I was moved by this editorial on global health matters in a daily British newspaper by an academic medical colleague, written in response to anticipated changes in the leadership of the World Health Organisation. It is perhaps time for us surgeons to augment our administrative participation in global healthcare.
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May 9, 2017
In a discussion filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, a panel talks with Daniel Gwan-Nulla regarding his video demonstrating a VATS repair of a congenital Bochdalek hernia.
May 9, 2017
This video demonstrates a VATS repair in an adult of a recurrent, congenital Bochdalek hernia with intrathoracic herniation of the left kidney and a portion of pancreas.
May 8, 2017
Researchers conducted a study, published in Nature, to investigate whether this genetic diversity could be tracked clinically.
May 3, 2017
This video shows a redo right upper lobe microlobectomy for a second primary tumor.
April 28, 2017
CTSNet is excited to announce that “McKeown Esophagectomy” by Caitlin Harrington has won first place in the 2016 Resident Video Competition.
April 27, 2017
Gonzalo Varela of Salamanca University Hospital, Spain, reviews the evidence for the operative fixation of traumatic rib fractures.
April 26, 2017
The authors present the case of a 20-year-old woman who underwent uniportal VATS for treatment of a large hydatid cyst.
April 24, 2017
The thoracic outlet is an anatomically challenging location for thoracic surgeons due to the bony obstructions and the compact anatomy of great vessels and nerves. The authors demonstrate their technique for the resection of a schwannoma on the thoracic outlet.
April 23, 2017
Check out this focused issue by JOVS with partecipation of major experts from the globe. Is subxiphoid approach the future for lung resections?