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Featured Lung Cancer Surgical Videos

Featured peer-reviewed, surgical videos in lung cancer surgery

Sasankan P, Chang S, Cerfolio R. Robotic right upper lobectomy: Twelve steps. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2021;7:280-282.

Dissection of inferior pulmonary ligament and removal of station 8 and 9 lymph nodes

Dissection of inferior pulmonary ligament and removal of station 8 and 9 lymph nodes.


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Tsutani Y, Okada M.Techniques of Minimally Invasive Posterior Basal (S10) Segmentectomies of the Lower Lobes Op Tech Cardiothorac Surg. 2022;27:329-339.

Techniques of Minimally Invasive Posterior Basal (S10) Segmentectomies of the Lower Lobes

Left S10 segmentectomy via hybrid video-assisted thoracic surgery approach for a patient with clinical stage IA2 non-small cell lung cancer.

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Step one to a thoracoscopic anterior segment segmentectomy: Oncologically safe and sound

Posterior Anatomy: Initial view of the posterior pleura involves retraction of both the upper lobe and lower lobe anteriorly using a thoracoscopic lung clamp. This allows for the identification of azygous vein and posterior pleural reflection. See complete Video Atlas Article for all 12 steps.

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Nakazawa S, Shimizu K, Kawatani N, Obayashi K, Ohtaki Y, Nagashima T, et al. Right upper lobe segmentectomy guided by simplified anatomic models. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2020;4:288-297.

Right upper lobe segmentectomy guided by simplified anatomic models

Posterior S2 segmentectomy in a patient with anterior + central Ib-A type anatomy. See full text article for additional videos.

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Chung JH, Kelly S, Jones DR, Rocco G. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery left upper lobectomy in 9 steps. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2021;10:483-488

Dissection of the anterior mediastinal pleura and division of the superior pulmonary vein

See Video Atlas Article for additional videos on uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery left upper lobectomy in 9 steps.

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Huertgen M, Tripsky J, Hartert M. Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopic Lymphadenectomy (VAMLA): Recipe and Cooking Secrets (a Tutorial). Op Tech Cardiothorac Surg. 2020;25:140-170.

Manual dissection of the pre- and paratracheal space and insertion of the video-mediastinoscope

Operative footage of the cervical incision, including manual dissection of the pre- and paratracheal space and insertion of the video-mediastinoscope. View article for additional videos on the Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopic Lymphadenectomy (VAMLA) technique.

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