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Thoracic

February 13, 2017
This video shows a three-port VATS left upper trisegmentectomy and superior lower lobe segmentectomy for ground glass lesions.
February 9, 2017
In a roundtable filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a group of experts discuss innovations in surgery for thymoma.
February 6, 2017
Dr Rakesh Suri is the Guest Editor in this special issue of the Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery exploring the emerging role of robotic instrumentation in cardiac surgery.
February 6, 2017
The objective of this video is to demonstrate several tools and techniques used to salvage a traumatic posterior membranous tracheal tear that occurred during an intubation in the field.
February 4, 2017
Check out this very interesting website that has been set up to help patients who are looking for information on thoracic surgery prior to an operation.  It is really friendly and comprehensive and is a great resource for all patients who may want to find out more about their  operation. 
February 4, 2017
These guidelines are intended to be a detailed, evidence-based resource for surgeons who practice SSRF. The goal of the author group was to both update and expand upon previous guidelines by focusing on SSRF specifically and incorporating the rapid increase in both literature and technology observed over the last five years.
February 2, 2017
Sean Grondin, who serves in high leadership roles for both the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, discusses his experiences as a travelling fellow.
January 30, 2017
This video illustrates optimal robot docking, port placement, and surgical technique for a robot-assisted right-sided diaphragmatic plication.
January 28, 2017
Using pigs as an experimental model, the authors demonstrated incorporation of bioengineered tracheal grafts in large tracheal defects.  The grafts were constructed of acellular bovine dermis extracellular matrix and human mesenchymal stem cells incubated with chondogenic factors.  The authors demonstrated that the use of stem cells resulted in chond
January 26, 2017
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS middle lobe lobectomy in a 56-year-old female patient with a primary early stage lung adenocarcinoma.

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