This is challenging case report of a 21-year-old female admitted for a left completion pneumonectomy for bronchiectasis which was performed successfully by uniportal VATS approach, and having as antecedent a left lower lobectomy by a left posterolateral thoracotomy in 2008 for bronchiectasis.
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VATS
August 9, 2021
With growing interest in employing minimally invasive surgery for the resection of chest masses, this operative technique feature provides the technical and anatomical details of the resection of a large anterior mediastinal mass with a corresponding video highlighting key steps of the operation.
July 14, 2021
A video demonstration of a trainee-led VATS laser metastatectomy of two pulmonary metastasis from a colorectal adenocarcinoma primary using the Leonardo® 200w dual wave laser system.
June 24, 2021
Anatomical resection for suspicious lesion in the horizontal fissure, with planification and fluorescent camera mandatory.
June 7, 2021
An electroevaporative surgical technique is a unique and effective surgical approach that can be used in all major thoracic surgical oncology cases.
May 24, 2021
This video tutorial demonstrates the surgical anatomy along the extrapleural plane in the right chest, the pathological features of malignant pleural mesothelioma, and the techniques of extrapleural pneumonectomy.
May 12, 2021
This video demonstrates a VATS left lower lobe lobectomy procedure, using the fissure last approach in a patient who had pulmonary sequestration with inflammatory lymph nodes in the hilum.
April 28, 2021
This video demonstrates a subxiphoid left S3 segmentectomy, as a day surgery radical oncological treatment of an early stage lung cancer in an elderly patient.
April 21, 2021
This video demonstrates how to perform robotic right middle lobe lobectomy.
April 14, 2021
This video demonstrates how near infra-red imaging technology can be used to enhance visualization of anatomical lung segments for segmentectomy.