Open AccessVideo-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy oncologically is equal to the open thoracotomy one
Author(s) -
Marcin Zieliński
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.2019.09.146
Subject(s) - thoracotomy , medicine , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery
The introduction of minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) almost three decades ago has substantially changed the operative treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). For the first period of time, the main issue was technical feasibility and safety of VATS pulmonary resections, especially in case of lobectomy.
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