Carolina Adan

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November 6, 2025 | Carolina Adan

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. The integration of mixed reality (MR) into robotic thoracic surgery represents a transformative step...

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October 27, 2025 | Sonia Aguir

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the patient was a 30-year-old man...

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September 29, 2025 | Sonia Aguir

This video demonstrates a multiportal, robot-assisted left segmentectomy combining the superior segment (S6) with segment S9. A 68-year-old man had a 29 mm left lower lobe mass. His medical history...

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September 24, 2025 | Carolina Adan

Vascular injuries during robotic thoracic surgery are rare but potentially life-threatening. Prompt control of bleeding is essential to avoid hemodynamic instability and the need for conversion to open surgery. This...

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September 17, 2025 | Carolina Adan

In open and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pulmonary surgery, direct palpation allows surgeons to locate small or deep pulmonary nodules with the sense of touch. However, in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery...

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July 10, 2025 | Carolina Adan

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital lung malformation characterized by non-functioning lung tissue with a systemic arterial supply, usually from the aorta. Surgical removal is indicated to prevent infection, bleeding,...

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July 8, 2025 | Carolina Adan

The French lobectomy is a standardized robotic technique designed to improve reproducibility and enhance educational value in thoracic surgical training. Based on five anatomical exposure and dissection zones, the technique...

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November 28, 2023 | Carolina Adan

This video is the second-place winner from CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. The near-infrared fluorescence imaging system is an...