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Lung
March 2, 2018
February 28, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Shanda Blackmon, Scott Swanson, Thomas D'Amico, and Mark Onaitis discuss their approaches to multifocal lung cancer.
February 26, 2018
Weder and colleagues present a debate addressing surgery versus stereotactic body radiotherapy as the primary treatment of early-stage lung cancer. Arguments relating to outcome and the impact on further therapy are given by both surgeons and radiation oncologists.
February 23, 2018
Patient Care
February 23, 2018
A comprehensive review of pleural diseases from the internists' viewpoint. Relevant to surgeons in the sense of referrals for empyema, pleural effusions, and other traditional surgical problems that are now often dealt with revitalised internist-led options such as office pleuroscopy/pleurodesis.
February 19, 2018
This video demonstrates a subcostal biportal VATS right lower lobectomy performed as a day surgery.
February 18, 2018
An interesting article describing the interface between medical 3D printing and art. It briefly outlines current and future applications, and it also describes constraints to the use of this technology.
February 9, 2018
Patient Care
Doctors in Abu Dhabi, UAE, say that a surprisingly high number of young Emirati adults have atrial fibrillation.
February 5, 2018
This video demonstrates an open window thoracostomy, performed for a broncopleural fistula that occurred three months after a left pneumonectomy.
February 5, 2018
This randomized trial compared chemoradiotherapy alone to chemoradiotherapy followed by consolidation therapy with the PDL-1 antibody durvalumab in patients with stage III NSCLC. The treatment group had significantly improved progression-free survival, response rate, and overall survival, with clinically meaningful differences between the groups. T