2020 Women in Thoracic Surgery update on the status of women in cardiothoracic surgery
Background Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS) has previously reported on the status of women in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. We sought to provide a 10-year update on women in CT.
Worrell, Stephanie G. +12 more
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STS 2019 Workforce Report: Ad Hoc Analysis of Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) is the world’s largest cardiothoracic surgical organization, representing more than 7500 surgeons, researchers, and allied health care professionals worldwide. In response to the ever-changing working environment of
Boden, Natalie +5 more
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Women in Thoracic Surgery 2020 Update—Subspecialty and Work-Life Balance Analysis
Background While women comprise nearly half of medical school graduates, they remain underrepresented in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. To better understand ongoing barriers, we aimed to delineate issues relevant to the CT subspecialities, emphasizing ...
Antonoff, Mara +6 more
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Minimally invasive thoracic surgery: robot-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Minimally invasive techniques have been widely applied in general thoracic surgery. Compared with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), due to its theoretic superiority, robotic surgery is challenging the traditional position of VATS.
Jian Hu, Liping Zeng, Tianyu He
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Initial experiences with robotic single-site thoracic surgery for mediastinal masses
BACKGROUND: The da Vinci Single-Site platform (Intuitive Surgical, Mountain View, CA) has been applied in many fields of surgery, but use of this single-site platform in thoracic surgery has not been reported.
김대준, 박성용
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]
Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
Pala Rajesh +19 more
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Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging in Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery [PDF]
Background: Fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green in thoracic and esophageal surgery is gaining popularity because of the potential to facilitate surgical planning, to stage disease, and to reduce postoperative complications.
Chaturvedi, H +11 more
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Perioperative management in thoracic surgery. [PDF]
Thoracic surgery has undergone significant advances in recent years related to anesthetic and surgical techniques and the prevention and management of complications related to the procedure.
Hermoso Alarza, F. +3 more
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Gut microbiota alterations in patients with non‐small‐cell lung cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy
We investigated the impact of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on the gut microbiota in patients with locally advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer. Overall gut microbiota composition remained largely stable throughout CRT while antibiotic exposure may influence microbial diversity.
Hanne Marte Nymoen +19 more
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In a murine model of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (MI/R), the CD36 azapeptide ligand MPE‐298 reduces cardiac injury and transiently lowers left ventricular long‐chain fatty acids (LCFAs) accumulation 3 h after reperfusion, accompanied by a decrease of oxidative stress and inflammation‐associated genes' expression in the heart and adipose tissue.
Jade Gauvin +12 more
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