This video demonstrates the technique of left internal mammary artery harvesting through a left minithoracotomy with thoracoscopic assistance.
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Minimally Invasive
July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted resection of intralobar pulmonary sequestration, highlighting the use of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging to precisely delineate the diseased lung parenchyma. This technique enhances surgical accuracy and ensures complete removal of abnormal tissue while preserving healthy lung tissue.
Mastering Robotic Lung Resection: The French Lobectomy Technique for Standardized Surgical Education
July 8, 2025
This video demonstrates a standardized robotic segmentectomy using the French lobectomy technique, structured in five anatomical zones. It highlights the integration of 3D reconstruction and mixed reality planning in the surgical management of a left basal pyramid lesion in a 76-year-old patient.
July 7, 2025
This video demonstrates how practical simulation using a 3D lung model can serve as valuable training for thoracic surgery residents, helping them understand and perform the steps involved in a pulmonary lobectomy.
July 4, 2025
At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, leading surgeons presented tips on how residents can prepare for a career in minimally invasive and robotic cardiothoracic surgery.
July 4, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Ruggero De Paulis, professor and Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the Europe Hospital in Italy, delivered a presentation titled “Do Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Prostheses Facilitate the Adoption of Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery?”
July 3, 2025
This video demonstrates that utilizing indocyanine green during minimally invasive surgery for pulmonary sequestration allows for maximal parenchymal preservation.
July 3, 2025
This retrospective single-center study evaluated the impact of 3D airway reconstruction on planning tracheobronchial stent insertion for malignant central airway obstruction (MCAO) in 136 patients from 2012 to 2024. Forty patients underwent stenting with preoperative 3D reconstruction, while 96 had standard planning.
July 3, 2025
This is a book review of Dr. Joseph Zacharias’s book, “Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery.”
June 26, 2025
Surgeons at Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas, successfully performed the first robotic heart transplant in the U.S. without opening the chest, using small abdominal incisions. This minimally invasive procedure reduced trauma, blood loss, and infection risk, allowing for quicker recovery.