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009</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Ricardo Buitrago in the operating room, April 2011</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-11T11:56:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/07/29/global-connection-dr-michael-harden-and-chest-wall-resection/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-29T16:43:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/07/29/the-john-wayne-principle-and-my-love-of-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-29T14:25:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/07/22/online-conference-global-connection-reconstruction-technique-in-lung-cancer/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-22T03:22:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/06/24/dr-gonzalez-rivas-uniportal-vats-and-minimally-invasive-thoracic-surgery-online/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-24T16:08:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/06/03/free-face-masks-for-cancer-patients/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-03T00:21:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/05/29/ten-years-of-thoracics-org/</loc><lastmod>2020-05-29T17:34:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/01/29/new-year-new-opportunities/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-08T19:23:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2020/02/24/hithoc-the-indian-experience/</loc><lastmod>2020-02-26T10:16:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2019/10/02/treating-empyema-changing-the-algorithm-for-better-patient-care/</loc><lastmod>2019-10-02T20:50:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/03/08/mesothelioma-hope-and-hithoc/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hq-dove-wallpaper-980x613.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HQ-Dove-Wallpaper-980x613</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-01T16:34:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2019/06/30/troubleshooting-at-the-6th-uniportal-vats-course-in-potsdam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/live-case.jpg</image:loc><image:title>live case</image:title><image:caption>Attending watching the first of two live cases</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/potsdam2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>potsdam2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/margaritora.jpg</image:loc><image:title>margaritora</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ebus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ebus</image:title><image:caption>a Mexican surgeon using one of the newest tumor located/ marking systems during one of the dry labs</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dryang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DrYang</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-30T14:18:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/08/26/living-legends-and-cirugia-de-torax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/gonzalezrivas-027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GonzalezRivas 027</image:title><image:caption>Looking over the shoulder of Dr. Gonzalez Rivas in the operating room</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-25T09:27:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2019/06/09/a-closer-look-at-hithoc-in-germany/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/meinor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thoracics OR Regensburg</image:title><image:caption>In the operating room, with the robot behind me (case is over).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190611_162641_resized_20190614_060212748-e1561448184617.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20190611_162641_resized_20190614_060212748</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Michael Reid (left) with Dr. Hans Stephen Hofmann</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hofmannor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HofmannOR</image:title><image:caption>Outside the operating room</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hofmann.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hofmann</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Hans - Stephan Hofmann, Director of Thoracic Surgery </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190609_194327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roman ruins</image:title><image:caption>Part of old Roman fortress in the historic 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Regensburg</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190609_201221_resized_20190609_095949917.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20190609_201221_resized_20190609_095949917</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fotor_156010569958864.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fotor_156010569958864</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fotor_156010564281112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fotor_156010564281112</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fotor_156010561233250.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fotor_156010561233250</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sign.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sign</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-25T08:40:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/08/21/dr-ahmet-f-isik-talks-about-pleural-mesothelioma-hithoc-and-thoracic-surgery-in-gaziantep-turkey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>man crafting copper</image:title><image:caption>Gaziantep is famed for their copper work</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0036</image:title><image:caption>Kale </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0033</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0028</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0027</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0026</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/800px-nasr_ol_molk_mosque_vault_ceiling_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_vault_ceiling_2</image:title><image:caption>The closer you look, the more you see.
photo courtesy of wiki-commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0134.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0134</image:title><image:caption>modern Gaziatep is featureless at first glance</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gaziantep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gaziantep</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/surgery1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>surgery</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Levent Elbeyli operates as Dr. Isik observes.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-25T08:14:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/08/18/dr-mustafa-yuksel-pektus-chest-wall-repair-and-the-yuksel-bar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_01151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hydatid cyst</image:title><image:caption>One of thousands of hydatid cysts removed by Dr. Yuksel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_01161.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tracheal reconstruction</image:title><image:caption>tracheal created with 3D printing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_01181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yuksel titanium bar</image:title><image:caption>A Yuksel titanium bar</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_01141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0114</image:title><image:caption>a collection of Yuksel and standard bars used for the Nuss procedure</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1024px-nuss_x-ray.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1024px-Nuss_x-ray</image:title><image:caption>image provided by Stepshep</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marmara University</image:title><image:caption>Marmara University Hospital in Instanbul, Turkey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0014</image:title><image:caption>Tombs for Sultan II Mahmud, Sultan II Abdulhamid, Sultan Abdoulaziz and valued members of their courts</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0014-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doctors Tomb in Instanbul</image:title><image:caption>tomb of court physician </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/serefeddin-sabuncuoglu.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu</image:title><image:caption>Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu, 15th century Turkish physician and surgeon (Wiki commons)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mustafa-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mustafa Yuksel</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mustafa Yuksel, cardiothoracic surgeon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-15T03:11:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2019/02/09/summer-2019-uniportal-vats-troubleshooting/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-16T20:27:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2019/03/10/nonintubated-uniportal-vats-surgery-a-single-center-experience-in-korea/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-10T18:23:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2018/09/29/vats-international-2018-segmentectomies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180928_115042_resized_20180929_050837121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20180928_115042_resized_20180929_050837121</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Piergeorgio Solli discusses the anatomy and naming of pulmonary segments for resection</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180929_114827.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sdr</image:title><image:caption>sdr</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180929_113949.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sdr</image:title><image:caption>sdr</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180928_192512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oznor</image:title><image:caption>oznor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180928_163240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oznor</image:title><image:caption>oznor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/img_20180928_132717.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cof</image:title><image:caption>cof</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/physical-map-of-italy.gif</image:loc><image:title>physical-map-of-italy</image:title><image:caption>Ospedale San Gerardo, site of International VATS 2018 is located in Monza, just an hour outside of Milan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-08T13:32:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/05/22/credentialing-versus-certification-for-minimally-invasive-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-08T13:21:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2018/10/02/international-vats-2018-better-than-before-extreme-fast-track-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-08T13:20:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/01/27/now-accepting-submissions-for-the-thoracics-org-award/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vats_2017_logo.png</image:loc><image:title>vats_2017_logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ctassistlogo.png</image:loc><image:title>ctassistlogo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vats-intern-bridge.