This year, thoracic and congenital submissions to CTSNet spanned a variety of fascinating procedures, from subaortic membrane resection and septal myectomy to emergency anterior bilateral thoracotomy. Read on for a quick overview of the most popular thoracic and congenital videos on CTSNet in 2024 and stay tuned for many more in 2025.
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March 13, 2023
This video demonstrates the removal of an anterior mediastinal mass, which was confirmed as an ectopic parathyroid adenoma, via a robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
March 9, 2023
A variety of procedures make up CTSNet’s catalog of heart valve content, which has continued to expand as surgeons increasingly focus on perfecting valve surgeries. Explore five of the most popular heart valve videos on the site in the past year and let us know your favorite in the comments.
March 8, 2023
This video shows the unique bicaval technique for implantation of a donor heart.
March 7, 2023
This video demonstrates the authors’ technique of cardiectomy in orthotopic heart transplantation, leaving the recipient's atrial septum.
March 7, 2023
The SimuForm™ ring provides semi-rigid posterior remodeling while offering a flexible anterior portion to accommodate anterior motion. Watch as Dr. Meindert Palmen, from Leiden University Medical Center, performs and annotates a robotic mitral repair using the SimuForm™ Annuloplasty Ring.
March 6, 2023
This video demonstrates the health system’s previously described approach to a total minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in a hostile abdomen.
March 2, 2023
This video shows the case of a six-year-old boy who underwent repair of a scimitar syndrome via a vertical right axillary thoracotomy.
March 1, 2023
Watch as Dr. Meindert Palmen, from Leiden University Medical Center, performs and annotates a robotic mitral repair using the SimuForm™ Annuloplasty Ring.
February 28, 2023
February's list of top ten content includes the release of our 25th Anniversary celebration video, a collection pulled together for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, webinars, and more educational videos.