Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted, right-sided minimally invasive coronary artery bypass using the right internal thoracic artery (RITA) to the right coronary artery (RCA) in a patient with an anomalous origin of the RCA. The...
This cardiac session features leading surgeons providing updates on complex cardiac surgical interventions at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin, Danny Ramzy,...
This single-center, single-arm prospective trial provides the first clinical safety and effectiveness data for the excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis (ELANA) system in constructing the left internal thoracic artery (LITA)-to-left anterior...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy alone can exacerbate GERD symptoms and can induce GERD in asymptomatic patients (1)....
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...
A sixty-five-year-old woman developed double vision and the investigation she underwent revealed an 11 cm thymoma. Subsequently, she had a median sternotomy and thymectomy, but the left phrenic nerve was...
Many studies demonstrate the superiority of the bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) versus single internal thoracic artery (SITA) grafting technique when it comes to early and late survival and decreased...
Endobronchial carcinoid tumors require bronchoplasty, which can control the resection margins and subsequent postobstruction secretions and potential infection focus. For the classical open thoracotomy cases, bronchoplasty is performed with classical...
At the 2024 ESTS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviewed some of the most knowledgeable thoracic surgeons from around the world to highlight the fascinating work...
This video presents a case of minimally invasive mitral valve replacement, left atrial appendage closure and left atrium plication. The patient is a sixty-eight-year-old woman with a history of rheumatic...
This video presents a robotic diaphragm plication procedure using the Versius robotic surgical system. The patient is a fifty-eight-year-old man with a history of mitral valve regurgitation who underwent mitral...
At the 2023 International Coronary Congress, four surgeons presented their biggest mistakes in CABG surgery and how they went about fixing them. They emphasized the importance of surgeons sharing their...
In this video, the authors present their technique with modifications to the peroral endoscopic myotomy for Zenker’s diverticulum (Z-POEM). They believe this leads to increased effectiveness, safety, and durability of...











