Minimally Invasive Surgery

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ISMICS 2026 | How to Do It Movie Session, Part 2

July 27, 2026 | Tomas Holubec…

This video completes a day of excellent presentations by leading surgeons exploring advanced minimally invasive techniques including congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery, endoscopic transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) explantation, multivessel minimally invasive direct coronary...

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Transaxillary Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Repair, and Rhythm Surgery

August 11, 2026 | Jelle Fleerakkers

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...

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ISMICS 2026 | Cardiac Session—Intraoperative Pearls and Pitfalls

August 7, 2026 | Mario Castillo-SangBronze ContributorBronze Commentor

This cardiac session features leading surgeon Mario Castillo-Sang presenting on intraoperative pearls and pitfalls at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 168: Humanoid Robots and AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial...

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Robotic-Assisted Biventricular Durable Assist Device Implantation: The First In Human Experience

August 6, 2026 | Feras Khaliel…

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...

JANS Article

External Aortic Cross-Clamping and Endoaortic Balloon Occlusion in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

January 28, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Malvindi and colleagues assessed the outcomes of aortic clamping strategies, either transthoracic cross-clamp (TTC, n = 165) or endoaortic balloon occlusion (EAO, n = 93) for patients undergoing minimally invasive...

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Surgical Access Debate: Median Sternotomy Is Safer Than Minimally Invasive Techniques

January 17, 2019 | Prakash Punjabi

Prakash P. Punjabi of the Imperial College in London, UK, presents the argument for conventional approaches for the treatment of mitral valve disease. This presentation was originally given during the...

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UK Mini Mitral Trial

January 10, 2019 | Enoch Akowuah

Enoch Akowuah of the James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, discusses key aspects of the UK Mini Mitral Trial and sets the scene for a debate on median sternotomy versus...

JANS Article

Prosthesis–Patient Mismatch in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

December 18, 2018 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors, using the STS/ACC TVT Registry, analyzed the the occurrence of patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) in 62,215 patients enrolled between 2014 and 2017. They found that severe and moderate PPM...

JANS Article

Cost-Effectiveness of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Intermediate Risk: Results From the PARTNER 2 Trial

December 18, 2018 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

This study analyzed the cost-effectiveness of TAVR versus SAVR in 3110 intermediate-risk aortic stenosis patients from the PARTNER-2 trial. Using a Markov model, the authors found that TAVR is economically...

JANS Article

Propensity-Matched Analysis of Minimally Invasive Approach Versus Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Surgery

December 17, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Grant and colleagues studied short- and midterm outcomes for 639 matched pairs of patients who underwent mitral valve surgery by either sternotomy or a minimally invasive approach at three UK...

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Minimally Invasive Techniques are Safer Than Median Sternotomy

December 13, 2018 | Torsten Doenst

Torsten Doenst of the University Hospital Jena in Germany presents the argument for minimally invasive techniques over median sternotomy in the treatment of mitral valve disease. This presentation was originally...

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Simulation for Technical Challenge: Complete Portal Robotic Distal Tracheal and Left Main Stem Resection and Reconstruction on ECMO

December 3, 2018 | Raul Caso…

A 15-year-old girl initially presented with complete obstruction of her left main stem bronchus with complete atelectasis of the left lung. She had been like this for one year. The...

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