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VATS Resection of a 10-Centimeter Mediastinal Mass With Subxiphoid Removal

September 14, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This video shows the successful removal of a 10 cm anterior mediastinal mass. Initially, a sternotomy was considered due to the significant size of the mass. However, a camera was inserted into the chest to...

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VATS Resection of a 10-Centimeter Mediastinal Mass With Subxiphoid Removal

September 14, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This video shows the successful removal of a 10 cm anterior mediastinal mass. Initially, a sternotomy was considered due to the significant size of the mass. However, a camera was...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 168: Humanoid Robots and AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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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...

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Management of SVC Injury During Right VATS Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

August 5, 2026 | Jakraphan Yu…

The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Leanne Ashrafian, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom, interviewing the...

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Left VATS Pneumonectomy

July 29, 2026 | Sergio Nicola Forti Parri…

A 69-year-old female smoker (82 pack years) was incidentally diagnosed with a left lung tumor. Imaging revealed an 18×18×10 mm lower-lobe nodule and a 24×30 mm hypermetabolic interbronchial lymph node...

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Technique for Right Upper Lobectomy

July 1, 2024 | Clare Burdett…

This video demonstrates a right upper lobectomy. Although there is never a perfect case, the authors believe they are doing many things correctly with this technique. First, this is a...

JANS Article

Consensus on Technical Procedures for Simulation-Based Training in Thoracic Surgery: An International Needs Assessment

May 25, 2023 | Cameron Lind

Seventeen procedures were identified by a Delphi process as feasible for simulation-based training. The top five were video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy; VATS segmentectomy; VATS mediastinal lymph node dissection; diagnostic...

JANS Article

Efficacy of Thoracoscopic Surgery for Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis

May 19, 2023 | EACTS Staff

The authors sought differences in ninety-day postoperative mortality for patients treated with thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for descending necrotic mediastinitis (DNM). Sicker patients were more frequently treated with...

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VATS Drainage of Large Pre- and Bilateral Paravertebral Abscess

April 4, 2023 | Kamran Ali…

The patient is a twenty-two-year-old man. He presented to the outpatient clinic with complaints of severe back ache for six months along with weight loss. The pain was partially responsive...

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Uniportal VATS Right Basal Segmentectomy with Indocyanine Green Imaging

February 21, 2023 | Aris Koryllos…

The video demonstrates a case of uniportal VATS right segmentectomy from S7 to S10 with indocyanine green imaging. The patient is a healthy thirty-nine-year-old woman with a typical endobronchial...

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VATS Nonanatomical Wedge Resection for Fourteen-Year-Old Boy

January 16, 2023 | Abhipsa Rout

The patient featured in the video below is a fourteen-year-old boy who came to emergency room with fever and shortness of breath. He had no history of previous respiratory disorders...

JANS Article

A Comparison of the Differences in Postoperative Chronic Pain Between Video-Assisted and Robotic-Assisted Approaches in Thoracic Surgery

December 1, 2022 | Cameron Lind

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...

JANS Article

Ethicon Recalls Staplers for Failure to Completely Form Staples

November 2, 2019 | Mark Ferguson

A batch of staplers manufactured in July-August 2019 and distributed during August-September 2019 has been recalled. Seven serious injuries and one death are reported to have been associated with failure...