This video shows the successful surgical treatment of a large pneumatocele in the patient's right lower lobe using robotic marsupialization.
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Thoracic
May 29, 2018
Umari and colleagues appraise approaches to optimize postoperative pain management after pulmonary resection by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The authors recommend an opioid-sparing multimodal approach, and they discuss loco-regional analgesic techniques, nonopioid analgesics, and perioperative gabapentinoids.
May 28, 2018
In this video, the authors demonstrate a totally endoscopic left VATS diaphragmatic plication using the Endo360⁰ device.
May 25, 2018
Find it here: The 26th ESTS Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
May 24, 2018
Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the STSA, this video demonstrates a minimally invasive technique to plicate, narrow, and straighten the esophagus.
May 24, 2018
A severe blow to the concept of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome in the form of a well-executed randomized controlled trial.
May 23, 2018
The age-specific incidence of non-small cell lung cancer has reversed in individuals born since the 1960s, with women now having a higher incidence than men. This trend is not explained by differences in smoking habits.
May 23, 2018
This is among the first and largest summaries of the use of neoadjuvant PD-1 inhibitor (nivolumab) in patients with resectable lung cancer. The safety profile was adequate, 20 of 21 patients underwent complete resection, and the pathologic major response rate was 45%. The response was similar regardless of PD-L1 status, and response was related to
May 23, 2018
The author demonstrates a uniportal fissureless approach to resect the anterior segment of the right upper lobe, followed by lymph node dissection.
May 23, 2018
Using eight computed tomography radiographic features in an automated algorithm, differentiating between benign and malignant status of indeterminate pulmonary nodules had an area under the curve of 0.939.