This video demonstrates a Ravitch procedure that has been modified to maximize the relief of cardiac compression.
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Chest wall
July 24, 2024
July 2, 2024
This video is made for surgical assistants and shows a breakdown of how to reliably close a midsternal incision.
April 10, 2024
EIC Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Olugbenga Okusanya about his work establishing a program specifically for treating chest wall surgery, including pectus abnormalities, slipping rib syndrome, and thoracic outlet syndrome.
April 9, 2024
This video presents a unique case of a patient with neurogenic TOS who was treated with both an open supraclavicular cervical rib resection and a robotic first rib resection.
February 27, 2024
In this video, that authors demonstrate an emergency clamshell thoracotomy.
February 5, 2024
This video describes a robotic assisted fourth rib resection in a woman with previous breast cancer and solitary rib metastasis under her breast implant.
January 31, 2024
This case highlights a technique for resection of a chest wall lesion that was not able to be identified externally. While most osteochondromas and other chest wall maladies are externally evident, some require intrathoracic, thoracoscopic evaluation to carefully guide resection.
September 20, 2023
This video presents a case of slipping rib syndrome reconstruction using the costal margin reconstruction technique, which is challenging but addresses the needs of slipping rib syndrome patients with complicating features.
June 13, 2023
This case demonstrates the feasibility of concomitant pectus excavatum repair with cardiac surgical intervention and illustrates the safety and efficacy of this combined approach.
April 24, 2023
This book contains contributions from patients suffering with pectus conditions in England, w