This Surgical Management of Acute Aortic Dissections: Tricks and Tips to Simplify the Operation series from Guest Editor Konstadinos A. Plestis, MD, highlights key techniques in difficult cases that can be replicated by all surgeons.
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Thoracic
November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020
This video demonstrates a fascinating case of robotic left atrial myxoma excision.
November 28, 2020
A relatively recent, open-access, brief viewpoint on the utility of screening for thoracic aortic pathologies.
November 23, 2020
This Beat episode, featuring Brian Mitzman, general thoracic surgeon with the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, as the host, discusses recent highlights submitted to CTSNet, along with a look at a new esophagogastric anastomosis simulator in this month's JTCVS.
November 23, 2020
In this how-to video, Brian Mitzman demonstrates the basic skills to create a 3D reconstruction of a patient's CT scan, utilizing free software.
November 23, 2020
Hoyos Mejia et al. present a single center report regarding the outcome of thoracic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. They recorded a significant reduction in thoracic surgical cases. They observed five cases of coronarvirus infection in 101 surgical patients within 14 days after surgery.
November 21, 2020
A scholarly and sober narrative review on , as the authors state, a ' hot topic' that is already being debated in Multidisciplinary Meetings and Lung Cnacer Boards.
November 20, 2020
CTSNet hosted a live event on Nov. 18, moderated by David Jablons, MD, UCSF, that discussed recent updates in lung cancer treatment. Recording now available.
November 18, 2020
This video demonstrates the ubxiphoid approach combined with nonintubated opioid-free anesthesia for the excision of a large thymoma that required pericardial resection.
November 17, 2020
This Beat episode, featuring Dr Jessica Luc, cardiovascular surgery resident from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, as the host, discussing highlights from the CTSNet COVID-19 portal, including the subspecialty guidance statements on cardiac, thoracic, and congenital patient triage, followed by education and ethical considerations during the pandemic.