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This video demonstrates a bi-portal VATS lower lobectomy that has been performed using the ArtiSential Bipolar Precise Dissector.
June 11, 2015
Douglas Wood, Fawwaz Shaw, Emily Farkas, and Nahush Mokadam discuss work-life balance within the cardiothoracic surgery specialty.
June 10, 2015
Gianluigi Bisleri of University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy, discusses a hybrid treatment for atrial fibrillation using endoscopic ablation.
June 9, 2015
This video depicts the surgical correction of a complex congenital arterial venous coronary fistula in a 49-year-old male patient, who presented with a three-day history of palpitations and a continuous murmur.
June 8, 2015
The authors report a case of tracheal ring resection with crico-tracheal anastomosis performed under endoscopic assistance.
June 4, 2015
This roundtable discussion, filmed at the 2015 STS Annual Meeting, focuses on the different training paths open to cardiothoracic surgery residents in the United States.
June 3, 2015
Alessandro Brunelli of St. James’s University Hospital, United Kingdom, discusses the use of electronic drainage systems in managing chest tubes after surgery.
June 2, 2015
This video shows a uniportal VATS surgery to evacuate a hematoma in a 78-year-old woman.
June 1, 2015
This video shows an aortic valve replacement in a patient with severe aortic stenosis through a minimally invasive right thoracotomy approach. The postoperative follow-up was uneventful and the patient was discharged on post-operative day six.
May 28, 2015
In presentations given at the 2014 STSA Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, two experts address lung cancer screening.
May 27, 2015
Todd Rosengart, Joseph Sabik, and Stephen Fremes discuss total arterial revascularization in a roundtable discussion recorded at the 2015 STS Annual Meeting.