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CTSNet Summarized—Top Congenital and Thoracic Procedure Videos of 2025
This year, videos related to thoracic and congenital surgery on CTSNet showcased a diverse range of procedures, from step-by-step pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic disease to the Ross procedure using the right atrial appendage valve instead of a homograft. Continue reading for a brief recap of the most popular thoracic and congenital videos on CTSNet in 2025 and look forward to even more exciting content in 2026.
By Carolina Adan, Sonia Aguir, Benjamin Bottet, Matthieu Sarsam, Jean-Marc Baste
The most popular thoracic video of 2025 illustrates a step-by-step technique for controlling vascular injuries during robotic thoracic surgery using a collagen-based hemostatic patch, preserving the minimally invasive approach and avoiding conversion to open surgery.
2.) Step-by-Step Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Disease
By Paulo Gregorio, Ryo Fujimoto, Steve Pugliese, Christian Bermudez
This highly rated thoracic video demonstrates a case of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, an effective yet complex procedure for treating chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
3.) Semi-Skeletonized Harvesting of Internal Thoracic Arteries
By Giuseppe Rescigno, Mostafa Mahmoud, Ammar Mustafa, Kumar Nagarajan, Mahmoud Abdelaziz
The final most popular video in the thoracic section demonstrates a simple technique to harvest the mammary artery in a semi-skeletonized fashion.
By Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, Mohammad Rafati Navaei
The most popular congenital video of 2025 demonstrates an innovative approach that utilizes the native right atrial appendage valve in a tube (the T-RAA valve) to address the primary drawback of the Ross procedure, which is the requirement of a homograft in the pulmonary position that often leads to future interventions, thereby eliminating the need for frequent interventions.
2.) Minimally Invasive Transaxillary Repair of Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis
This top-rated congenital video demonstrates how to use the right vertical axillary incision to perform repair of severe supravalvar aortic stenosis.
By Sameh Said, Ali Mashadi, Yasin Essa
The final highly rated video in the congenital subspecialty demonstrates an innovative solution that has the potential to improve the survival of neonates and increase the likelihood of completing their palliative staged surgeries, presenting the first successful ex-utero intrapartum treatment-to-open atrial septectomy in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome with an intact atrial septum.
View the top thoracic videos and top congenital videos from 2024.
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