The near-infrared fluorescence imaging system is an innovative technology that can help surgeons to easily and safely perform video-assisted thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation for the treatment of chylothorax.
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VATS
November 28, 2023
September 25, 2023
This video shows the authors’ method to control the right main PA major bleeding using uniportal VATS.
September 13, 2023
This video demonstrates a right upper lobectomy with the ArtiSential wristed instruments, which simulate all movements of robotic surgery for a fraction of the price and a faster duration.
August 28, 2023
This video demonstrates a biportal VATS fissure last lower bilobectomy with intraoperative pulmonary artery clamping test to verify functional operability in an eighty-five-year-old frail patient with inconclusive preoperative functional evaluation.
August 15, 2023
New techniques and technologies are constantly being developed in surgical treatment for lung cancer. These recent CTSNet videos demonstrate some of the most popular and innovative techniques, including uniportal VATS resection, robotic assisted lobectomy, and surgical management of rare and complex lung cancers.
July 19, 2023
This video shows minimally invasive sleeve resection and reconstruction of the distal bronchus intermedius for a carcinoid tumor.
July 18, 2023
This video presents the use of indocyanine green (ICG) to localize and quantify thoracic duct leakage in real time during a thoracic duct ligation.
May 25, 2023
Seventeen procedures were identified by a Delphi process as feasible for simulation-based training.
May 23, 2023
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.
May 19, 2023
The authors sought differences in ninety-day postoperative mortality for patients treated with thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for descending necrotic mediastinitis (DNM). Sicker patients were more frequently treated with VATS.