The "Thymic Tumors" program was led by chairpersons Maninder Kalkat, Jayanta Nandi, and Aman Coonar. View the recording of this session!
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Thoracic
February 21, 2023
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS right segmentectomy from S7 to S10 with indocyanine green imaging.
February 20, 2023
This video presents a rare case of clinical catamenial pneumothorax with intraoperative visualization of pleural peritoneal windows, an important reminder of a rare cause of spontaneous pneumothorax.
February 16, 2023
Sleeve lobectomy is preferred to pneumonectomy for centrally located lung tumors. To report on surgical outcomes of this procedure, The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database was searched between 2007 and 2021.
February 15, 2023
Anatomical variation required a left-sided approach to esophageal mobilization for hiatal hernia repair rather because of the patient’s right-sided aorta as well as the location of her esophagus in the left hemithorax.
February 13, 2023
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive approach to a first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome.
February 9, 2023
To understand the shift toward nonsurgical management of esophageal cancer, researchers set out to determine the long-term quality of life (QOL) after esophagectomy. This study found that, in esophagectomy patients surviving more than three years, QOL did not differ significantly from the normative population reference values.
February 9, 2023
The "Contemporary Approaches to Transplantation and Mechanical Life Support" program was led by chairpersons Anna Reed, Abbas Ardehali, Ankit Bharat, and Espeed Khoshbin. View the recording of this session!
February 7, 2023
CTSNet is celebrating twenty-five years of connecting the global cardiothoracic community! For the big anniversary, members new and old told us what they appreciate about the site and our free collection of cardiothoracic surgery resources. Learn more about how CTSNet grew from a visionary idea into the largest collection of CT surgery videos online.
February 6, 2023
This video demonstrates complete removal of a mediastinal teratoma that compressed the right atrium and shifted the superior vena cava in a fifteen-year-old patient.