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Welcome to the fifth of twelve videos that compose the series “Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches,” by Professor Tristan D. Yan. To learn more about the series and see the complete list of videos, click here. This series of video tutorials demonstrate how to perform a VATS lobectomy in a safe and simple way, using…
The authors describe the Moffitt technique of robotic lobectomy, which includes an aggressive mediastinal lymph node dissection and the ability to handle any hostile fissure using the technique described. The video demonstrates a huge calcified lymph node at station 11R, which for the inexperienced robotic surgeon, can be a challenge to create a fissure. The…
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Jessica Luc of the University of British Columbia in Canada speaks with Lars G. Svensson of the Cleveland Clinic about his career in cardiac surgery. They discuss the elephant trunk procedure, the modified David reimplantation procedure, and the “J” incision, as well as Dr Svensson’s tips for mentorship…
The authors present a case of near–total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair using left atrial appendage to vertical vein anastomosis. This was a 27-year-old woman who presented with exertional intolerance, mild cyanosis, and no comorbidities. Her transthoracic echocardiography revealed enlarged cardiac chambers on her right side, diminution of the left atrium, and a single pulmonary…
The authors present a case of uniportal VATS for repair of an iatrogenic tracheal injury. The patient was a 90-year-old woman who developed progressive subcutaneous emphysema after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A double-lumen tube was immediately inserted to control subcutaneous emphysema. Then she was transferred to the authors’ unit for further evaluation and treatment. A bronchoscopy was…
This video demonstrates a case of subacute left and right ventricular free wall rupture. A 69-year-old man with delayed presentation of inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction presented to a regional hospital 50 km away with recurrent persistent chest pain. His troponin-T was 1051 ng/L, NT-proBNP was 6230 ng/L, lactate was 6.4 mmol/L, ALT was 314 U/L,…
Transposition of the great arteries with aortopulmonary window is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. An arterial switch operation with repair of the aortopulmonary window is the preferred operation in this subset. As the tissue between the great arteries is missing, it is considered a complex operation. The purpose of this video is to present the…
This video presents the diagnosis and treatment of slipped rib syndrome, a syndrome that is often missed. The Hansen’s repair is a novel and very simple way to address this problem. Slipped rib syndrome presents with significant pain over the anterior lower rib cage. It is worse on movement and the hook test reproduces the…
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Joel Dunning speaks with Patrick M. McCarthy, executive director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern in Chicago, Illinois. They discuss Dr McCarthy’s training and mentorship, his techniques with mitral valve surgery, and how the field has changed over the course of his career. Disclaimer The information and…
Left anterior minithoracotomy represents a good alternative for pulmonary valve replacement via a minimally invasive technique. This minimal access approach can be performed safely in both primary and repeat operations on the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). An important prerequisite is the absence of intracardiac shunts and other concomitant cardiac pathology due to the limitations…
Procedure Through a partial superior periareolar skin incision, a small right anterolateral thoracotomy was performed at the 4th intercostal space and a 5 mm 0° thoracoscope was introduced through the same intercostal space 7 cm laterally. A 2 cm skin incision was used to gain access to the femoral artery and vein and then the…
The fourth of twelve videos in a CTSNet series on Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches by Professor Tristan D. Yan is presented here. To see the complete list of videos in the Thoracic Surgical Oncology video series, click here. This video tutorial demonstrates how to perform VATS lobectomy in a safe and simple way using…
Altmetric data “badges” are appended to new educational videos and articles published on CTSNet.org. Altmetric tracks the online impact of CTSNet videos and articles, including related social media activity, blog mentions, and other references, on a broad variety of web platforms. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the five highest…
CTSNet produced its first live webinars this year and livestreamed an exciting selection of international events in 2020. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the five most popular live events published in 2020. International Thoracic Oncology Symposium 2020By Marco Scarci Birmingham Review Course: AorticBy Maninder Kalkat Ancona Virtual Live Course: Minimally…
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2020. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the five most popular pieces of congenital content published during 2020. Pictured: “Surgical Repair for Coarctation of the Aorta” Surgical Repair for Coarctation of the AortaBy Debasis Das, Pradeep Narayan Double Switch Operation…
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2020. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the five most popular pieces of thoracic content published during 2020. Pictured: “COVID-19: Chest Drains With Air Leak – The Silent ‘Super Spreader’?” COVID-19: Chest Drains With Air Leak – The Silent ‘Super…
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