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>vats-intern-bridge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/10484557_10154470823650066_7194728777286603302_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10484557_10154470823650066_7194728777286603302_o</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/01-award.jpg</image:loc><image:title>01-award</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/book.jpg</image:loc><image:title>book</image:title><image:caption>Core topics in thoracic surgery</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/vsts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VATS 2017</image:title><image:caption>The Thoracics.org award to be presented at VATS International 2017</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-08T13:18:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2018/10/03/hithoc-in-2018-where-are-we-now/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-03T01:00:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2018/08/06/are-you-ready-for-vats-international-2018/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-06T17:58:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/10/29/surgery-for-tuberculosis-more-than-thoracoplasty/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-29T22:59:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/10/29/the-best-of-vats-international-2017-dr-marco-scarci-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0033</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Marco Scarci, presenter and founder of VATS International course</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_00361.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0036</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas at VATS International 2017</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-29T18:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/10/21/at-vats-international-2017/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0042.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0042</image:title><image:caption>Same old speakers on the thoracic surgery circuit?  Or someone with something new to say?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0040</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0039</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0038</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Joel Dunning</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0036</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0034.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0034</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0027</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Piergiogio Solli talks about the widespread use of robotic assisted surgery despite a lack of evidence to support its use.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0026</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dsc_0025-e1509293486832.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Eric Lim</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Eric Lim on the future of thoracic surgery</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-29T17:08:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/10/21/the-best-of-vats-international-2017-joel-dunning/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-29T16:56:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/07/09/the-4th-vats-international/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ctsnet.png</image:loc><image:title>CTSnet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-10T22:13:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/05/11/guest-post-dr-migliore-and-the-iv-mediterranean-symposium-on-thoracic-oncology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thoracic-symposium-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thoracic symposium 2</image:title><image:caption>IV Med Symposium in Thoracic Surgery: Speakers and the Students of the Faculty Medicine of the University of Catania</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/thoracic-symposium-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thoracic symposium 1</image:title><image:caption>From the left to the right: 
prof Luigi Santambrogio, Prof Semih Halazeroglu, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof Antoon Lerut, Prof Michael Mueller</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-05-11T01:03:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/04/26/shortage-of-thoracic-surgeons-in-canada-offers-potential-opportunities-to-new-surgeons/</loc><lastmod>2017-04-26T23:41:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/03/28/the-mediterranean-iv-thoracic-oncology-symposium/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-28T09:49:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/01/15/grena-ltd-presents-new-vascular-clips-for-thoracic-resection/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gonzales-rivas-clip-applier-big.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gonzales-rivas-clip-applier-big</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-17T10:23:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/10/15/act-differently-or-watch-thoracic-surgery-will-die/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0076</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-16T02:11:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2017/01/12/vats-decortication-for-tuberculosis/</loc><lastmod>2017-01-12T01:46:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/10/17/highlights-from-the-3rd-vats-international/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0064.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0064</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/surgeons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>surgeons</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0019</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0003</image:title><image:caption>3D model of thoracic cavity</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/khan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>khan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/groupvats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>groupvats</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gaeta.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gaeta</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gaetano Rocco, Italian thoracic surgeon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0061</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0058</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dsc_0057.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_0057</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-08T14:13:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/09/08/dr-william-guido-and-the-state-of-thoracic-surgery-in-costa-rica/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cusco-040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cusco-040</image:title><image:caption>Dr. William Guido Gerrero</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-15T12:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/10/12/interview-with-the-master-dr-benny-weksler/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/reflection.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reflection</image:title><image:caption>Memphis is more than just the home of Elvis Presley</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/muh-ut-exterior2015-340.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MUH-UT-Exterior2015-340</image:title><image:caption>University of Tennessee affiliated - Methodist Hospital</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-10-13T17:38:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/09/13/why-you-should-have-attended-vats-peru-2016/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1281_fotor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1281_fotor</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fullsizerender_fotor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender_fotor</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1292_fotor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1292_fotor</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cusco-038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cusco-038</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1326_fotor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1326_fotor</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-14T00:53:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/09/08/at-vats-peru-2016/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1219.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1219</image:title><image:caption>With Dr. Tim Young, Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas and Dr. William Guido</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1209.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1209</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1203.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1203</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1202.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1202</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1201</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1198.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1198</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1196</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_1192.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_1192</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fullsizerender-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-13T19:29:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/08/22/why-you-should-have-your-thoracic-surgery-at-the-university-affiliated-hospital/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/riverbank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Riverbank</image:title><image:caption>Memphis, Tennessee at night</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-22T00:00:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/06/20/vats-peru-2016/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pic2resumen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pic2resumen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/vats-peru-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>vats peru logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-20T10:26:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/06/15/guest-post-report-from-the-3rd-mediterranean-symposium-in-thoracic-surgical-oncology-vats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/migliore2.png</image:loc><image:title>migliore2</image:title><image:caption>Photo 2:  The Rector of the University of Catania  is giving the medal to Professor Tom Treasure</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/migliore.png</image:loc><image:title>migliore</image:title><image:caption>Speakers and moderators at the 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on Thoracic Surgical Oncology </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-15T01:57:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/03/13/q-and-a-with-migliore-et-al-about-hithoc-and-mesothelioma-in-catania-italy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/vats_symposium_2016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VATS_Symposium_2016</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1000147.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Migliore and colleagues</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p1000103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Migliore HITHOC</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Migliore and his team performing HITHOC</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/migliore-e1457802943514.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Migliore</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Marcello Migliore</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-03T00:36:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/03/20/this-june-nyu-school-of-medicine-robotic-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/logo-purple.png</image:loc><image:title>logo-purple</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-20T23:05:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2016/03/13/invitation-to-the-3rd-mediterranean-symposium-in-thoracic-surgical-oncology/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-13T19:10:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/10/19/dr-hung-dr-chen-and-nonintubated-and-awake-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-08T21:36:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/06/18/isik-et-al-hithoc-in-patients-with-pleural-malignancies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hipec-isik.