International Tubeless and Uniportal Society

Dedicated to advancing tubeless and uniportal thoracic surgery through education, research, and global collaboration.

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ITUS is now on X! 🌍🫁

Advancing tubeless & uniportal thoracic surgery through education, training, research and global collaboration.

Follow us for surgical insights, innovation and education.

🌐 https://t.co/vS0tUjDR8K

#ThoracicSurgery #TubelessSurgery #UniportalVATS

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🫁 From Enhanced Recovery to Immediate Recovery.

Prof. Jianxing He and his team’s work on AI-powered Tubeless Surgery is featured on the cover of Artificial Intelligence Surgery!

A new vision for surgical recovery.

🔗 https://t.co/HcCutox42W

#ITUS #TubelessSurgery

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The airway is open.
No breathing tube.
The patient is breathing on their own.

Tubeless airway surgery: spontaneous breathing, oxygen by face mask, stable vital signs.

Learn it at the ITUS International Masterclass 👇
https://t.co/WQyVQuR9M3

#TubelessVATS #ThoracicSurgery

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14 days to go.

🌏64th International Tubeless Uniportal VATS Master Class · Oct 26–28

Tubeless × AI × Robotics. Tubeless is the technique; Immediate Recovery Surgery (IRS) is the result.

Next edition: Mar 24–26, 2027
Register 👉 https://t.co/WQyVQuR9M3

#TubelessSurgery #IRS

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🫁 Would YOU choose Tubeless Surgery?

Not every patient is a candidate.

Patient factors? Procedure complexity? Anesthesia? Team experience?

💬 Thoracic surgeons & anesthesiologists: What matters most in your decision?

#TubelessSurgery #ITUS

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🎥 Video source: Dr. Hong Jiang, Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Changhai Hospital https://t.co/8r4qdXHiVY

🌐 More from ITUS: https://t.co/vS0tUjDR8K

For education only, not medical advice.

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Lung ground-glass nodule: is there a treatment that avoids surgery?

We look at 3 studies, including 2 from our team (Prof. Jianxing He's group).

Short answer: no established drug yet. And regular follow-up is not "doing nothing."

#LungNodules #LungCancer #ThoracicSurgery

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📚 Sources
1. Cancer Cell 2026;44(2):321–339. https://t.co/wwiC7ZydFw
2. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2021;6:73. https://t.co/Su4Uojtg2Y
3. https://t.co/9xoWyTJ41g NCT07150416

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Watching surgery ≠ learning surgery. 🫁

Observe. Discuss. Practice. Operate.

Real surgical training begins when observation turns into action — and action into judgment.

Surgeons: what can’t be learned by watching alone?

#ITUS #ThoracicSurgery #SurgicalTraining

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The countdown is ON. ⏳

9 countries.
One destination.
One shared passion.

🫁 64th Tubeless Uniportal VATS Master Class

📍 the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University，Guangzhou
📅 Oct 26–28, 2026
30 DAYS TO GO.

#ITUS #TubelessSurgery

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ERAS asks: How can patients recover faster?

IRS asks: How much recovery can we make unnecessary in the first place?

What should “immediate recovery” mean after surgery?

Early mobility? No tubes? Normal function?

🫁 Let’s discuss.

#ThoracicSurgery #ERAS #ITUS

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🌕 One moon. One shared future.

Across borders, across disciplines, innovation connects us.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival from ITUS. 🫁✨

Innovation Never Stops.

#ITUS #ThoracicSurgery #MidAutumnFestival

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What if thoracic surgery could be done with fewer tubes? 🫁

That’s the idea behind #TubelessSurgery

No tracheal intubation.
No urinary catheter.
And in selected patients, no chest tube.

The goal isn’t simply “fewer tubes” — it’s less intervention and faster recovery.

#IRS

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A surgeon took a patient's lung out of his body… to save it. 🫁

72 y/o, tumor in the pulmonary artery, one shot to get it right.

Part 1 👇
https://t.co/ePhgnDBhZ8

#ThoracicSurgery #LungSurgery #SurgicalInnovation #ITUS