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This interview celebrates the long career of British cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Michael E. Cowen. He leaves a legacy of pioneering robotic thoracic surgery and trainee education.
May 24, 2018
Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the STSA, this video demonstrates a minimally invasive technique to plicate, narrow, and straighten the esophagus.
May 23, 2018
The author demonstrates a uniportal fissureless approach to resect the anterior segment of the right upper lobe, followed by lymph node dissection.
May 21, 2018
This video illustrates a procedure for a patient who was initially diagnosed with a duplication cyst, but was found to have a posterior mediastinal tumor in the superior sulcus during a VATS procedure.
May 17, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Jill Ley moderates a discussion with Teresa Kieser, Richard Van Valen, and Melissa Rochon on infection prevention and the management of surgical wounds.
May 16, 2018
The authors present a useful resource in the management of pulmonary sequestration, with consideration given to advancements in robotic technology.
May 14, 2018
The authors demonstrate a hybrid uniportal VATS left upper lobectomy with chest wall resection and reconstruction.
May 9, 2018
This video showed the feasibility of a robotic approach to perform a lobectomy with radical lymphadenectomy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer after induction chemotherapy.
May 7, 2018
This video demonstrates a transmanubrial approach to resect a subclavicular recurrence of breast cancer after multimodal treatment.
May 1, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted anatomic resection of the anterior segment.
April 30, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic pulmonary parenchyma-sparing resection of a carcinoid tumor.