In this roundtable, cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with the board members of the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club about minimally invasive endoscopic and robotic surgery.
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December 4, 2025
This video demonstrates an endoscopic approach to a post-infarction ventricular septal defect using the three-port technique.
December 3, 2025
This video demonstrates an endoscopic closure of an atrial septal defect.
December 2, 2025
Join the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) online this January and February for a new season of world-class educational webinars designed for the entire cardiothoracic team—and free for all EACTS members.
December 2, 2025
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 fibers.
December 1, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic aortic valve replacement procedure for a 64-year-old man with severe aortic stenosis.
December 1, 2025
CTSNet is pleased to present the top 10 videos from the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Video Competition.
November 28, 2025
At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Dr. Edris A. F. Mahtab and Laurent Coopmans about optimizing operation planning.
November 27, 2025
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons (ECS) Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Oleksandr Babliak, Chief of the Cardiac Surgery Division at the Dobrobut Medical Network in Kyiv, Ukraine, about utilizing minimally invasive approaches in complex cardiac procedures.
November 26, 2025
The five-year results of JCOG0802, the largest RCT ever conducted to determine which approach to lung cancer surgery is superior, segmentectomy vs lobectomy, indicated that segmentectomy was superior to lobectomy; however, the 10-year results show the complete opposite and JCOG now recommends that lobectomy is superior for all primary lung cancer patients.
November 26, 2025
This video presents the case of a 34-year-old male who experienced military heart trauma, for which the surgeons performed a totally endoscopic extraction of a cardiac foreign body.
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