Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief, Joel Dunning, a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, engaged in a discussion with Dr. Joseph Coselli, Executive...
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...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was opened vertically over the left ventricular apex and suspended with retraction sutures. Using 3-0 polypropylene...
This article explores the pathways for and challenges and implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled humanoid robotic systems, or embodied AI, into operating rooms (ORs). While AI is being integrated...
The patient was a 61-year-old male with no significant medical or surgical history who presented with symptomatic diaphragm paralysis. A fluoroscopic study demonstrated left hemidiaphragm elevation with paradoxical motion, consistent...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) can be defined as a recurrent spontaneous...
A 35-year-old physically active female patient presented with exertional dyspnea and was referred from the otolaryngology department with a diagnosis of intrathoracic multinodular goiter. The CT scan illustrated a diffuse...
A 64-year-old male presented with complaints of severe dyspnea on minimal exertion, lower extremity edema, and weakness. The patient had a history of long-term atrial fibrillation (AF). Echocardiography revealed reduced...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Objective: Segmentectomy for peripheral early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...
Mitral annular disjunction is described as pathological dehiscence between the posterior mitral annulus and the compact left ventricular myocardium on the back wall of the left ventricle. The myocardium in...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The patient was a 67-year-old male with no significant past...











