VATS
Mixed reality–guided anatomical segmentectomy represents an emerging strategy to improve intraoperative spatial understanding during sublobar lung resection. Accurate identification of segmental anatomy is critical in segmentectomy, particularly for ground-glass nodules, where lesion localization and margin...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This video illustrates a procedure for a patient who was initially diagnosed with a duplication cyst on computed tomography scan but was found to have a posterior mediastinal tumor in...
A 60-year-old patient was diagnosed with a T3N0M0 squamous cell carcinoma. A multidisciplinary tumor board decided to perform a hybrid procedure of left upper lobectomy with resection of three involved...
This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a congenital lobar emphysema in a young woman with spontaneous pneumothorax. Congenital lobar emphysema occurs when there is a developmental ball-valve obstruction...
Mr Sridhar Rathinam of the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK, discusses the surgical treatment of emphysema. He focuses on the risks and benefits of lung volume reduction surgery, taking a...
This video demonstrates an anatomic variation encountered during a uniportal VATS right lower lobectomy – the absence of right segment arterial branch six.
...Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Joel Dunning of James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, moderates a discussion with Moishe Liberman and Eric Goudie, both of the...
Microlobectomy aims to reduce postoperative pain and enhance a patient’s recovery. The key principles include: no intercostal utility incision; no intercostal incisions larger than 5 mm; adoption of 5 mm...
The authors summarizes a personal experience with 529 patients undergoing VATS operations under local anesthesia and sedation. No nerve block, epidural, laryngeal mask airway, or endotracheal intubation was used. Indications...












