This video demonstrates a robotic transatrial implantation of a balloon-expandable valve in the mitral position in the setting of severe mitral annular calcification.
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Robotic
March 21, 2025
March 20, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines future cardiothoracic surgery robotic systems.
March 12, 2025
Dr. Yazan AlJamal and Dr. Husam Balkhy present two symptomatic young patients with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) who underwent totally endoscopic robotic assisted ASD closure.
March 6, 2025
This video demonstrates robotic thoracic truncal vagotomy for the treatment of recalcitrant marginal ulcers after gastric surgery.
February 26, 2025
This video shows the details of robotic totally endoscopic CryoMaze ablation for atrial fibrillation under moderate hypothermic ventricular fibrillatory arrest.
February 20, 2025
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Husam Balkhy, Professor of Surgery and the Director of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at University of Chicago Medicine and President of ISMICS, about robotic totally endoscopic cardiac surgery procedures.
February 20, 2025
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.
February 20, 2025
This group presents a standardized, step-by-step technique for robotic-assisted lung transplantation. The authors describe port placement strategies, dissection techniques, and sequential anastomosis to optimize surgical precision while minimizing trauma.
February 14, 2025
In this video, Dr. Husam Balkhy and his colleagues perform a robotic-assisted unroofing on a 46-year-old patient with a left anterior descending artery myocardial bridge.
February 14, 2025
In this series, Dr. Balkhy presents totally endoscopic cardiac surgery procedures from the University of Chicago, covering topics including coronary bypass, mitral valve repair, adult congenital, arrythmia, aortic valve surgeries, and more.