Lung & Mediastinal

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Segmentectomies Made Easy: Robotic-Assisted Left S8 Segmentectomy

February 23, 2026 | Zakariya Mouyer…

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has emerged as an invaluable tool in the management of early-stage...

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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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Lung Cancer Screening – Health Care Disparities: Guest Editor Series

October 13, 2021 | Virginia Litle

For the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Lung Cancer Screening – Health Care Disparities, Virginia Litle, MD, brought together video presentations and discussions to broaden our perspectives on disparities regarding the...

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Featured Profile and Interview With Dr. Virginia Litle

October 5, 2021 | Virginia Litle…

Dr. Virginia Litle is currently Chief of Thoracic Surgery and System Medical Director of Thoracic Surgery at Intermountain Healthcare. She is a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery,...

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Video Demonstration of a Left VATS Thymectomy With Instruments Mimicking the Human Hand

September 30, 2021 | Alexander Kern

In this video, we demonstrate a left VATS thymectomy with complete dissection of the superior horns using the new wristed ArtiSential instruments by LivsMed. The patient was a 62-year-old woman....

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RATS Lobectomy in a Totally Adherent Post-Empyema Pleura

September 22, 2021 | Henrik Aamodt…

The totally adherent pleura poses a challenge in mini-invasive procedures such as the RATS lobectomy. We were introduced to the SyncroSeal energy device for the DaVinci robot six months ago,...

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Robotic Ectopic Thyroid Resection Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass

September 20, 2021 | João Marcelo Toscano de Brito

There is close to a consenus regarding the surgical management of anterior mediastinal masses for the great majority of cases. However, there is continuous debate regarding the surgical approach to...

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Subxiphoid VATS Thymectomy After Cardiac Surgery

September 16, 2021 | Aseel Rishiq

Although the traditional (median sternotomy) approach has been set as the standard for thymectomy due to its better visualization and control of the anatomical structures, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy...

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Use of Enseal Tissue Sealer for Pulmonary Right Lower Lobectomy

September 15, 2021 | George Whittaker…

The Enseal® Tissue Sealer device is used as an important instrument for performing a pulmonary right lower lobectomy. This instrument can be used in a number of ways, including: grasping,...

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Robotic Left Upper Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy

September 13, 2021 | Fernando Ascanio Gosling…

We present the case of a 20-year-old man who presented with 3 days of fever and headache, as well as a dry cough and dysgeusia. A chest CT scan was...