Sun and colleagues investigated the relationship between low skeletal muscle mass and the prognosis of early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Thoracic
March 28, 2019
March 28, 2019
Joel Dunning interviews Joel Cooper about Dr Cooper’s innovation in lung transplantation.
March 28, 2019
The authors demonstrate a robot-assisted approach for the resection of a retrosternal thyroid goiter in the middle mediastinum.
Flexible Bronchoscopy Mediated Foreign Body Removal From Right Lower Lobe Bronchus Using a Cryoprobe
March 27, 2019
This video demonstrates a flexible bronchoscopy–mediated foreign body removal from right lower lobe bronchus using a cryoprobe.
March 27, 2019
The authors demonstrate a robot-assisted lung volume reduction surgery, with target identification using an intraoperative perfusion assessment.
March 26, 2019
Raja and colleagues evaluated the return of symptoms and rate of reintervention following Heller myotomy for achalasia. Over a seven-year period, 248 patients underwent Heller myotomy.
March 25, 2019
This video demonstrates the surgical techniques used to perform phrenic nerve reconstruction in a patient with hemidiaphragm paralysis due to phrenic nerve injury.
March 21, 2019
Filmed at the 2018 EACTS Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, Vinicius Nina of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão in Brazil moderates a discussion on approaches for success in humanitarian heart surgery.
March 19, 2019
This video shows the bronchoscopic evaluation of a patch tracheoplasty, performed for a 58-year-old woman who was diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis.
March 16, 2019
The institution-specific uptake of VATS for lung cancer resection in the US Veterans Affairs system was evaluated over the past 15 years. Uptake more than tripled during the study period, with a current mean of more than 50% among institutions. However, uptake ranged from 0 to 82% and was associated with increasing center volume.