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Ahmad S. Ashrafi
Foreign bodies that are adherent to or eroding through the gastric mucosa pose particular challenges for removal, with endoscopic or open techniques being the most commonly used. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this...
This video details a thoracic surgical procedure in which a patient with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) underwent a Collis gastroplasty and Nissen fundoplication. This case highlights the...
This video details a thoracic surgical procedure in which a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) right basilar segmentectomy is performed on a patient with a typical carcinoid tumor. The procedure is...
This video demonstrates a thoracoscopic left superior segmentectomy. The patient is a fifty-eight-year-old woman with a superior segmental FDG avid lung nodule, concerning for pulmonary malignancy. The use of indocyanine...
Pulmonary hydatid cysts may be managed surgically and/or with pharmacotherapy. Surgery is indicated in cases where the cyst is superficial, infected, exerting substantial mass effect, located in a vital anatomical...
