Thoracic Surgical Procedures

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2020 Women in Thoracic Surgery Update on the Status of Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery. 
  • A diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with combined clinical and laboratory methods in cardiothoracic surgical intensive care unit patients. 
  • A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of the preoperative use of ketamine for reducing inflammation and pain after thoracic surgery. 
  • ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2013 multimodality appropriate use criteria for the detection and risk assessment of stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) website redesign: An update from the AATS IT Committee. 
  • An innovative approach for sternal closure. 
  • Antifibrinolytic agents make alpha1- and beta2-microglobulinuria poor markers of postcardiac surgery renal dysfunction. 
  • Assessment of Female Medical Students' Interest in Careers in Cardiothoracic Surgery. 
  • Attrition rates in integrated vascular and cardiothoracic surgery residency and fellowship programs. 
  • Audit, quality control, and performance in thoracic surgery: a North American perspective. 
  • Bleeding risk associated with eptifibatide (Integrilin) bridging in thoracic surgery patients. 
  • Can a Surgeon Refuse to Operate When an Advance Directive Limits Postoperative Care? 
  • Complications after Ravitch versus Nuss repair of pectus excavatum: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis. 
  • Consensus statement on definitions and nomenclature for robotic thoracic surgery. 
  • Contemporary performance of surgical ventricular restoration procedures: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database. 
  • Defining the role of chest radiography in determining candidacy for pectus excavatum repair. 
  • Delirium after cardiac surgery: have we overlooked obstructive sleep apnea? 
  • Effect of an investigational vaccine for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections after cardiothoracic surgery: a randomized trial. 
  • Eight years and already a classic: marking the rise of ultrasound-guided fascial plane blocks for chest wall surgery. 
  • Enhancing Family-Centered Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery. 
  • Epigenetics of chronic pain after thoracic surgery. 
  • Estimating Mortality Risk for Adult Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Ethical Standards for Cardiothoracic Surgeons' Participation in Social Media. 
  • Ethical standards for cardiothoracic surgeons' participation in social media. 
  • European guidelines on structure and qualification of general thoracic surgery. 
  • Evaluation and management of bleeding during cardiac surgery. 
  • Evaluation of pectus bar position and osseous bone formation. 
  • General thoracic surgical training in North America: Contrasting general thoracic surgery residencies in Canada and the United States. 
  • Genetic and environmental determinants of postthoracotomy pain syndrome. 
  • Heart failure: where the paths cross. 
  • Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Dr David B. Skinner (1935-2003)--a surgeon and something more. 
  • Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Henry T. Bahnson (1920-2003). 
  • Imaging of complications of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 
  • Incidence of asymptomatic patent foramen ovale according to age. 
  • Invasive staging of non-small cell lung cancer: a review of the current evidence. 
  • Issues in quality measurement: target population, risk adjustment, and ratings. 
  • Malignant pleural mesothelioma and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database: an analysis of surgical morbidity and mortality. 
  • Milestones in thoracic surgery. 
  • Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 3.0: Lessons Learned From the History of Lung Cancer Surgery. 
  • Modern Management of Pulmonary Metastases. 
  • Morbidity and mortality of major pulmonary resections in patients with early-stage lung cancer: initial results of the randomized, prospective ACOSOG Z0030 trial. 
  • New developments in the treatment of acute pain after thoracic surgery. 
  • Outcomes after paravertebral blocks. 
  • Outcomes in heart failure patients after major noncardiac surgery. 
  • Outcomes of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Results From the Valiant United States Investigational Device Exemption Study. 
  • Pain management strategies for thoracotomy and thoracic pain syndromes. 
  • Performance characteristics of different modalities for diagnosis of suspected lung cancer: summary of published evidence. 
  • Physician payment for 2007: a description of the process by which major changes in valuation of cardiothoracic surgical procedures occurred. 
  • Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: A Quality-Improvement Project. 
  • Preventing delirium after cardiothoracic surgery: provocative but preliminary evidence for bispectral index monitoring. 
  • Quantifying the safety benefits of wedge resection: a society of thoracic surgery database propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Recognition of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and initiation of argatroban therapy after cardiothoracic surgery in the intensive care unit. 
  • Reply: To PMID 24582050. 
  • Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database Workforce: clarifying the definition of operative mortality. 
  • Resource utilization and costs in the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) programme. 
  • Review clears Brompton surgeons. 
  • Risk Prediction Model for Major Adverse Outcome in Proximal Thoracic Aortic Surgery. 
  • Risk factors associated with atrial fibrillation after noncardiac thoracic surgery: analysis of 2588 patients. 
  • Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis. 
  • Robotics in thoracic surgery: applications and outcomes. 
  • Severity and Duration of Metabolic Acidosis After Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Thoracic Aortic Surgery. 
  • Sex differences in early outcomes after lung cancer resection: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database. 
  • Small-cell lung cancer: a review of clinical trials. 
  • Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Spontaneous hemothorax: a comprehensive review. 
  • Stratification of complexity improves the utility and accuracy of outcomes analysis in a Multi-Institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle Systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Successful linking of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database to social security data to examine survival after cardiac operations. 
  • Surgical site infection prophylaxis strategies for cardiothoracic surgery: a decision-analytic model. 
  • Techniques and applications of perioperative therapeutic plasma exchange. 
  • Temporal changes in the use of blood products for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database. 
  • The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation. 
  • The Database Dilemma: An Imperfect but Critical Tool to Improve Quality and Benchmark Outcomes. 
  • The History of Duke Thoracic Surgery. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model: Part 1-Statistical Methodology. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model: Part 2-Clinical Application. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Outcomes and Quality. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2018 Update on Research. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2016 Annual Report. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Type B Aortic Dissection. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Association for Thoracic Surgery clinical practice guidelines on the management of type B aortic dissection. 
  • The Year in Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Selected Highlights From 2016. 
  • The bias against integrated thoracic surgery residency applicants during general surgery interviews. 
  • The correction index: setting the standard for recommending operative repair of pectus excavatum. 
  • The evolution of care improves outcome in blunt thoracic aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study. 
  • The evolving role of gene-based treatment in surgery. 
  • The importance of patient-specific preoperative factors: an analysis of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database. 
  • The society of thoracic surgeons 30-day predicted risk of mortality score also predicts long-term survival. 
  • The year in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: selected highlights from 2012. 
  • Tracheal surgery for airway anomalies associated with increased mortality in pediatric patients undergoing heart surgery: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis. 
  • Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure. 
  • Vocal Fold Paralysis/Paresis as a Marker for Poor Swallowing Outcomes After Thoracic Surgery Procedures. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berger, Miles, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Duke Science & Society
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Nielsen, Karen Cristina, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Ambulatory
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology