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Our staff have taken a significant leadership role and the development and implementation of the Center for Procedure Skills here at the University of Iowa which is a hospital wide resource and is lead by Dr. John Keech from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The center boasts world class facilities for skills simulation for use of Robotics training, skills labs, cadaver labs, endoscopy, laparoscopy, and more.
We have also contributed to the advancement of surgery through research in the development of surgical instruments and equipment. For example the Transhiatal Esophagectomy Retractor was developed and deployed here at the University of Iowa over the past few years by Dr. Evgeny Arshava and can be seen on his Online Thoracic Surgical Atlas.
Other clinical projects:
- Randomized placebo controlled trial of anti T-lymphocyte immune globulin in the prophylaxis of acute pulmonary allograft rejection in adult recipients of primary pulmonary allografts
- Utility of barium swallow in detecting clinically significant anastomotic leaks following esophagectomy