VATS

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Navigating the Mediastinum: A VATS Solution for Ectopic Primary Hyperparathyroidism

July 27, 2026 | Roman Dutta…

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...

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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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Navigating the Mediastinum: A VATS Solution for Ectopic Primary Hyperparathyroidism

July 27, 2026 | Roman Dutta…

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...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 164: TAVR National Coverage Analysis

July 9, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed decision memo regarding the national coverage analysis for transcatheter aortic valve replacement...

JANS Article

Uptake of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resections Within the Veterans Affairs

March 16, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The institution-specific uptake of VATS for lung cancer resection in the US Veterans Affairs system was evaluated over the past 15 years. Uptake more than tripled during the study period,...

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Watch the SCTS 2019 “Take on the Experts” Video Competition

March 11, 2019 | Clinton Lloyd

Find it here: The SCTS “Take on the Experts” Video Competition On Tuesday, March 12, the top four cardiac and top three thoracic videos submitted for this session of the...

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Posterior Uniportal VATS for the Posterior Segment (S2) Nonanatomical Resection Followed by Lobectomy: Major Bleeding Event

March 11, 2019 | Davor Stamenovic

A 67-year-old woman, with multimorbidity and previously treated squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, was admitted to the author’s clinic for the treatment of a 1.1 cm squamous cell carcinoma...

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Progress and Innovation in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: What is the Future?

March 7, 2019 | Gaetano Rocco

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...

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Pulmonary Re-Expansion After Diaphragmatic Plication

February 14, 2019 | Veronica Manolache…

In this video, the authors present a diaphragmatic plication. Diaphragm paralysis can have a wide variety of causes such as trauma, malignant pathologies, or infectious diseases. Sometimes it can be...

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Thymoma Resection Using Subxiphoid Uniportal Approach

January 14, 2019 | Samer Al Sawalhi

There are different types of anterior mediastinal tumors, such as thymoma, germ cell tumors, ectopic parathyroid tumors, and lymphoid tumors. Completeness of tumor resection has been considered the most important...

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Two-Port GelPOINT Carbon Dioxide-Aided Right VATS Lower Bilobectomy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

October 17, 2018 | J. Saravana Ganesh…

Here, the authors describe the safe and effective use of a GelPOINT Alexis® wound retractor (Applied Medical) during a thoracoscopic CO2-aided advanced pulmonary resection. The procedure carried out was a...

JANS Article

Watch Live-in-a-Box Microlobectomy and Microthymectomy Surgical Videos Performed in Bologna, Italy

October 16, 2018 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Click on the link below and register for free to gain access to two operations that were performed live in Bologna, Italy, on October 1st, 2018. https://www.microlobectomy.live/ The first video...

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