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JTCVS Techniques

October 2022Volume 15

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Issue Highlights - Adult

• Adult: Aorta: Surgical Techniques

  A hybrid aortic re-arching technique

  Hirashima et al.

• Adult: Aortic Valve: Surgical Techniques

  Commando procedure in a radiated chest

  Perri et al.

• Adult: Mitral Valve: Case Report

  Ischemic dual papillary muscle rupture in a postpartum patient with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

  Erfe et al.

• Adult: Transplantation: Case Report

  Heart transplantation with concomitant reoperative total aortic arch replacement in a patient with end-stage heart failure and chronic aortic arch dissection

  Kasinpila et al.

Issue Highlights - Congenital

• Congenital: Aorta: Case Report

  A new surgical challenge: Reconstruction of aortic arch aneurysm late after the Norwood procedure in an adult with Fontan circulation

  Deng et al.

• Congenital: Coronary: Case Report

  Physiologic biventricular repair in a patient with unrepaired adult congenital heart disease with severe cyanosis

  Suzuki et al.

• Congenital: Coronary: Case Report

  Anomalous right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: An institutional report

  Policarpio et al.

• Congenital: Trachea: Case Report

  Minimally invasive resection of congenital tracheobiliary fistula with thoracoscopic cholangiography

  Amin et al.

Issue Highlights - Thoracic

• Thoracic: Lung Cancer

  Evaluation of deployment capability of a novel outside-the-scope, detachable catheter system for ablation of lung lesions in ex vivo human lung models

  Huseini et al.

• Thoracic: Lung Cancer: Surgical Techniques

  Photodynamic therapy with cryotherapy for endobronchial typical carcinoid

  Shah et al.

• Thoracic: Lung Cancer: Surgical Techniques

  Robotic segmentectomy using a lung base-flip approach

  Eguchi et al.

• Thoracic: Mediastinum: AATS 2022 Case Video

  Artificial reconstruction for a thymoma invading superior vena cava

  Jiang et al.

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Adult: Repair of intermediate-type bicuspid aortic valve using a trileaflet annuloplasty ring and autologous pericardial commissural augmentation.

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Congenital: This video depicts the successful thoracoscopic resection of a tracheobiliary fistula in a pediatric patient. Before dividing the distal fistula at the level of the diaphragm, a thoracic cholangiogram was performed to confirm the biliary anatomy.

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Thoracic: Division of inferior pulmonary ligament and dissection of stations 7, 8, and 9.

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Featured Graphical Abstracts

Adult Legend: Schematic representation of the 2 surgical approaches for bicuspid aortic valve repair with borderline root ectasia; Root diameter seems to remain stable over time when the external ring technique was performed. The greater incidence of reoperation after the external ring technique could be due to the progressive learning curve (256 patients vs 52 patients). Irace

Congenital Legend: End-to-side aortic graft anastomosis to navigate arch transition in ascending and arch aneurysm repair after Fontan completion. Deng

Thoracic Legend: This novel software detects the presence or absence of potential leak sites in intraoperative static images or videos via endoscopic camera. Kadomatsu

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JTCVS Techniques

JTCVS Techniques is a peer-reviewed, open access journal from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the publisher of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS). Brought to you by the same editorial team as JTCVS, JTCVS Techniques aims to provide timely information to cardio-thoracic surgeons by publishing high-quality case reports, innovative techniques and cardiothoracic images in video and multimedia formats. Videos are an important component to demonstrate techniques and report outcomes of surgical interventions.

 

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is an international organization of over 1,500 of the world's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. Founded in 1917, its members have a proven record of distinction within the specialty and have made significant contributions to the care and treatment of cardiothoracic disease throughout the world.

 

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