Minimally Invasive Surgery
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk sac tumors presenting as giant thoracic masses are rarer still. These tumors pose a dual challenge: securing an accurate tissue...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...
This talk features CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac Mario Castillo-Sang, Surgical Director of Mitral Valve and Heart Failure Therapies at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, USA, presenting on “Premeasure Neochords: How...
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk sac tumors presenting as giant thoracic masses are rarer still. These tumors pose a dual...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...
A 46-year-old male was referred to the authors’ unit with severe symptomatic pulmonary valve regurgitation, which caused severe right ventricular dilatation. The patient had a history of tetralogy of Fallot...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San...
This single-center, single-arm prospective trial provides the first clinical safety and effectiveness data for the excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis (ELANA) system in constructing the left internal thoracic artery (LITA)-to-left anterior...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine,...
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...
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...
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...
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...








