Robotic Thoracic Surgery
A 63-year-old woman presented with myasthenia crisis and ptosis, for which she was treated with immunoglobulin. Her medical history included type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and hypothyroidism. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...
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...
This study evaluated the Autonomous Blood Drawing Optimization and Performance Testing (ADOPT) trial, which assessed the performance, safety, and patient experience of an autonomous robotic phlebotomy device (ARPD) utilizing multimodal...
This video demonstrates the implantation of bilateral phrenic nerve pacing leads using a robotic subxiphoid approach without lung isolation. This approach was utilized because the patient presented with central hypoventilation...
Pneumonectomy is occasionally required for pulmonary resection but is associated with increased incidence of morbidity and mortality (1). Recent reviews have compared minimally invasive surgery (VATS) to thoracotomy (2,3). A...
Much is being discussed about how far surgeons need to go with lung resection among ground glass opacities (GGO) and part-solid lesions. However, one thing that is becoming well accepted...
This video documents the very first lobectomy performed with the Versius system in the Americas. It was performed by Eduardo Pilla and Maria Theresa at the Moinhos de Vento Hospital...
Over the past few years, CTSNet has published valuable articles and videos on robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) from surgeons around the world. RATS is an innovative and ever-expanding technique that...
OverviewThe goal of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is to reduce surgical trauma to patients (1–5). The latest advances in MIS, as well as the increased availability of robotic platforms, are...
Minimally invasive surgery is now a reality in most surgical specialties. With new technological improvements, new instruments, better video support, anesthesia refinement, and robotic platforms allowing 3D view and extension...
Because of the recent advancement in robotic thoracic surgery, this retrospective study aimed to evaluate post-operative chronic pain in robotic versus video-assisted approaches. Although patients who undergo RATS are known...
This quick video documents the first four cases of uniportal robotic surgery taught by Diego Gonalez Rivas in the UK. Patients and surgeons at James Cook University Hospital were very...










