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Author(s) -
Mariagrazia Lorusso,
Angela De Palma,
Giulia De Iaco,
Giuseppe Marulli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2018.12.18
Subject(s) - medicine , computer science , intensive care medicine
The development of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in the treatment of lung cancer allowed to reduce morbidity related to thoracotomy approach. In case in which the tumor invades the hilum directly or in case of hilar (N1) nodal disease it may be extremely difficult or dangerous to accomplish a radical resection by thoracoscopic approach due to some technical limitations.
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