Innovation Video Competition

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November 6, 2025 | Carolina Adan

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. The integration of mixed reality (MR) into robotic thoracic surgery represents a transformative step...

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November 20, 2025 | Muhammad Umar Nasir

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. Robotic harvesting of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA)...

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November 19, 2025 | Chawannuch Ruaengsri

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. The en bloc heart and lung donation after circulatory...

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November 12, 2025 | Hamza Nasir Chatha

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. The authors present a novel technique utilizing an endoloop...

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November 10, 2025 | Cristiano Spadaccio

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained arrhythmia...

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December 6, 2023 | Shinichi Fukuhara

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Various surgical techniques have been used for aortic arch repair,...

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November 28, 2023 | Carolina Adan

This video is the second-place winner from CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. The near-infrared fluorescence imaging system is an...

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November 28, 2023 | Ahmad Ali AmirghofranBronze ContributorBronze Commentor

This is the first-place winning video from the 2023 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the runner-up and third place winner. Watch Prof. Amirghofran’s Interview...

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August 30, 2021 | Najah Adreak

In this video, the authors discuss congenitally-corrected transposition of the great arteries. In order to describe a congenital heart defect adequately, the relationships between heart chambers and great vessels are...

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February 4, 2021 | Ilies Bouabdallah

The author reports the case of a vats left S8 segmentectomy. In this case, they used a coil to precisely localize the small lesion. The surgery began with pleural inspection,...

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February 3, 2021 | Jon Lutz

With this video, the authors present the case of a 53-year-old patient with synchronous NSCLC (adenocarcinoma) in the segments 2 and 9 of the right lung. The patient had limited...

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January 27, 2021 | James West

A 69-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a 20-pack-year smoking history was found to have a 20 mm x 8 mm lung nodule concerning for malignancy in the...