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Assessing interest in cardiothoracic surgery at an osteopathic medical school: Results of an institutional surveyCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: Cardiothoracic surgery is a surgical subspecialty that attracts few medical students. As integrated surgical residency programs continue to grow in number, there is increased interest in what factors influence specialty selection during ...
Andrew D. Vogel, MS, Austin Wynn, MS, Megan C. Richards, MS, Michelle Sindoni, MS, Caleb L. Hamilton, PhD, Juan J. Gallegos, MD, Tyler J. Wallen, DO   +6 more
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Global cardiothoracic surgery: A survey of trainees’ interests and barriersCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Background: More than 5 billion people lack access to surgical care, disproportionately in low- and middle-income countries. The emerging literature demonstrates high interest in global surgery across specialties; however, participation in global ...
Yihan Lin, MD, MPH, Alexander Hoffner-Heinike, MD, Victoria Clair, BSc, Jason J. Han, MD, Clauden Louis, MD, MS, Ralph Bolman, MD   +5 more
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Experience, exposure, and attitudes regarding off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting techniques in US cardiothoracic surgical residents: Results of a surveyCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2022
Background: We sought to determine the current level of exposure to and interest in off-pump coronary artery bypass and beating heart surgery techniques regarding cardiothoracic surgical residents in the United States. Methods: An email survey consisting
Abhishek K. Kashyap, MD, Alex Qin, BS, David G. Rabkin, MD, Bruce Toporoff, MD   +3 more
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A Brief History of Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Medicine in the United States

Medicina, 2022
Cardiothoracic surgical intensive care has developed in response to advances in cardiothoracic surgery. The invention of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine facilitated a motionless and bloodless surgical field and made operations of increasing complexity
Rafal Kopanczyk, Nicolas Kumar, Amar M. Bhatt   +2 more
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Case–control study on the interplay between immunoparalysis and delirium after cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background Delirium occurs frequently following cardiothoracic surgery, and infectious disease is an important risk factor for delirium. Surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass induce suppression of the immune response known as immunoparalysis.
Shokoufeh CheheiliSobbi, Annemieke M. Peters van Ton, Esther M. Wesselink, Marjolein F. Looije, Jelle Gerretsen, Wim J. Morshuis, Arjen J. C. Slooter, Wilson F. Abdo, Peter Pickkers, Mark van den Boogaard   +9 more
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Nuss procedure for combined pectus excavatum and carinatum in a patient with a history of congenital esophageal atresia repair surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Cardiothoracic surgery usually causes tissue adhesion on the operation site which increases the risk of complications in the subsequent thoracic surgery including Nuss procedure.
Gyeol Yoo, Jin Yong Jeong
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Understanding UK medical students' perspectives on a career in cardiothoracic surgeryCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2021
Objectives: The UK postgraduate training program in cardiothoracic surgery is challenging and competitive, with trainees choosing the field for different reasons.
Ariana Axiaq, MBBS, Renier A.B. Visser, MBBS, Manasi Shirke, BSc, Arwa Khashkhusha, MBBS, Sara Zaidi, BSc, Raneesha Pillay, BSc, Christopher J. Goulden, BSc, Amer Harky, MRCS, MSc, Hugo Labat, Khubbaib Hasan, Marco Shiu Tsun Leung, Makishaa Nanthakumar   +11 more
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Program characteristics of cardiothoracic surgery departments versus divisions

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background The organizational structure of cardiothoracic surgery practices varies among different programs throughout the United States (U.S.). We aimed to investigate the characteristics of the top ranked programs within the specialty and the surgeons ...
Lisa M. Soler, Raymond A. Lopez, Kyle J. Hornbuckle, Robert J. Dabal, Herbert Chen, Rongbing Xie, Panos N. Vardas   +6 more
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Gender diversity in UK surgical specialties: a national observational study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To compare gender diversity between UK surgical specialties, assess trends over time, and estimate when gender parity might be achieved.Design Observational study.Setting National Health Service, UK.Participants NHS Hospital & Community ...
Roxanna Zakeri, Stella Vig, Farah Bhatti, Thomas Hedley Newman, Matthew G Parry, Victoria Pegna, Amy Nagle, James Stephen Arthur Green   +7 more
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Demystifying the Value of Minimal Clinically Important Difference in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Context

Life, 2023
The aim of this review is to describe the different statistical methods used in estimating the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the assessment of quality of life (QOL)-related and clinical improvement interventions, along with their ...
Dimitrios E. Magouliotis, Metaxia Bareka, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Grigorios Christodoulidis, Thanos Athanasiou   +4 more
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