Clinical Video
The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Leanne Ashrafian, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom, interviewing the author of this complex case...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy alone can exacerbate GERD symptoms and can induce GERD in asymptomatic patients (1)....
The authors present their technique for axillary Impella 5.5 insertion. The preferred incision was made through the deltopectoral groove, where the axillary artery is more superficial and easier to access....
The authors present a 75-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion. She was diagnosed with an aortic valve stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral valve regurgitation due to a localized A2 prolapse. This...
Mediastinal lipomas are benign, slow-growing masses that can present as large masses due to their insidious onset (1). Symptoms associated with these lipomas are generally due to mass effect, such...
This video demonstrates the robotic resection of a giant superior mediastinal mass. The patient was a middle-aged male who had been referred to the authors’ clinic for evaluation of a...
This video demonstrates pulmonary cuff dissection for combined heart and lung procurement, utilizing an approach in which the pulmonary and left atrial cuffs are carefully dissected and tailored to optimize...
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Filipe Azenha, a thoracic surgeon at Hopital Fribourgeois (HFR), Fribourg, Switzerland and a fellow in robotic and minimally invasive surgery at Hôpital Saint...
In this video, the authors explain their technique for intrathoracic rib fixation as a treatment for rib pseudoarthrosis. They present the case of a 52-year-old female smoker with chronic obstructive...
Before beginning, it is essential to review the imaging to confirm the correct side and indication for the procedure. Additionally, the labs needed to be reviewed to ensure that there...
The authors present the case of a 71-year-old female former smoker who was referred for persistent right dorsal thoracic pain. Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans revealed...
This is a case presentation of an eight-day-old female who presented with an anomalous left pulmonary artery (LPA) diagnosed by fetal ultrasound. A preoperative transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated an anomalous LPA...
Tricuspid valve endocarditis with extensive leaflet destruction presents a major surgical challenge, particularly when durable valve repair is no longer feasible and conventional prosthetic valve replacement may be undesirable. In...












