Minimally Invasive Surgery
This talk features Tomas Holubec, Professor of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe-University in Germany, delivering a presentation titled “A Surgeon’s Journey: Direct-Vision, Endoscopic-Assisted, Endoscopic,...
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,...
Conventional transvenous pacing is standard care; however, patients with limited venous access often face a therapeutic dead end. The authors present a novel, minimally invasive thoracoscopic technique for right atrial...
In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...
This video shows a step-by-step demonstration of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement through a right anterior minithoracotomy. It focuses on the key technical steps, highlighting practical nuances and explaining the...
A 57-year-old man presented with a two-year history of progressively worsening exertional dyspnea. Computed tomography revealed a 50 mm fusiform ascending aortic aneurysm. Echocardiography showed a heavily calcified bicuspid aortic...
This video demonstrates a simplified ring-only mitral valve repair technique for patients with symmetrical bileaflet mitral valve prolapse, annular dilatation, and centrally directed multiple jets of mitral regurgitation. The technique...
Robotic thoracic surgery provides superior precision and enhanced ergonomics compared to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, primarily due to its three-dimensional visualization and wristed instruments. These advantages facilitate meticulous dissection and more...
The authors report a redo robotic-assisted mitral valve replacement (MVR) in a 50-year-old male with prior bioprosthetic MVR via sternotomy, presenting with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III dyspnea...








