Simple Walking Test Helps Predict Risk for Cognitive Issues After Heart Surgery

The distance a patient can walk in 6-minutes before a heart operation may be a clue to whether that patient will develop problems with memory, concentration, and attention after the procedure.
4-May-2018 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Never Smokers: The New Face of Lung Cancer

“Did you smoke?” Few questions engender such anger and annoyance in patients as that one, particularly in the 10%-20% of lung cancer patients who are “never smokers.” Read “Never Smokers: The New Face of Lung Cancer”—the latest blog...
8-Mar-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

How We Balance Motherhood and Cardiothoracic Surgery

Just ahead of National Women Physicians Day on February 3, STS celebrates two of its member surgeons, Drs. Mara Antonoff and Leah Backhus, and their story of balancing the tough job of being mothers and their “day jobs” as cardiothoracic...
1-Feb-2018 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Robert H. Bartlett Receives Bakken Scientific Achievement Award

Ground-breaking and internationally recognized medical researcher, surgeon, and professor Robert H. Bartlett, MD was awarded the 2018 Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons during the organization’s 54th...
25-Jan-2018 6:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Durability of Open Heart Surgery Offers Younger Patients Superior Long-Term Results

Younger patients with severe coronary artery disease may experience better long-term outcomes when they are treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) instead of more popular and less invasive stenting procedures.
25-Jan-2018 6:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

1 in 7 Lung Surgery Patients at Risk for Opioid Dependence

While the use of opioids after surgery is intended as a short-term strategy to relieve pain, many patients who weren’t prior opioid users continue to take the medication for several months after their lung operations, becoming dependent and...
25-Jan-2018 10:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Refusing Surgery for Esophageal Cancer May Cause Severe Consequences for Patients

Patients with esophageal cancer who refuse surgery when it is recommended are less likely to survive long term than similar groups of patients who undergo an operation.
25-Jan-2018 6:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Three Honored for Remarkable Dedication to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons honored three respected and extraordinary contributors with its 2018 Distinguished Service Award, presented at the Society’s 54th Annual Meeting.
29-Jan-2018 6:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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