Lung - Cancer; VATS

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Commentary: Less Is More in Modified Subxiphoid Approach for Thymic Malignancy

May 16, 2024 | Mujtaba Mubashir

Minimally invasive surgery is routinely used for thymectomies, and techniques continue to evolve. Yang developed and studied a modified subxiphoid approach for thymectomy utilizing VATS with a sternal retractor to improve visualization in the operative...

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Commentary: Less Is More in Modified Subxiphoid Approach for Thymic Malignancy

May 16, 2024 | Mujtaba Mubashir

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ArtiSential Wristed Instruments for a Left Lower Lobectomy

March 26, 2024 | Teruya Komatsu…

The ArtiSential wristed instruments have been developed by the South Korean company LIVSMED. Because of difficult access to robotic surgery, our thoracic team has introduced the ArtiSenital bipolar precise dissectors...

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Right Upper Lobectomy for a Hydatid Cyst Using U-Vats

March 15, 2024 | Hind Bourja…

The patient is a thirty-two-year-old man who is a nonsmoker with no prior medical history living in a rural area. He consulted his pneumologist after experiencing dyspnea and hemoptysis. In...

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Use of the Sonicision Cordless Energy Device for Lung Resection

December 13, 2023 | George Whittaker…

This video demonstrates the first European use of a new cordless energy device, the Sonicision by Medtronic. It is a cordless, lightweight, ultrasonic device that can be used for a...

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Comparison of Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Pulmonary Anatomic Resections with Multiport Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Multicenter Study of the European Experience

March 16, 2023 | Cameron Lind

This multicenter retrospective study aimed to compare the outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (U-RATS) with multiportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (M-RATS). The authors found that, although both methods have a...

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Right VATS Radical Thymectomy

October 20, 2022 | George Whittaker…

Radical thymectomy is the primary surgical treatment for thymomas, particularly for those suffering from myasthenia gravis as a result. Several surgical approaches exist, with a subxiphoid approach demonstrating good oncological...

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Uniportal S10 Segmentectomy Utilizing ICG Technology

October 12, 2022 | Mohamed Diab…

This video delivers a detailed explanation of a complex S10 segmentectomy performed via uniportal incision. The surgeons utilize ICG technology to demarcate the intersegmental plane—a key step in achieving...

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Global Thoracic Surgery

August 27, 2022 | Emily Farkas

The delivery of thoracic surgical care in less-resourced areas is explored in this landmark series of articles, hoping to engage the thoracic surgeon in global health equity. There is a...

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Ethicon Recalls Staplers for Failure to Completely Form Staples

November 2, 2019 | Mark Ferguson

A batch of staplers manufactured in July-August 2019 and distributed during August-September 2019 has been recalled. Seven serious injuries and one death are reported to have been associated with failure...

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Optimal Approach to Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis

July 2, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Ng and colleagues reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2018 to compare lobectomy approaches of multiport, uniportal, and robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and open lobectomy, with the aim of...

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In Global News: Cardiac Regeneration in Pigs, Health Effects of Marijuana Use, and Running to Reduce Aortic Stiffness

May 10, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest As state-specific regulations around marijuana change in the US, physicians and surgeons express concern about the dearth of information about the potential long-term harmful effects...

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Right Upper Lobe Microlobectomy With the Double Double

May 1, 2019 | Joel Dunning

This is a right upper lobe microlobectomy and the author uses the stapler to perform a double stapling twice, hence the “Double Double!” The procedure shown in this video is...