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This video demonstrates that proximal obstructions can be safely and effectively relieved via a left anterior thoracotomy. This approach is less invasive than a redo median sternotomy, which can be... More
July 27, 2016
Douglas Mathisen of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, gives an in-depth talk on tracheal resection.
July 26, 2016
This video demonstrates a uniportal VATS diaphragm plication for a patient with diaphragm eventration of an unknown cause.
July 25, 2016
This video demonstrates a case of percutaneous embolization and TCD monitoring for a carotid tumor.
July 21, 2016
David Taggart of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, reviews the evidence for using the radial artery as the first choice for the second conduit in coronary bypass surgery.
July 20, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, M. Blair Marshall discusses her approach to minimally invasive general thoracic surgery.
July 19, 2016
This video shows an epicardial lead implant via videothoracoscopy in an 80-year-old male patient with hypertension, syncope, and fainting.
July 18, 2016
This video displays the identification and preservation of aberrant superior pulmonary vein during a uniportal VATS right lower lobectomy.
July 14, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a panel of experts share insights into utilizing Internet technologies to improve the practice of cardiothoracic surgery for both surgeons and patients.
July 13, 2016
Shanda Blackmon of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, gives an in-depth talk on the prevention and management of intraoperative events during VATS lobectomies.
July 12, 2016
This video shows the reconstruction of the pulmonary artery in an 8-year-old girl, who had undergone repair of truncus arteriosus at the age of one.