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
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
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
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
Thoracics.org talks to the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery and result isn’t what you might expect.
Welcome to Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital
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
updates on the on-going HITHOC project, war surgery, foreign body obstructions and bronchoscopy for infants
HITHOC: the Indian experience
This 2019 article from the Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology covers a very tiny group of patients undergoing HITHOC during an 8 1/2 year period has serious limitations (with a total of […]
New year, New Opportunities
Welcome to 2020! Update! 4/8/2020: Editor’s note: – 2020 is cancelled… well, maybe 2020 isn’t but it certainly feels like it with a large part of the world on lockdown as we […]
Treating Empyema: Changing the algorithm for better patient care
This fear of thoracotomies dwarfs the very real risks of prolonged illness and debility.
Troubleshooting at the 6th Uniportal VATS course in Potsdam
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
A look of HITHOC in two programs in Germany, Freiburg and Regensburg
Nonintubated uniportal VATS surgery: A single center experience in Korea
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
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 […]
