This multicenter retrospective study compared video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) for anterior mediastinal lesions in 1,076 patients across three Chinese centers.
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Robotic
July 3, 2025
June 26, 2025
Surgeons at Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas, successfully performed the first robotic heart transplant in the U.S. without opening the chest, using small abdominal incisions. This minimally invasive procedure reduced trauma, blood loss, and infection risk, allowing for quicker recovery.
June 25, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of a triportal, left-sided robotic thymectomy (da Vinci Xi system) performed using the robotic vessel sealer, which enabled fast, effective, and safe dissection of mediastinal structures.
June 24, 2025
This video demonstrates a low-cost method for implementing augmented reality in robotic segmentectomy using open-source software and affordable hardware.
June 20, 2025
At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, President Husam H. Balkhy presented “Patience, Passion, and Persistence in the Pursuit of Robotic Cardiac Surgery.”
June 19, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of robot-assisted intrapericardial pneumonectomy with bronchoplasty and thymic flap reinforcement for a centrally located, post-neoadjuvant lung adenocarcinoma, highlighting advanced techniques in vascular control and intraoperative decision-making for complex thoracic oncologic surgery.
June 19, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 40-year-old patient with dysphagia who underwent a successful right-sided robot-assisted resection of an esophageal leiomyoma with no complications and discharge on postoperative day three.
June 13, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted approach to diaphragm plication in a patient with symptomatic diaphragm paralysis.
June 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a case of catamenial pneumothorax treated with a unique robotic surgical technique involving rotation of the robot to allow for optimal visualization during separate portions of the procedure.
June 11, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted multiportal intrathoracic resection of a complex goiter using the da Vinci Xi system, following a previous transcervical approach.