Minimally Invasive Surgery
A 44-year-old woman undergoing preoperative evaluation for a uterine myomectomy was incidentally diagnosed with a cardiac mass. She reported a three-month history of mild dyspnea, palpitations, and tachycardia, with no other significant findings on physical...
In this single-center propensity-matched analysis of 659 patients undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB), bilateral internal mammary artery grafting achieved short- and mid-term clinical outcomes comparable to single...
This talk features Joerg Kempfert, Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center, Berlin, Germany, presenting on “Endoscopic Team Training and Surgeon Mentorship: My Personal...
A 27-year-old male previously underwent bilateral T2–T3 sympathicotomy for severe palmar hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis involving the trunk developed one year after the initial procedure and progressively became debilitating. Seven years...
CTSNet hosted a webinar on September 15, 2026, titled “The TAVR Heart Team in 2026: Navigating the CMS Decision,” featuring leading surgeons Tom B. Nguyen, Michael Mack, and Tsuyoshi Kaneko,...
Introduction Since the early 1990s, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has evolved worldwide. It started with mitral valve procedures and then gradually expanded toward other valve procedures, coronary artery bypass...
Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Ft Lauderdale, FL, Joel Dunning of the James Cook University Hospital in London, UK, interviews Raja Flores of the Mount Sinai School...
Mitral valve repair is shown to have better survival, better preservation of ventricular function, and decreased thromboembolic complications compared to mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation (1-2). The Cardiovascular Institute...
In this video and article, the author details tips and tricks to help practicing surgeons complete a minimally invasive esophagectomy. Position of the PatientThe patient lies supine on the bed...
Did you miss the livestream? View the ISMICS 2018 educational sessions that streamed on CTSNet below: Masters Session: Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Atrial FibrillationAnthony C. DeSouza and Andy C....
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Leanne Harling of Imperial College in London, UK, moderates a discussion on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. Ms Harling is...
In this brief clinical video, the authors demonstrate the use of the Endo360⁰ suturing device from EndoEvolution (Assut Europe, SpA, Rome, Italy) for plication of the left hemidiaphragm. The authors...
A 79-year-old female patient was admitted to the author’s clinic for the treatment of a solitary tumorous formation, which appeared to be a metachronous metastatic tumor of a colon carcinoma...











