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Objective The authors present a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) technique for diaphragmatic plication due to phrenic nerve paralysis. The primary goal of this procedure is to decrease abdominal compression over not only the lower pulmonary...
Objective The authors’ uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy approach focuses on controlling the main pulmonary artery (MPA) first, to decrease lung congestion. Performing the most difficult step first ultimately decreases the...
The authors present the case of a 65-year-old male patient who, during an episode of pneumonia, underwent a bronchoscopy that revealed a right upper lobe (RUL) endobronchial lesion. The biopsy...
A 59-year-old woman underwent an examination for amaurosis fugax. A chest CT scan revealed a 2.6 cm tumor in the apex of the left upper lung attached to the chest...
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS middle lobe lobectomy in a 56-year-old female patient with a primary early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. After complete investigation via CT scan, PET scan, bronchoscopy, and...