Niccolò Daddi
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 the 8th intercostal space. Using...
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...
The patient is a 61-year-old caucasian male with a history of progressive dysphagia, and a 25-pound weight loss in the last year. Through a standard posterolateral thoracotomy in the 6th...




