The Throacic Surgery Residents Association (TSRA) Decision Algorithms in Cardiothoracic Surgery is a 100-chapter compendium with an individual algorithm for clinical decisions spanning the entire scope of cardiothoracic surgery.
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Lung
August 1, 2019
Filmed at the 2019 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Mara Antonoff of the MD Anderson Cancer Center moderates a discussion on how immunotherapy is changing the landscape of surgical lung cancer care.
July 29, 2019
Beckers and colleagues evaluated toxicity and outcomes of regional chemotherapeutic treatment with isolated lung perfusion of melphalan combined with metastasectomy for patients with resectable pulmonary metastases. The prospective study included 107 patients with metastases of colorectal carcinoma, osteosarcoma, or soft-tissue sarcoma.
July 26, 2019
Patient Care and General Interest
July 22, 2019
This video demonstrates a robotic right lower and middle bilobectomy.
July 19, 2019
Patient Care and General Interest
July 17, 2019
This is a video of a middle lobectomy, but the surgeon got into considerable bleeding difficulty that required the whole team to work together to get the patient onto cardiopulmonary bypass.
July 15, 2019
This video demonstrates a right upper lobectomy enhanced by thoracic LigaSure and Medtronic Signia.
July 10, 2019
Spread through air space (STAS) is a pattern of lung adenocarcinoma invasion, and it is a predictor of recurrence in patients with early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. However, less is known about the role of STAS in advanced lung adenocarcinoma.
July 10, 2019
This video demonstrates a lingula-sparing microlobectomy performed for primary pulmonary malignancy.