This video demonstrates a left lower lobectomy in a patient with a history of smoking, COPD, and ischemic cardiopathy and a pulmonary epidermoid carcinoma staged T4N0. The patient was first addressed and treated by chemo-immunotherapy before being restaffed and led to surgery.
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Minimally Invasive
December 15, 2023
In this recording from the 2023 Transcatheter Heart Valves Greece conference, Dr. Christina Chrysohoou, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Athens, discusses tailoring TEER to individual patients who are in heart failure.
December 14, 2023
Non-inferiority study designs are frequently used in randomized controlled trials (RCT) comparing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). However, the long-term outcomes of TAVR are unknown, and the concept of non-inferiority is challenging to define and assess.
December 13, 2023
This video demonstrates the first European use of a new cordless energy device for lung resection.
December 7, 2023
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) is feasible and safe, but its uptake has lagged worldwide. The authors conducted a detailed survey of 75 surgeons, of whom 32 (42 percent) completed the survey. All who completed the survey performed more than 25 MIMVS cases annually.
December 7, 2023
Degenerative aortic valve stenosis is the most frequent valvular heart disease in western countries, and valve replacement is the gold standard for symptomatic severe cases.
December 5, 2023
This video demonstrates a total robotic pericardiectomy for calcified and noncalcified constrictive pericarditis.
December 4, 2023
This video demonstrates a novel minimally invasive two-stage approach to the treatment of dysphagia lusoria.
November 28, 2023
The near-infrared fluorescence imaging system is an innovative technology that can help surgeons to easily and safely perform video-assisted thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation for the treatment of chylothorax.
November 27, 2023
This video demonstrates a robotic left atrial myxoma resection.