All Articles - Journal of Visualized Surgery

Case Report | Lung Surgery

Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported rigid bronchoscopy for airway obstruction in a post-pneumonectomy patient with recurrent neuroendocrine lung cancer: a case report

Elisa Sicolo, Olivia Fanucchi, Alessandro Picchi, Rubia Baldassarri, Augusta Danella, Fabio Guarracino, Alessandro Ribechini

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Case Report | Lung Surgery

Micro-incision uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax in an adolescent: a technical case report

Takuya Kohama, Masayuki Tanahashi, Maiko Yoshida, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Takumi Endo

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Review Article | Lung Surgery

Surgical strategies for spontaneous pneumothorax: a narrative review

Kenji Tsuboshima

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(30 March 2026)

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Uniportal robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy with pulmonary artery reconstruction for a central lung cancer: a step-by-step surgical technique

Chang Li, Yifan Shi, Cheng Ding, Jun Chen, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Jun Zhao

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Surgery Teaching | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Nipple and areola reduction for gender-affirming mastectomy: a novel and reproducible surgical technique

Keith Sweitzer, Piper Schneider, Jose Guilherme Christiano

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(30 March 2026)

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Surgical Technique | Hepatobiliary Surgery

Reconstituting, Fenestrating, and Cholecystostomy—our approach and surgical technique for difficult gallbladders using three bailout procedures

Yosuke Miyachi

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Original Article | Lung Surgery

Non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery with an integrated postoperative strategy for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in high-risk patients

Hiroya Yamagishi, Tetsuji Moriya, Tadashi Matsukura

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Surgical Technique | Esophageal Surgery

Laparoscopic transgastric and endoscopic-assisted enucleation of horseshoe shaped leiomyoma of the cardia: surgical technique

Davide Bona, Alberto Aiolfi, Emanuele Morandi, Luigi Bonavina

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Surgical Technique | Neurosurgery

Zygomatic pretemporal skull base approach for resection of a radiation-induced sphenoid wing meningioma: surgical technique

Mirza Pojskić, Kenan I. Arnautović

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Surgical technique of uniportal VATS for pneumothorax: the lateral and subxiphoid approaches

Mizuki Morota, Takashi Suda

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Surgical Technique | Cardiac Surgery

Endoscopic techniques in redo mitral and tricuspid valve surgery

Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Afsar Aliar, Igor Fedor, Joseph Zacharias

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Surgical Technique | Cardiac Surgery

The Excimer Laser Assisted Non-occlusive Anastomosis (ELANA) Anastomotic System surgical technique to construct distal anastomoses using a novel device in coronary artery bypass grafting

Sophie Beukers, Stephan Jacobs, Bart van Putte

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: indications and surgical technique

Jun Suzuki, Hikaru Watanabe, Satoshi Takamori, Tetsuro Uchida, Satoshi Shiono

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Case Report | Cardiothoracic Surgery

Sequential robotic-assisted thoracic surgery and transmanubrial approach for optimal resection of superior sulcus tumor: a case report

Rei Kobayashi, Eri Ota, Hironobu Yamaoka, Kana Nagayama, Ryoji Kawano, Yuichi Nakamura, Manabu Yamasaki

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Case Report | Hepatobiliary Surgery

Combined robotic cholecystoduodenal fistula repair and hepaticoduodenostomy with bile duct exploration in a patient with recurrent choledocholithiasis and prior Bouveret syndrome: a case report

Juan Felipe Salazar Gonzalez, Daniel Aliseda, Jon Michael Harrison, Brendan Christopher Visser

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Abruzzini procedure: transsternal bronchial closure for left bronchopleural fistula post-pneumonectomy

José de Sá Moraes Neto, Murilo Fernandes de Souza, Paulo Manuel Pego-Fernandes, Alessandro Wasum Mariani

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Editorial

Introduction to minimally invasive surgery for pneumothorax: current frontiers

Naoya Kitamura

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Case Report | Lung Surgery

Muscle flap reconstruction of the post-lung resection space: clinical cases involving latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, and pectoralis major

