In the newest CTSNet Guest Editor Series, “Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery—Techniques and Procedures,” consultant cardiac surgeon Dr. M. M. Yusuf brought together cardiac surgery experts from around the world to contribute procedure videos on various techniques.
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Guest Editor Series: Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery—Techniques and Procedures
August 5, 2024
July 31, 2024
A clinical case demonstrating a robotic left upper lobectomy with a complete situs inversus (three lobes and two pulmonary fissures as in a right-sided lung).
July 10, 2024
This video presents a case of a robotic-assisted left lower lobectomy with intrapericardial pulmonary vein dissection and division for non-small cell lung cancer.
June 24, 2024
This video demonstrates a redo RATS pleural metastasectomy of type B3 Thymoma (Masaoka stage II) and plication of the left diaphragm in the same setting.
June 17, 2024
This video demonstrates a robotic assisted lobectomy for an endobronchial tumor and subsequent bronchial closure with two continuous absorbable barbed loop sutures.
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June 11, 2024
At the 2024 ESTS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviewed some of the most knowledgeable thoracic surgeons from around the world to highlight the fascinating work they are doing. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting.
June 6, 2024
This video demonstrates a novel robotic diaphragm plication procedure using the Versius robotic surgical system.
May 29, 2024
This study evaluated the surgical and oncological results of RATS thymectomy to demonstrate the approach as technically safe with acceptable outcomes. Of 669 patients, complete thymectomy was performed in 98 percent of cases and in 8.5 percent of those cases, resection of surrounding structures was undertaken.
May 21, 2024
This video demonstrates robot-assisted thoracoscopic ligation of the thoracic duct using clips and sutures for refractory chyle leak despite optimal medical treatment in a sixty-two-year-old man who had thoracic spinal fractures due to a motor vehicle collision.
April 22, 2024
Editor in Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Bernard Park, a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, about his pioneering work in robotic thoracic surgery and how the landscape has changed.