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Managing thoracic tumors will be the focus of a multifaceted course set to take place in Saturday morning’s “General Thoracic Skills: Management of Thoracic Tumors in 2017” session.
“Thoracic surgical approaches and techniques are in constant evolution,” said course chair Virginia R. Litle, MD, of the Boston Medical Center. “Less invasive approaches are available for diagnosing and staging thoracic malignancies, for preoperative planning and avoidance, and for management of complications, [so] we will hear from experts in the field about preoperative planning techniques that are increasingly available.”
Of particular interest will be a brief talk on the use of social media and what boundaries exist, if any, between clinicians and their patients. Brendon M. Stiles, MD, of New York Presbyterian Hospital, will discuss “responsible social media use,” an increasingly relevant concern for their use in health care.
The following session will cover innovative approaches to esophageal replacement, minimally invasive esophagectomy in both prone and lateral orientations, and segmental lung resections, along with talks about helping patients quit smoking and enrolling patients in clinical trials. Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, will summarize 3-D printing for operative planning and Yolonda L. Colson, MD, of Brigham & Women’s Hospital, will outline experimental sentinel node mapping for non–small cell lung cancer.
After lunch, there will be an hour of presentations and discussion dedicated to imaging, which will include talks on the optimal surveillance imaging after stereotactic body radiation therapy, image-based therapy for ground glass opacities, and use of the hybrid operating room. The course’s final session will focus on rescue strategies for procedures such as esophagectomies, video and robot-assisted thoracic surgery, and postoperative air leaks in endobronchial valves.
“Management of clinical challenges such as creative esophageal replacement, vascular injuries during robotic surgery, and conduit revision after minimally invasive esophagectomies, will be of interest to thoracic surgeons,” Dr. Litle noted.
Managing thoracic tumors will be the focus of a multifaceted course set to take place in Saturday morning’s “General Thoracic Skills: Management of Thoracic Tumors in 2017” session.
“Thoracic surgical approaches and techniques are in constant evolution,” said course chair Virginia R. Litle, MD, of the Boston Medical Center. “Less invasive approaches are available for diagnosing and staging thoracic malignancies, for preoperative planning and avoidance, and for management of complications, [so] we will hear from experts in the field about preoperative planning techniques that are increasingly available.”
Of particular interest will be a brief talk on the use of social media and what boundaries exist, if any, between clinicians and their patients. Brendon M. Stiles, MD, of New York Presbyterian Hospital, will discuss “responsible social media use,” an increasingly relevant concern for their use in health care.
The following session will cover innovative approaches to esophageal replacement, minimally invasive esophagectomy in both prone and lateral orientations, and segmental lung resections, along with talks about helping patients quit smoking and enrolling patients in clinical trials. Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, will summarize 3-D printing for operative planning and Yolonda L. Colson, MD, of Brigham & Women’s Hospital, will outline experimental sentinel node mapping for non–small cell lung cancer.
After lunch, there will be an hour of presentations and discussion dedicated to imaging, which will include talks on the optimal surveillance imaging after stereotactic body radiation therapy, image-based therapy for ground glass opacities, and use of the hybrid operating room. The course’s final session will focus on rescue strategies for procedures such as esophagectomies, video and robot-assisted thoracic surgery, and postoperative air leaks in endobronchial valves.
“Management of clinical challenges such as creative esophageal replacement, vascular injuries during robotic surgery, and conduit revision after minimally invasive esophagectomies, will be of interest to thoracic surgeons,” Dr. Litle noted.
Managing thoracic tumors will be the focus of a multifaceted course set to take place in Saturday morning’s “General Thoracic Skills: Management of Thoracic Tumors in 2017” session.
“Thoracic surgical approaches and techniques are in constant evolution,” said course chair Virginia R. Litle, MD, of the Boston Medical Center. “Less invasive approaches are available for diagnosing and staging thoracic malignancies, for preoperative planning and avoidance, and for management of complications, [so] we will hear from experts in the field about preoperative planning techniques that are increasingly available.”
Of particular interest will be a brief talk on the use of social media and what boundaries exist, if any, between clinicians and their patients. Brendon M. Stiles, MD, of New York Presbyterian Hospital, will discuss “responsible social media use,” an increasingly relevant concern for their use in health care.
The following session will cover innovative approaches to esophageal replacement, minimally invasive esophagectomy in both prone and lateral orientations, and segmental lung resections, along with talks about helping patients quit smoking and enrolling patients in clinical trials. Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, will summarize 3-D printing for operative planning and Yolonda L. Colson, MD, of Brigham & Women’s Hospital, will outline experimental sentinel node mapping for non–small cell lung cancer.
After lunch, there will be an hour of presentations and discussion dedicated to imaging, which will include talks on the optimal surveillance imaging after stereotactic body radiation therapy, image-based therapy for ground glass opacities, and use of the hybrid operating room. The course’s final session will focus on rescue strategies for procedures such as esophagectomies, video and robot-assisted thoracic surgery, and postoperative air leaks in endobronchial valves.
“Management of clinical challenges such as creative esophageal replacement, vascular injuries during robotic surgery, and conduit revision after minimally invasive esophagectomies, will be of interest to thoracic surgeons,” Dr. Litle noted.