Society for Translational Medicine expert consensus on training and certification standards for surgeons and assistants in minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer

Lunxu Liu¹, Jiandong Mei¹, Jie He², Shugeng Gao², Shanqing Li³, Jianxing He^{4

5}, Yunchao Huang⁶, Shidong Xu⁷, Weimin Mao⁸, Qunyou Tan⁹, Chun Chen¹⁰, Xiaofei Li¹¹, Zhu Zhang¹², Gening Jiang¹³, Lin Xu¹⁴, Lanjun Zhang¹⁵, Jianhua Fu¹⁵, Hui Li¹⁶, Qun Wang¹⁷, Deruo Liu¹⁸, Lijie Tan¹⁷, Qinghua Zhou¹⁹, Xiangning Fu²⁰, Zhongmin Jiang²¹, Haiquan Chen^{22

23}, Wentao Fang²³, Xun Zhang²⁴, Yin Li²⁵, Ti Tong²⁶, Zhentao Yu²⁷, Yongyu Liu²⁸, Xiuyi Zhi²⁹, Tiansheng Yan³⁰, Xingyi Zhang³¹, Todd L Demmy³², Mark F Berry³³, Alexia Belén Gutierrez Pérez³⁴, Daniele Cataneo³⁵, Andrea Bille³⁶, Peter Licht³⁷, Gregor J Kocher³⁸, Murat Oncel³⁹, Serdar Evman⁴⁰, Katrine Jensen⁴¹, Patrick Bagan⁴², Raul Embun⁴³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
² Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute & Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Cancer Center, Beijing 100021, China.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medicine, Beijing 100000, China.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China.
⁵ Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease & State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510000, China.
⁶ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (Yunnan Tumor Hospital), Kunming 650000, China.
⁷ Department of Thoracic surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150086, China.
⁸ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China.
⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
¹⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
¹¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710000, China.
¹² Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China.
¹³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 210000, China.
¹⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009, China.
¹⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510000, China.
¹⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing 100000, China.
¹⁷ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200000, China.
¹⁸ Department of Thoracic Surgery, China and Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100000, China.
¹⁹ Department of Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
²⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
²¹ Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China.
²² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200000, China.
²³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200000, China.
²⁴ Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin 300051, China.
²⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
²⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130000, China.
²⁷ Department of Esophageal Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China.
²⁸ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang 110000, China.
²⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100000, China.
³⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100000, China.
³¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
³² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
³³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.
³⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asturias University Central Hospital, Oviedo, Spain.
³⁵ Thoracic Surgery Division, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil.
³⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guys Hospital, London, UK.
³⁷ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
³⁸ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Selcuk University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey.
⁴⁰ Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁴¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2152, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴² Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, 69 rue du Lieutenant Colonel Prudhon, Argenteuil, France.
⁴³ Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.

PMID: 30505474
PMCID: PMC6236169
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.72

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Society for Translational Medicine expert consensus on training and certification standards for surgeons and assistants in minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer

Lunxu Liu et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;10(10):5666-5672.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.72.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
² Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute & Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Cancer Center, Beijing 100021, China.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medicine, Beijing 100000, China.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China.
⁵ Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease & State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease & National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou 510000, China.
⁶ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (Yunnan Tumor Hospital), Kunming 650000, China.
⁷ Department of Thoracic surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150086, China.
⁸ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310000, China.
⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
¹⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
¹¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710000, China.
¹² Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China.
¹³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 210000, China.
¹⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Cancer Research, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009, China.
¹⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510000, China.
¹⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing 100000, China.
¹⁷ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200000, China.
¹⁸ Department of Thoracic Surgery, China and Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100000, China.
¹⁹ Department of Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
²⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
²¹ Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China.
²² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200000, China.
²³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200000, China.
²⁴ Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin 300051, China.
²⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
²⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130000, China.
²⁷ Department of Esophageal Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin 300060, China.
²⁸ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang 110000, China.
²⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100000, China.
³⁰ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100000, China.
³¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China.
³² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA.
³³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.
³⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asturias University Central Hospital, Oviedo, Spain.
³⁵ Thoracic Surgery Division, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil.
³⁶ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guys Hospital, London, UK.
³⁷ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
³⁸ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³⁹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Selcuk University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey.
⁴⁰ Sureyyapasa Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
⁴¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2152, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴² Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, 69 rue du Lieutenant Colonel Prudhon, Argenteuil, France.
⁴³ Thoracic Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.

PMID: 30505474
PMCID: PMC6236169
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.72

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Certification for minimally invasive thoracic surgery: is your surgeon ready?
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Continuous improvement of surgical skill.
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A call for standardization of training and certification of thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer.
Corsini EM, Antonoff MB. Corsini EM, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1188-S1190. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.80. J Thorac Dis. 2019. PMID: 31245081 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Stepwise and standardized training for minimally invasive surgery for thoracic surgery trainees.
Makdisi T, Makdisi G. Makdisi T, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1191-S1193. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.81. J Thorac Dis. 2019. PMID: 31245082 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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