Latest AI and machine learning research in thoracic surgery for healthcare professionals.
Radiologists are witnessing astonishing innovation and advancement of CT technologies and their clinical applications. This review highlights how photon-counting CT (PCCT), upright CT, and artificial intelligence (AI) may impact cardiothoracic CT applications for imaging and diagnosis. PCCT relies on new detectors that can bin the separate photon energies and allow for lower radiation dose and bet...
The Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2025 conference, a prominent gathering in the field of cardiology, convened more than three thousand attendees from around the world. CRT provides a forum for exemplary education for interventional cardiologists, general cardiologists, cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons, catheterization laboratory managers, nurses and technologists, scientists, and ...
The Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) membership enthusiastically embraced the launch of its mentorship program, with peaks in participation and eng...
In a recent study, the effectiveness of GPT-4 Omni in transforming lobectomy surgical records into structured data across multiple languages was explo...
Background Four-dimensional (4D) flow MRI provides assessment of thoracic aorta hemodynamic measures that are increasingly recognized as important bio...
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the leading malignancy in China in terms of both incidence and mortality. With increased health awareness and the widesprea...
Despite advances in central nervous system (CNS)-protective anesthetic and surgical strategies, perioperative stroke remains a significant concern in ...
Robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is a recognized treatment for esophageal cancer, offering better patient outcomes compared...
Esophageal cancer is among the most common types of cancer worldwide. It is traditionally treated using open esophagectomy, but in recent years, rob...
Platelet demand management (PDM) is a resource-consuming task for physicians and transfusion managers of large hospitals. Inpatient numbers and instit...
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgical (U-VATS) and telerobotic techniques have become widely adopted strategies for lung resection and represent ...
In Japan, robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) was introduced in thoracic surgery in 2001, but it did not become widespread. However, surgery for me...
Extended thymectomy is a procedure to remove the thymus gland and surrounding adipose tissue, while the traditional approach via a median sternotomy, ...
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is gaining increasing popularity as an operative approach. Learning curves to achi...
Anastomotic leakage is a feared complication after esophagectomy and associated with increased post-operative morbidity and mrotality. The aim of this...
BACKGROUND: Transcervical esophagectomy allows for esophagectomy through transcervical access and bypasses the thoracic cavity, thereby eliminating si...
The embracing of new technology and surgical innovation has been one of the hallmarks of cardiothoracic surgery. The adoption of video-assisted thorac...
Robotic lobectomy volume in the United States has increased dramatically in the past 10 years. Improved perioperative outcomes and increased public de...
Robotic minimally invasive esophagectomy can be safely performed by adhering to key technical principles. Careful development of the gastric conduit w...
Robot-assisted lung segmentectomy will be covered by insurance starting 2020. The results of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group( JCOG) 0802 trial have ...