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.
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Minimally Invasive
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.
May 9, 2023
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.
April 10, 2023
This video reviews the technique for robotic-assisted paraesophageal hernia repair with both Dor and Nissen fundoplications, focusing on operative anatomy and critical steps for early learners.
April 6, 2023
This single center, open RCT compared patients’ satisfaction with local (LA) or general anesthesia (GA) for video-assisted thoracoscopy. Fifty patients were allocated to GA and 57 to LA. Patient satisfaction did not differ significantly for anesthesiology care, general perioperative care, or recovery after surgery.
April 6, 2023
In the first analysis to validate observed clinical outcomes, two trials compared transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). Valve dysfunction was found to be less common after five years in TAVR.
April 4, 2023
This video demonstrates the drainage of a large pre- and bilateral paravertebral tubercular abscess via two-port VATS.
March 31, 2023
Tricuspid valve (TV) treatment, at its current status, represents a real dilemma since different options are available but long-term results still to be seen and lots of new strategies are still to come.