This study reported the initial experiences of 115 patients who underwent robot-assisted thoracic surgery using the da Vinci single-port robotic system. The procedures included thymectomy, mediastinal mass excision, anatomical pulmonary resection, esophagectomy, and esophageal tumor enucleation.
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Esophagus
February 20, 2025
February 18, 2025
This video demonstrates the management of a patient at high risk for recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during esophagectomy with preoperative and postoperative true vocal fold injection.
February 6, 2025
This study aimed to explore the impact of socioeconomic disparities on the uptake of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. Using data from the American National Cancer Database, 19,748 patients were identified with clinical stage II-III esophageal cancer who underwent surgical resection between 2006 and 2020.
December 31, 2024
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.
Emergency VATS Esophagectomy for T4 Esophageal Cancer With Massive Hematemesis in an Elderly Patient
October 29, 2024
This video demonstrates that emergency minimally invasive esophagectomy is a safe and feasible option for elderly patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer and life-threatening bleeding.
October 10, 2024
This video demonstrates a thoracoscopic resection of esophageal leiomyoma in a 51-year-old female patient who presented with shortness of breath, low appetite, weight loss, and thoracic discomfort for a year.
October 8, 2024
The patient was a 68-year-old male with a type 3 paraesophageal hernia (PEH) recurrence post receiving a Nissen fundoplication. This video demonstrates a robotic hernia repair, which required the use of both abdominal and thoracic entry approaches.
June 27, 2024
Of 1,579 patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, 60 patients underwent up-front surgery for cT2 N0 M0 esophageal cancer, of whom 8 (13 percent) were found to have pathologic T2 N0 M0, 16 (27 percent) were pathologically downstaged, and 36 (60 percent) were upstaged, 7 (19 percent) on the basis of pathologic T stage, 14 (39 percent) o
June 14, 2024
Prof. Blasberg, a thoracic surgeon at Yale University Hospital, emphasized the importance of longitudinal studies to gain nuanced insight on high-risk patients.