Marco Nardini
The authors describe the case of a 64-year-old man presented with disfagia, weight loss, and halitosis over the last three years. The procedure is described step by step, and the postoperative outcome is showed. The...
The authors describe the case of a 64-year-old man presented with disfagia, weight loss, and halitosis over the last three years. The procedure is described step by step, and the...
This is the case of a 59-year-old woman affected by B3/C thymoma. Chemotherapy was complicated by hematological disorders and discontinued after two cycles. She had a partial response to radiotherapy...
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Marco Nardini of the University Hospital of Catania in Italy speaks with Franca Melfi, Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Chief of Robotic Multispecialty Center...
This video demonstrates a three-port anterior video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy, for early stage lung cancer, performed with the aid of novel sealing and stapling devices. The LigaSure™ is used...
The authors present a video demonstrating redo lung resection by VATS to show that previous surgery on the thorax does not contraindicate a minimally invasive re-intervention. The literature on this...
This is the case of 65-year-old male with a proven adenocarcinoma at the orifice of the apical segment of the right lower lobe. He underwent a robotic sleeve lobectomy with...
This is a video of a right upper lobectomy done through a subxiphoid port. The patient had an incidental finding of a mass on a chest x-ray, which CT-guided biopsy...
This video shows a robotic lingulectomy and lymphadenectomy in a 62-year-old non-smoker with a history of Dukes’ B colorectal adenocarcinoma. The surgeon begins by dissecting the inferior pulmonary ligament, where...
This video shows a step-by-step approach to a robotic right middle lobectomy with a subxiphoid utility port. The authors have found that replacing the traditional assistant port with a 12...
Diaphragmatic lacerations are not uncommon after blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma following traffic accidents. Diagnosis can be difficult as clinical presentation is sometimes unclear. VATS is a safe approach to confirm the...
This video shows a sleeve microlobectomy of the right upper lobe. The patient presented with a 3 cm proximal tumor at the orifice of the right upper lobe. The authors...
VATS can be safely used for dissection of masses in the visceral mediastinum. This video presents the case of a 31-year-old man diagnosed with a metastatic germ cell tumor, and...











