Cerfolio and colleagues applied lean and value stream mapping to operating room teams at their academic health center, creating a pilot approach to achieve more efficient operating room turnover.
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Thoracic
April 11, 2019
The authors discuss an emergency lobectomy performed for an infant who presented with respiratory distress because of congenital lobar emphysema.
April 11, 2019
In this interview, Joel Dunning and Joel Cooper discuss lung volume reduction surgery, a technique that Dr Cooper pioneered and with which he has achieved consistently good results.
April 9, 2019
In this video, a huge anterior and middle mediastinal cyst was removed via median sternotomy from an 80-year-old patient who had very good recovery.
April 5, 2019
The author presents an unusual situation where a pneumonectomy was performed to treat symptomatic congenital pulmonary venous stenosis in an adult patient.
April 4, 2019
In this review, biomedical informatics experts explain what machine learning is with illustrative examples, and they discuss how machine learning can help the work of clinicians including diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, optimizing clinician workflow, and expanding the availability of clinical expertise.
Intraoperative Conversion During Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy Does Not Constitute a Treatment Failure
April 3, 2019
Intraoperative conversion may be necessary during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer. In this study on 610 patients, Fourdrain and colleagues observed that conversion during a VATS procedure was not associated with worse outcomes than undergoing an up-front thoracotomy.
Attrition of the Cardiothoracic Surgeon-Scientist: Definition of the Problem and Remedial Strategies
April 3, 2019
Surgeon-scientists have been instrumental in many breakthroughs that have improved the lives of millions of patients. However, despite the many rewards that a career as a surgeon-scientist offers, the number of surgeons pursuing such a path has been steadily declining.
April 1, 2019
This video demonstrates the technical aspects of clot removal and control of hemorrhage using robot-assisted evacuation of the left hemothorax following an attempted left subclavian line insertion and redo heart port tricuspid valve replacement through a right minithoracotomy.
April 1, 2019
This video demonstrates the robot-assisted resection of a large solitary fibrous tumor followed by repair of iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia.