Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
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 interventional pulmonology for possible endobronchial...
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...
The patient is a sixty-two-year-old man who was in a motor vehicle collision that caused a thoracic spinal fracture and a refractory thoracic duct leak. The patient was initially managed...
The patient is a sixty-two-year-old male with notable past medical history of GERD who was diagnosed with T3N1 esophageal adenocarcinoma during an endoscopy for dysphagia. Endoscopic evaluation demonstrated gross changes...
The role of subsegmentectomies in thoracic surgery is still questionable, and the literature is rare (1). The complete resection of subsegment vascular hilum, coupled with the secure preservation of adjacent...
At the 2023 International Coronary Congress, five presenters spoke on their techniques for optimizing the saphenous vein bypass graft. Topics covered include SVG outcomes over the last 20 years, elimination...
The Cox-Maze procedure is an effective and successful method of surgical ablation. However, for lone atrial fibrillation cases, invasive sternotomy is not feasible. Patients with persistent atrial fibrillation can benefit...
At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...
CTSNet is pleased to present the webinar recording of “Contemporary Insights on Minimally Invasive Surgery,” featuring panelists Dr. Husam H. Balkhy (University of Chicago), Dr. Robert L. Smith (Baylor Scott...
This video presents the case of a rare complication of microwave ablation (MWA) in a thirty-three-year-old woman with lung metastases from colon cancer. The patient has a medical history of...