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HIPEC ISIK</image:title><image:caption>Dr. A. Feridun Işık and his team perform cytoreductive surgery and the HITHOC (HIPEC) procedure</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn8151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A. Feridun Işık 3</image:title><image:caption>the machine that regulates the temperature of the chemotherapy (to 42 degrees centigrade)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn8150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A. Feridun Işık 2</image:title><image:caption>infusing cisplatin solution via chest tubes</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-03T17:30:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/10/31/case-study-thymectomy-by-uniportal-subxyphoid-approach/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ae4320616f02d6666d2e988046cda09d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Guiseppe Arescu</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Guiseppe Arescu</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/a03a12a1c7d39941d768fdedf3abc6aa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a03a12a1c7d39941d768fdedf3abc6aa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3982.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3982</image:title><image:caption>closed incision</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/crops.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crops</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/b187548c85c632eaba5bc996ca65db2f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>b187548c85c632eaba5bc996ca65db2f</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/6cbe44d0c3d41211d598623d4f61d649-e1446332989363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6cbe44d0c3d41211d598623d4f61d649</image:title><image:caption>the incision</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ce27c49da5b6d99c16bb569685d4b458.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ce27c49da5b6d99c16bb569685d4b458</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/9e2c7177825f5391bbda0db737a65ace.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9e2c7177825f5391bbda0db737a65ace</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-26T19:45:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/10/04/fast-track-thoracic-surgery-non-intubated-minimally-invasive-surgery-for-complex-procedures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/army-thoracic.jpg</image:loc><image:title>army thoracic</image:title><image:caption>photo courtesy of the US Army</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/david-et-al.png</image:loc><image:title>David et al</image:title><image:caption>The relationship between ventilation and perfusion. (A) Relationship between ventilation (roundes) and perfusion (rectangles) in different lung zones, in upright (A1) and lateral position (A2); (B) relationship between ventilation (roundes) and perfusion (rectangles) in lateral position with surgical pneumothorax, during spontaneous inspiration (B1) and exhalation phase (B2). Black arrows show paradoxical ventilation and mediastinal shift.  (Illustration and caption from David et. al, 2015)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-24T06:12:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/11/28/advanced-course-on-major-pulmonary-resections-through-uniportal-vats/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0099.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0099</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0090</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0073.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0073</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-14T00:25:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/10/02/conference-coverage-the-duke-masters-of-minimally-invasive-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/giants-of-thorcic-surgery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>giants of thoracic surgery</image:title><image:caption>photo provided by Dr. Blackmon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0007</image:title><image:caption>Duke modified uniportal approach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/duke_v2_logo.png</image:loc><image:title>duke_v2_logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0011</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas discusses non-intubated thoracic surgery</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0006</image:title><image:caption>????????????????????????????????????</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0001-e1443396813917.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/confernce11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>confernce11</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Shanda Blackmon with Dr. Thomas D'Amico.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/conference6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>conference6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/conference5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>conference5</image:title><image:caption>????????????????????????????????????</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-21T18:08:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/10/02/conference-highlight-uniportal-lobectomy-intubated-and-non-intubated/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-21T18:08:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/10/19/the-2nd-annual-cambridge-vats-conference/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0002</image:title><image:caption>Cambridge center for continuing education</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/martinez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Martinez</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/diego1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diego</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dr-dunning.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr.Dunning</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/diego.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diego</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/surgeons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>surgeons</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-21T18:08:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/04/24/two-years-and-counting/</loc><lastmod>2015-09-01T23:10:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/10/conference-spotlight-lecture-dr-gulliermo-cueto-robledo/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cueto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Cueto</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Cueto at the 2012 Congreso Nacional de Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-01T23:09:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/05/31/thoracic-surgery-goes-wireless/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/whole-device.jpg</image:loc><image:title>whole device</image:title><image:caption>wireless thoracoscope with disposable front portion.  (Battery and microchips are re-usable </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/e6898be68c81e983a8e4bd8d02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>手持部位02</image:title><image:caption>wireless thoracoscope (photos courtesy of Dr. Chen)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-01T23:03:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/08/24/developments-in-chest-tube-management/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sharpie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sharpie</image:title><image:caption>choose a nonstandard color sharpie for marking chest tubes (phone by steakpinball)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chest-tubes-overfilled.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chest tubes overfilled</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ches-tubes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chest tubes</image:title><image:caption>Ideally chest tubes would be well marked and not taped to floor, but the realiy often differs (from "Chest tube mishaps" lecture)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-01T23:02:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/03/16/welcome-to-shanghai-pulmonary-hospital/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jiang800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jiang800</image:title><image:caption>Dr. HaiFeng Wang with Dr. Jiang Gening (right)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/groupfoto800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groupfoto800</image:title><image:caption>Attendees of the uni-portal VATS conference</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dr-wang800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. wang800</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Haifeng Wang, thoracic surgeon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0014</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0012</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sph800.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SPH800</image:title><image:caption>Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, largest thoracic surgery center in the world</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wangcase1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wangcase#1</image:title><image:caption>egg yolk appearance</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wang-or.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wang OR</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Wang in the operating room</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-10-07T19:29:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/13/interview-with-the-brazilian-society-of-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ikone.png</image:loc><image:title>ikone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/photo-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At ALAT</image:title><image:caption>at ALAT with Bolivian surgeon, Dr. Cristian Anuz</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-01T22:41:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/08/24/thoracic-surgery-conference-vats-peru-this-september/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/logo.png</image:loc><image:title>logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-26T12:26:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/25/vats-group-it/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (18)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (17)</image:title><image:caption>the registry is extremely detailed</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (16)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/droghetti-lecture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>droghetti lecture</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/droghetti.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Droghetti</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Andre Droghetti</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-24T00:43:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/09/02/dr-gonzalez-rivas-johnson-johnson-and-single-port-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalezrivas-010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GonzalezRivas 010</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez-Rivas demonstrates single port thoracoscopy at the National Cancer Institute in Bogota, Colombia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalez2-015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gonzalez2 015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalez2-014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gonzalez2 014</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalez2-009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gonzalez2 009</image:title><image:caption>Thoracic surgeons at the 2013 S.W.A.T Summit in Bogota, Colombia.  