Giampiero Dolci
A 53-year-old man with no comorbidity was referred to the authors’ unit because of a multifocal wild-type adenocarcinoma of the right lung. A positron emission tomography scan was negative for metastasis and an endobronchial ultrasound-guided...
Bone allograft transplantation represents a new option for anterior chest wall reconstruction. The disadvantages of synthetic materials are: excessive rigidity with risk of erosion of adjacent structures, the risk of...
This video shows a microsurgical approach to the treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A surgical incision of less than 2 cm in length was performed on the mid-axillary line in...
This video shows a novel minimally invasive thoracic (MIT) caudal approach used in the authors’ institution since 2014. The video illustrates a procedure for a patient affected by a biopsy-proven...
The surgical technique of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is not standardized, and many technical variations have been described. The authors present a technique for performing a VATS lobectomy using a caudal...
High-resolution three-dimensional imaging technology and navigational systems are increasingly being used in surgery to expedite different surgical procedures, for pre-operative surgical planning, and to provide virtual simulation of a patient’s...
A young female with a single metastasis at the level of the upper portion of the sternum underwent surgical excision of the sternum followed by sternal allograft implantation. The use...







