Lung & Mediastinal

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Robotic Left Upper Lobectomy With Chest Wall Resection

March 26, 2026 | Vikram Krishna…

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video represents a case of a robotic left upper lobectomy with chest wall resection...

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Robot-Assisted Left Pneumonectomy for Post-Chemoimmunotherapy Proximal Adenocarcinoma

August 13, 2026 | Jean-Marc Baste

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This video demonstrates the case of a 51-year-old female patient with a history of smoking who presented with progressive dyspnea, hemoptysis, and status alteration. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest...

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Robotic-Assisted Resection of a Giant Anterior Mediastinal Lipoma

August 10, 2026 | Marissa Matto…

Mediastinal lipomas are benign, slow-growing masses that can present as large masses due to their insidious onset (1). Symptoms associated with these lipomas are generally due to mass effect, such...

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Management of SVC Injury During Right VATS Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis

August 5, 2026 | Jakraphan Yu…

The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Leanne Ashrafian, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom, interviewing the...

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Left VATS Pneumonectomy

July 29, 2026 | Sergio Nicola Forti Parri…

A 69-year-old female smoker (82 pack years) was incidentally diagnosed with a left lung tumor. Imaging revealed an 18×18×10 mm lower-lobe nodule and a 24×30 mm hypermetabolic interbronchial lymph node...

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Training a Resident in Uniportal Complex Segmentectomy

November 1, 2022 | Mohamed Diab…

Following the recent two major trials (JCOG0802 and CALGB 140503), segmentectomies in favorable conditions are being adopted internationally. However, complex segmentectomies, such as an apical right upper lobe, can be...

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Donor Lung Harvest—The Indian Technique

October 24, 2022 | Kamran Ali

Harvesting a well-preserved and undamaged pair of donor lungs is vital for a good outcome after a lung transplant. This video shows the authors’ retrieval technique, which has been standardized...

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Right VATS Radical Thymectomy

October 20, 2022 | George Whittaker…

Radical thymectomy is the primary surgical treatment for thymomas, particularly for those suffering from myasthenia gravis as a result. Several surgical approaches exist, with a subxiphoid approach demonstrating good oncological...

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12-Step Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy

October 17, 2022 | Benjamin Palleiko…

This video shows a robotic right upper lobectomy in twelve steps with a focus on technique, technical pearls, and anatomy. The patient is a sixty-four-year-old woman with a 10.5 pack-per-year...

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Uniportal S10 Segmentectomy Utilizing ICG Technology

October 12, 2022 | Mohamed Diab…

This video delivers a detailed explanation of a complex S10 segmentectomy performed via uniportal incision. The surgeons utilize ICG technology to demarcate the intersegmental plane—a key step in achieving...

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Robotic Selective Dorsal Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis

October 10, 2022 | Farid Gharagozloo

Presently, hyperhidrosis is the most important established indication for thoracic sympathectomy. Historically, surgical sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis has been associated with three areas of controversy: the surgical approach; the technique...

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Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Left S6 Segmentectomy

October 4, 2022 | Felice Lo Faso…

This video shows a case of a robotic assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) performed with the DaVinci Xi system through a uniportal approach. An eighty-two-year-old woman with BMI 29 and a...

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Complex Robotic Extrapleural Completion Lobectomy for Right Upper Lobe Adenocarcinoma

September 22, 2022 | Jessica Magarinos…

A seventy-one-year-old male presented with local recurrence after a right apical posterior segmentectomy three years prior. The staging workup was consistent with localized disease, and he was deemed a...