A 59-year-old man was admitted with hemoptysis for 1 month. Chest X-ray and CT scan showed a foreign body (teeth) at right main bronchus and left central mass (Fig. 1a and b), upon which we suspected lung carcinoma. Bridge prosthesis with three teeth at the orifice of the right main bronchus was removed (Fig. 2) and biopsy taken from the tumoral lesion at left main bronchus revealed epidermoid ...

The most widely used da Vinci a prototype robot, which was a master-slave manipulator with three arms, one for the camera and two for operating the instruments used in various fields such as urology, general surgery, gynecology, cardio-thoracic, pediatric and ENT surgery came in to existence in 1997. This has proved to be a breakthrough technology and stood the test of time since its origin. Th...

Sodium and fluid retention in dialysis patients is associated with hypertension and vascular changes that may ultimately lead to serious cardiovascular complications. Achieving and maintaining dry weight appears to be an effective but forgotten strategy in controlling and maintaining normal blood pressure among hypertensive patients on dialysis. A crucial question is how to determine 'dry weigh...

A 71-year-old male was referred to us after a steer-wheel blunt trauma of the chest. Computed thomography scan of the chest revealed a posttraumatic pulmonary hernia associated with right haemothorax (Fig. 1). Anterolateral right thoracotomy was performed and herniation through the chest wall of the anterior segment of the upper lobe of the lung was detected. The herniated lung was reduced into...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) can be managed by optimal medical therapy (OMT) and/or mechanical revascularization, either by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In the setting of evolving drugs, techniques and evidence regarding these therapeutic options, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Sur...

The recent inauguration of the new European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) House in Windsor, UK by the EACTS has provided an opportunity to set the stage for a discussion about the future of the profession. As most of the leaders of this organization had trained, worked, researched, lived and/or taught on several continents throughout their career, it was clear from the very be...