Chest Wall
Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VATS) is an established approach for myasthenia gravis. The authors present a bilateral VATS thymectomy, highlighting key technical aspects. Case Description A 29-year-old male with ptosis was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis....
A 45-year-old man presented with a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest, near the left lower parasternal area. He was evaluated at an outside facility, where the knife was removed...
Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital chest wall deformity, and severe cases may require operative correction to improve both physiological and cosmetic outcomes. The authors present the case of...
In this video, the authors explain their technique for intrathoracic rib fixation as a treatment for rib pseudoarthrosis. They present the case of a 52-year-old female smoker with chronic obstructive...
A 9-day-old neonate weighing 2.2 kg, who had passed the neonatal screen for critical congenital heart disease, was re-admitted with heart failure symptoms, including lethargy and failure to thrive. A...
Although robotic thoracic surgery is associated with lower pain-related morbidity, it is important to address pain in a patient undergoing robotic thoracic surgery as diligently as a patient undergoing any...
Robotic resection of the first rib (R-FRR) in patients with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) was described in 2012 by Gharagozloo et al. (1). This group has published the results of...
The recurrence of pectus excavatum after open repair using the Ravitch technique has been reported to occur in 2–37 percent of instances (1). Pectus-UP, NUSS bar, and redo Ravitch have...
Watch the June 18 recording of the ISMICS 2022 Thoracic Masters Session 3A: My Favorite Case. Topics discussed include robotic-assisted VATS apical segmentectomy with NIR imaging, UVATS basal segmentectomy for...
The case involved a thirty-three-year-old male with a seventeen-year history of postprandial nausea, vomiting, and epigastric pain. He also suffered from chronic abdominal pain from a past motorcycle accident. The...
It’s already halfway through the year, and surgeons across the globe have shared a huge amount of valuable cardiothoracic surgery expertise with the CTSNet community in the form of clinical...
Urgent pneumonectomy for benign disease is rare but highly morbid, with a perioperative mortality approaching 50 percent. Late postpneumonectomy empyema (PPE) with bronchopleural fistula (BPF) poses a significant therapeutic challenge...
Sternal dehiscence without mediastinitis is a rare and relatively benign complication after cardiac surgery. However, it may cause severe discomfort for a patient. Traditional approaches include the Robicsek technique and...







