Welcome to another #ThoracicThursday ! Today, we'll be switching it up with a surgeon spotlight 📚
Among surgeons, it's harder to think of a name that rings louder than 'Michael DeBakey'
Here's a profile on the legendary surgeon's career🧵

Welcome back to #ThoracicThursday !
Today we'll expand upon last week's tweets on a cornerstone of general thoracic practice: lung resection.
But which kind? Let's look at 2 recent trials comparing lobectomy to sublobar resection in early-stage lung cancer: #JCOG0802 + #CALGB140503

Happy #ThoracicThursday !!
Today we're learning about the importance of mentorship within the field of CT surgery by Tyler Wallen
Thank you to Education Committee member josh chen for this incredible interview and video!

It's that time.... THORACIC THURSDAY!!

56yo M comes with kidney stones, some pain, with the scan below.

1) What abnormality would you see on labs?

2) how would you approach this?

3) is there anything you would do different intraoperatively?

#thoracicthursday #meded #surged

THORACIC THURSDAY!!

-what is the structure / sign to identify when placing this?

-if you’re performing a left pneumoctomy, how is the tube different, how is it placed differently, and how do you confirm?

#thoracicthursday #thoracicsurgery #anesthesia #meded #surged

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It’s that time…THORACIC THURSDAY!! Let’s do it!

1) What procedure is pictured below?
2) What structure is the red arrow pointing to?
3) what structure is the green arrow pointing to?

#thoracicthursday #surged #MedEd

It's been a while, but it's time for THORACIC THURSDAY!!

Here you go:

When doing a Bronchoscopy how can you tell where you are?

Name 4 anatomic considerations that can help you:

#thoracicthursday #meded #surged #bronchoscopy

It’s been a while, but it’s that time… THORACIC THURSDAY!!

55 year old woman comes in with this MRI (cut shown below) that was done for back pain.

1) what’s your differential diagnosis?
2) what’s your next step?
3) what options does this patient have?

#thoracicthursday

An Amazing THORACIC THURSDAY yesterday with Dr. Valerie Rusch presenting Surgery grand rounds at UC Irvine!!!

Phenomenal grand rounds hearing about her work in Africa with ACS HOPE! It was a great honor hearing from a Giant in surgery and a mentor!

#thoracicthursday #meded

It’s been a while… But it’s Time for a new year of THORACIC THURSDAY!!

Here you go…

-Name the structure the blue arrow is pointing to.
-Name the structure the red arrow is pointing to.
-What is the next step??

#thoracicthursday #anatomy #lung #thoracicsurgery #meded

For #thoracicthursday , a young woman with Lupus has improved on prednisone but notes persistent dyspnea and some pleuritic discomfort. Restrictive PFTs, but DLCO OK. CT negative for pulmonary embolism. No PH on echo. Sniff test normal. Thoughts on diagnosis or treatment?

It's been a LONG time, but it's time for THORACIC THURSDAY!

57 year old former smoker...

A) what's the USPSTF guidelines for Lung Cancer Screening?

B) how and how often do you screen patients?

#thoracicthursday #lungcancer #meded #surged #screening

Welcome back to another #ThoracicThursday ! 🫀 🫁 This time, we will be summarizing our #AcademicCTConferences101 event, held recently with Jo Chikwe and the TSMA Research Committee. Read along to find out tips and tricks to maximize your conference experience! 🧵

For #ThoracicThursday , patient is feeling better after thoracentesis, so what is this finding on post procedure imaging?

For #thoracicthursday , a question from 2011 in honor of #CHEST2023

#ThoracicThursday ! What would you recommend for this 8 mm solitary #pulmonarynodule incidentally found in a low-risk patient? #radiology #PCCM

For #ThoracicThursday ! Using #wordswithcolleagues style as we give you letter(s) in the answer, but this is a tough one. Thoughts?

For #ThoracicThursday , new foreign body noted on a follow-up chest CT scan... what has happened in the interim?

Considering some old-school classics for #thoracicthursday and other pulmonary trivia questions!

For #thoracicthursday , do you like one or more of these answers?