Sure, we all receive emergency calls that potentially could interrupt an operation. This surgeon, however, was taking a Spanish language proficiency test on his cell phone while performing varicose vein surgery on an awake patient. Common sense appears to have failed in this case.
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Thoracic
December 25, 2017
This review article explores the association between postoperative mediastinal blood and atrial fibrillation.
December 23, 2017
Minimally invasive plication of the diaphragm is a life changing procedure for patients affeted by diaphragm paralysis. The three-port procedure was conceived in Middlesbrough and it is now spreading around UK and beyond.
December 22, 2017
As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the ten most shared articles published in 2017.
December 21, 2017
As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the ten most popular roundtable discussions published in 2017.
December 20, 2017
As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the ten most popular pieces of clinical content published during 2017.
December 19, 2017
Moorjani and colleagues describe the implementation of a simulation-based training program for cardiothoracic surgical trainees in the UK and Ireland, which included 10 courses during the six-year training program.
December 18, 2017
In this video, the author performs a VATS right lower lobectomy for lung cancer using a posterior approach.
December 16, 2017
The authors demonstrate that, even when we rationally understand which of two choices is more likely to pay off, up to half of us will rely on gut feelings instead.
December 14, 2017
Using propensity score matching, patients with clinical stage I NSCLC who underwent either VATS lobectomy or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) were compared for long-term outcomes. Among 37 matched pairs, tumor control at 3 years was twice as good for surgery (p=.0038), cancer-specific survival was 15 percentage points better for surgery (p=.05