Consensus Statements
Begun in 2004, the ISMICS Expert Consensus Conferences have produced very important scientific results that have benefited all aspects of the minimally invasive specialty. The purpose of a Consensus Conference is to evaluate the available scientific information on a biomedical technology and to develop a consensus statement that advances understanding of the technology or issue in question (assessment) and that will be useful to health professionals and the public at large. A select and geographically diverse expert panel reviews the scientific data, weighs the information, and then composes a consensus statement that addresses a set of questions previously posed to the panel. This statement is an independent report of the panel.
ISMICS is pleased that it has had the opportunity to host experts in the fields of:
- Off-Pump Surgery
- Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting
- Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
- Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy
- Stentless vs. Stented Aortic Valves
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Drug, Devices, Technologies, and Techniques for Blood Management in Minimally Invasive and Conventional Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Versus Open Mitral Valve Surgery, and
- Randomized Controlled Trials of Off-Pump Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
Consensus statements that have been presented at Annual Meetings of ISMICS and published in its journal Innovations are available here.
Consensus Statement Archive
The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Consensus Statement on Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low- and Intermediate-Risk Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Propensity-Matched Studies
Volume 16, Issue 1, January/February 2021, pages 3-16
ISMICS would like to thank the following for their support of this webinar discussion:
Optimal Approach to Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 2, March/April 2019, pages 90-116: 2019 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Expert Consensus Statement on Optimal Approach to Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Volume 14, Issue 2, March/April 2019, pages 87-89: 2019 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Endoscopic Conduit Harvest in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: An ISMICS Systematic Review and Consensus Conference Statements
Volume 12, Issue 5, September/October 2017, pages 301-319: 2016 Consensus Conference
ISMICS Consensus Conference and Statements of Randomized Controlled Trials of Off-Pump Versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Volume 10, Issue 4, July/August 2015, pages 219-229: 2013 Consensus Conference
2012
ISMICS gratefully acknowledges Medtronic and St. Jude Medical for their support of the ISMICS 2012 Consensus Conference on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for the Management of Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis.
Drug, Devices, Technologies, and Techniques for Blood Management in Minimally Invasive and Conventional Cardiothoracic Surgery
Volume 7, Number 4, July/August 2012, pages 229-241: 2011 Consensus Conference
ISMICS gratefully acknowledges the support of the Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Minimally Invasive Versus Open Mitral Valve Surgery: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery
Volume 6, Number 2, March/April 2011, pages 66-76: 2010 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Volume 5, Number 2, March/April 2010, page 175: 2009 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Stentless Versus Stented Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Volume 4, Number 2, March/April 2009, pages 49-60: 2008 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer Resection: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Volume 2, Number 6, November 2007, pages 293-302: 2007 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Volume 1, Number 6, Winter 2006, pages 314-322; 2006 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Definitions and Terms of Reference
Volume 1, Number 4, Summer 2006, pages 74-83: 2006 ISMICS Consensus Conference
Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting
Volume 1, Number 2, Winter 2005, pages 51-60: 2005 ISMICS Consensus Conference