This Beat episode, hosted by Brian Mitzman MD, focuses on recent CTSNet videos on robotic diaphragm plication and "robotic-alternative" instrumentation, a recent Annals of Thoracic Surgery publication analyzing how to decrease overutilization of postoperative chest X-rays, and the current CT surgery job market.
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Robotic
February 23, 2021
February 17, 2021
This is a case of the use of the Artisential VATS Wristed Instruments and also an automated camera holder bringing together two excellent technologies to simulate as closely as possible a robotic lobectomy.
February 8, 2021
This video demonstrates how to safely and efficiently perform VATS left upper lobe lobectomy.
January 26, 2021
Brian Mitzman presents the latest Beat podcast, focusing on the STS 2021 virtual meeting, as well as recent submissions to CTSNet and the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
January 25, 2021
The authors describe in this video the use of technetium-marked albumin macroaggregates (MAA-99mTc) to mark lymph nodes.
January 22, 2021
This video demonstrates the management of a difficult anterior pulmonary artery branch during robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy.
January 18, 2021
This video demonstrates how to safely and efficiently perform a VATS left lower lobe lobectomy.
January 18, 2021
The authors describe a reproducible technique of right lower lobectomy that can always be used, even with a hostile fissure.
January 4, 2021
This video demonstrates how to safely and efficiently perform a VATS right lower lobe lobectomy.
December 18, 2020
This video demostrates the standardized five steps for robotic left upper lobectomy with a robotic stapler.