Robotic & Endoscopic Cardiac
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Recent trials, including CALGB and JCOG0802, have established the noninferiority of sublobar resection compared to...
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...
This quick video documents the first four cases of uniportal robotic surgery taught by Diego Gonalez Rivas in the UK. Patients and surgeons at James Cook University Hospital were very...
With the variation of skills and procedures present in cardiovascular surgery, a video or article with distinct and informative steps can clarify both simple and complex procedures. These five recent...
Postintubation tracheal laceration (PITL) remains a challenging and rare, yet persistent, problem around the world. It has increased in incidence, previously about 0.005 percent to currently almost 0.48 percent, related...
A giant mediastinal mass has traditionally been operated on using an open approach. However, a minimally invasive approach can be done with good results. Robotic surgery has been proven...
This video presents a robotic left lateral basilar (S9) segmentectomy. The patient was a fifty-six-year-old female with a sixty-pack-per-year smoking history and a two-year history of left lower lobe nodule...
In June 2022, a panel of cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered at University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti in Ancona, Italy to discuss minimally invasive and transcatheter surgery. This live virtual course was...
In the era of advancing structural heart procedures and increasing percutaneous interventions, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a must-learn for current and aspiring surgeons. It can...
Following the recent two major trials (JCOG0802 and CALGB 140503), segmentectomies in favorable conditions are being adopted internationally. However, complex segmentectomies, such as an apical right upper lobe, can be...









