In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Fraser Sutherland about the world’s first transcervical robotic aortic valve replacement (AVR) procedures.
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Robotic
October 23, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Fraser Sutherland, a consultant cardiac surgeon at Ross Hall Hospital and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Scotland, about the world’s first transcervical robotic aortic valve replacement (AVR) procedures.
October 21, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted left upper lobe S1/2 bisegmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer in a patient with a high body mass index and poor lung function.
October 16, 2025
This study analyzed 159 patients with mediastinal benign teratomas across five hospitals from 2014–2024, comparing subxiphoid thoracoscopic surgery with other surgical approaches. Among the 26 patients undergoing subxiphoid surgery, the median operative time was 80 minutes with 20mL of blood loss and 100 percent complete resection rates.
October 10, 2025
At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Dr. Matthew L. Inra, an attending thoracic surgeon at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital and Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, delivered a presentation titled “How to Do It: Robotic First Rib and Chest Wall Resection.”
Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy Without Dissecting the Superior Pulmonary Vein: A Multiportal Approach
October 8, 2025
This video demonstrates a multiportal robotic right upper lobectomy performed with a vein-sparing strategy, in which the superior pulmonary vein was not dissected.
October 7, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted left upper lobe sleeve lobectomy for a carcinoid tumor, highlighting the technical aspects of bronchial reconstruction and the favorable postoperative outcome.
October 1, 2025
This video demonstrates a trisegmentectomy performed in the setting of an anatomical variation, where the B3 bronchus arises from the lingular bronchus.
September 29, 2025
This video demonstrates a multiportal, robot-assisted left segmentectomy that successfully removed an adenocarcinoma in a 68-year-old patient.
September 26, 2025
At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Dr. Robert J. Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, delivered a presentation titled “Robotic Carinal Resection With ECMO.”