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This video details a simple and reproducible technique for safe sternal reentry, even if the aorta is breached on entry.
August 30, 2022
August’s top content includes several items from our recent Guest Editor Series, "Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer," from guest editor Alan Sihoe, as well as two uniportal technique videos from thoracic surgeon Diego Gonzalez Rivas.
August 29, 2022
CTSNet presents this Edwards webinar recording featuring cardiac surgery experts Richard Shermin, Denis Bouchard, and Dee Dee Wang.
August 25, 2022
This is a surgical technique video of Dr. James Tweddell’s operative management of a patient with simple transposition.
August 24, 2022
This is a presentation about a new understanding of thoracic outlet syndrome and the role of robotic first rib resection in the treatment of this disease.
August 23, 2022
Professor Nasser Altorki joins Mara Antonoff and Joel Dunning to discuss the breakthrough results of the CALGB 140503 surgery trial.
August 18, 2022
This video demonstrates a simplified and reproducible technique for anatomic aortic arch reconstruction using a custom-made frozen elephant trunk.
August 11, 2022
This video displays a uniportal robotic left upper lobe sleeve resection performed by Diego Gonzalez Rivas.
August 10, 2022
This video presents a surgical technique to perform a video-assisted "hilum first-fissure last" right lower lobectomy with two-port approach.
August 8, 2022
Tricuspid valve repair with patch augmentation is used to overcome the valve regurgitation caused by malcoaptation of leaflets. This video shows the technique used when the anterior leaflet is too thin to hold the suture line safely; the possibility of tearing the leaflet after cutting and suturing exists. The augmentation was made at the annular level with no contact on the leaflet itself. This technique ensures a much more secure repair, as the suturing is only on the fibromuscular tissue. An artificial chordal support to the flail leaflet technique is also demonstrated.
July 27, 2022
Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is rapidly expanding, and new challenges should be continuously proposed regarding this technology. In effect, the community may further understand its strengths and limits, and consequently, offer better treatment to patients.