Drs. Gonzalez-Rivas and Dr. Paula Ugalde are center, front-row</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalez2-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gonzalez2 001</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Paula Ugalde</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dissector.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dissector</image:title><image:caption>The Gonzalez - Rivas dissector, photo courtesy of Scanlon International</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-21T16:42:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/07/08/post-operative-pain-after-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>003</image:title><image:caption>continue until arm fully extended</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>002</image:title><image:caption>'walking' the hand up the wall</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spider crawl</image:title><image:caption>start with your hand at waist level</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-24T10:41:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/29/save-the-date-duke-masters-of-minimally-invasive-thoracic-surgery-course-in-september-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/duke_v2_logo.png</image:loc><image:title>duke_v2_logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-29T13:51:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/27/live-surgery-sessions-naples-minimally-invasive-surgery-course/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-28.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (28)</image:title><image:caption>Pre-operative CT scan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HH operating VATS</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Henrik Hansen operating using 3 port VATS. (The blemish shown is on the projection screen, not the patient)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (11)</image:title><image:caption>slide from Dr. Hansen's presentation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (10)</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Henrik Hansen </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nurse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nurse</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-or.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples OR</image:title><image:caption>Uniportal surgery</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (25)</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Majorino, thoracic surgeon (who has worked at Monaldi Hospital for over 30 years and the head of the pathology department - in the museum of pathology</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/naples-day-2-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naples day 2 (12)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/diego-lung.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diego lung</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas examines the ung specimen after removal</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-28T15:24:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/24/corso-di-chirurgia-toracica-videoassistita-e-robotica-day-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/napoles-lady-surgery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>napoles lady surgery</image:title><image:caption>Dr Nespoli, Anesthesiologist talks about pre-anesthesia evaluation and stratifying global risk</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/curcio.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Curcio</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/napoles-infirmiere.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napoles Infirmiere</image:title><image:caption>Thoracic surgery nurses at Hospital Monaldi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/napoles-1-17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napoles 1 (17)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/napoles-1-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napoles 1 (5)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/napoles-1-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napoles 1 (3)</image:title><image:caption>Hospital Monaldi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/awesome-napoles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>awesome Napoles</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-24T16:22:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/22/minimally-invasive-surgery-course-in-naples-at-hospital-monaldi-april-23-24th-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/object035.jpg</image:loc><image:title>object035</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-22T08:28:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/social-networking-media/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/aanp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AANP</image:title><image:caption>Using social media to promote specialty practice - June 2012</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sewpatchlogo512.png</image:loc><image:title>sewpatchlogo512</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-21T10:36:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/04/07/bronchopleural-fistula-a-classic-example-of-interdisciplinary-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0058</image:title><image:caption>preparing the internal mammary artery for eventual anastomosis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>microscope</image:title><image:caption>surgeons using the microscope to complete vascular anastamoses</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0076</image:title><image:caption>preparing to place flap into defect.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0073.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0073</image:title><image:caption>suturing skin graft over flap harvest site (on back)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0072.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0072</image:title><image:caption>Skin grafting at the myocutaneous flap site</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skin</image:title><image:caption>Skin harvested to cover flap site</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0070-e1428016350706.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Skin grafting</image:title><image:caption>Harvesting skin from patient's thigh</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0067.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0067</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Dong prepares to harvest skin for grafting</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0065-e1428016042585.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flap</image:title><image:caption>Harvesting the myocutaneous flap from posterior chest</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0056</image:title><image:caption>plastic surgeons preparing the internal mammary artery for anastamosis</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-29T05:54:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/about/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-06T05:30:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/03/17/uniportal-vats-with-chest-wall-resection/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tumor-enblocc-e1427982275884.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tumor enblocc</image:title><image:caption>Tumor enblock after removal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rib-resection2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rib resection2</image:title><image:caption>Rib resection</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/palpating-tumor-e1427982258354.jpg</image:loc><image:title>palpating tumor</image:title><image:caption>Palpating the tumor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/determining-port-placement.jpg</image:loc><image:title>determining port placement</image:title><image:caption>Determining port placement</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chest-wall-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chest wall 2</image:title><image:caption>performing uniportal VATS for tumor with chest wall invasion</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/initial-incision.jpg</image:loc><image:title>initial incision</image:title><image:caption>Making the initial incision</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/port1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>port1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chest-mass.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chest mass</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chest-wall-resection.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chest wall resection</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-02T14:12:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/03/15/im-with-the-band/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/diego.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diego</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/filming.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filming</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/withtheband.jpg</image:loc><image:title>withtheband</image:title><image:caption>with Dr. Gonzalez Rivas and Spanish filmmaker, Danilo Lopez</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/reviewing-films.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reviewing films</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas reviews patient films in consultation with local surgeons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/g1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>G1</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas performing a surgical demonstration in Wenzhou, China</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0032.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wenzhou airport</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-21T12:14:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/03/17/an-ordinary-afternoon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dr-hu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Hu</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Hu</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dr-g.