A 79-year-old male former smoker presented with a T4 (>7 cm) adenocarcinoma of the right upper lobe. The patient was staged at clinical T4N0M0 and underwent robot-assisted right upper lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. The patient was d...
Removal of adipose tissues located behind the left innominate vein and at the aortocaval groove is technically complex for minimally invasive extended thymectomy. The study describes the technical tips of the subxiphoid robotic procedure to remove th...
BACKGROUND: Machine learning may enhance prediction of outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We sought to develop and validate a dynamic machine learning model to predict CABG outcomes at clinically relevant pre- and postoperative ti...
BACKGROUND: The optimal minimally invasive surgical approach to mediastinal tumors is unknown. There are limited reports comparing the outcomes of resection with robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (...
The surgical instruments used in robot-assisted thoracic surgery are flexible to enable the surgeon to approach the surgical field from any direction. However even in robot-assisted thoracic surgery subcarinal lymph node dissection requires a precise...
BACKGROUND: Machine learning is a useful tool for predicting medical outcomes. This study aimed to develop a machine learning-based preoperative score to predict cardiac surgical operative mortality.
BACKGROUND: This study employed machine learning approaches to analyze sequences of adverse events (AEs) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
BACKGROUND: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle injection (EBUS-TBNI) is a novel technique for treating peribronchial targets. The aim of this study was to evaluate preliminary feasibility of thrombolysis of pulmonary emboli via EBU...