This video demonstrates a Collis gastroplasty combined with Nissen fundoplication to manage esophageal shortening and prevent reflux, providing step-by-step surgical guidance and a review of postoperative outcomes.
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Diaphragm
October 23, 2025
September 17, 2025
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning and Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF School of Medicine and thoracic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, examine multimodal therapy for mesothelioma.
September 15, 2025
This video presents a case of idiopathic diaphragmatic relaxation treated with robotic diaphragm plication using the da Vinci Xi platform through a four-port technique.
July 25, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Hazem Fallouh, a consultant thoracic surgeon at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, presented on “Diaphragm Pathologies.”
July 16, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic adaptation of a previously described video-assisted thoracic surgery technique for radial plication of the left hemidiaphragm.
June 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of catamenial pneumothorax treated with a unique robotic surgical technique involving rotation of the robot to allow for optimal visualization during separate portions of the procedure.
June 11, 2025
This video demonstrates the repair of a traumatic diaphragm hernia with partial gastrectomy.
June 5, 2025
This article reviews recent efforts to evaluate the use of osimertinib, a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in the neoadjuvant setting for patients with resectable EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
April 18, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful surgical correction of severe pectus excavatum with hemodynamic repercussions in a 37-year-old female athlete using the cross-bar technique and cryoanalgesia for pain management.
September 25, 2024
In this month’s episode of The Atrium, Dr. Alice Copperwheat explores chest drains with Leanne Ashrafian, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor.