Lung & Mediastinal

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Lower-Lobe LVRS: A Case Demonstration From a High-Volume Center

January 20, 2026 | Anthony Meyers…

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors present a lower lobe lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) case...

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Robot-Assisted Left Pneumonectomy for Post-Chemoimmunotherapy Proximal Adenocarcinoma

August 13, 2026 | Jean-Marc BasteBronze Contributor…

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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One-Stage Midline Unifocalization With Complete Repair of Pulmonary Atresia, Ventricular Septal Defect, and Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals

June 29, 2020 | Gamal MareyBronze Contributor…

The patient was a 5-month-old, 4.7 kg Infant with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect (VSD), and absent native intra-pericardial pulmonary arteries. All bronchopulmonary segments were supplied by four large major...

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Off-Pump Superior Vena Cava Surgery

June 23, 2020 | Leonardo Duranti…

This is the case of a 59-year-old woman affected by B3/C thymoma. Chemotherapy was complicated by hematological disorders and discontinued after two cycles. She had a partial response to radiotherapy...

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COVID-19 Pneumonia Associated With Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum and Pneumopericardium

June 16, 2020 | Diego Alejandro Murillo Brito

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, is spreading around the world, and the outbreak continues to escalate. Clinical features of patients with coronavirus disease...

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Bilateral Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

June 3, 2020 | Guillermo Gutiérrez…

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is a rare and frequently under diagnosed entity in which one or more pulmonary veins are connected to the systemic venous return. Bilateral Partial...

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Embryonic Carcinoma of Anterior Mediastinum: Case Report

May 6, 2020 | Ignacio Sastre…

Clinical CaseA 32-year-old man was referred with a diagnosis of an extragonadal germ cell tumor in the anterior mediastinum. Initially, he was treated with four cycles of chemotherapy (bleomycin, etoposide...

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Anatomical Correction of Obstructed Mixed TAPVC

April 30, 2020 | Siddharth Amboli…

This video shows the anatomical correction done for an obstructed mixed TAPVC in a 6-month-old child with failure to thrive. TTE showed right sided and left lower pulmonary veins forming...

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COVID-19: Safe Thoracic Surgery

April 27, 2020 | Eveline Internullo…

Providing lung cancer surgery during the COVID-19 crisis presents many challenges. Cancer services must minimize exposure to health care workers and manage the higher risks associated with surgery during the...

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Approximation of Scimitar Vein to Atrial Septal Defect During Scimitar Syndrome Repair

April 15, 2020 | Maxwell Kilcoyne…

IntroductionScimitar syndrome is a rare congenital disease characterized by lung hypoplasia and anomalous pulmonary venous return from the right lung to the inferior vena cava (IVC) or right atrium (RA)....

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