Volkmar Falk of the German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany, discusses the benefits and drawbacks of using a robot for mitral valve surgery.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
June 22, 2017
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS left lower lobectomy to treat intralobar sequestration.
June 15, 2017
This videos shows a successful VATS resection of an ectopic parathyroid adenoma, which was deemed unresectable via standard approaches.
June 7, 2017
Bart Van Putte of St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands, describes his approach to lone atrial fibrillation, and presents a video demonstration of his operative technique.
June 5, 2017
In this video, the authors demonstrate the feasibility of performing a complex aortic valve repair for aortic valve endocarditis via an upper partial sternotomy.
June 2, 2017
The author demonstrates the technique for a VATS sleeve lobectomy in an 82-year-old woman.
June 1, 2017
Niv Ad of West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia, discusses the benefits of using a fibrillating-heart technique in minimally invasive mitral surgery.
May 30, 2017
Tristan Yan, Martin Misfeld, and Joel Dunning present a seven-part step-by-step video series on the mini-Bentall procedure and hemiarch replacement.
May 18, 2017
This video demonstrates a complex segmental resection via the uniportal VATS technique in a 65-year-old woman with a lesion located between S2 and S6 of the right lung.
May 2, 2017
This video demonstrates the periareolar approach to mitral valve repair in a 52-year-old patient with A2 prolapse and severe, symptomatic mitral regurgitation.