Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors present a case of a single-incision, single-port robotic right upper...
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...
As a part of Session 11 of the 4th International Conference for Sublobar Resections and Evolving Techniques for Lung Cancer, Isabelle Opitz of Zurich, Switzerland, presented on the impact on...
Robotic surgery is characterized by a progressive enhancement of its application in the thoracic field, notably regarding the management of mediastinal lesions. The most common robotic mediastinal procedure reported in...
This is a case of a twenty-nine-year-old woman who initially presented to the emergency department with right-sided pleuritic chest pain, syncope, and leukocytosis. A CT angiogram revealed bilateral segmental and...
This video presents minimally invasive, off-pump mitral valve repair with the NeoChord DS1000 system. This is an innovative device that implants multiple sets of Gortex PTFE neochords onto the prolapsing...
The pathophysiology and evidence in terms of long-term management of post-COVID-19 respiratory symptoms and pulmonary sequelae remain poorly understood and data regarding thrombotic lung lesions are still lacking. Patients with...
This is the third session of the 4th International Conference for Sublobar Resections and Evolving Techniques for Lung Cancer held in January 2023, including talks from four experts around the...
The patient is a thirty-eight-year-old man with a familial history of dilated cardiomyopathy who initially presented to the hospital with shortness of breath. Workup revealed new onset atrial fibrillation, severe...
Paraesophageal hernia repair with fundoplication is a case that utilizes the strengths of robotic-assisted surgery well. This video reviews the technical details of robotic-assisted paraesophageal hernia repair, with a focus...











