Lung & Mediastinal
This prospective European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Drainology Collaborative registry study examined chest-drain practice after pulmonary resection in 3,348 patients across 21 international centers, 88 percent of whom underwent minimally invasive surgery. Prolonged air...
This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial approaches for appropriately selected patients. It provides guidance on patient selection, techniques, risks, transplantation considerations,...
This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Surgeons performed a uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The surgery team reported...
This single-center retrospective study examined 86 living-donor lobar lung transplant recipients who received 163 lobar grafts. Airway complications occurred in eight grafts (4.9 percent), all presenting as bronchial stenosis. Segmental...
This video presents the authors’ standardized technique for multiportal robotic-assisted left pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, using a five-step hilar dissection based on the principles of the French lobectomy approach. In...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on the management of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dr. Henrietta Wilson, a...
Anatomic segmentectomy has emerged as an effective option for the management of early-stage lung cancer; however, the division of intersegmental parenchyma remains technically challenging. The authors describe and illustrate the...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on challenges in the management of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dr....
In this video, the authors present the case of a 65-year-old female diagnosed with a central squamous cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe with nodal involvement in stations 5...
Background Congenital absence of the midline sternum is a rare chest wall anomaly that exposes mediastinal structures and causes paradoxical respiration, leading to respiratory and feeding difficulties. This report describes...
This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 36-year-old non-smoking female who was diagnosed with a typical carcinoid tumor involving the left lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis was established through...
Introduction The authors present a right-sided robotic resection of an enlarging anterior mediastinal mass, emphasizing the operative strategy, anatomic landmarks, and key decision points. Clinical Presentation and Workup A 54-year-old...
The Warden procedure (1) has been performed for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which the right upper pulmonary vein (RUPV) drains into the superior vena cava (SVC). This involves...









