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International VATS 2018: Better than before – Extreme Fast track thoracic surgery

By K Eckland on October 2, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Some of the videos are silly, cheesy even…  But ugly track suits aside… The results are, in arguably, wonderful.  Patients eating, drinking, walking, and relaxing just an hour after major lung surgery. […]

Act differently or watch thoracic surgery die

By K Eckland on October 15, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Dr. Eric Lim challenges thoracic surgeons to remain relevant with a call to action at the 3rd VATS International conference in London, England

 Dr. Hung, Dr. Chen and nonintubated and awake thoracic surgery

By K Eckland on October 19, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Dr. Ming-Hui Hung & Dr. Jin-Shing Chen at National Taiwan University Hospital talk about their work in nonintubated and awake thoracic surgery.

Fast track thoracic surgery: Non-intubated minimally invasive surgery for complex procedures

By K Eckland on October 4, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Single port thoracoscopic surgery and awake anesthesia: the micro-invasive thoracic surgery? The current research and use of these state of the art techniques to bring minimally invasive surgery to complex surgery and high risk patients.

Interview with the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery

By K Eckland on April 13, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

Thoracics.org talks to the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery and result isn’t what you might expect.

Welcome to Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital

By K Eckland on March 16, 2015 • ( 26 Comments )

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital – Shanghai, China Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital is a dream come true for a thoracic surgery aficionado like myself.  Twelve operating rooms, a 30 ICU beds, 30 to 40 operations […]

Dr. Ahmet F. Işık talks about pleural mesothelioma, HITHOC, and thoracic surgery in Gaziantep, Turkey

By K Eckland on August 21, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

updates on the on-going HITHOC project, war surgery, foreign body obstructions and bronchoscopy for infants

Treating Empyema:  Changing the algorithm for better patient care

By K Eckland on October 2, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

This fear of thoracotomies dwarfs the very real risks of prolonged illness and debility.  

Troubleshooting at the 6th Uniportal VATS course in Potsdam

By K Eckland on June 30, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Potsdam, Germany Many of the modern masters of thoracic surgery were in Potsdam, Germany this June to discuss a myriad of topics in this year’s course until the heading of Troubleshooting.  The […]

A closer look at HITHOC in Germany

By K Eckland on June 9, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

A look of HITHOC in two programs in Germany, Freiburg and Regensburg

Nonintubated uniportal VATS surgery: A single center experience in Korea

By K Eckland on March 10, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Today’s recommended read is for all of the thoracic surgeons out there that are interested in establishing their own nonintubated uniportal programs. This is a interesting article if you’ve taken a masterclass on […]

Summer 2019: Uniportal VATS: Troubleshooting

By K Eckland on February 9, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

It’s the conference of the season – in Potsdam, Germany.  This conference which includes lectures by the leading experts along with live surgery demonstrations with dry and wet labs is designed to […]

HITHOC in 2018 – Where are we now?

By K Eckland on October 3, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

We’ve come along way when discussing Mesothelioma and the use of hyperthermic  intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) since this site was started back in 2010.  In fact, for our first discussions about this technique, […]

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