This video demonstrates the use of VATS to remove shrapnel from a patient's pleural cavity.
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November 2, 2015
This video demonstrates a thoracoscopic uniportal en bloc resection performed on a 65-year-old female patient.
October 19, 2015
The authors present a novel technique in which argon plasma energy (APE) is utilized to perform meticulous decortication, while preserving the lung parenchyma.
October 8, 2015
The authors evaluated a single year of thoracic surgery operations at their institution and compared outcomes based on data in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP), which uses a sampling technique, to the STS General Thoracic Database, a comprehensive data collection system. Globally, NSQIP under
October 1, 2015
This video demonstrates a right upper microlobectomy and its differences from traditional VATS lobectomy.
September 27, 2015
One fourth of lung cancer patients are never smokers, consisting of 53% of women with lung cancer and 15% of men; the majority of these are adenocarcinomas. Estrogens interact with two types of receptors, ERα and ERβ, and may play a role in the development of lung cancer.
September 23, 2015
This video demonstrates a thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy for persistent hemoptysis from a left upper lobe PAVM, despite multiple embolizations.
September 21, 2015
In this video, the authors demonstrate their first robotic left pneumonectomy for a pT2N1 neoplasm.
September 20, 2015
A large retrospective study comparing 117618 patients from the National Cancer Database with Stage I NSCLC. 111731 received surgery, 5887 received SBRT. In a propensity managed comparison, those undergoing surgery had increased overall survival.
September 16, 2015
Outcomes of the California Cancer Registry for patients undergoing resection for Stage I NSCLC were evaluated according to Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation status and lung resection procedure volume. High volume hospitals (>50 annually) had better survival compared to medium (20-50 annually; HR 1.23) and low volume (<20 annually; 1.77)