This video shows a robotic phrenic-sparing thymectomy for a B3 thymoma after ICG detection of the phrenic nerve and periphrenic vessels.
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Mediastinum
May 23, 2023
This is a case of video assisted thoracoscopic surgery resection of a posterior mediastinal cyst, located within the inferior pulmonary ligament and adjacent to the inferior pulmonary vein and esophagus.
March 13, 2023
This video demonstrates the removal of an anterior mediastinal mass, which was confirmed as an ectopic parathyroid adenoma, via a robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
February 6, 2023
This video demonstrates complete removal of a mediastinal teratoma that compressed the right atrium and shifted the superior vena cava in a fifteen-year-old patient.
January 24, 2023
This video demonstrates how to handle untreatable postoperative bleeding by keeping the sternum open with a VAC sponge and negative chest pressure.
November 10, 2022
This video shows resection of a giant mediastinal mass while avoiding sternotomy, performed by RATS.
May 18, 2022
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive thymomectomy for a large Type AB thymoma in a fifty-six-year-old patient without myasthenia gravis.
May 17, 2022
Redo sternotomy in pediatric cardiac surgery can be made less risky by putting the patient on peripheral bypass using iliac vessels which allow for bigger sized cannulae than femoral vessels, and it is technically simpler. This video gives a visual example of how to do this.
February 2, 2022
This video describes the case of a 50-year-old female with a history of a mediastinal neurofibroma, resected via a right posterolateral thoracotomy 17 years prior to presentation, who presented with a new extremely apical posterior mediastinal mass for which she underwent robotic resection.
January 26, 2022
This video describes the management of an extended resection for thymoma invading the superior vena cava and other essential structures.