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July 3, 2025 51 mins

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Ari Wes, Partner at Peninsula Plastic Surgery and CEO and Cofounder of Orchid Surgical, about clinical surgery video production.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:46 Interview Preview

02:16 No Chest-Open Heart Transplant

05:07 NSCLC Time to Surgery

07:55 Impact of Preop Invasive Nodal Staging

11:04 Air Space Spread Impacts Adenocarcinoma

14:26 Intrapericard Pneum w Broncho & Flap

16:42 Ross Procedure Unveiled

21:16 Radial Artery Harvesting Podcast

23:32 Dr. Wes Interview, Video Production

46:06 Cardiac Surgical Arrest Series

46:52 Closing

They discuss the value of starting with the right camera, the impact of field of view, head-mounted cameras vs. stationary cameras, and the importance of capturing the surgeon’s perspective. Additionally, they explore the educational benefits of recording surgeries, the criteria for selecting an ideal storage solution for recordings, and the future of clinical surgery videos.  

Joel also highlights recent JANS articles on first fully robotic heart transplant in the US performed without opening the patient's chest, defining the optimal diagnosis-to-resection interval to reduce mortality in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, concurrent spread through air spaces in dominant tumors impacts prognosis in synchronous multiple primary lung adenocarcinoma, and the impact of preoperative invasive nodal staging on unexpected mediastinal upstaging in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. 

In addition, Joel explores a robot-assisted intrapericardial pneumonectomy with bronchoplasty and thymic flap post neoadjuvant chemo/IO, insights into various techniques and modifications for the Ross procedure, and an episode of The Atrium podcast featuring host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaking with Dr. Faisal Bakaeen from the Cleveland Clinic on radial artery harvesting. Before closing, Joel highlights upcoming events in CT surgery.   

JANS Items Mentioned 

1.) First Fully Robotic Heart Transplant in the US Performed Without Opening Patient's Chest 

2.) Time to Surgery in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Defining the Optimal Diagnosis-to-Resection Interval to Reduce Mortality 

3.) Concurrent Spread Through Air Spaces in Dominant Tumors Impacts Prognosis in Synchronous Multiple Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma  

4.) The Impact of Preoperative Invasive Nodal Staging on Unexpected Mediastinal Upstaging in Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer  

CTSNET Content Mentioned 

1.) Robot-Assisted Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy With Bronchoplasty and Thymic Flap Post Neoadjuvant Chemo/IO 

2.) The Ross Procedure Unveiled: Insights into Various Techniques and Modifications  

3.) The Atrium: Radial Artery Harvesting  

Other Items Mentioned 

1.) Cardiac Surgical Arrest—An International Conversation, Part 2 

2.) Career Center  

3.) CTSNet Events Calendar

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