Igor Saftic
This video demonstrates a uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) right segment 7 segmentectomy. This was a rare procedure that nicely delineated the anatomy and how it was visible from an anterior uniport VATS approach. The...
Following the recent two major trials (JCOG0802 and CALGB 140503), segmentectomies in favorable conditions are being adopted internationally. However, complex segmentectomies, such as an apical right upper lobe, can be...
This video delivers a detailed explanation of a complex S10 segmentectomy performed via uniportal incision. The surgeons utilize ICG technology to demarcate the intersegmental plane—a key step in achieving...
The patient in this case is a sixty-eight-year-old male with a background of bowel adenocarcinoma (pT3aN1a) resected in 2019. Follow-up surveillance demonstrated two suspicious, enlarging non-fluorodeoxyglucose lesions in the right...
In these two videos, the authors present two demonstrations of near infra-red imaging technology to provide visualization of pulmonary anatomical segments for segmentectomy. Pulmonary segments are anatomically and functionally independent...
Providing lung cancer surgery during the COVID-19 crisis presents many challenges. Cancer services must minimize exposure to health care workers and manage the higher risks associated with surgery during the...
To date, one million confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus have been reported worldwide with a death toll of over 50,000 (1). Particular concern has been raised regarding the exposure of...