Sara Parini, Fabio Massera, Erika Passone, Esther Papalia, Giulia Bora, Federica Migliano, Ottavio Rena

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Surgical Technique | Urological Surgery

Robotic retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy: rediscovering a proven approach in the era of minimally invasive surgery

Michele Slawitz, Francesco Dinale, Annalisa Patera, Giulia Di Marco, Giulio Gaetano Guarino, Tommaso Bocchialini, Francesco Ziglioli, Davide Campobasso, Salvatore Micali, Umberto Vittorio Maestroni

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Review Article | Cardiac Surgery

Endoscopic mitral valve repair—one hundred and one ways to use neochords: a narrative review

Faizus Sazzad, Thomas Theologou, Christos Goutzios, Theo Kofidis

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Review Article | Cardiac Surgery

Robotic versus non-robotic endoscopic invasive mitral valve repair: a narrative review of current evidence and evolving practice

Ilaria Tropea, Valentina Grazioli, Giovanni Domenico Cresce, Loris Salvador, Arnar Geirrson, Tommaso Hinna Danesi

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Review Article | Lung Surgery

Techniques of double-sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer: a narrative review of clinical practice

Fatemeh H. Nameghi, Giuseppe Aresu, Adam Peryt, Aman S. Coonar

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Surgical Technique | Cardiac Surgery

Robotic multi-vessel off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) procedure: surgical technique

Husam H. Balkhy, Yazan AlJamal

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(30 July 2025)

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Surgical Technique | Cardiac Surgery

Robotically-assisted, totally endoscopic myocardial bridge unroofing: surgical technique

Andrea Amabile, Nicholas R. Hess, Bryant Fisher, Faaz Ashraf, Ariana Jackson, Rafik Margaryan, Alexandra K. Nicholas, Jeffrey A. Fowler, Catalin Toma, Ibrahim Sultan, Victor O. Morell, Johannes Bonatti

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Surgical technique for uniportal VATS right S10 segmentectomy with the pulmonary ligament approach, performing the intersegmental division last

Takahiro Homma, Kanji Otsubo, Hiroki Sakai, Hiroyuki Kimura, Takayuki Hatakeyama, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, Hideki Marushima, Koji Kojima, Hisashi Saji

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Surgical Technique | Ophthalmology & Optometry

Finger iridectomy technique (FIT): anterior segment uveal melanoma biopsy

Catalina Garzon, Ha Min Kim, Paul T. Finger

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Original Article | Cardiac Surgery

Endoscopic mitral valve surgery: picture from the real world—sub-analysis from the Mini-Mitral International Registry

Paolo Berretta, Antonios Pitsis, Jorg Kempfert, Frank Van Praet, Tristan Yan, Mauro Rinaldi, Loris Salvador, Joseph Lamelas, Tom C. Nguyen, Torsten Doenst, Manuel Wilbring, Marc Gerdisch, Davide Pacini, Antonio Fiore, Nguyen Hoang Dinh, Pierluigi Stefano, Nikolaos Bonaros, Marco Di Eusanio

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Original Article | Lung Surgery

Preoperative simulation of uniportal thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy achieves equivalent accuracy of surgical resection margins for palpable and impalpable tumors

Hitoshi Igai, Akinobu Ida, Kazuki Numajiri, Kazuhito Nii, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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(30 July 2025)

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Surgery Teaching | Lung Surgery

Training in minimally invasive thoracic surgery on 3D-model: back to the future of education

Giacomo Rabazzi, Andrea Castaldi, Vittorio Aprile, Maria Giovanna Mastromarino, Stylianos Korasidis, Sara Condino, Marina Carbone, Francesco Simi, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Emanuele Cigna, Marco Lucchi

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Surgery Teaching | Colorectal Surgery

Laparoscopic-assisted single-port right colectomy: a standardized top-down technique and tricks to perform a better anastomosis

Filippo Carannante, Manuel Barberio, Gabriella Teresa Capolupo, Massimo Giuseppe Viola

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Surgical Technique | Cardiothoracic Surgery

