This article reviews lymph node dissection and its relationship to postoperative chylothorax in thoracic surgery. The authors analyze patterns of nodal involvement, technical considerations during mediastinal lymphadenectomy, and factors contributing to thoracic duct injury.
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September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025
This article reports the first pig-to-human lung xenotransplantation, marking a major milestone in thoracic transplantation research. A six-gene-edited porcine lung was transplanted into a 39-year-old brain-dead human recipient and monitored for 216 hours.
September 24, 2025
This video illustrates a step-by-step technique for controlling vascular injuries during robotic thoracic surgery using a collagen-based hemostatic patch, preserving the minimally invasive approach and avoiding conversion to open surgery.
September 17, 2025
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning and Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF School of Medicine and thoracic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, examine multimodal therapy for mesothelioma.
September 17, 2025
This video demonstrates how to use visual cues to compensate for the lack of tactile feedback during robotic pulmonary resections, enabling the accurate identification of lesions despite the absence of physical palpation.
September 11, 2025
This report by Adjei and colleagues describes a prolonged course of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation.
September 10, 2025
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, thoracic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, regarding his paper, Time to Surgery in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Optimal Diagnosis-to-Resection Interval to Reduce Mortality.
September 4, 2025
A retrospective analysis of 7,856 adult lung transplants from 2006 to 2023, comparing short (≤7 days) vs long (>7 days) durations of donor ventilation showed no significant difference in rates of primary graft dysfunction, 90-day graft survival, or recipient survival at one, three, and five years.
August 28, 2025
A retrospective study using the US Medicare database compared outcomes for patients with advanced emphysema who underwent endobronchial valve (EBV) therapy vs lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
August 28, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical technique of pneumopexy to prevent lung torsion after open right upper lobectomy in a patient with adenocarcinoma, highlighting the intraoperative steps, postoperative recovery, and the rationale for addressing a gap in the published literature.