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Watch and learn — thoracic surgery explained.
Educational videos for patients, surgical technique demonstrations for colleagues, media appearances, and conference talks. Everything in one place, clearly organised.
Patient education
Surgical techniques
Chest wall surgery
Media & conferences
Patient Education
— understand your condition before your consultation 7 videos
Pneumothorax: all your questions answered
What a collapsed lung is, how it happens, what keyhole surgery involves, and what recovery looks like.
Costochondritis vs slipping rib syndrome
How to tell the difference between these two common causes of chest wall pain — and what can be done about each.
Common investigations for lung cancer
CT scans, PET scans, bronchoscopy, EBUS, lung function tests — what each test involves and why it matters.
Can I have keyhole chest surgery?
Who is suitable for VATS minimally invasive surgery, the factors considered, and what the benefits are compared to open thoracotomy.
Keyhole surgery for collapsed lung
A patient-facing explanation of how VATS bullectomy and pleurodesis works and what to expect afterwards.
Keyhole pleural biopsies
How thoracoscopic pleural biopsy is performed to diagnose pleural disease, mesothelioma, or undiagnosed effusions.
Welcome to Mr Scarci’s practice
An introduction to the practice, the approach to patient care, and what patients can expect from a first consultation.
Surgical Techniques
— for surgical colleagues and trainees 13 videos
Single port right upper lobectomy
Uniportal VATS right upper lobectomy — full operative video
Uniportal right upper lobectomy
Single incision VATS right upper lobectomy with detailed anatomical dissection
Uniportal left upper lobectomy — TA stapler
Uniportal technique for left upper lobectomy using TA stapler
Left sleeve carinal resection
Complex airway reconstruction — sleeve carinal resection technique
Single port resection of mediastinal cyst
Uniportal approach to mediastinal cyst excision
Single port right upper lobectomy — complex patient
Managing surgical complexity with uniportal VATS technique
Left VATS upper lobectomy and PA plasty
Vascular reconstruction combined with VATS lobectomy
Lymphadenectomy during uniportal lobectomy
Systematic nodal dissection technique through single port approach
Non-intubated uniportal right upper lobectomy
Awake/non-intubated VATS technique — avoiding general anaesthesia
Uniportal VATS SILS thymectomy — part 1
Single incision laparoscopic thymectomy — first of two parts
Uniportal VATS SILS thymectomy — part 2
Completion of the single incision thymectomy procedure
VATS diaphragmatic plication
Keyhole plication for paralysed diaphragm — technique and approach
Single port VATS lung biopsy
Covidien SILS technique for single incision video-assisted lung biopsy
Chest Wall Surgery
— pectus deformities, chest wall reconstruction, rib surgery
6 videos
Nuss procedure — pectus excavatum correction
Minimally invasive Nuss bar insertion for correction of sunken chest (pectus excavatum)
Repair of pectus arcuatum
Surgical correction of the rare pectus arcuatum chest wall deformity
Repair of pectus carinatum
Surgical correction of pigeon chest (pectus carinatum) — approach and technique
Repair of pectus carinatum — part 2
Further technique for pectus carinatum surgical correction
Chest wall reconstruction — custom titanium implant
Using Abiomet custom-made 3D-printed titanium implant for complex chest wall reconstruction
Covidien radial stapler
Technique demonstration for the radial reload stapler in thoracic resection
Media & Conferences
— BBC appearances, VATS Symposia, academic talks
7 videos
BBC Interview — December 2014
Mr Scarci discusses minimally invasive thoracic surgery on BBC
BBC: The International VATS Symposium
BBC coverage of Mr Scarci’s International VATS Symposium
BBC Look East — SILS thymectomy
BBC regional programme featuring Mr Scarci’s single incision thymectomy technique
International VATS Symposium 2016 — London
Highlights from the 2016 International VATS Symposium organised by Mr Scarci in London
International VATS Symposium
Symposium coverage and conference highlights
VATS Symposium — faculty interviews
International faculty interviews from the VATS Symposium
Cambridge International VATS Symposium 2015
2015 Cambridge VATS Symposium — surgical education and technique sharing
More videos on YouTube
New patient education videos and surgical technique demonstrations are published regularly on Mr Scarci’s YouTube channel.
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