This is a video demonstrating a right lower lobe apical segmentectomy performed by the new CMR Versius system.
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Thoracic
October 31, 2023
October was a superstar month for surgical content, including versatile congenital techniques, a minimally invasive mitral valve repair, and hybrid aortic arch treatment. Articles published this month also included interviews with technique experts and important CT surgery news items.
October 30, 2023
Although robotic surgery has gained popularity among thoracic surgeons globally, and the advantages of using robots for anterior mediastinal lesion resections are well established, there is still controversy over the optimal robotic approach for posterior and inferior mediastinal resections. This video presents some tips to perform such resections more easily.
October 26, 2023
This article reviews the benefits of diversity among cardiac surgeons. Specifically, the authors outline the urgent need for redistribution of access and opportunities for women in cardiothoracic surgery and the steps that have been taken to increase equity.
October 26, 2023
This video demonstrates a total robotic left lower lobectomy. It was the first lobectomy performed with the Versius system in Chile.
October 25, 2023
This video demonstrates an extended pleurectomy and decortication, which is a cytoreductive procedure for the surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
October 24, 2023
With the release of the European Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Pure Ground-Glass Opacities and Part-Solid Nodules from EACTS and ESTS, Joel interviewed the study’s co-chairs René Petersen and Giuseppe Cardillo.
October 23, 2023
This video presents a case of uniportal pure robotic lingulectomy in a seventy-one-year-old male with localized lung cancer.
October 20, 2023
The authors performed a structured review of the evidence surrounding the effect of donor age in lung transplantation. They examined whether or not lungs from donors over sixty years old had equivalent outcomes to lungs from younger donors. Twelve articles supplied the best evidence to answer this question.