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. G</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas performs uniportal lobectomy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chinese-surgeons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chinese surgeons</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3d</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Jiang Gening  (Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital) performs dual port thoracoscopy using a 3D monitor</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-03-19T04:49:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/02/18/as-floridas-population-booms-surgeon-shortage-becomes-acute/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-18T18:01:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2015/01/08/single-port-surgery-conference-in-berlin/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-08T16:59:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/12/10/the-latest-sts-guidelines-on-multimodality-treatment-of-esophageal-cancer/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-10T01:18:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/05/25/thoracic-surgery-shortage-worsens-as-graduates-fail-to-pass-exams/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-02T17:24:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/11/15/highlights-from-shanghai-uniportal-surgery-conference/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-15T18:21:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/11/05/eophagectomy-modern-surgical-approaches/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-27T16:25:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/10/13/bedside-management-of-the-complications-in-critically-ill-thoracic-surgery-patients-a-different-perspective/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Attendees</image:title><image:caption>Attendees at the Factscare conference</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (14)</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Namrata Patel, thoracic surgeon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-27T16:14:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/10/27/nhs-training-course-cambridge-international-vats-symposium/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cambridge-vats-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>cambridge-vats-logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-27T16:05:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/10/16/upcoming-aats-conference-on-management-of-lung-cancer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-07T11:40:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/10/07/a-sincere-thanks/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-07T16:26:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/10/02/this-is-life-a-new-movie-about-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-02T04:21:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/09/28/upcoming-course-on-minimally-invasive-thoracoscopy-latin-america/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/info-web_cirugia-toracica_23-09-14-1-page-003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>INFO WEB_Cirugia Toracica_23.09.14 (1)-page-003</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/info-web_cirugia-toracica_23-09-14-1-page-002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>INFO WEB_Cirugia Toracica_23.09.14 (1)-page-002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/info-web_cirugia-toracica_23-09-14-1-page-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>INFO WEB_Cirugia Toracica_23.09.14 (1)-page-001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-28T01:47:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/06/11/latest-research-findings-mesothelioma/</loc><lastmod>2014-08-13T12:34:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/08/03/alat-the-grand-trifecta/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MArio Ghefter</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mario Ghefter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0039.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0039</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-03T04:19:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/08/01/the-9th-conference-of-asociacion-latinoamericana-de-torax-and-dr-beltran/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0006</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0009</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beltran</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Rafael Beltran with Dr. Carlos Carvajal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Gustavo Lyons</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gustavo Lyons of Buenos Aires, Argentina</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC_0001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-01T21:07:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/07/20/summer-at-cirugia-de-torax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/banner_congreso2014_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>banner_congreso2014_2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-20T18:24:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/06/24/thoracic-surgeon-shortage-in-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/waiting-list.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waiting list</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-01T19:40:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/04/25/another-home-run-dr-gonzalez-rivas-does-it-again/</loc><lastmod>2014-05-27T13:50:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/05/19/advances-in-thoracic-surgical-oncology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lung.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lung</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ribbon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ribbon</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-19T03:12:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/05/04/dann-furia-spontaneous-pneumothorax-bleb-disease-and-the-patients-perspective/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hospital08.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hospital08</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Furia after one of his surgeries</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dann Furia</image:title><image:caption>Meet Dann Furia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-06T12:23:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/04/14/the-sweet-esophagectomy-for-esophageal-cancer-the-zhongshan-experience/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hospital.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hospital</image:title><image:caption>photo courtesy of echinacities.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/chapter11figure34.jpg</image:loc><image:title>posterolateral thoracotomy</image:title><image:caption>left posterolateral thoracotomy (illustration courtesy of Office of Military History)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2226_vid0003ag-mp4_snapshot_05-33_2014-03-25_01-01-30.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2226_VID0003ag.mp4_snapshot_05.33_[2014.03.25_01.01.30]</image:title><image:caption>all photos courtesy of Dr. Qun Wang, Fudan Univeristy, Zhongshan Hospital</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2226_vid0003ag-mp4_snapshot_05-31_2014-03-25_01-02-05.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2226_VID0003ag.mp4_snapshot_05.31_[2014.03.25_01.02.05]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2214_vid0003af-mp4_snapshot_11-54_2014-03-25_01-00-42.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2214_VID0003af.mp4_snapshot_11.54_[2014.03.25_01.00.42]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2202_vid0003ae-mp4_snapshot_09-48_2014-03-25_00-59-03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2202_VID0003ae.mp4_snapshot_09.48_[2014.03.25_00.59.03]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2202_vid0003ae-mp4_snapshot_04-36_2014-03-25_00-58-36.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2202_VID0003ae.mp4_snapshot_04.36_[2014.03.25_00.58.36]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2126_vid0003ab-mp4_snapshot_08-48_2014-03-25_00-52-06.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2126_VID0003ab.mp4_snapshot_08.48_[2014.03.25_00.52.06]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2126_vid0003ab-mp4_snapshot_05-43_2014-03-25_00-51-44.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2126_VID0003ab.mp4_snapshot_05.43_[2014.03.25_00.51.44]</image:title><image:caption>mobilizing the stomach,Sweet esophagectomy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-04-19_2114_vid0003aa-mp4_snapshot_08-14_2014-03-24_14-43-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2013-04-19_2114_VID0003aa.mp4_snapshot_08.14_[2014.03.24_14.43.12]</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-15T03:15:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/04/06/alat-2014-medellin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/alat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ALAT</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-04-06T18:16:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/03/22/dr-david-sugarbaker-comes-to-texas-and-too-much-of-a-good-thing/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-22T01:29:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/05/14/talking-to-dr-shu-lin-md-phd-of-duke-university/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/shu-lin-044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>In the OR with Dr. Lin</image:title><image:caption>Surgery with Dr. Shu S. Lin and Dr. Matthew Hartwig at Duke University Medical Center</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/shu-lin-043.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Shu S. Lin, MD, PhD</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Lin scrubs in preparation for surgery</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-19T19:30:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/07/20/mailbag-cancer-treatment-centers-of-america-lung-cancer/</loc><lastmod>2014-03-03T17:05:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2014/02/24/live-streaming-single-port-surgery-international-symposium/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gonzalez3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gonzalez3</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas demonstrates uniportal VATS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-24T19:26:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/09/vats-sympathectomy-for-hyperhidrosis-dr-jose-ribas-de-milanez-de-campos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bello-002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Ribas</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Jose Ribas de Milanez de Campos</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-11T21:42:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/02/03/case-report-blebectomy-with-talc-pleurodesis-after-spontaenous-pneumothorax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ashton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>During VATS</image:title><image:caption>surgeon performing video-assisted thoracoscopy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/scan0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VATS photo</image:title><image:caption>blebs seen during VATS procedure</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ctblebs1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CTblebs</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ctblebs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CT scan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-18T16:35:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/12/18/talking-about-lung-cancer-staging-with-dr-mitchell-magee/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dr-magee-and-amber.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dr-magee-and-amber</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mitchell Magee with Amber Bethea, PA-C</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lymph-node-stations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lymph node stations</image:title><image:caption>Lymph nodes used for diagnosis and staging.  Copyright Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Used with permission.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dr-mitchell-magee.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Mitchell Magee</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mitchell Magee, thoracic surgeon at Medical City - Dallas, Texas</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-27T02:10:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/12/15/dr-joseph-skoda/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stethoscope.