Firas Abu-akar
A 60-year-old patient was diagnosed with a T3N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma. A multidisciplinary tumor board decided to perform a hybrid procedure of left upper lobectomy with resection of three involved ribs. The course of the...
This video demonstrates an anatomic variation encountered during a uniportal VATS right lower lobectomy – the absence of right segment arterial branch six.
...This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS left lower lobectomy to treat intralobar sequestration. Special attention should be given to the arterial branch that feeds the tumor during dissection. The arterial...
This video demonstrates a complex segmental resection via the uniportal VATS technique in a 65-year-old woman with a lesion located between S2 and S6 of the right lung. The lesion...
This video shows a thymectomy for a thymic cyst and a wedge resection of a nodule in the right upper lobe. A subxyphoid uniportal VATS approach was used.
...This video describes a bilateral uniportal VATS resection in a 32-year-old woman. Two wedge resections were performed on the left side, and a segment 6 segmentectomy was performed on the...
Case Summary A 57-year-old asthmatic, non-smoker presented with a cough. This female patient had previously undergone a surgical excision of a chondrosarcoma from her right femur (during 2010). A CT...
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS surgery for the excision of a 5 x 12 cm posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma mass.
...A 78-year-old female patient arrived at the ER with dyspnea, dizziness, and inter-scapular pain. Her past medical history was remarkable for coarctation of the aorta and mechanical aortic valve replacement...









