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This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sympathectomy for the termination of ventricular tachycardia electrical storm, featuring an exceptional view and excision of Kuntz's... More
June 3, 2025
This video demonstrates the technical challenges of bilateral lung transplantation after cut and sew MAZE, detailing safe methods for pulmonary vein anastomosis using full cardiopulmonary bypass.
May 29, 2025
This video demonstrates a successful radical resection of a chest wall chondrosarcoma in a 70-year-old patient.
May 27, 2025
This video highlights the surgical steps involved in a successful uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery segment 7 segmentectomy in a 67-year-old male with rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma.
May 23, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful repair of a small chronic tracheoesophageal fistula at the thoracic inlet in a 77-year-old male. The procedure utilized a hybrid approach that entailed esophageal mobilization via the left neck followed by robotic fistula repair from the right chest.
May 16, 2025
This video highlights critical technical steps, anatomical landmarks, and operative pearls essential for safe and effective robotic esophageal mobilization for a McKeown esophagectomy.
May 13, 2025
This video demonstrates a modified technique for robot-assisted tracheobronchoplasty using dual-layer mesh strips and running barbed sutures, illustrated with an example of a patient with severe calcified mediastinal lymphadenopathy due to prior sarcoidosis.
April 17, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of repair for acquired asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy in a patient who underwent a Ravitch procedure at age four, which inhibited thoracic cavity growth and resulted in severe shortness of breath due to a very small thoracic cavity.
April 15, 2025
In this video, the authors present a case involving a robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy, which includes the dissection and division of the intrapericardial pulmonary vein, and arterioplasty of the pulmonary artery trunk to preserve the lower lobe.
April 11, 2025
This video demonstrates the removal of an infantile rhabdomyoma that obstructs the left ventricular outflow tract.
March 13, 2025
This study demonstrates a feasible approach to port catheter placement without imaging, offering a practical alternative for low-resource settings.