizes the landscape that led to the founding of the Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group in 2017, in an era when, due to various oncology group reorganizations, a need developed for a focused committee to conduct thoracic surgery oncology-based clinical trials. The group has expanded over the years to include 32 hospitals.
May 23, 2024
Sublobar resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer has recently been compared with lobectomy in three randomized trials. This expert review summarizes and compares these three landmark trials and describes how these new data inform best practice.
May 14, 2024
This video describes the case of an S1a lung resection, exemplifying a strategic surgical workflow for the precise execution of a minimally invasive subsegmentectomy in response to anatomical configuration, employing low-cost, surgeon-performed 3D anatomic study to enhance intraoperative navigation.
May 2, 2024
Of 57,531 patients who underwent lung cancer resection identified from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database, 758 (1.3 percent) were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, which was most likely in patients with locally advanced disease who underwent bilobectomy (6 percent versus 4 percent, P < .001) or pneumonectomy (8 per