This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS surgery for the excision of a 5 x 12 cm posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma mass.
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Mediastinum
February 24, 2016
This video shows an extended lower lobectomy via left rethoracotomy for a recurrent tumor in the left lower lobe, and right-sided VATS clipping of the thoracic duct.
February 9, 2016
This video demonstrates a technique for laparoscopic repair of a Morgagni hernia, with and without excision of the sac.
January 13, 2016
This video demonstrates the technical strategy for the resection of a complex posterior mediastinal cyst.
January 11, 2016
The authors present the case of a mediastinal teratoma abutting the right upper lobe, compressing the superior vena cava (SVC) and innominate vein.
December 8, 2015
This is an edition of the annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery dedicated to minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery. It contains many approaches for thymectomy and mediastinal masses including VATS, uniportal VATS, subxiphoid approaches and robotic approaches.
November 24, 2015
This video shows a VATS lower bilobectomy of the lung with systematic lymph node dissection for NSCLC, using a “fissure last” technique.
November 18, 2015
This video entails a case report on a 35-year-old carrier of Hemophilia A with a mediastinal mass. The robotic procedure and perioperative management are discussed.
October 12, 2015
This video demonstrates a robotic resection for mediastinal parathyroid adenoma in a 53-year-old male patient with cerebral palsy.
August 22, 2015
Among patients with blunt trauma, the authors studied the implications of pneumomediastinum identified on CT. The incidence was 2.2%. Pneumomediastinum was associated with a 4-fold increase in mortality, a 2-fold increase in length of stay, and a 3-fold increase in ICU stay. Air in the posterior mediastinum, air in all mediastinal compartments, an