Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
This video is the third-place thoracic winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. This clinical video presents a step-by-step demonstration of a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) intrapericardial left pneumonectomy performed for a centrally located non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). The patient presented with a…
This video demonstrates the excision of subvalvular ring in a 34-year-old woman who was five feet three inches tall and weighed 275 pounds with minimal aortic regurgitation A femoral venous cannula and direct aortic cannulation was performed. The aorta was cross-clamped and opened. The aortic valve appeared abnormal, and the U-shaped subvalvular ring was identified and…
In May 2025, the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons held its 33rd Annual Meeting in Budapest, where leading surgeons discussed the latest advancements and innovations in thoracic surgery. At the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) 33rd Annual Meeting, Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, professor of thoracic surgery at New Civil Hospital in France, introduced the…
Finding a heavily calcified and/or atheromatous aorta after sternotomy in a coronary bypass grafting (CABG) operation can be extremely unpleasant. The ideal treatment is a multiarterial off-pump surgery that avoids any aortic manipulation; however, this can be technically challenging for surgeons with limited exposure to the use of sequential arterial grafts. During the last 20…
In March 2025, the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland held its annual meeting, bringing together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss the latest advancements in technologies and techniques. Watch for more SCTS 2025 videos in the coming weeks. At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain…
This video is the third-place cardiac winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. After painting and draping, the radial artery pulsation between the tendons of the flexor carpi radialis and brachioradialis muscles, the brachial artery pulsation medial to the biceps brachii tendon, and the…
The Bentall procedure with hemiarch replacement utilizing a continuous suture technique for the proximal anastomosis offers significant advantages in complex aortic surgery. This method allows for faster and more efficient anastomosis, reducing ischemic and cardiopulmonary bypass times. The continuous suture line provides uniform tension distribution, enhancing the security of the anastomosis and minimizing the risk…
This video is the second-place congenital winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. A superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) is located superior to the superior limbic band of the fossa ovalis. The superior vena cava (SVC) typically overrides the defect and is…
Robotic thymectomy is an effective therapeutic approach for the treatment of thymic epithelial tumors, offering a low complication rate and favorable oncological outcomes (1). Several techniques have been described for performing robotic thymectomy, including unilateral, bilateral, and subxiphoid approaches (2). Commonly used instruments include the robotic hook or Maryland dissector and fenestrated bipolar forceps. The…
This video is the second-place thoracic winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. The patient was a 69-year-old woman, a former smoker, with bilateral subsolid pulmonary lesions smaller than 2 cm and impaired pulmonary function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) 68 percent,…
A 64-year-old male, known to have diabetes with macrovascular complications, severe internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, and left ICA stenting, presented to the emergency room with right lower limb swelling and pain. Ultrasound showed extensive right lower lobe (RLL) deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which was confirmed with computed tomography (CT), revealing thrombosis in the superficial…
This video is the second-place cardiac winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. The Konno–Rastan procedure, also known as anterior aortoventriculoplasty, is a well-established technique for aortic valve replacement with annulus enlargement. First described by Rastan and Koncz and also by Konno et al.…
This video illustrates the excision of a subvalvular ring in a 59-year-old woman with aortic regurgitation. A femoral venous cannula and direct aortic cannulation were performed. The aorta was cross-clamped and opened. The valve was excised, which facilitated the assessment of the subvalvular ring. She required a 27 mm biological valve, so a left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT)…
In May 2025, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery brought together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss and share knowledge on minimally invasive techniques. Watch for more ISMICS 2025 videos in the coming weeks. At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, President Husam…
This is the winning congenital video from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the thoracic and cardiac first place winners. Click here to watch Dr. Ali Mashadi’s interview with Senior Editor Vince Gaudiani. The authors present an instructional video demonstrating the techniques and modifications for autograft and right ventricular…
In March 2025, the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland held its annual meeting, bringing together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss the latest advancements in technologies and techniques. Watch for more SCTS 2025 videos in the coming weeks. At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain…
