The Immersive Tubeless Surgery Masterclass is a training program hosted by the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University and the National Center of Respiratory Medicine , and organized by the Guangdong Association of Thoracic Diseases and the Guangdong Respiratory and Health Association. Since its inception in May 2023, 23 sessions have been held with 69 participating centers , covering 13 provinces including Beijing, Henan, Hebei, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Gansu, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangxi, and Guangdong. More than400 healthcare professionals from thoracic surgery, anesthesia, nursing, and other related fields have participated. In 2024, 34 doctors from German, Italy, UK and countries from Europe, Asia and North America have joined our course.

The course is designed around non-invasive and minimally invasive surgical techniques, aiming to facilitate rapid recovery for patients. The course includes both Multi-discipline Teamdiscussion for difficult cases in thoracic surgery and immersive thoracic operations observations. Each session lasts approximately two days. The Multi-discipline Teamdiscussion for complex cases have been held 29 times, with more than 20 centers participating online for each session. Three typical cases are selected for each session. Multi- disciplines were invited to join for the further therapy discussion, such as thoracic surgery, transplantation, oncology, pathology, radiotherapy, and vascular surgery etc. In the opearting observation, the trainees can observe the surgical procedures closely with detailed explanations from the frontline expert, which will provide the optimal learning experience, enable the trainee to learn  key points of the procedures and enhance their skills in tubeless minimally invasive surgery quickly. The immersive masterclass has been widely praised by the participants.

The Immersive Masterclass was initiated and advocated by Professor He Jianxing from the National Center of Respiratory Medicine. Under 28 years of research and practice, Prof. He has invented four methods to prevent complications and two methods to optimize surgical outcomes, which integrated into a bundle of surgery innovation with six key concepts of tubeless and minimally invasive surgical techniques:

1. Avoiding the side effects of muscle relaxants;

2. Reducing injury caused by mechanical ventilation;

3. Preventing complications related to tracheal intubation;

4. Mitigating complications related to drainage tubes;

5. Optimizing the postoperative immune response;

6. Comprehensive functional optimization.

Professor He has been dedicated to the research and promotion of tubeless minimally invasive techniques, actively spreading the research and application of these techniques both domestically and internationally, driving the widespread adoption of tubeless minimally invasive techniques and the rapid development of EARS in China.

The trainess of the program are able to quickly implement these techniques during their daily clinical practic after their grduation from the course. For example, Dr. Chen Youwei from Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong has lectured on these techniques at the New Youth Anesthesia Forum, and Dr. Xu Guobing's team from the Union Hospital affiliated with Fujian Medical University has performed over 100 thoracic surgeries using tubeless minimally invasive techniques.

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Operation Obervation

Operation Obervation

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