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This interview celebrates the long career of British cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Michael E. Cowen. He leaves a legacy of pioneering robotic thoracic surgery and trainee education.
April 11, 2019
In this interview, Joel Dunning and Joel Cooper discuss lung volume reduction surgery, a technique that Dr Cooper pioneered and with which he has achieved consistently good results.
April 9, 2019
In this video, a huge anterior and middle mediastinal cyst was removed via median sternotomy from an 80-year-old patient who had very good recovery.
April 5, 2019
The author presents an unusual situation where a pneumonectomy was performed to treat symptomatic congenital pulmonary venous stenosis in an adult patient.
April 1, 2019
This video demonstrates the technical aspects of clot removal and control of hemorrhage using robot-assisted evacuation of the left hemothorax following an attempted left subclavian line insertion and redo heart port tricuspid valve replacement through a right minithoracotomy.
April 1, 2019
This video demonstrates the robot-assisted resection of a large solitary fibrous tumor followed by repair of iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia.
March 28, 2019
Joel Dunning interviews Joel Cooper about Dr Cooper’s innovation in lung transplantation.
March 28, 2019
The authors demonstrate a robot-assisted approach for the resection of a retrosternal thyroid goiter in the middle mediastinum.
Flexible Bronchoscopy Mediated Foreign Body Removal From Right Lower Lobe Bronchus Using a Cryoprobe
March 27, 2019
This video demonstrates a flexible bronchoscopy–mediated foreign body removal from right lower lobe bronchus using a cryoprobe.
March 27, 2019
The authors demonstrate a robot-assisted lung volume reduction surgery, with target identification using an intraoperative perfusion assessment.
March 25, 2019
This video demonstrates the surgical techniques used to perform phrenic nerve reconstruction in a patient with hemidiaphragm paralysis due to phrenic nerve injury.