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05/30/2026
SCTS 2026 | Segmentectomy vs Wedge Resection
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on and debated over segmentectomy vs wedge resection.
Check it out today on CTSNet!
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05/30/2026
SCTS 2026 | Management of Early-Stage NSCLC
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on the management of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.
Watch the full session today!
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05/30/2026
Robotic Upper Bilobectomy for Upper Lobe Bronchiectasis With Middle Lobe Adenocarcinoma
This superb video demonstrates a robotic right bilobectomy for synchronous middle lobe adenocarcinoma and right upper lobe bronchiectasis performed in the setting of dense adhesions. The procedure showcases safe complex resection with precise hilar dissection and excellent postoperative outcomes.
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In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Gilbert Tang, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Case Reports, professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, surgical director of the Structural Heart Program at Mount Sinai Health System, and the director of Structural Heart Education at the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital in New York, NY, USA. They were joined by Drs. Mateo Marin-Cuartas, associate editor of JACC: Case Reports, CTSNet JANS Editor, and cardiac surgeon at Leipzig Heart Center, Germany, and Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Chair of American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiac Surgery Member Section and Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA, to discuss JACC: Case Reports.
Every Thursday, watch Dr. Joel Dunning highlight all things new in the CT surgery world on The Beat!
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05/29/2026
SCTS 2026 | Aortic Dissection
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on aortic dissection.
View the full session now!
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05/29/2026
First-in-Human Gene Therapy for Vein Graft Failure
The PROTECT study has successfully performed the world’s first clinical application of a TIMP-3 gene therapy delivered ex vivo to vein grafts during coronary artery bypass surgery, aiming to prevent graft failure and improve long-term cardiovascular outcomes.
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05/29/2026
This week in JANS, researchers explore the use of instant messaging groups in the postoperative period for pectus excavatum patients.
Explore this week’s JANS articles for more!
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05/28/2026
The Exclusion Technique: An Approach to Parenchymal Division During Complex Robotic Segmentectomy
This fantastic video demonstrates the exclusion technique, which offers an effective method for parenchymal division during robotic segmentectomy. This approach is especially useful in complex cases with deep segmental planes and challenging visualization.
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05/28/2026
Left Pulmonary Artery Reimplantation Into the Main Pulmonary Artery
This excellent video demonstrates an anomalous left pulmonary artery arising from the ascending aorta, which was reimplanted into the main pulmonary artery.
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05/27/2026
Register now for the Sino-European Robotic Thoracic Surgery Summit (SERTS) 2026—taking place September 11, 2026, in Marseille, France.
This one-day international meeting brings together leading experts from Europe and China to discuss the latest advances in robotic thoracic surgery in the era of chemo-immunotherapy (CT-IO).
Explore cutting-edge topics including complex case strategies, mediastinal restaging, advanced resections, and new data from the Sino-European prospective study.
Join top surgeons, researchers, and multidisciplinary specialists shaping the future of lung cancer care.
Register Today: 🔗 https://ow.ly/98wV50Z4JzU
05/27/2026
The Atrium: Distal Coronary Anastomosis
Watch this stellar episode of The Atrium with host Dr. Alice Copperwheat and expert guest Dr. Elan Burton, clinical associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Section Chief for Stanford Medicine Affiliates, as they discuss distal coronary anastomosis.
And keep an eye out for next month’s episode!
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The Atrium: Distal Coronary Anastomosis In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Elan Burton, clinical associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Section Chief for Stanford Medicine Affiliates, about distal coronary anastomosis.