Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
John Pepper of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, United Kingdom, considers the causes of vein graft occlusion and discusses possible ways to improve results. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content…
This video shows a robotic left lower lobectomy with the incidental discovery of the superior pulmonary vein coming from a strange anatomical location. When trying to identify the superior pulmonary vein, an aberrant pulmonary vein was found leading into the innominate vein.
This video demonstrates a Mexican modification to the traditional Maze III procedure, which was initially described by Dr. James Cox. This technique is ideal for patients with mitral valve disease and atrial fibrillation who are undergoing surgery. This modification allows the surgeon to better control the base of the left atrial appendage and the surrounding…
This video demonstrates video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedure performed on a 16-year-old male who had been stabbed in the right lower chest. The knife caused a 2 cm wound, penetrating through the chest wall into lung and diaphragm. The patient was taken to his local hospital, where a chest drain was inserted to drain the…
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining how to continue recovery at home after undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Click below to view the full patient guide. This patient resource is provided by SCTS and Bupa.
In an interview filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Leanne Harling speaks with Daniela Molena, Director of the Esophageal Surgery Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Dr. Molena discusses her approach to minimally invasive and robotic esophageal surgery.
Dirk Van Raemdonck of University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, presents an overview of mediastinal masses. He discusses the most common lesions in the different compartments, and how they should be managed. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great…
This is a video of a robotic left lower lobe sleeve lobectomy. A 4.0 V-lock suture is used to perform the anastomosis, which is a barbed suture with an eyelet at the end to reduce the requirement for knot tying. A subxiphoid port is used to remove the lobe. The patient went home two days…
A 64-year-old man was admitted to the emergency room with acute inferior wall infarction, which was confirmed by echocardiogram and ECG. The patient was immediately taken for primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery (RCA). He was discharged but continued to have breathlessness and was readmitted in 2008. The patient was…
Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom, moderates a panel discussion on the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Dr. Bashir is joined by Christoph Nienaber of Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom, and Marco Di Eusanio of the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. The panelists discuss the 17 years…
Gianni Angelini of Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, discusses early, intermediate, and late vein graft failure and surgical techniques to improve vein graft patency rates at all stages. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland.…
An 18-year-old asymptomatic male patient was diagnosed with a retroesophageal cyst. The authors performed cyst drainage via a uniportal VATS approach.
In this video, the authors demonstrate a robot-assisted Nissen fundoplication with Collis wedge gastroplasty. Following mediastinal dissection and full reduction of the hiatal or giant paraesophageal hernia, the gastric fat pad is mobilized for accurate identification of the gastroesophageal junction. If 2-3 centimeters of tension-free subdiaphragmatic esophageal length cannot be obtained, a Collis wedge gastroplasty…
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining side-effects and complications that may arise after cardiac surgery. Click below to view the full patient guide. This patient resource is provided by SCTS and Bupa.
In a discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Joel Dunning is joined by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Editor Alec Patterson of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Editor Richard Weisel of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. The editors discuss the…
Philippe Dartevelle of Marie Lannelongue Hospital and Paris-Sud University, Paris, France, discusses an anterior approach to superior sulcus tumors. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS.…
