In this episode of the Case of the Month, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Leanne Ashrafian is joined by Dr. Danielle Aronowitz, a thoracic fellow at Northwell Health, New York, USA. Together, they examine the case “More Than Just Anxiety.”
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Mediastinum
February 3, 2026
This video demonstrates the preoperative planning, robotic port placement, and surgical technique for robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a secretory intrapericardial paraganglioma.
Robotic Resection of Residual Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumor With Pulmonary and Pericardial Involvement
January 28, 2026
This video demonstrates a robotic surgical approach for the resection of a residual mediastinal non-seminomatous germ cell tumor, including partial pericardial resection and reconstruction with a tailored Dacron patch, achieving a non-visible tumor (R0) resection.
January 19, 2026
This video presents an extended thymectomy with en bloc left upper lobectomy using a combined video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and sternotomy approach.
January 9, 2026
This video demonstrates a new approach for thymic pathologies using a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with CO₂ insufflation technique.
November 4, 2025
This video demonstrates a 42-year-old woman with seropositive myasthenia gravis who underwent successful bilateral robotic extended thymectomy for a 9 cm thymoma infiltrating the pericardium, right phrenic nerve, and right lung. Clear margins were achieved, and surgical clips were placed for potential adjuvant radiotherapy.
August 8, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, a presentation on “Staging the Mediastinum With EBUS” was delivered.
July 3, 2025
This multicenter retrospective study compared video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) for anterior mediastinal lesions in 1,076 patients across three Chinese centers.
June 11, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted multiportal intrathoracic resection of a complex goiter using the da Vinci Xi system, following a previous transcervical approach.
May 23, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful repair of a small chronic tracheoesophageal fistula at the thoracic inlet in a 77-year-old male. The procedure utilized a hybrid approach that entailed esophageal mobilization via the left neck followed by robotic fistula repair from the right chest.