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stethoscope</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-13T17:59:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/11/25/pleural-fluid-cytopathology/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-18T19:29:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/12/14/single-port-thoracoscopy-for-diaphragmatic-disorders/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-14T22:54:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/12/03/ctsnet-recognizes-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-08T02:52:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/03/21/tedtalks-about-the-new-masters-of-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-08T02:24:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/11/08/chung-et-al-optimal-timing-of-thoracoscopic-drainage-and-decortication-for-empyema/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-08T18:27:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/06/07/bilateral-surgery-using-a-unilateral-single-port-approach-the-chen-technique/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-08T16:01:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/10/30/early-ambulation-after-lung-surgery-how-early/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-20T10:36:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/10/23/16th-national-continuing-education-forum-in-general-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1400436_555242527878110_1978788535_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gonzalez Rivas</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas demonstrates the uniport technique in Shanghai, China</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1376491_555242634544766_1359489649_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>16th National Conference</image:title><image:caption>World-renown thoracic surgeons at the 16th National Forum in Shanghai, China</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1273455_555242574544772_1737687812_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gonzalez Rivas China</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas demonstrates the single port technique during a live surgery presentation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-23T13:20:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/10/11/vgtt-video-guided-tube-thoracostomy/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-12T18:06:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/08/21/the-stigma-of-lung-cancer/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-16T04:11:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/04/29/heres-your-helmet/</loc><lastmod>2013-09-05T17:48:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/09/02/case-report-hilar-mass-resection-using-single-port-thoracoscopy-with-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pod2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pod2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2daypod.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2dayPOD</image:title><image:caption>PA &amp; LAT films on post-operative day 2</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pacu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PACU</image:title><image:caption>Immediate post-operative film (chest tube visible)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/instruments.jpg</image:loc><image:title>instruments</image:title><image:caption>uniportal surgery</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalezrivas-053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GonzalezRivas CT</image:title><image:caption>edited to preserve patient privacy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalezrivas-051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GonzalezRivas 051</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalezrivas-017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GonzalezRivas 017</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Gonzalez Rivas and Dr. Ricardo Buitrago at National Cancer Institute</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzalezrivas-013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GonzalezRivas 013</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/finalincision.jpg</image:loc><image:title>finalincision</image:title><image:caption>closing the single port incision</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/drgr500.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DrGR500</image:title><image:caption>the thoracic surgeon: a disappearing breed?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-02T19:32:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/08/12/recommended-reading-advances-in-lung-cancer/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-25T23:45:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/02/08/blebs-bullae-and-spontaneous-pneumothorax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blebs2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blebs and bullae</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-15T18:19:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/08/22/more-about-blebs-bullae-and-spontaneous-pneumothorax/</loc><lastmod>2016-09-13T15:09:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/08/16/controlling-prolonged-air-leak-by-remote-control/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/portable-suction.jpg</image:loc><image:title>portable suction</image:title><image:caption>Portable suction unit used at Danville Regional Medical Center, Danville, Virginia.  Photo by Brian Compton</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-16T23:41:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/09/20/surgery-for-pleural-infection-empyema/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:40:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/03/03/mediastinitis-noncardiac-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:39:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/04/26/preventing-atrial-fibrillation-after-lung-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:37:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/04/26/pre-post-operative-surgical-optimization-for-lung-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:37:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/04/26/what-is-fast-track-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:37:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/05/14/the-benefits-of-exercise-in-thoracic-patients/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:37:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/06/08/pre-operative-incentive-spirometry-for-pneumonia-prevention/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:37:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/07/29/dental-hygeine-and-post-operative-pneumonia-in-esophageal-cancer-patients/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-19T02:07:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/09/14/article-re-post-pre-operative-evaluation-for-lung-resection/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:37:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/07/23/sits-lobectomy/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:24:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/02/upcoming-conference-robotic-minimally-invasive-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/videotoracoscopia-2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Videotoracoscopia 2012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:24:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/04/28/sits-thats-single-incision-thoracoscopic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:24:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/08/12/rocco-et-al-ten-year-experience-on-644-patients-undergoing-single-port-uniportal-video-assisted-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/articlerocco-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>articlerocco (2)</image:title><image:caption>Annals of thoracic surgery - Rocco et. al (2013)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:22:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/07/16/single-incision-thoracoscopic-surgery-sits-for-spontaneous-pneumothorax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/arias.jpg</image:loc><image:title>arias</image:title><image:caption>Example of single incision laparoscopy for cholecystomy</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:21:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/17/block-tuffier-blalock-gonzalez-returning-to-single-incision-thoracoscopic-surgery-with-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:21:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/01/01/case-report-repair-of-diaphragm-defect-in-hepatic-hydrothorax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/e8aabfe695b4e5a4a7e5b08f81824.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr.Chen</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Chen, Thoracic Surgeon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/post-op.jpg</image:loc><image:title>post-op</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/chesttube.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chesttube</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/peritoneal-scan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peritoneal scan</image:title><image:caption>Peritoneal scan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cxr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CXR</image:title><image:caption>Chest radiograph on admission</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:21:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/07/03/courses-classes-and-meetings-on-uni-port-thoracoscopic-techniques-with-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:21:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/18/single-port-thoracoscopy-as-a-first-line-approach-the-chen-esophagectomy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/specimen-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Single incision</image:title><image:caption>Pain will be much less with a single incision VATS surgery (now with chest tube) and specimen removed (photo courtesy of Dr. Chen)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:21:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/22/single-port-thoracoscopy-for-wedge-resection-does-size-matter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rml-sits3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>single port</image:title><image:caption>Port with chest tube in place</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rml-sits2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>does size matter?</image:title><image:caption>successful removal of lung specimen thru small port</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rml-sits1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>single port thoracoscopy</image:title><image:caption>preparing to remove the specimen through the port</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:21:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/31/talking-with-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas-about-single-port-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/congreso-010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Conference at Clinica Alemana</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Santolaya, Dr. Sales dos Santos, Dr.Berrios and Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/diego-b_w.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Diego B_W</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:20:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/11/06/in-the-operating-room-with-dr-mauricio-velaquez-single-port-thoracoscopy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/singleport.