This video demonstrates a step-by-step video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for an intrapericardial left pneumonectomy due to a centrally located lung tumor, highlighting key technical tips.
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VATS
June 30, 2025
June 18, 2025
This prospective observational study examined the association between Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) scores and postoperative pain in 100 patients undergoing multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy.
June 5, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 67-year-old male who was found to have a right lower lobe carcinoid tumor invading bronchus intermedius; thus, a robotic-assisted right middle and lower lobe bilobectomy was performed.
May 27, 2025
This video highlights the surgical steps involved in a successful uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery segment 7 segmentectomy in a 67-year-old male with rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma.
May 15, 2025
This video demonstrates how practical simulation on a 3D lung model can be a useful training tool for thoracic surgery residents to understand and perform the steps of a pulmonary lobectomy.
May 7, 2025
This retrospective analysis compared three-port and four-port robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(n=121, 2020–2021). Demographics, tumor characteristics, complications, and lymph node yields were similar between groups.
April 24, 2025
This video highlights a single-port technique for limited sympathectomy aimed at treating refractory ventricular tachycardia. It is designed to reduce surgical risks in otherwise unstable patients, minimize postoperative pain, and provide a durable solution for a condition for which other medical management has failed.
April 1, 2025
This video presents a challenging case of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for a recurrent secondary pleural hydatid cyst in a patient previously managed by open thoracotomy, highlighting key tips and techniques for effective management.
March 26, 2025
This video demonstrates the minimally invasive treatment of pulmonary arterial bleeding in segment 9.
March 25, 2025
In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Thomas D'Amico about VATS lobectomy.