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May 13, 2026 | Akash Mor

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....

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September 29, 2022 | Farid Gharagozloo

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...

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August 24, 2022 | Farid Gharagozloo

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...

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July 12, 2022 | Kathryn Mulryan

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...

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June 29, 2022 | M. Blair MarshallBronze Contributor

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...

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June 27, 2022 | Oleg Orlov

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...

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June 23, 2022 | Mary Hammon

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...

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May 31, 2022 | Karishma Chandarana

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...

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May 23, 2022 | Vasily Kaleda

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...