Thoracic surgery clinics
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Thoracic surgery clinics · Aug 2011
Thoracic surgery associations, societies, and clubs: which organizations are right for you?
Determining which organizations to join can be challenging given the wide selection of associations, societies, and clubs available to practicing thoracic surgeons. This article briefly reviews 7 important North American thoracic surgery organizations (the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons, the General Thoracic Surgical Club, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, and Women in Thoracic Surgery). The authors also review the criteria that may assist in deciding which organizations best meet a surgeon's career goals and personal expectations.
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Thoracic surgery clinics · Aug 2011
Incorporating administrative responsibilities into surgical practice.
It is self-evident to most thoracic surgeons what it takes to be successful as a surgeon. It is equally important to recognize the importance of taking on leadership and administrative responsibilities to shape your career, your department, and your institution to achieve the ultimate in clinical and academic productivity and patient care.
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Thoracic surgery clinics · Feb 2011
ReviewMinimally invasive and robotic-assisted thymus resection.
Thymectomy for thymoma has traditionally been performed through a transsternal approach because of the excellent exposure that that the median sternotomy provides. Minimally invasive alternatives, such as transcervical thymectomy, video-assisted thymectomy, and robotic thymectomy, have not been extensively evaluated for this disease process. It is uncertain which patients may benefit from minimally invasive approaches and data regarding the oncologic effectiveness of these techniques remains to be established. However, given the excellent capability of these techniques to perform a complete and extensive thymectomy, there does appear to be a role for minimally invasive thymectomy in the treatment of thymoma.
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Recent paradigm shift in major trauma profile elevates chest wall injuries among the most important topics of the specialty. Due to mass casualties of terror attacks and asymmetric warfare, civilian and military trauma care challenges thoracic surgery, traumatology, intensive anesthesiology, and related specialties. Contemporary advances of the main issues are systemically presented and discussed, such as soft tissue and bony structure injuries, complex traumas like flail chest, and extensively destroyed chest wall.
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Thoracic surgery clinics · Nov 2010
ReviewIndications and technique of Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum.
Pectus excavatum most frequently involves the lower sternum and chest wall. Because the morphology varies, preoperative imaging for anatomic assessment and documentation of dimensions of the chest are important. ⋯ As a result, there has been an increase in the number of patients seeking surgical correction. This article discusses the clinical features of pectus excavatum and reviews the preoperative considerations and the steps involved in the repair of the deformity.