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This video presents a case of a robotic-assisted left lower lobectomy with intrapericardial pulmonary vein dissection and division for non-small cell lung cancer.
July 2, 2024
This video is made for surgical assistants and shows a breakdown of how to reliably close a midsternal incision.
July 1, 2024
This video demonstrates how the authors perform right upper lobectomies. There is never a perfect case, but the authors believe they are managing to reproduce great results with this technique.
June 24, 2024
This video demonstrates a redo RATS pleural metastasectomy of type B3 Thymoma (Masaoka stage II) and plication of the left diaphragm in the same setting.
June 17, 2024
This video demonstrates a robotic assisted lobectomy for an endobronchial tumor and subsequent bronchial closure with two continuous absorbable barbed loop sutures.
Driving Change in the Delivery of Thoracic Surgery in Africa: An Interview With Diego Gonzalez Rivas
June 11, 2024
At the 2024 ESTS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviewed some of the most knowledgeable thoracic surgeons from around the world to highlight the fascinating work they are doing. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting.
June 10, 2024
The authors demonstrate pulmonary arterial branch reconstruction via median sternotomy in a twenty-year-old patient who underwent previous transcatheter multiple stents and balloon dilation of her pulmonary arteries but had persistent suprasystemic right ventricular pressure.
June 6, 2024
This video demonstrates a novel robotic diaphragm plication procedure using the Versius robotic surgical system.
May 7, 2024
Prof. Romano discusses the importance of having the conversation surrounding gender disparities in CT surgery and what she hopes to accomplish as STS president.
May 1, 2024
The Cox-Maze procedure is an effective and successful method of surgical ablation. However, for lone atrial fibrillation cases, invasive sternotomy is not feasible. Patients with persistent atrial fibrillation can benefit by combining left atrial endocardial and epicardial interventions. A step-by-step approach of this hybrid totally thoracoscopic maze procedure is demonstrated in this video.