Esophagus
The authors present the case of a 40-year-old male with no prior medical history who reported progressive dysphagia to solids over several months. Imaging with CT and MRI revealed a submucosal esophageal lesion consistent with...
This video completes a day of excellent presentations by leading surgeons exploring advanced minimally invasive techniques including congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery, endoscopic transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) explantation,...
Friday, August 28, 2026 – Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 7:00 am – 11:00 am – Thoracic Surgery Symposium: Malignant Esophagogastric Diseases August 28-29 | UT Southwestern Medical Center in...
This study examines the relationship between public interest in cardiothoracic surgical conditions and corresponding research output during a 21-year period (2004–2024). Public interest was assessed using Google Trends data and...
This clinical video demonstrates the preservation of a replaced left hepatic artery during the creation of a gastric conduit in a robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) for post-neoadjuvant esophageal adenocarcinoma....
The authors present the case of a 42-year-old male patient with a chest x-ray that suggested a cyst abutting his left diaphragm. The CT scan suggested a cyst with homogenous...
In an interview filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Leanne Harling speaks with Daniela Molena, Director of the Esophageal Surgery Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...
An 18-year-old asymptomatic male patient was diagnosed with a retroesophageal cyst. The authors performed cyst drainage via a uniportal VATS approach.
...In this video, the authors demonstrate a robot-assisted Nissen fundoplication with Collis wedge gastroplasty. Following mediastinal dissection and full reduction of the hiatal or giant paraesophageal hernia, the gastric fat...
This video describes the technique of transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF procedure). A partial fundoplication is created endoscopically in a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease. The video provides an overview of...
Objective: This video demonstrates the technique for performing a trans-thoracic robot-assisted esophageal diverticulectomy and Heller myotomy. Technique: The patient was a 68-year-old gentleman with Parkinson’s disease who had difficulty swallowing....
This video shows a completely endoscopic treatment of Type I esophageal achalasia using the POEM technique. A 10 cm myotomy was performed at the two o’clock position using a conventional...
Originally presented as a Surgical Motion Picture at the 2015 STSA Annual Meeting Objectives: Achalasia is an end stage motor disorder of the esophagus characterized by absent peristalsis and defective...












