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In this extraordinary interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers, speaks with Dr. Tara Mastracci about social prescribing and the ramifications of social... More
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
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 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 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.
January 24, 2017
This video demonstrates a sternal resection followed by reconstruction with a titanium mesh for a local recurrence of breast cancer.
January 19, 2017
A diverse group of surgeons share their unique and inspiring stories regarding what motivated them to pursue a career in cardiothoracic surgery.
January 18, 2017
Walter Klepetko of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, gives a detailed talk on the options available for complex airway resections in a variety of conditions.
January 16, 2017
This video will take a learner through the necessary steps to create a 3D model. The process of image acquisition, DICOM import, segmentation, modeling, creation of the STL file, and actual printing is reviewed.
January 10, 2017
This video describes the technique for a VATS-assisted chest wall resection and reconstruction of a large chest wall mass with intrathoracic extension in a healthy 26-year-old male. Management principles of chest wall tumors are reviewed.