In Part 1 of this series, experts reviewed the last 12-18 months of presentations and publications on women in CT surgery.
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Thoracic
March 20, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines future cardiothoracic surgery robotic systems.
March 20, 2025
This meta-analysis compares different lung volume reduction techniques for patients with severe emphysema.
Challenges of Conventional and Novel Approaches to Clinical Trial Designs in Cardiovascular Medicine
March 20, 2025
In this article, the authors review the main limitations of conventional randomized controlled trial designs, present basic concepts of statistical analysis, and highlight features of novel designs and how they may address some of the problems faced by previous trial designs.
March 20, 2025
This randomized crossover trial evaluated whether combining needle aspiration and forceps biopsy improves diagnostic yield compared to using a single device alone during electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) for peripheral pulmonary lesions. A total of 142 participants underwent both biopsy methods sequentially under moderate sedation.
March 18, 2025
This video shows the case of a minimally invasive esophagectomy for stage III gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma following permanent dual esophageal stent placement.
March 14, 2025
At the 2024 EACTS Annual Meeting, Dr. Alice Copperwheat spoke with Kathryn Hewitt and Kathryn Gill about the role and utility of advanced clinical practitioners.
March 13, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines how to prevent adverse publicity by patients on social media.
March 13, 2025
This study compared the effects and complications of prone positioning (PP) in obese vs non-obese patients with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after cardiothoracic surgery.
March 13, 2025
This study investigates the impact of tumor spread through air spaces (STAS) on surgical outcomes for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In a retrospective analysis of 785 patients, 19.2 percent were found to have STAS-positive NSCLC.