Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Clinical Presentation and Preoperative Course The patient was a 56-year-old male with a history of hyperlipidemia, nephrolithiasis, and a recent episode of upper respiratory infection treated with antibiotics who presented with two months of persistent dyspnea. The patient had…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video demonstrates the surgical repair of type I truncus arteriosus using a bovine internal jugular xenograft for right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction, highlighting key operative steps and surgical decision-making. The key steps demonstrated in the video…
Introduction On behalf of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. James’s Hospital, two cases are presented to demonstrate the authors’ technique of aortic arch replacement using a novel frozen elephant trunk hybrid arch device. The left subclavian artery can present particular challenges during frozen elephant trunk procedures, as it can often be deep, posterior,…
Case Presentation A 58-year-old female was referred for evaluation of an incidentally discovered Morgagni hernia. Over time, she developed intermittent aching and sharp anterior chest pain, exacerbated by torso twisting and bending. Her medical history was notable for prior laparoscopic gastric band placement. Imaging confirmed an anterior diaphragmatic defect consistent with a Morgagni hernia. Given…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors present a case of a single-incision, single-port robotic right upper lobectomy. The patient was a 62-year-old female with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and prior tobacco use. She had an incidentally discovered right upper…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video demonstrates a Ross procedure with annular stabilization, an interposition graft, and a loose-jacket technique. The patient was a 52-year-old man with severe aortic regurgitation and a history of a bicuspid aortic valve diagnosed in…
Power: A Memoir offers a rare and thoughtful look at leadership from the inside out. Set within the global heart valve and medical device industry, the memoir traces a career shaped not only by authority but also by responsibility, trust, and long-term relationships. Rather than presenting power as control or status, the book reframes it as…
In this important interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon and Professor of Surgery, as well as the Director of the Lung Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, about an article from The New York Times in which she was featured, titled “Female CT Surgeons, Unlocking…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The patient was a 53-year-old individual with no relevant past medical history. Preoperative imaging demonstrated severe aortic valve stenosis without associated aortic regurgitation and dilatation of the ascending aorta to a maximum diameter of 49 mm. In addition, a…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Introduction Aneurysm of the right atrial appendage (RAA) is an extremely rare cardiac malformation, typically congenital, although it may also result from right atrial overload due to conditions such as pulmonary hypertension, a patent foramen ovale, or right heart…
The authors present a video of a surgical approach to repair a large right coronary artery (RCA) aneurysm associated with a coronary sinus fistula in a 51-year-old woman. They recommend not simply ligating the fistula, as the ligation could cause an abrupt decrease in coronary flow in the dilated coronary artery, leading to thrombosis and…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Diaphragm Pacing (DP) DP electrically stimulates the diaphragm at phrenic nerve motor end points to stimulate diaphragm contraction, improving and preserving diaphragm function in patients with phrenic nerve injury (PNI) and diaphragm dysfunction (DD). Indications Early investigations reserved DP…
In this special guest lecture for the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgery of Thailand, Dr. Vince Gaudiani addresses essential surgical techniques for the safe removal of transcatheter aortic valves and their replacement with surgical aortic valves. Dr. Vince Gaudiani discusses the optimal approach for making the aortic incision. He presented his technique known as the…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Clinical Presentation and Preoperative Course A 32-year-old female with a medical history of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), smoking, and a body mass index (BMI) of 32 presented with positional chest pain that had been present for three weeks. An…
Introduction Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are associated with postoperative conduction abnormalities necessitating permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI). Stress on the conduction system seems to be a major cause of this complication (1, 2). Modified aortic valve replacement (MAVR) aims to lessen the trauma on the conduction system by applying…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The authors present a case of a minimally invasive left atrial myxoma resection performed via a biatrial approach with an inverted T-incision (1). The patient was a 73-year-old woman presenting with exertional dyspnea, fatigue, and dizziness. Transthoracic echocardiography…
