In an era of VATS surgery this is a very interesting article documenting advanced in thoracotomy and open chest surgery.
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Cancer
August 14, 2017
This video shows a redo left upper lobe microlobectomy performed with an additional subxiphoid port for a 9 mm nodule detected on PET-CT.
August 11, 2017
Patient Care
A heart team at Kingston Health Sciences Centre in Ontario performs the first hybrid cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation in Canada.
August 11, 2017
This prospective study evaluated whether intraoperative molecular imaging (IMI) with a folate receptor targeted contrast agent visible in the near-infrared spectrum improved the detection of peripheral malignant lung nodules. Fifty patients undergoing surgery for peripheral nodules had a preoperative PET scan and were imaged intraoperatively.
August 8, 2017
Despite VATS lobectomy being 25 years old, we do need definitive results urgently and from large randomised clinical trials in order to demonstrate the remarkable advantage for the patients undergoing major lung resection by minimally invasive approach.
August 7, 2017
Ghoneim and colleagues retrospectively evaluated surgical risk caused by prior mediastinal radiation therapy (MRT) in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR).
August 7, 2017
The authors present a video demonstrating redo lung resection by VATS to show that previous surgery on the thorax does not contraindicate a minimally invasive re-intervention.
August 4, 2017
Patient Care
An Iraqi boy from Mosul went from Jordan to Australia for surgery to correct the blood flow through his heart and repair a hole between his ventricles.
August 3, 2017
Grigor and colleagues investigated the relationship between self-reported patient experience and the incidence of adverse events or prolonged length of hospitalization after surgery. Patients with a prolonged length of stay rated their experience lower on more measures than patients with adverse events did.
August 2, 2017
This retrospective study of the association of BMI to long-term survival after resection of NSCLC identified BMI > 30kg/m2 as an independent predictor of survival. In a propensity score matched set, patients with BMI >30 had better survival than those with a BMI of 25 (p=0.003). The reason for this relationship remains to be elucidated.