Farid Gharagozloo
Presently, hyperhidrosis is the most important established indication for thoracic sympathectomy. Historically, surgical sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis has been associated with three areas of controversy: the surgical approach; the technique of sympathectomy; and the extent...
Although robotic thoracic surgery is associated with lower pain-related morbidity, it is important to address pain in a patient undergoing robotic thoracic surgery as diligently as a patient undergoing any...
Although laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is the most common procedure for hiatal hernia (HH) repair, HH recurrence because of the breakdown of the hiatoplasty and intrathoracic migration of the wrap has...
Robotic resection of the first rib (R-FRR) in patients with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) was described in 2012 by Gharagozloo et al. (1). This group has published the results of...
Video A video is available below that demonstrates Phases II – IV of robotic thoracoscopic first rib resection. Patient Selection Robotic thoracoscopic first rib resection is indicated in patients diagnosed...