Competitions
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 mediastinal mass discovered on magnetic...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was opened vertically over the left ventricular apex and suspended with retraction sutures. Using 3-0 polypropylene...
The transition toward minimally invasive cardiac surgery is no longer solely about reducing incision size; it is about creating a standardized, versatile, and sustainable concept. The direct-view transaxillary approach represents...
Ectopic parathyroid adenomas in the anterior mediastinum are rare and present significant diagnostic and surgical challenges. This video shows the case of a 49-year-old male with a history of hypertension...
This case presents an exceptionally rare and previously unreported combination of intrinsic carotid stenosis and chronic external compression due to a retained ballistic injury. A retained stray bullet injury from...
A ten-year-old girl with history of rheumatic fever for eight years presented with worsening dyspnea upon exertion in the prior four to five months with NYHA class III heart failure....
Ebstein’s anomaly is a rare congenital heart malformation that accounts for about 0.5 percent of all congenital heart defects. It is characterized by downward displacement of the septal and inferior...
Endometriosis most commonly involves the pelvis. The most common extrapelvic location of endometriosis is the thorax. Thoracic endometriosis can manifest itself as pneumothorax, hemothorax, hemoptysis, pulmonary nodules, or thoracic pain,...
Anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery (AAOCA) is a condition that represents between 0.1–1 percent of malformations (1). It has been found with a prevalence of 0.44 percent in...
The Patient This patient is a thirty-four-year-old man with a previous history of heart surgery during childhood and used a pacemaker. He had a car accident in August 2022 with...
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy is a heterogeneous cardiac disease with a complex anatomical substratum. Surgery is fundamental not only in bringing symptoms relief, but also survival benefit. In experienced centers, surgery...
This video illustrates a robotic assisted right apical S1 lung anatomical segmentectomy and radical lymphadenectomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) performed with the DaVinci Xi surgical system. The video...
This is the winning video in the 9th Annual Resident Video Competition. View the interview with the winner. There are three types of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS): neurogenic (the majority...












