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In this extraordinary interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers, speaks with Dr. Tara Mastracci about social prescribing and the ramifications of social... More
March 26, 2018
This video shows a totally thoracoscopic right basilar segmentectomy for a carcinoid tumor, with manual suturing of the bronchus.
March 21, 2018
This video demonstrates a superior caval system reconstruction using a single bovine pericardial patch. The procedure was performed following a radical thymectomy for a cortical thymoma, which invaded the right and left brachiocephalic veins and the upper portion of the superior vena cava.
March 20, 2018
Find it here: The SCTS "Take on the Experts" Video Competition.
March 17, 2018
This video demonstrates an anatomic variation encountered during a uniportal VATS right lower lobectomy - the absence of right segment arterial branch six.
March 14, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Joel Dunning, Dawn Jaroszewski, and Daniel Miller discuss important considerations in relation to the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum.
March 12, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic left lower lobe basilar segmentectomy performed with the da Vinci Xi robot, using a four-arm technique and total robotic staplers.
March 7, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic left upper lobectomy performed at a teaching institution.
March 5, 2018
This video demonstrates a left lower lobectomy performed to address severe bronchiectasis.
February 28, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting, Shanda Blackmon, Scott Swanson, Thomas D'Amico, and Mark Onaitis discuss their approaches to multifocal lung cancer.
February 21, 2018
This video demonstrates a robotic excision of a parathyroid adenoma in the mediastinum sitting adjacent to a patent LIMA graft from a previous CABG.