This video demonstrates how video assisted thoracoscopy surgery can be utilized for successful lung detorsion in symptomatic individuals.
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December 12, 2022
This video presents technical aspects of an outside the thoracic cage (OTC) robotic right upper lobectomy (RUL) through a subcostal approach, avoiding intercostal instrumentation and therefore the potential damage to the intercostal bundle.
December 9, 2022
Researchers have been awarded a grant to fund cancer vaccine research, including the development of an mRNA vaccine that would target precancerous lung lesions.
December 9, 2022
This study aimed to measure the population-level impact of federal lung cancer screening recommendations and Medicare coverage. After these decisions were implemented, and when adjusted for age, researchers found that they were associated with an increased incidence of early-stage lung cancer and decreased incidence of advanced-stage lung cancer.
December 7, 2022
This video presents a case illustrating the safety and advantage of using the robotic platform for challenging lesions that could not be performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
November 28, 2022
In this video, Diego Gonzalez Rivas demonstrates his new uniportal technique for robotic thoracic surgery, marking the first time this procedure was performed in the United Kingdom.
November 7, 2022
This video illustrates a robotic left lateral basilar (S9) segmentectomy and the relevant anatomy.
November 4, 2022
Although equitable access to care is critical to proper surgical lung cancer management, quality measures (QMs) that assess preoperative access to care are lacking. This study determined the relationship between meeting several preoperative QMs and various short- and long-term outcomes.
November 1, 2022
This is a video of a right upper lobe apical uniportal segmentectomy utilizing Indocyanine green technology, performed by a resident, describing the anatomy and showing how training in complex segmentectomy is feasible and can be performed safely using uniportal access.
October 24, 2022
This video describes each step of a lung donor retrieval for lung transplant.