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>close up view</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/singleport4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Velasquez performing single port thoracoscopy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/intraop.jpg</image:loc><image:title>O</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/drvelasquezcali-005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Velasquez</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Velasquez in the operating room with Lina Caicedo Quintero (nurse) Valle de Lili, Cali, Colombia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/drmauriciovelasquez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mauricio Velasquez, thoracic surgeon</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mauricio Velasquez after another successful case</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-18T15:49:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/01/01/1st-asian-single-port-symposium-live-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/confernce.png</image:loc><image:title>conference</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:20:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/02/04/evolving-thoracic-surgery-from-open-surgery-to-single-port-thoracoscopic-surgery-and-future-robotic/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:20:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/03/19/single-port-sleeve-right-upper-lobectomy/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-12T15:20:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/03/24/cardiac-sympathetic-denervation-for-ventricular-arrhythmias-case-study-and-clinical-trials/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Franco</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Andres Franco, thoracic surgeon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-044.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>close-up view: a uni-port VATS approach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-0361.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cardiac denervation 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>electrocautery of nerve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Looking over Dr. Franco's shoulder as he identifies the correct nerve</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clinica Shaio</image:title><image:caption>Clinica Shaio, Bogota, Colombia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Buitrago and Franco</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cardiac denervation in Bogota Colombia</image:title><image:caption>cardiac denervation by single port VATS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franco-017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cardiac denervation</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Andres Franco (right) assists Dr. Ricardo Buitrago (left) during VATS cardiac denervation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-15T15:16:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/07/08/update-on-dr-diego-gonzalez-rivas-in-bogota-colombia/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-15T14:57:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/09/01/case-report-multidisciplinary-approach-to-metastatic-disease-and-lessons-learned/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/panaramasigned.jpg</image:loc><image:title>multi</image:title><image:caption>doctors operating on a patient with metastatic cancer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/planningapproach.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Planning approach</image:title><image:caption>surgeons planning approach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/afterresection.jpg</image:loc><image:title>after rib resection</image:title><image:caption>following rib resection</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lung-tumor-closeup.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lung lesion</image:title><image:caption>pulmonary metastatectomy in metastatic breast cancer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cxr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Preoperative chest xray</image:title><image:caption>Pre-operative Chest X-ray</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cropped-panarama.jpg</image:loc><image:title>multi-disciplinary approach</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-30T03:57:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/22/how-to-write-a-case-report/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-26T15:27:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/11/21/ct-scans-for-the-early-detection-of-lung-cancer-new-recommendations/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-22T06:29:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/01/07/in-the-operating-room-with-dr-carlos-ochoa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ochoavasquez.jpg</image:loc><image:title>in the OR</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Ochoa (left) &amp; Dr. Vasquez (right)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p4190013.jpg</image:loc><image:title>supplies</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Ochoa's black bag filled with sterile supplies</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/100_2275.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_2275</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/100_2269.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_2269</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Carlos Ochoa, at Hospital General de Mexicali</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/withdrochoa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>withDrOchoa</image:title><image:caption>with Dr. Ochoa in Mexicali, Mexico</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-22T05:35:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/06/20/ultra-fast-open-tracheostomy/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-20T20:09:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/07/20/in-the-operating-room-with-dr-r-duane-davis/</loc><lastmod>2017-07-18T22:39:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/05/23/lung-transplant-at-duke-part-one-of-a-series/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-19T03:58:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/12/talking-with-dr-raimundo-santolaya-md-thoracic-and-tranplant-surgeon-at-the-instituto-nacional-del-torax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/santoloya2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Raimundo Santolaya</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Raimundo Santolaya, Thoracic and Transplant Surgeon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-12T01:03:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/06/03/the-cowboys-and-rodeo-stars-of-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-07T02:41:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/05/15/awake-epidural-anesthesia-for-thoracoscopic-pleurodesis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/drvelasquezcali-052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mauricio Velasquez</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Mauricio Velasquez performing single port thorascopic surgery</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-15T23:22:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/04/30/surgical-removal-of-lung-metastases-in-breast-cancer/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-30T21:05:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/03/13/postcard-from-hong-kong/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/asian.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Asian</image:title><image:caption>Changing the future of thoracic surgery - Minimally invasive surgery conference in Asia with Dr. Chin Hao Chen (seond from left) and Dr Diego Gonzalez Rivas (thrid from left)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-13T19:07:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2013/01/24/surgeon-shortage-to-hit-rural-areas-the-hardest/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-24T23:21:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/04/congreso-boliviano-de-cirugia-cardiaca-toracica-y-vascular/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/group.jpg</image:loc><image:title>group</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/003-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Balcazar</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Balcazar welcomes attendees.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Congreso Boliviana</image:title><image:caption>at the conference in Santa Cruz de la Sierra</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-14T02:33:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/12/10/general-thoracic-surgery-is-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-10T02:40:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/11/28/upcoming-conferences-and-events-for-2013-and-beyond/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-28T16:47:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/07/the-surgical-apgar-score-gatwande-et-al/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-15T00:59:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/05/talking-about-carotid-body-tumors-at-xxix-congreso-latinamericano-de-cirugia-vascular-y-angiologia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dr-soto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Soto</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Soto, Bolivian expert on carotid body tumors</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carotid-body-tumor-ressection.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carotid body tumor</image:title><image:caption>re-section of a carotid body tumor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/munoz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Munoz</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Munoz, vascular surgeon from Bogota, Colombia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-10T02:00:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/09/high-altitude-surgery-carotid-body-tumors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carotid-body-tumor-047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>specimen</image:title><image:caption>less than 5% of tumors are malignant</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carotid-body-tumor-ressection1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carotid paraganglion</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/carotid-body-tumor-026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carotid body tumor</image:title><image:caption>carotid body tumor, in situ</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-09T01:57:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/10/09/thoracic-surgery-and-the-sts-database/</loc><lastmod>2012-10-08T20:14:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/10/07/conference-coverage-bolivian-society-of-cardiac-thoracic-and-vascular-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/scan2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scan2</image:title><image:caption>with thoracic surgeons from La Paz, Bolivia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/roundtable.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roundtable</image:title><image:caption>Relaxed roundtable discussion - Latin American surgeons.  (Dr. Fernando Bello is the second from the left)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/resize.jpg</image:loc><image:title>O</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-05-29-001-2012-05-29-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>diaphragmatic hernia repair</image:title><image:caption>Example of sutured diaphragm - (view  from thoracotomy)  Photo courtesy of Dr. Ochoa, 2011.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-08T18:50:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/11/06/the-happiness-of-surgeons/</loc><lastmod>2012-10-02T11:26:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/09/20/register-to-participate-in-high-altitude-research-project/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-29T14:34:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/11/11/talking-with-dr-carlos-cesar-ochoa-gaxiola/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-29T03:45:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/09/25/vats-decortication-empyema/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pleura.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pleural peel</image:title><image:caption>thick pleural removed during decortication</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/vats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo showing VATS decortication in Mexico</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/renteria-007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>renteria 007</image:title><image:caption>VATS decortication of a loculated empyema</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/empyema2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Empyema2,</image:title><image:caption>This open incision (with rib spreading)  will hurt more.. 
Photo: advanced empyema requiring open thoracotomy for decortication</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lungabscess.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lung infection</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-26T07:06:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/09/26/new-masters-dr-mark-dylewski-robotic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-25T03:24:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/09/25/the-new-masters/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-25T03:15:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/09/16/simposia-internacional-advances-en-cancer-pulmonar-y-mesotelioma/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/congreso-016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cali</image:title><image:caption> a thoracic surgeon from Cali</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/congreso-012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>O</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Walsh delivering presentation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cirujanos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cirujanos</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Garrett Walsh and Dr. Mark Dylewski,  thoracic surgeons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/profesor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>profesor</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Ricardo Buitrago and Dr. Juan Carlos Garzon, Thoracic Surgeons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-16T20:29:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/12/06/st-georges-hospital-nhs-and-the-state-of-thoracic-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sgeorge.png</image:loc><image:title>St. George's Hospital</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/johnhunter.png</image:loc><image:title>Statue of John Hunter, anatomist and surgeon</image:title><image:caption>on the grounds of St. George's Hospital</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-14T08:17:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/07/30/sociedad-boliviana-de-cirugia-cardiaca-toracica-y-vascular/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mailing_titular.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bolivian society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-01T23:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/03/13/the-clamshell-incision/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/clamshell.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hemi-clamshell</image:title><image:caption>example of surgical exposure with hemi-clamshell incision</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-02T04:24:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/05/27/case-report-dual-port-thoracoscopy-for-decortication-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/case-complete.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chest tubes</image:title><image:caption>chest tubes at conclusion of case</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/chest-tubes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ctslices.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CT slices</image:title><image:caption>CT slices, tissue window</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2port4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>close up view of dual port thoracoscopy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2port3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dual port thoracoscopy</image:title><image:caption>Dual port thoracoscopy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2port2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2port.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cxr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CXR</image:title><image:caption>Chest xray showing right sided effusion</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-06T04:29:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/19/case-report-dual-port-decortication-of-empyema/</loc><lastmod>2012-07-06T04:27:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/12/15/using-social-media-technology-to-promote-specialty-practice/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1010112_7334.jpg</image:loc><image:title>presentation</image:title><image:caption>27th AANP conference </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-24T04:01:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/05/28/dual-port-vats-for-recurrent-spontaneous-pneumothorax-foroulis-et-al/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-24T03:34:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/28/mystery-diagnosis-pleural-plaques/</loc><lastmod>2012-06-24T03:31:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/06/23/talking-with-dr-k-adam-lee-md-about-minimally-invasive-surgery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mg_6792drleejmc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lee Robot</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Lee, performing surgery with the DaVinci robot</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lee2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. K. Adam Lee, MD and Dawn Bitgood, FNP</image:title><image:caption>Dr. K. Adam Lee, MD and Dawn Bitgood, FNP</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-23T17:29:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/10/30/pneumonectomy-for-tuberculosis/</loc><lastmod>2012-05-14T16:35:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/20/mobile-application-overhaul/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sewpatchlogo512.png</image:loc><image:title>Logo</image:title><image:caption>oficial logo of Cirugia de Torax</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/closeup512.png</image:loc><image:title>official face</image:title><image:caption>official icon for cirugia de torax</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-28T16:45:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/01/20/project-update-electronic-data-submission/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/app-prtscrn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>app prtscrn</image:title><image:caption>electronic data collection with real time submission</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-23T02:19:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/01/10/data-collection-and-altitude/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/datacollect2screen.png</image:loc><image:title>datacollect2screen</image:title><image:caption>smart phones for data collection</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-22T05:11:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/01/02/surgery-at-altitude-part-i/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-22T05:07:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/12/talking-with-dr-marcelo-argote-green/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-19T23:38:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/01/17/endo-gia-staple-recall/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-18T19:57:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/06/02/at-14000-feet/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-16T05:25:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/03/22/research-update-recruiting-interested-surgeons/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-15T06:09:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/12/congreso-nacional-wednesday-highlights/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/guzman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Enrique Guzman de Alba</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Enrique Guzman de Alba, cardiothoracic surgeon at INER, Mexico City, Mexico giving one  of several presentations </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/drandrade.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Rafael Andrade</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Rafael Andrade takes the time to speak with Cirugiadetorax.org </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/andrade.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rafael Andrade</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Rafael Andrade, University of Minnesota presents, 'Valor del ultrasonido toracico en las enfermedades pleurales</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p4100005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Raimundo Santoloya</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Raimundo Santoloya, of Santiago, Chile discusses 'Actualidades en el manejo del neumotorax'</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-15T02:16:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/04/09/conference-coverage-congreso-nacional-de-neumologia-y-cirugia-de-torax/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-09T21:44:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/09/19/pulmonology-throws-down-the-gauntlet/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-07T05:28:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/01/14/rising-debts-and-decreased-employment-opportunities-the-american-landscape-of-thoracic-surgery/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-07T05:17:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/03/13/dr-ross-bremner-and-the-state-of-thoracic-surgery-in-arizona/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bremner-close.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bremner</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Ross Bremner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bremner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Bremner</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Ross Bremner &amp; Dr. Mike Smith, Heart &amp; Lung Institute</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-18T13:17:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2011/11/08/talking-with-dr-orazio-amabile/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/amabile.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dr. Orazio Amabile</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Orazio Amabile, MD</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-24T05:23:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/03/15/sandy-ogawa-acnp-and-anti-reflux-surgery-at-st-josephs-hospital/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/nexium.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nexium</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-14T04:16:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/who-am-i/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/card.jpg</image:loc><image:title>card</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-13T21:43:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://thoracics.org/2012/02/06/sociedad-mexicana-de-neumologia-y-cirugia-de-torax/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thoracics.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ochoaor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>thoracic 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