Meeting Coverage
STS
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Latest STS Meeting Coverage
Short of a definitive trial, MAG proponents make do with national registry data
STS consensus statement on ethics, surgical criteria, transcatheter debulking
Surgeons report rise in TAVR explants and other risky procedures
Cognitive deficits common even with less than 20 minutes of hypothermic circulatory arrest
Society strongly endorses concomitant LAA occlusion during cardiac surgery
Novel calculator offers better estimates of operative mortality
Study nevertheless highlights access issues among the socioeconomically disadvantaged
Surgeons fire back at downgrading of CABG in recent guidelines
Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers
Pain control feasible even when dropping to zero opioids
One center's initial experience suggests good perioperative results
Study suggests worse outcomes at adult centers with expertise in other heart surgeries
Over 4 hours not inherently more dangerous, one group finds
Shorter waits, better survival at one center
Latest Surgery Meeting Coverage
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STS: Society of Thoracic Surgeons
January 2024
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ASMBS: American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
June 2021
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AAO-HNSF: The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
September 2020