This study evaluated the surgical and oncological results of RATS thymectomy to demonstrate the approach as technically safe with acceptable outcomes. Of 669 patients, complete thymectomy was performed in 98 percent of cases and in 8.5 percent of those cases, resection of surrounding structures was undertaken.
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Lung - Cancer; VATS
May 16, 2024
Minimally invasive surgery is routinely used for thymectomies, and techniques continue to evolve. Yang developed and studied a modified subxiphoid approach for thymectomy utilizing VATS with a sternal retractor to improve visualization in the operative field.
March 26, 2024
This video demonstrates surgeon-powered robotics for anatomical lung resection.
March 15, 2024
The authors of this video demonstrate a right upper lobectomy for a large pulmonary hydatid cyst using uniportal VATS.
December 13, 2023
This video demonstrates the first European use of a new cordless energy device for lung resection.
November 30, 2023
Although video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is associated with less pain than open surgery, there are still several complications that arise due to poor postoperative control with VATS.
November 30, 2023
This video presents the first reported case of VATS pulmonary segmentectomy using the ArtiSential wristed instrument.
September 25, 2023
This video shows the authors’ method to control the right main PA major bleeding using uniportal VATS.
September 13, 2023
This video demonstrates a right upper lobectomy with the ArtiSential wristed instruments, which simulate all movements of robotic surgery for a fraction of the price and a faster duration.
August 28, 2023
This video demonstrates a biportal VATS fissure last lower bilobectomy with intraoperative pulmonary artery clamping test to verify functional operability in an eighty-five-year-old frail patient with inconclusive preoperative functional evaluation.