Kojo Agyabeng-Dadzie, Inderpal S Sarkaria, Ernest Chan, Ian Christie, Summer Mazur, Kristine Ruppert, Neil Christie, Omar Awais, Ryan Levy, Nicholas Baker, Rajeev Dhupar, Arjun Pennathur, James D Luketich, Matthew Schuchert
{"title":"Comparison of Robot-Assisted Versus Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy: A Single-Institution Propensity-Matched Study.","authors":"Kojo Agyabeng-Dadzie, Inderpal S Sarkaria, Ernest Chan, Ian Christie, Summer Mazur, Kristine Ruppert, Neil Christie, Omar Awais, Ryan Levy, Nicholas Baker, Rajeev Dhupar, Arjun Pennathur, James D Luketich, Matthew Schuchert","doi":"10.1177/15569845251334361","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251334361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Previous studies have evaluated the feasibility of robot-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy (RVATS) in comparison with video-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy (VATS). We report both short-term and long-term outcomes comparing RVATS and VATS at a single institution.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a retrospective propensity-matched cohort study reviewing RVATS and VATS for primary non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) performed from 2013 to 2021 at our institution; 1:2 propensity matching was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 108 patients who underwent RVATS and 370 who underwent VATS for primary lung cancer. After propensity matching, we had 2 well-matched cohorts of 102 patients in the RVATS group and 204 in the VATS group. Our data showed no significant difference in 90-day mortality, 30-day hospital readmission rate, or median number of lymph nodes between the RVATS and VATS groups. There was also no significant difference in postoperative morbidity except for pleural effusion. RVATS had a significantly greater median number of lymph node stations harvested and longer operative time. Although both groups achieved R0 resections in all patients, RVATS showed a greater negative tumor margin distance compared with VATS. There was no significant difference in disease-free survival or overall survival between the 2 groups at 3 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In our experience, RVATS showed a greater number of lymph node stations harvested and greater negative tumor margin distance without compromising perioperative and oncological outcomes for segmentectomy performed for NSCLC.</p>","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"265-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143968662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linda F Barr, Amanda Rea, Zach E Adams, Kate Knott, Rebecca Sandler, Rawn Salenger
{"title":"Duration of Post-Hospital Discharge Opioids Affects Long-Term Physical Function and Pain Following Cardiac Surgery at a Community Hospital.","authors":"Linda F Barr, Amanda Rea, Zach E Adams, Kate Knott, Rebecca Sandler, Rawn Salenger","doi":"10.1177/15569845251338858","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251338858","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"248-251"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ghulam Murtaza, Nuh H Cheema, Jake Enz, Husam H Balkhy
{"title":"Robotic Totally Endoscopic Beating Heart Off-Pump Coronary Bypass: Improvising Coronary Artery Stabilization Without the EndoWrist Stabilizer.","authors":"Ghulam Murtaza, Nuh H Cheema, Jake Enz, Husam H Balkhy","doi":"10.1177/15569845251339158","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251339158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"316-317"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144142414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"24 ISMICS Annual Scientific Meeting.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/15569845241304055i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15569845241304055i","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":"20 1_suppl","pages":"130S"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144191749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Branched Stented Anastomosis Frozen Elephant Trunk Repair (B-SAFER): A Versatile Approach to Simplify Arch Vessel Management in Total Arch Replacement.","authors":"Rohun Bhagat, Eric E Roselli","doi":"10.1177/15569845251345822","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251345822","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"246-247"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikolaos Bonaros, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Daniel Höfer, Michael Grimm
{"title":"Commentary: The End of the Learning Curve Is the Beginning of Good Judgment.","authors":"Nikolaos Bonaros, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Daniel Höfer, Michael Grimm","doi":"10.1177/15569845251337401","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251337401","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"304-305"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12265928/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144127548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Riya Bhasin, Sarah Nisivaco, Douglas Rybar, Hiroto Kitahara, Husam H Balkhy
{"title":"Robotic Totally Endoscopic Tricuspid Valve Surgery: Early Results and Midterm Outcomes.","authors":"Riya Bhasin, Sarah Nisivaco, Douglas Rybar, Hiroto Kitahara, Husam H Balkhy","doi":"10.1177/15569845251326593","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251326593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Although robotic cardiac surgery is becoming more widely adopted for mitral valve procedures, robot-assisted tricuspid valve (TV) surgery is less common. We describe clinical and echocardiographic outcomes for 70 isolated and concomitant TV repair (TVr) cases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients who underwent robotic totally endoscopic TV surgery at our institution were retrospectively reviewed. The da Vinci Si or Xi robot (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) was used for all cases, employing an 8 to 10 mm working port and using cardiopulmonary bypass on a beating heart. Early and midterm outcomes were reviewed, along with echocardiogram results when available.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Between 2014 and 2024, 70 patients underwent TVr. Fourteen cases were isolated TV procedures and 56 were concomitant with mitral surgery. The mean patient age was 67 ± 14.4 years, 57% were female, and 11 patients (16%) had previous heart surgery. TVr with an annuloplasty band occurred in 97% of patients, 1 patient had a tissue valve replacement, and there were no conversions to sternotomy. Early mortality occurred in 1 patient (1.4%) with an observed to expected ratio of 0.4. Early postoperative echocardiography revealed none to mild residual tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in 65 patients (93%). Clinical follow-up was completed in 97% of patients. All-cause mortality occurred in 14 patients (20%), 11 of which were noncardiac, including cancer, gastrointestinal bleed, end-stage renal disease, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and drug overdose. Follow-up echocardiography results were available for 46 patients (66%) at a mean of 45 months, showing moderate or more recurrent TR in 6 patients (9%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Robot-assisted totally endoscopic TV surgery, for both isolated and concomitant TV disease, is a safe and effective approach. The sternal-sparing nature allows for rapid recovery and positive midterm outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"188-193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143728561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robotic Beating-Heart Tricuspid Valve Repair.","authors":"David Zapata, Kevin Ho, Douglas Tran","doi":"10.1177/15569845251326591","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251326591","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143730098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Totally Endoscopic Superior Venosus ASD Repair With a Modified Two-Patch Technique.","authors":"Georgios Ntontos, Nikolaos Nikoloudakis, Theodora Zaglavara, Konstantinos Lolakos, Antonios Pitsis","doi":"10.1177/15569845251320630","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15569845251320630","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13574,"journal":{"name":"Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"127-128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144020077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}