Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac

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October 8, 2025 | Sonia Aguir

In this video, the authors present a multiportal robotic right upper lobectomy performed with a vein-sparing strategy, in which the superior pulmonary vein was not dissected. The patient was a...

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October 7, 2025 | Maxime Huriet

The authors present the case of a 55-year-old woman with no significant medical history who was incidentally diagnosed with atelectasis of the left upper lobe. Imaging and bronchoscopy identified a...

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October 7, 2025 | Hanan Hemead

This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. Large diaphragmatic hernia often requires morbid open surgery via...

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October 1, 2025 | Sonia Aguir

In this video, the authors present the performance of a trisegmentectomy in the context of an anatomical variation, where the B3 bronchus arose from the lingular bronchus. They described the...

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September 29, 2025 | Sonia Aguir

This video demonstrates a multiportal, robot-assisted left segmentectomy combining the superior segment (S6) with segment S9. A 68-year-old man had a 29 mm left lower lobe mass. His medical history...

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September 29, 2025 | Mohammed Ibrahim

Primary cardiac tumors have a very low prevalence. The most common cardiac tumor is myxoma, while the most common left ventricle (LV) mass is thrombus. The most common LV tumors...

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September 26, 2025 | Robert CerfolioBronze Contributor

In May 2025, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery brought together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss and share knowledge on minimally invasive techniques. Watch...

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September 25, 2025 | Oscar Cuevas

Left atrial appendage closure has become a key point in modern cardiac surgery. On the other hand, as cardiac surgery has become increasingly less invasive, left atrial appendage closure has...