The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 101: Transcontinental Uniportal Robotic Surgery

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines the first-ever transcontinental uniportal thoracic surgery.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:26 100th Episode, Future

03:01 Transcontinental Uniportal Robotics

09:52 Infective Endo in Octogenerians

12:39 Kidney Replacement Therapy, Cardiac Outcomes

15:50 Stenotic Lesions Simulation

18:59 One-Lung Ventilation, Difficult Airway

21:06 Simplified Approach to Bentall Procedure

24:25 Semi-Skeletonized Harvesting ITA

27:06 AVR and AAR in 85 YO

30:30 Swiss Army Knife Approach Series

32:21 AATS 2025

32:38 Closing

He explores the details of this significant case—location, latency, and the procedure performed—while highlighting the importance of this case, the future of robotics, and the surgeons behind this operation, Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas and Dr. Mugurel Bosînceanu. He also discusses Dr. Gonzalez Rivas’s new book, Healing the World, and its impact on the field of medicine.  

Joel also highlights recent JANS articles on infective endocarditis in octogenarians, national outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients receiving kidney replacement therapy, computational fluid dynamics to simulate stenotic lesions in coronary end-to-side anastomosis, and the management of the expected difficult airway with planned one-lung ventilation.  

In addition, Joel explores a simplified approach to the Bentall procedure, semi-skeletonized harvesting of internal thoracic arteries, and aortic valve replacement and ascending aortic replacement in an 85-year-old patient. Before closing, he highlights upcoming events in CT surgery.  

JANS Items Mentioned 

1.) Infective Endocarditis in Octogenarians—A Multicenter Analysis 

2.) National Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in Patients Receiving Kidney Replacement Therapy 

3.) Computational Fluid Dynamics to Simulate Stenotic Lesions in Coronary End-to-Side Anastomosis 

4.) Management of the Expected Difficult Airway With Planned One-Lung Ventilation: A Retrospective Analysis of 44 Cases 

CTSNET Content Mentioned 

1.) A Simplified Approach to the Bentall Procedure 

2.) Semi-Skeletonized Harvesting of Internal Thoracic Arteries 

3.) Aortic Valve Replacement and Ascending Aortic Replacement in an 85-Year-Old Patient 

Other Items Mentioned 

1.) Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery Series: The Swiss Army Knife Approach   

2.) Aortic Valve Replacement Series  

3.) Career Center    

4.) CTSNet Events Calendar   

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