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Minimally Invasive

June 15, 2023
This is a groundbreaking article that, for the first time, compares port access mitral surgery with sternotomy in a randomized multicenter trial. It demonstrates benefits for surgery through a minimal access route and, most importantly, that it is as safe as open surgery.
June 1, 2023
A large RCT suggesting superiority of the transcatheter 'Alfieri' (Mitra-clip, edge to edge) repair over BMT. .
May 25, 2023
Seventeen procedures were identified by a Delphi process as feasible for simulation-based training.
May 25, 2023
This video shows a robotic phrenic-sparing thymectomy for a B3 thymoma after ICG detection of the phrenic nerve and periphrenic vessels.
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.
May 16, 2023
This video demonstrates the use of the NeoChord DS1000 system, which is an innovative device that implants multiple sets of Gortex neochords onto the prolapsing segment of the posterior mitral valve leaflet through a minimally invasive approach without cardiopulmonary bypass.
April 26, 2023
This is the third session of the 4th International Conference for Sublobar Resections and Evolving Techniques for Lung Cancer held in January 2023, including talks from four experts around the world discussing sublobar resection for pure GGO.
April 11, 2023
This video demonstrates a robotic assisted mitral valve repair after a failed transcatheter edge-to-edge repair.

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