Minimally Invasive Surgery
Ectopic parathyroid adenomas in the anterior mediastinum are rare and present significant diagnostic and surgical challenges. This video shows the case of a 49-year-old male with a history of hypertension who presented with severe hypercalcemia...
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...
Gaetano Rocco of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA, discusses the future of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. He proposes that improved training and educational tools for...
The authors present the repair of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm via a right anterior minithoracotomy. The patient presented with sinus tachycardia, a grade 4/6 pansystolic murmur, and bilateral...
A very useful synopsis of treatment strategies for a vexing lethal condition.
...The authors review axillary artery cannulation indications and technique. They focus on the relevant anatomy, surgical preparation, and cannulation technique. They also show their approach for reoperative axillary artery cannulation...
This video demonstrates a step-by-step technique for percutaneous and open femoral cannulation for peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass. Femoral cannulation is the authors’ preferred platform for cardiopulmonary bypass when performing minimally invasive...
The authors have previously described a parenchymal-sparing sleeve resection of the bronchus intermedius for isolated strictures (1). Recently, they described a robotic parenchymal-sparing bronchus intermedius sleeve resection in a patient...
This video demonstrates a right upper lobectomy through a subxiphoid biportal approach. The authors use a biportal approach, divided in a 4 cm working port through a paramedian incision and...
Hata and colleagues performed a propensity score-matched analysis comparing 85 pairs of patients who underwent either minimally invasive mitral valve repair or chordal-sparing replacement for degenerative mitral valve regurgitation. Freedom...






