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The Cox-Maze procedure is an effective and successful method of surgical ablation. However, for lone atrial fibrillation cases, invasive sternotomy is not feasible. Patients with persistent atrial... More
September 29, 2022
This video demonstrates the technique for placement of subpleural On-Q catheters for prolonged continuous infusion of local anesthetic following robotic thoracic surgery.
September 22, 2022
A seventy-one-year-old man with biopsy-proven right upper lobe adenocarcinoma and a prior surgical history of right upper lobe apical posterior segmentectomy underwent a robotic assisted extrapleural completion lobectomy.
September 20, 2022
This video shows a uniportal robotic right lower lobectomy for a large right lower lobe tumor.
September 15, 2022
Diego Gonzalez Rivas describes the evolution of his new technique to combine uniportal VATS with robotic surgery.
September 13, 2022
Drs. Diego and Mugurel take you through the setup of the Intuitive Xi Robotic System for Uniportal Thoracic Robotic Surgery.
September 8, 2022
Although laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is the most common procedure for hiatal hernia (HH) repair, HH recurrence because of the breakdown of the hiatoplasty and intrathoracic migration of the wrap has been reported as a common mechanism of failure after primary repair.
September 1, 2022
As a contributor to the Guest Editor Series "Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer," Dr. Dominique Gossot runs through his three tips for perfecting a segmentectomy.
August 31, 2022
This video demonstrates robotic endoluminal bronchoscopy with Ion using cone beam CT.
August 30, 2022
August’s top content includes several items from our recent Guest Editor Series, "Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer," from guest editor Alan Sihoe, as well as two uniportal technique videos from thoracic surgeon Diego Gonzalez Rivas.
August 24, 2022
This is a presentation about a new understanding of thoracic outlet syndrome and the role of robotic first rib resection in the treatment of this disease.