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.
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Robotic
February 13, 2025
This video describes the case of a symptomatic thoracic schwannoma (40 x 37 mm in diameter) arising from the ninth left intercostal space in a patient already diagnosed with schwannomatosis.
February 6, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful use of a robotic approach in a young patient with recurrent pneumothorax after multiple thoracoscopic surgeries.
January 29, 2025
At the 2024 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Gianluca Torregrossa about the use of robotic systems in treating coronary artery diseases and performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
January 23, 2025
This video showcases the surgical technique of robotic-assisted right anterobasal S8 segmentectomy in a technically challenging operative field.
January 16, 2025
This study compared robotic and video-assisted thymectomy to assess pathological resection status, as well as overall and disease-free survival. Data were retrieved from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons prospectively maintained thymic database, which includes 82 international centers, 37 of which agreed to participate in this study.
January 16, 2025
The development of robotic surgical systems in cardiac surgery has significantly impacted the field, reducing the invasive nature of certain cardiac surgical procedures in recent decades.
December 26, 2024
Variety and innovation were abundant in this year’s cardiac surgery clinical videos. The most popular videos focused on a range of cardiac procedures, from tips and tricks for cardiopulmonary bypass to the world’s first robotic heart transplant. Read on for a glance at each procedure and check out the full CTSNet catalog of cardiac surgical videos.
December 19, 2024
Surgeons at the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute performed the world’s first combined robotic aortic valve replacement (AVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a single small incision. The groundbreaking procedure, led by Dr.
December 17, 2024
This video demonstrates a reproducible technique for a robotic-assisted tracheobronchoplasty procedure resulting in rapid improvement of symptoms attributed to severe central airway collapse.