Our first patient treated with a custom-made titanium sternum was successfully discharged home. The patient had a huge sternal sarcoma completely resected and the sternum and anterior costal edges were replaced with a custom-made implant. The prosthesis was designed by Salamanca University Hospital thoracic surgeons in cooperaton with Anatomics, a Melbourne-based company. The implant was…
This book has recently been published by the Canadian Association for Thoracic Surgery. The authrs pioneered the development of Thoracic Surgery in the World. Many advanced techniques used today in daily practice were designed and developed by the authors. The book is highly recommended for all of us since we are indebted to these masters in…
The recently established ESTS working group for Quality of Live and Patient Safety organized a symposium on Tuesday June 17 in Copenhagen. Several aspects of patients’ quality of life after lung and oesophageal resection and chest wall repair were discussed. Tom Rice presented the Cleveland Clinic initiative on Transforming Healthcare through Empathy and Innovation…
The ESTS has launched and presented the ESTS Textbook of Thoracic Surgery during the ESTS Meeting in Copenhagen. In the picture, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, the Editor, is proudly showing the first volume to the ESTS Council. The book has been prepared in two versions: a traditional printed textbook and a multimedia version and includes 109 chapters presenting…
The 3d ESTS Course of Thoracic Surgery took place recently in Kazan, (26-28 February). The Course started with the M. Perelman Memorial. One of the most relevant figures of Thoracic Surgery in the World passed away in March 23d, 2013. You can find more information and images of Academician Perelman visiting the ESTS web page.
In the February issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Atorki and coworkers compared the overall survival in two matched series of stage IA solid NSCLC cases diagnosed in the I-ELCAP study. Lobectomy was indicated in 294 cases and sublobar resection in 53. For those patients with solid tumours 20 mm or less…
A review article in the New England Journal of Medicine described the effects of smoking, of quitting, and how simply increasing prices on cigarettes could be one of the most effective methods in the coming decades for reducing tobacco-related mortality. Link to the NEJM article.
