Cheng-Hon Yap
- Degree
- MD
- Professional group
- doctor
- Fields of interest
- Cardiac Surgery, Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery
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- Biography
- Associate Professor Cheng-Hon Yap is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon located at University Hospital Geelong and St John of God Geelong Hospital, where he is also the Clinical Lead of Cardiac Services. He holds positions as an Affiliate Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health at Deakin University and is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at the Monash University.
Associate Professor Yap completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne in 1998, and later obtained his Master of Surgery by thesis, from his research on cryopreserved allograft heart valves. He underwent training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and the Austin Hospital, completing his fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2011. Following this, he completed Cardiac Surgery Clinical post-fellowship training at the Bristol Heart Institute, UK.
Dr Yap performs a wide range of cardio-thoracic procedures including VATS and robotic lung and mediastinal procedures, aortic surgery, coronary bypass and cardiac valve procedures. He has a practice in off-pump coronary bypass surgery, and minimally invasive valvular and coronary surgery. He frequently travels to South East Asia to share his minimally invasive valve surgery techniques. He also has an interest in surgical video acquisition and production.
Latest content
Robotic Right S2 Segmentectomy for Stage 1 NSCLC (unedited)
Surgical video case: unedited robotic right S2 segmentectomy for stage 1 NSCLC.
Y-incision Aortic Annular Enlargement, Aortic Valve Replacement
Y-incision aortic annular enlargement, aortic valve.
Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement for Native Valve Infective Endocarditis
Surgical video case: This male patient in his early 60s presented with 3 months of worsening fatigue, anorexia, breathlessness and more recently, fevers. He was also investigated for new back pain and...
Unedited Robotic S1 Right Upper Lobe Segmentectomy
Robotic surgery video case: growing 8mm FDG-PET avid tumour in the posterior aspect of the apical segment right upper lobe lung. Robotic segmetectomy resection performed. Patient discharged 48 hours postop....
Robotic Pulmonary Right Upper Lobectomy, Unedited - EASY
Video case: this 52 yo male had a 28mm semisolid lesion in the right upper lobe. Patient is a never smoker. This is an example of an easy robotic right upper lobectomy. Surgery made easy because of young...
Robotic Right S1 Segmentectomy (Unedited)
Robotic thoracic surgery video case: 20mm semisolid lesion in the central part of S1 right upper lobe. We performed an extended S1 segmentectomy taking a more inferior parenchymal margin to ensure generaous...
Aortic Valve Replacement via Right Anterior Thoracotomy. Avalus Prosthesis.
Cardiac surgery video case: we routinely employ a right mini anterior thoracotomy for our isolated aortic valve replacement procedures. This video shows the major steps involved with this procedure. A...
Unedited Robotic Left Upper Lobectomy to Manage Synchronous Bilateral...
We present an unedited video of a robotic left upper lobectomy for a centrally located 25mm left upper lobe tumour. This patient also had a 10mm right lower lobe biopsy proven adenocarcinoma. At the tumour...
Mitral Valve Repair Using Neo-Chord System
We present a case of a 67 yo man with breathlessness on exertion due to severe mitral valve (MV) regurgitation. We performed a MV repair via sternotomy. Neo-chords were fashioned to repair the flail /prolapsing...
Unedited Robotic Right Upper Pulmonary Lobectomy
74 year old lady with a asymptomatic incidentally discovered persistent right upper lobe lung 3.5cm spiculated lesion with mild FDG PET uptake. She opted for surgical resection following a period of observation...
Robotic Left Upper Lobectomy For T1 N2 NSCLC (Unedited)
Surgical case: this female patient in her early 70s had a 2cm apical left upper lobe tumour with a 17mm FDG avid lymph node on the superior aspect of the lung hilum. It was unclear if this represented...
Complex Pulmonary Segmentectomy - Left S9+10 with Lobar Split
Surgical video case: complex segmentectomy, left S9+10, showcasing the advantages of the (*brand hidden*) robotic platform. Bimanual bipolar energy dissection of lung tissue, vessel seal extend bipolar...
