Open AccessA single-center experience of 100 image-guided video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery procedures
Author(s) -
YinKai Chao,
Wen Chen,
Hsin-Yueh Fang,
MingJu Hsieh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.44
Subject(s) - medicine , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , perioperative , context (archaeology) , retrospective cohort study , radiology , lung cancer , single center , lung , surgery , lung cancer screening , computed tomography , paleontology , biology
The advent of image-guided video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (iVATS) has allowed the simultaneous localization and removal of small lung nodules. The aim of this study is to detail, in a retrospective review, one institution's experience using iVATS in this clinical setting, with a special attention to efficacy, safety, and procedural details.