The authors report on the surgical approach and technique for using the da Vinci Xi and robotic stapler in three different general thoracic cases.
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Lung - Cancer
April 26, 2016
This video demonstrates a radical resection of a Pancoast tumor through a VATS hybrid approach.
March 27, 2016
The authors provide a comprehensive and exhaustive review of the literature comparing lobectomy to sublobar resection for treatment of early stage NSCLC. The focus of the study was to highlight the methodological differences used and determine if comparisons between studies can be made.
March 21, 2016
In this video, the authors present a surgical technique for a robot-assisted left lower lobe superior segmentectomy.
March 15, 2016
This video presents a surgical technique for sequential hepatic resection followed by a transdiaphragmatic lung metastasectomy.
March 9, 2016
This video shows a thoracoscopic superior segmentectomy of the right lower lobe in a patient who had previously undergone resection and chemotherapy for rectal cancer.
March 1, 2016
This video demonstrates a robot-assisted lingulectomy performed for the surgical management of early stage lung cancer.
February 24, 2016
Routine use of PET scans to follow up asymptomatic patients do not affect survival, according to this retrospective analysis of a cohort of 97,152 lung cancer and 4,446 esophageal cancer patients. They compared high and low level of use of PET centers, and found no differences in two-year survival.
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 article analyzes the amount of lung function loss in 31 patients who underwent bilateral metastasectomy for pulmonary metastases.