Robot Assisted Right Lower Lobectomy of the Lung
This 80 year old male never smoker underwent CABGx4 two months prior. On pre-surgery work-up he was discovered to have a 2 cm central right lower lobe lung tumour. Clinical T1N0M0, stage 1. FDG PET shows...
Robot Assisted Bi-Lobectomy for a Upper Lobe Tumour Invading the...
Surgical video case: we present an unedited (sped up x2-x8) video of a robot assisted pulmonary bi-lobectomy (RUL & RML) for a 4.5cm peripheral tumour in the anterior segment of the RUL which directly...
Top content
Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement via Sternotomy
74 year old lady with aortic and mitral valve stenosis and regurgitation due to rheumatic valve disease. She reported breathlessness on exertion over the past 12 months. Surgery performed via sternotomy....
Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm of the Arch and Ascending Aorta
Symptomatic posterior contained rupture of a 70mm aortic aneurysm of the ascending aorta and proximal arch. Moderate aortic valve regurgitation with a central jet due to dilatation of the sino-tubular...
CABGx4 with Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery x4 performed on cardiopulmonary bypass on an arrested heart. Conduits used: in-situ skeletonised left internal mammary artery, left radial artery, and left long saphenous...
Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Emergency repair of an acute type A dissection: 1. aortic root replacement with a mechanical valved conduit 2. replacement of the ascending aorta 3. Cabrol graft reconstruction go the left main coronary...
VATS Left Lower Lobectomy of Lung for Non-Small Cell Cancer
This lady had a 2cm left lower lobe tumour found incidentally on imaging. She is an ex-smoker. Staging CT-PET suggests stage 1 NSCLC. We performed a video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) wedge resection...
Resection of Aorto-Pulmonary Window Tumour Mass, Robot-Assisted Surgery
62 year old lady with previous right upper lobectomy for t1a n0 m0 lung 8mm adenocarcinoma 3 years ago. Asymptomatic. Surveillance annual ct scan imaging shows a 2cm left mediastinal mass. On a pet scan...
Left Pneumonectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Video case: lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the fifth most common cancer diagnosed in Australia. It is responsible for almost one in five cancer deaths in Australia. It was estimated...
Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Repair
Ischemic or post-myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular septal defects (VSD) are a rare but potentially catastrophic mechanical complication that occurs in less than 1% of patients following a MI. It...
Robotic Thymectomy for a 6cm Thymoma
60 year old lady with generalised myasthenia gravis was found to have a 6.6cm thymoma on CT imaging. She was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and then taken for surgery. The Da VinciXi robotic...
Radial Artery Harvesting
Radial artery grafts are widely used as a second arterial conduit (after the left internal thoracic artery) in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Its increasing use is driven by randomised and observational...
Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement for Native Valve Infective Endocarditis
Surgical video case: This male patient in his early 60s presented with 3 months of worsening fatigue, anorexia, breathlessness and more recently, fevers. He was also investigated for new back pain and...
Skeletonised Left Internal Mammary Artery Harvest Using a Harmonic...
The left intermal mammary artery (LIMA) is universally used as the gold standard conduit for coronary bypass grafting surgery. We present our technique of in situ left internal mammary artery harvest...
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Regurgitation
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement performed via a small right anterior thoracotomy. Video is obtained using a head-mounted Parallel Medical Camera : www.parallel-medical.com
Robot Assisted Right Lower Lobectomy of the Lung
This 80 year old male never smoker underwent CABGx4 two months prior. On pre-surgery work-up he was discovered to have a 2 cm central right lower lobe lung tumour. Clinical T1N0M0, stage 1. FDG PET shows...
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis
84 year old man with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Preserved left ventricular function. Mild coronary disease. Calcified femoral arteries. We explain our surgical technique in this video performed...
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