Lung & Mediastinal
This retrospective validation study compared conventional hard boundary objective performance indicators (OPIs) with probabilistic expected OPIs that model uncertainty in surgical step timing. Using 1,016 da Vinci Xi robotic cases across seven procedures, including 238...
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...
A 52-year-old old male was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome, specifically anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI) with moderate left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, and without congestive heart failure (CCF). He had...
Case Presentation A 31-year-old female presented with recurrent pneumonias and progressive shortness of breath attributed to suspected congenital lobar emphysema of the left upper lobe. She was initially evaluated by...
This video presents the case of a 67-year-old man with situs inversus totalis who underwent a robotic-assisted right upper lobe segmentectomy, specifically a culminectomy, for the treatment of lung cancer....
There are several surgical techniques to access the mediastinum and thoracic cavity. For the removal of large mediastinal tumors, the most commonly employed methods are midline sternotomy or a lateral...
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...
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Professor Eric Lim, Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Imperial College London and Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at the Royal...
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 case of a...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Recent trials, including CALGB and JCOG0802, have established the noninferiority...










