The authors present the case of a 36-year-old female with a past medical history of myasthenia gravis not responding to medication. A thymectomy was planned via a left mini-thoracotomy approach.
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April 13, 2015
This video demonstrates a single-incision VATS (SIVATS) superior segmentectomy of the left lower lobe in a 49-year-old male patient.
April 8, 2015
This video shows a rare case of a female patient with a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following a recent myocardial infarction.
April 6, 2015
This video demonstrates a subxiphoid single incision VATS resection of a non-MG B2 thymoma.
March 31, 2015
This video shows an extended septal myectomy on an eight-year-old boy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
March 30, 2015
This video demonstrates a single incision VATS pneumonectomy and lymph node dissection in a 71-year-old male patient.
March 25, 2015
This video demonstrates a vascular and bronchial procedure with a left hemiclamshell approach.
March 19, 2015
In this discussion filmed at the EACTS 2014 Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, Marko Turina and Mattia Glauber consider minimally invasive valve replacement, with a focus on the Perceval S sutureless valve.
March 16, 2015
This video shows a surgical repair in a 49-year-old male patient for massive regurgitation of a bicuspid aortic valve in an anteroposterior configuration.
March 13, 2015
Worldwide, lung cancer is a leading cause of death. Minimally invasive resection of small pulmonary nodules is an opportunity and a challenge at the same time. The smaller the nodule, the better the long-term outlook for the patient, but the more difficult the resection. An efficient solution can be found in intra-operative 3D imaging and guided navigation.