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic diaphragmatic plication with absorbable mesh application: surgical technique

Alice Ravasin, Antonio Burlone, Simone Tombelli, Giovanni Mugnaini, Ilaria Zenobi, Ottavia Salimbene, Lavinia Gatteschi, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Luca Voltolini, Stefano Bongiolatti

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery as redo approach after prior open lobectomy: is it safely feasible?—challenges and pitfalls of a complex surgical technique

Samuele Nicotra, Vincenzo Verzeletti, Alberto Busetto, Alessandro Bonis, Enrica Pellizzer, Alessandro Rebusso, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Andrea Dell’Amore, Federico Rea

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Biportal robotic-assisted surgery for lung segmentectomies: a surgical technique overview

Khrystyna Kuzmych, Dania Nachira, Maria Teresa Congedo, Giuseppe Calabrese, Alessia Senatore, Stefano Margaritora, Elisa Meacci

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Case Report | Cardiothoracic Surgery

The far side of the moon: trans-thoracic minimally invasive resection of local recurrence of hepatocarcinoma following liver transplantation using intraoperative transdiaphragmatic ultrasound: a case report

Francesco Londero, Riccardo Pravisani, William Grossi, Vittorio Alessandro Cherchi, Davide Bitetto, Umberto Baccarani, Andrea Zuin

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Case Report | Lung Surgery

Case video report on uniportal VATS for giant bullous emphysema (GBE) with wide resection of a giant bulla in the right upper lobe

Antonio Giulio Napolitano, Maria Letizia Vita, Maria Teresa Congedo, Adriana Nocera, Claudia Leoni, Elisa Meacci, Stefano Margaritora, Dania Nachira

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Surgery Teaching | Gastric Surgery

Surgical technical key points of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: how I do it

Rafael C. Katayama, Fernando A. M. Herbella

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(30 March 2025)

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery

Tips and tricks of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery complex segmentectomy

Takuya Watanabe, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Kohama, Kensuke Iguchi, Takumi Endo

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Surgical Technique | Colorectal Surgery

Laparoscopic top-down right hemicolectomy: a new surgical technique to complete mesocolic excision

Filippo Banchini, Concetta Prioriello, Ruggero Massimo Corso, Andrea Romboli, Patrizio Capelli, Mario Giuffrida

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Surgical Technique | Gynecology

Autologous pubovaginal fascial sling from external oblique muscle aponeurosis in the treatment of urodynamic stress urinary incontinence in women: a surgical technique

Ilias Liapis, Panagiotis Bakas, Charalampos Karachalios, Angelos Liapis

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Case Report | Cardiology

Fluoroscopy-free Impella repositioning after coronary artery bypass grafting: case report of a novel echocardiographic-guided technique

Demetrio Panzera, Luca Raone, Dionigi Fischetti, Federica Mangia, Salvatore Nicolardi, Salvatore Zaccaria, Giuseppe Colonna, Alessandro Mandurino-Mirizzi

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Case Report | Endocrine Surgery

Radiofrequency ablation for difficult thyroid nodule resulting complete resolution after following 6 months: a case report

Nuha A. Alsaleh, Leen O. Alothaim, Naif H. Alsaikhan

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Review Article | Other

The role of bronchoscopy in benign airway stenosis: literature review of a central procedure guiding multidisciplinary care and therapeutic approach for improving patient outcomes

Olivia Fanucchi, Alessandro Picchi, Alessandro Ribechini

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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(30 January 2025)

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Editorial

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Takuya Watanabe

Journal of Visualized Surgery

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Editorial Commentary | Lung Surgery

Complex lung segmentectomies: current state of art

Xun Luo, Alper Toker

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(30 November 2024)

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Surgical Technique | Hepatobiliary Surgery

Surgical technique for fully robotic two-stage hepatectomy using indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for bilobar colorectal liver metastases

Babette I. Kuiper, Gabriela Pilz da Cunha, Burak Görgec, Jan J. J. de Vries, Joris Erdmann, Geert Kazemier, Barbara M. Zonderhuis, Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg

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Surgical Technique | Lung Surgery