Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
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 pledgeted sutures, the apical cuff...
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...
Thursday, September 17, 2026 – Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ All Day – Formerly the STS Coronary Conference, this event has a new name and is being completely redesigned to...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on arrhythmia surgery. Professor Aldo Rinaldi, consultant cardiologist and clinical lead for electrophysiology at...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on cardiac revascularization. Dr. Tarun Mital, a consultant cardiothoracic radiologist at Harefield Hospital, UK,...
A 57-year-old man presented with a two-year history of progressively worsening exertional dyspnea. Computed tomography revealed a 50 mm fusiform ascending aortic aneurysm. Echocardiography showed a heavily calcified bicuspid aortic...
The authors present a robotic-assisted right bilobectomy performed for coexisting right upper lobe bronchiectasis and synchronous middle lobe adenocarcinoma, highlighting the management of dual pathology in the setting of dense...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 – Thursday, September 3, 2026 @ 12:00 am – This course offers a full day of off pump robotic minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB)...
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 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Joel Dunning, a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, engaged in a...








